Petersburg Regional Art Center

Welcome to Petersburg Regional Art Center, one of the largest art centers in Virginia

Petersburg Regional Art Center is located in Historic Petersburg Virginia. PRAC has a monthly juried all media art show with $600 in award money. The reception is the second Friday evening of each month. The center has several new art displays every month in the Mezzanine Gallery. PRAC has artist studios on four floors featuring a variety of work from many artists. Visit us soon!

Call for Entries Saturday February 4th, Monday February 6th, Tuesday February 7th ~ All Media Show Friday February 10th ~ PRAC has the largest prize money of any art center in the central Virginia area - $275 for 1st Place, $175 for 2nd Place and $75 for 3rd Place and three Honorable Mentions will get $25 each

All Media Show Winners January 2012
1st Place Everett Butler, "Travels: Manitowoc, Wisconsin"
2nd Place Faye Henderson," Appolachia ll"
3rd Place Lorelle Rau,"The American Dream ll"
Honorable Mention Chris Semtner, "Ascension"
Honorable Mention Charles Meyer, "Pennsylvania Ave"
Honorable Mention Stephanie Carson, "Knowledge"

Hours
We are open from 10 AM until 4 PM Wednesday through Saturday and other hours by appointment. The art center is open for the second Friday reception every month until 10 PM.

We hope you enjoy your visit to PRAC and will return often. You may sign up for our email list by using the form on the contact page.

Events
• • • Friday, February 10th Friday for the Arts - Juror is Ann Hart-Chay, a painter, photographer, and artist’s artist, is most proud of her daughter and founding Visual Art Studio in what has seemingly quickly become the Historic Downtown Arts District. As a hands on Board Member of Curated Culture, the nonprofit behind the promotion of the First Friday Art Walks, she has been dedicated to the Arts and the Revitalization of Downtown Richmond. This is the city, after all, where she was born and raised; even graduating from its renown School of the Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University with honors. To see what’s going on please visit www.visualartstudio.org. Entertainment will be provided by Sergeant Wesly Wagner and Specialist Joseph Bennett of the 392nd Army Band. The Mezzanine Gallery will feature: Clifton Dickens – Mixed Media, Lane Hiers – Oil, Johanna Stoneking – Photography, Joe DeIuilo – Oil, Angel Flora Balton – Mixed Media and Kitty Hedgpeth – Mixed Media. All Shows end March 3rd.

• • • Featured Artist for the Month of February will be Joe DeIuilo. Joe will be here to show off his creative oil paintings. His paintings are definitely one of a kind, so come see him during this month’s Friday for the Arts!

• • • Open Studio Every Thursday 10:30 AM to 3 PM in Studio 321. Info Chuck Meyer comeyer321@gmail.com

• • • Friday, March 9th, 7pm Friday for the Arts - Juror is Valery Bates, a photographer and educator with a background teaching at V.C.U., V.S.U. and John Tyler Community. She is also a member of multiple photo organizations. Such as The Richmond Camera Club, The Photographic Society of America, and The National Association of Photoshop Professionals. Her PH.D is in Mass Communications from Howard University. Entertainment provided by Zach Artis ~Blues. Photography Show in Mezzanine Gallery ** $5 per entry ** Enter up to three pieces ** All entries must be framed with mat board if needed ~~~CASH AWARDS!!!!!~~~

Sycamore Street Entrance

The arrow points to the Petersburg Regional Art Center building. The building was built in 1858 and it was formerly a department store and a furniture store before becoming the art center. It has four floors and a basement. Three floors and the basement have studios. There are two large art galleries. Openings are the second Friday of each month. There are directions on this page.

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