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~~~~~~~~~~ A Cooperative Gallery Charlottesville, VA 434-972-9500 118 E. Main Street - Downtown Mall M-Th 10-6, F 10-9, Sa 10-8, Su 12-6 C'ville Arts: A Cooperative Gallery is a vibrant storefront space featuring handmade works by Virginia artists and craftspeople, located one-half block west of the Central Place on the lively pedestrian mall in historic, downtown Charlottesville, Virginia. The gallery provides Charlottesville residents and visitors with the opportunity to view and purchase art and crafts by about 60 contemporary Virginia artists year-round. C'ville Arts offers a tremendous range of art & crafts, including decorative & functional objects for your home & garden, wearable art such as jewelry and scarves, organic balms, photography, paintings, sculpture, and more. As a cooperative, we work together to operate the store, helping keep our art affordable. Visitors are able to meet and chat with the artists who are on duty each day. C’ville Arts has become a popular place to find unique gifts for all occasions and locally made mementos for visitors to our area. We feature new work by one of our artist members each month. We host an opening night reception on the first Friday of the month, in conjunction with the First Fridays gallery openings around downtown. Our cooperative began with the vision of a handful of craftspeople who sought a seasonal venue from which to sell their art. We were in different spaces for each of several holiday seasons and so called ourselves Transient Crafters. In 2000, with our membership growing, we secured our current, permanent location. As the 10-year anniversary of the first seasonal shop approached in 2007, we decided it was time for a new name that better reflected the focus of the gallery and our place in the community. |
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