All are invited to join us for a Community Printmaking Day with Patrick Costello in collaboration with Lily Erb on Friday, August 26 from 5-8PM outside Welcome Gallery. Stop by to create and take home a screenprint connected to Lily Erb's work, have a snack, and see this month's exhibition. This event is free and open to the public.
Image courtesy of the artist
Patrick Costello’s work spans the disciplines of drawing, sculpture, gardening, and theater. Patrick completed his MFA in Combined Media at Hunter College in 2018. Patrick’s work has been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, 601 Artspace (New York), Second Street Gallery (Charlottesville), and Socrates Sculpture Park (Queens), as well as independent and alternative spaces nationally and abroad including Cinema Balash (Brooklyn), Space 1026 (Philadelphia), and Trance Pop (Tokyo). He has performed in venues including Ars Nova (New York), the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center (Waterford), the Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia), Space Gallery (Portland), Ohranimo Tovarno Rog (Ljubljana), and a sheep farm in Waikawa, New Zealand. Patrick has held residencies with New City Arts (Charlottesville), ACRE (Chicago), and HewnOaks Artist Colony (Lovell). Patrick lives and works in a seven-person collective house in Brooklyn.
COVID-19 Visitor Policy: Masks are required indoors at all times for all visitors, regardless of vaccination status. Please do not come to Welcome Gallery if you have been exposed to COVID-19, are experiencing symptoms of COVID-19, or have been advised to isolate or quarantine.
This month's exhibition features work by Lily Erb. The exhibition and this event is presented by The FUNd at CACF.
Located at 114 3rd St. NE, Welcome Gallery is downtown, storefront art space in Charlottesville, VA, run by New City Arts Initiative, a non-profit community arts organization. This same location houses NCAI staff offices and a studio space.
