Have art, will travel
Soon-to-be-homeless Middle Street Gallery will take its art on the road next month, with two shows commemorating the centenary of the National Park Service hanging at lodges on the Skyline Drive.
Art related to Park Service properties, now showing at the invitation of Haley Fine Art in Sperryville, will move Aug. 4 to Skyland Resort and Big Meadows Lodge in Shenandoah National Park. The works now at Haley, augmented by additional works by Middle Street members, will be for sale at the lodges through Oct. 31.
Middle Street Gallery, currently co-located with River District Arts in Sperryville, will close its doors at the end of this month while it looks for a new home. A spokesman for the gallery said he hoped the nonprofit artists' cooperative would find permanent new space in Rappahannock County by the end of the year, but that it would continue with temporary shows at other locations as opportunities arise.
Middle Street this summer joined with Shenandoah National Park and Shenandoah National Park Trust in a series of special exhibitions. Photographers, painters, sculptors and printmakers are showing works inspired by Park Service sites all over the U.S., from Acadia National Park in Maine to Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona to Dry Tortugas National Park in Florida.
The Shenandoah National Park Trust, the official philanthropic partner of Shenandoah National Park, will receive a portion of all sales from these shows. The Trust invests in programs and initiatives to ensure that the national park remains an economic driver for the region and a place of beauty, respite and recreation for visitors from all over the world.
Middle Street’s National Parks show concludes its run July 24 at Haley Fine Art. Haley is open 10 to 6 Thursday-Monday at 42 Main St. in Sperryville. Call 540-987-1000 or visit haleyfineart.com for more information.