Upcoming exhibitions
 A Creative Dynasty: Four Generations of Virginia Women
August 16, 2008–January 17, 2009
This exhibition explores the careers of four generations of Virginia women who spent their lives involved with the arts. Julia Anne Morrison Blount, an artist and musician who died in 1877, was the mother of Sallie Lee Blount Mahood, an accomplished painter who studied in Paris. Helen Mahood McGehee, daughter of Sallie, helped found the Tampa Art Institute and was a violist for the Tampa Symphony Orchestra. Her daughter, Helen McGehee Umaña (pictured), is a world renowned dancer, choreographer, and teacher. This exhibit will include paintings, drawings, photographs, video clips, and sculpture related to these talented women.
What's related:
• Gallery walk
 Photography in Virginia
November 1, 2008–May 3, 2009
Photography has documented and interpreted life in Virginia for more than 150 years. The first major photography exhibition organized by the VHS will survey this visual record, using only work made in Virginia and presenting many images never before published or displayed. Included will be daguerreotypes, panoramas, amusement-park tintypes, lantern slides, photogravure, early experiments in color, and aerial photography.
What's related:
• Gallery walk | Banner Lecture
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