New City Arts announces In Good Time, Tori Cherry's first solo exhibition, at Welcome Gallery. Featuring still life and figurative paintings, Tori's exhibition is presented by UVA Arts & the Office of the Provost & the Vice Provost for the Arts.
New City Arts' Welcome Gallery
114 3rd St. NE, Charlottesville, VA 22902
First Fridays
November 5, 5:00–7:30 PM
Artist talk at 6:00 PM
Free and open to the public. All ages welcome.
Gallery Hours
Wednesday–Friday, 12:00–6:00 PM
Exhibition Events
Lunch & Draw with Tori Cherry: Nov 9 at Noon
Covid-19 Visitor Policy
In order to accommodate families with kids under the age of 12 who are not yet eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine, and in accordance with CDC guidance, masks are required at all times for all visitors.
Exhibition Statement (courtesy of the artist)
What I find most exciting about my current practice is the way that active, slow looking informs how I move through the world. My work requires that I be particularly receptive/sensitive — always open and ready to receive and respond to any and everything I encounter. 'In Good Time' refers not to any anticipated moment or ending but instead to an implied attitude of patience. Patience is what enables me to see value in unlikely subjects. It is what helps me visually investigate, then articulate my perception of the essence of those subjects. My intention with these works is to encourage you to look more slowly and to be sensitive to the minutiae that people are often moving too fast to notice; because, that patience, that time and care and attention is perpetually rewarding.
Photo Credit: Derrick J. Waller
About the Artist (courtesy of the artist)
Tori Cherry is an artist based in Charlottesville, VA. She is a 2021-2022 Aunspaugh Fifth-Year Fellow at the University of Virginia (CLAS’21). Her paintings and drawings serve as sites for personal documentation, reflection, and connection. Through portraiture and still life inspired by her loved ones, her surroundings, and herself, she highlights the paradoxical uniqueness and universality of experience. More recently, her work explores the relationship between figure and space and how that interaction manifests in embodied idiosyncrasies.
Artwork image and bio courtesy of the artist.
Photos by Stacey Evans Photography
