
Exhibitions
The New City Arts exhibition space, Welcome Gallery, features work by Charlottesville-area artists through exhibitions, workshops, and events.
Current Exhibition
Upcoming Exhibitions
Past Exhibitions

Somé Louis | Sketches of Home
In March 2025, New City Arts will present an exhibition of work by Somé Louis.

Ben W. Fey | On seeing + being: presence in the midst of anxiety
From April 4-19, 2025, New City Arts will present an exhibition of work by Ben W. Fey.

Vibha Vijay | May 2025
In May 2025, New City Arts will present an exhibition of work by Vibja Vijay.

Grey Von Cannon | June 2025
In June 2025, New City Arts will present an exhibition of work by Grey Von Cannon.

Lauro López | July 2025
In July 2025, New City Arts will present an exhibition of work by Lauro López.
Elena Yu | October 2025
In October 2025, New City Arts will present an exhibition of work by Elena Yu.

Karina A. Monroy | January 2026
In January 2026, New City Arts will present an exhibition of work by Karina Monroy.

Lauren Williams | Pattern & Plain Weave
From February 7-26, 2025, see Pattern & Plain Weave, Lauren William’s exhibition of new work, made during her Fall 2024 Research Residency.

Christen Yates and Jacqui Stewart Lindstrom | Of the Earth
In December 2024, New City Arts will present an exhibition of work by Christen Yates and Jacqui Stewart Lindstrom.

Autumn Jefferson | The Value of Dirt
In November 2024, New City Arts, supported by UVA Arts & the Office of the Provost & the Vice Provost for the Arts, wll present an exhibition of work by Autumn Jefferson.
Mimm Patterson | Small Stories about a Woman Named Barbara
In October 2024, New City Arts will present an exhibition of work by Mimm Patterson

2024 New City Arts Fellowship Exhibition | fallow
In September, New City Arts will present an exhibition of work by the 2024 New City Arts Fellows, Brielle DuFlon, Eboni Bugg, Elena Yu, and M. Pittman.

Chandler Jennings | Around the Table
From July 5-25, 2024, New City Arts presents an exhibition by Spring 2024 Artist-in-Residence, Chandler Jennings.
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Anna Hogg | above [collecting] below [detecting] above
above [collecting] below [detecting] above explores ideas of mapping and being mapped, surveillance, and the world beyond humans.

Phượng-Duyên Hải Nguyễn | Nhớ
Growing from Phuong’s recent work, Nowhere, this exhibition will feature an all-consuming, immersive installation made of sewed and embroidered structures that visitors can weave through and be embraced by.

Adrian Wood | Voroboros
This video work explores survival under capitalism. This work unfolds in three parts: eating, being eaten, and eating oneself in order to survive (and the consequences of survival).

Benita Mayo | Womanist: The Tao of Midlife & Menopause
A portrait and conceptual project exploring womanhood & womanism, this exhibition seeks to unearth stereotypes and archetypes we unconsciously adopt as truism.

Meesha Goldberg | Empire Is Over: The Lewis, Clark, & Sacajawea Cut-Ups
From February 2-22, 2024, New City Arts presents Empire Is Over: The Lewis, Clark, Sacajawea Cut-Ups, an exhibition by Fall 2023 Artist-in-Residence, Meesha Goldberg.

Matt Shelton | repair is the dream of the broken thing
This exhibition will deploy site-responsive installation, drawing and projection to explore relationships between medium and content, past and present, individual and collective memory.

Claire Szeptycki & Maddie Butkovich | Too Many Dinner Parties
From November 3-22, New City Arts, supported by UVA Arts & the Office of the Provost & the Vice Provost for the Arts, will present an exhibition of prints by 5th Year UVA Aunspaugh Fellows, Maddie Butkovich + Claire Szeptycki.
Sri Kodakalla | growing out of season
Through mixed-media installation and vignette storytelling, this intimate exhibition explores the decomposition and evolution of a specific memory from the artist's childhood, re-contextualized under immigration growing pains and the multiplicity of compounded grief.

Edie Read | Color is Light
What is visual language/to whom is it speaking? Edie Read’s work wonders aloud and searches to understand its sources.

MaKshya Tolbert | Shade is a place: relief is my form
From August 4-24, 2023, New City Arts presents Shade is a place: relief is my form, a Clearing by MaKshya Tolbert.

2023 New City Arts Fellowship Exhibition: Soft Spot
From July 7-27, New City Arts presents Soft Spot, an exhibition featuring work by the 2023 New City Arts Fellows: Kia Wassenaar, Aidyn Mancenido, Eileen Johnson, Audrey Parks, and Rachel Austin.

Ashon Crawley: loss.nothing.memorial.
From June 2-29, New City Arts presents loss.nothing.memorial, an exhibition by Ashon Crawley.

Jackson Taylor: Fever Creek
From May 5-25, New City Arts presents Fever Creek, an exhibition of prints by Jackson Taylor.

The Fralin Museum of Art’s Early Visions Exhibition
From April 25-28, New City Arts partnered with The Fralin’s Early Visions program to present work by students from the Cherry Avenue, Albemarle Campus Club, and Southwood Boys & Girls Clubs.

Conrad Cheung: Essing, Fawning, Gawping, Hocking, Isling, Jostling, Keening, Legging, Moping, Nodding, Ooling, Putzing, Querling
From April 7-22, New City Arts presents Essing, Fawning, Gawping, Hocking, Isling, Jostling, Keening, Legging, Moping, Nodding, Ooling, Putzing, Querling by Conrad Cheung.

Jay Simple: Razed To Be Born Again
From March 3-31, New City Arts presents Razed To Be Born Again by Jay Simple.

Sarah Lawson: Salience, the sea
From February 3-24, New City Arts presents Salience, the sea, an exhibition by Sarah Lawson.

JaVori Warren: From Her to My Niece
From January 6-27, New City Arts presents From Her to My Niece by JaVori Warren.

David Askew: i decided to do nothing (about everything)
From December 2-22, New City Arts presents i decided to do nothing (about everything) by David Askew.

Léo Zhang: In Pursuit of an Accord
From November 4-19, New City Arts, supported by UVA Arts & the Office of the Provost & the Vice Provost for the Arts, presents In Pursuit of an Accord by Léo Zhang.

Amanda Nelsen | NotAway: Works of Consumption
From October 7-28, 2022, New City Arts presents NotAway: Works of Consumption, an exhibition of work by Amanda Nelsen.

2022 Auction Artwork Preview at Welcome Gallery
Join us for a preview of artwork featured in our upcoming art auction in partnership with The Haven.

Mara Sprafkin & Warren Craghead III | Feed Them
From September 2-23, 2022, 2022, New City Arts presents Feed Them, an exhibition of drawings by Warren Craghead III and paintings by Mara Sprafkin, made in collaboration with her children.

Lily Erb | Friction: an exploration of impediments to interdependence
From August 5-26, 2022, New City Arts presents Friction: an exploration of impediments to interdependence, an exhibition of work by Lily Erb. This exhibition is presented by The FUNd at CACF.