Enjoy First Friday at Riverviews Artspace!
🎶FREE & OPEN TO ALL AGES
-Children’s concert by award-winning musician Sara Ernst from 6-7 pm in the main gallery
-Community art project in the CREATE Studio
-A selection of Sophie Blackall children’s books for sale, including Farmhouse and the newly-released If We Were Dogs
-Concessions, snacks, and drinks!
🖼️ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
Pattern highlights works of art by Sophie Blackall, an award-winning illustrator of over 50 children's books. Inspired by the recent revitalization of her farm, Milkwood, a creative retreat for the children's book community, the pieces on view explore the layers and collages that shape our lives. Focusing on collective, generational, and individual memories, the exhibition celebrates our emotional connections to place and to the objects we hold dear. The exhibition is curated by Alex Grabiec, an artist, curator, and educator based in rural Virginia.
👩🎨ABOUT THE ARTIST
Sophie Blackall is an award-winning illustrator of over 50 books for children, including the New York Times best-selling Ivy and Bean series, the 2016 Caldecott Medal winner, Finding Winnie and the 2019 Caldecott Medal winner, Hello Lighthouse, which she also wrote.
She is the five-time recipient of The New York Times Best Illustrated Picture Book Award and has worked with UNICEF and Save the Children, UK on global health and literacy initiatives.
Originally from Australia, she now splits her time between Brooklyn, New York, and the Catskill Mountains, where she and her husband run a retreat for the children's book community called Milkwood Farm.
🗓️EXHIBITION DATES
September 5, 2025 through Thursday, October 16, 2025.
You may also like the following events from Riverviews Artspace:
- This Thursday, 2nd October, 10:30 am, Storytime for Dogs, Kids, and their Parents at Riverviews Artspace in Lynchburg
- Next month, 18th October, 11:00 am, Intro to Encaustic with Pam Winegard in Lynchburg
- Next month, 22nd October, 06:00 pm, Risograph Basics with Stephen Kissel in Lynchburg
Also check out other
Arts events in Lynchburg,
Music events in Lynchburg.
