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Welcome Gallery

Welcome Gallery is downtown art space in Charlottesville, VA, run by New City Arts Initiative, a non-profit community arts organization.

Welcome Gallery
Welcome Gallery
Welcome Gallery
Welcome Gallery Photo Credit: Maggie Stein

Exhibiting at Welcome Gallery

Applications to exhibit during the 2022-23 Welcome Gallery Exhibition Season are open now and due on July 6, 2022 at 11:59PM. Learn more and apply here.


2021-2022 Exhibit Season

  • July 2021 | Abigail Wilson & Zoé Edgecomb
  • August 2021 | The Fralin Museum of Art, Summer Studio featuring Zaharra Colla, Katherine Flores, Bryan Guzman, Elise Hatschbach, Katarina Love, Raquel Monroe, Jane Ormsby, Jasmine Gonzalez Rollins, Olivia Trager, Christy Wang, and Molly Woodfin.
  • September 2021 | Live Art Auction Preview featuring Cate West Zahl, Christina Flowers, David Wilson Hawkins, Ézé Amos, Frank Phillips, Lara Call Gastinger, Laura Wooten, Sarah Boyts Yoder, Sarah Cramer Shields, Sharon Shapiro, and Tobiah Mundt.
  • October 2021 | Marisa Williamson, Sandy Williams IV, and Patrick Costello
  • November 2021 | Tori Cherry (in partnership with UVA Arts)
  • December 2021 | Artist Exchange featuring Tori Cherry, Ashon Crawley, Jen Deibert, John Grant, Mary Lamb, Calista Lyon, Frank P. Phillips, Lisa A. Ryan, Andrea Ruedy Trimble, Joe Vena, and Derrick J. Waller.
  • January 2022 | Kori Price, Residency Exhibition
  • February 2022-June 2022: Artist Fellowships

Location: Welcome Gallery is located at 114 3rd St. NE (on the downtown mall between Fleurie Restaurant and the Soul Food Joint). This space also houses NCAI offices and studio space. The gallery housed on 3rd St. NE primarily exhibits interdisciplinary, Charlottesville-area artists.

Questions about Welcome Gallery? Contact us


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Past Events

Amazing space: Matt Kleberg frames the narrative with ‘Coming Close’

FULL ARTICLE | Published by C-Ville Weekly by Elizabeth Derby in December 2015

Tuft Love: Felt(ing) Emotions with Tobiah Mundt

FULL EPISODE | Produced by Stitch Please in August 2020

Get closer

FULL ARTICLE | Featuring Brielle DuFlon's Welcome Gallery exhibition and published in C-VILLE Weekly in....

Feeling it

FULL ARTICLE | Featuring Ashon Crawley's Welcome Gallery exhibition and published in C-VILLE Weekly in January....
  • Today's Hours: Spring 2022: Masks are required for all visitors inside Welcome Gallery.
  • 434-202-5277
  • 114 3rd St NE, Charlottesville, VA 22902

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