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Exhibitions

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    Sample student artwork on view at the Moss Arts Center as part of "Young Artists: Layers of Me," featuring Shawsville Middle School art students.
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    TUESDAY, JANUARY 7-SATURDAY, JANUARY 11: In the spirit of creative collaboration and imaginative expression, Shawsville Middle School student artists explore identity and self-expression in "Layers of Me."

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    Shaunté Gates' "The Four Huntresses II," 2023, a collage that shows a Black woman centaur, bow pulled taut in her hands.
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    THURSDAY, JANUARY 23-SUNDAY, MARCH 30: Washington, D.C.-based artist Shaunté Gates’ solo exhibition features a survey of mixed-media paintings that investigate race, class, and psychogeographical spaces. Gates’ densely layered works combine photography, painting, collage, and found materials.

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    Charisse Pearlina Weston's "are there other pits deeper down?," 2024, a canvas etched with glass, frit, oil stick, silicone carbide, and epoxy. The canvas looks like a stiff sheet of fabric covered in black texture.
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    THURSDAY, JANUARY 23-SUNDAY, MARCH 30: New York-based artist Charisse Pearlina Weston’s solo exhibition engages with themes of surveillance and tactics of Black refusal by transforming materials associated with observation and control through repetition and reuse.

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    2025 New River Art Juried Biennial , article

    THURSDAY, JUNE 5-SATURDAY, AUGUST 23: The 2025 New River Art Juried Biennial, sponsored by the Blacksburg Regional Art Association, returns to the Moss this summer! Entries are due by March 1, 2025.

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    Erika Ranee; "Grandma," 2021 (detail); acrylic, shellac, spray paint, and paper collage on canvas; 84 × 72 inches
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    AUGUST 2024-AUGUST 2025 Mixed-media artist Erika Ranee reimagines a selection of works into a bold, abstract mural comprised of sinewy lines, puddles, and smears of translucent bright colors.

Gallery Hours

Tuesday-Friday, 10 AM-5 PM
Saturday, 10 AM-4 PM

Past Exhibitions

Are you interested to see which exhibitions have been shown at the Moss Arts Center? Take a look here.

Past Exhibitions

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Beyond the Frame Gallery Tours

Elevate your art experience with our monthly noontime curator tour, Beyond the Frame, on the second Thursday of each month.

To schedule a group tour or class visit, please email mossartscenter@vt.edu.

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While we greatly appreciate feedback on our exhibitions program, please note that the curatorial staff plans gallery content years in advance and does not actively solicit exhibition proposals from the public.