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The Arc Studio, 1149 Rose Hill Drive, Charlottesville, VA (2026)

08/27/2026

Michelle is such a joy to have in the Studio! Her smile says it all. 😊 We love you, Michelle! 🧡
Image Description: Three smiling women gather around an art table at The Arc Studio. The woman in the center holds up a small, colorful artwork featuring concentric circles in orange, pink, green, and blue. The table is covered with markers, paint sticks, paper, and other art supplies, while colorful artwork fills the studio in the background.

08/18/2026

Summer is cyanotype season in The Arc Studio! ☀️💙 By exposing photosensitive paper to sunlight, cyanotypes capture the silhouettes of objects placed on the chemically treated surface. A simple water wash turns the paper a deep indigo color, revealing gorgeous, ghostly white forms.

We experimented with all kinds of materials: plants from our Arc Grows garden, mesh, buttons, slides, line drawings, and stencils. Each arrangement created a different pattern, texture, and surprise.

Many thanks to our summer intern, Grace, for sharing her sun print expertise with our artists! 🎨
Video Description: Video 1: Flowers and plants are arranged on paper beneath glass in direct sunlight. A person carefully removes the plant material after exposure. Video 2: The exposed paper is rinsed under running water in a sink. As it is washed, pale silhouettes of the flowers and plants appear while the paper develops into a deep cyan blue. Image Description: A series of images documents the cyanotype process at The Arc Studio. Flowers, leaves, and other objects are arranged on light-sensitive paper beneath glass and exposed to sunlight. Finished cyanotypes feature deep blue backgrounds with pale impressions of plants, drawings, mesh, and other materials. In the final image, an Arc Studio artist and a staff member smile outdoors while holding several completed cyanotype prints.

08/06/2026

Emi is a proud Swiftie through and through! 🎶✨

She's always singing Taylor Swift , rocking her favorite Swiftie sweater, and creating art inspired by the music she loves. Here's her latest homage to the icon herself. 💖🎨
Image and Video Description: Image 1: A colorful mixed media collage inspired by Taylor Swift features a patchwork silhouette of a performer holding a microphone beneath glittering silver stage lights. Glittery blue letters spell "Taylor" at the top and "Swift" at the bottom, with red, pink stars scattered across a lavender background. Image 2: Emi smiles while holding her completed Taylor Swift-inspired collage in the Arc Studio. She wears a pink shirt and a cream-colored cardigan with pink heart details, surrounded by colorful artwork displayed on the studio walls. Video 1: Emi sits at a table in the art studio, smiling and giggling as she works on her latest creation. She gently shakes glitter from a sheet of paper, revealing the word "Taylor" sparkling in blue glitter.

08/04/2026

Experimentation includes the way an artist holds and uses a tool as part of the creative process. ✍️ Mark-making begins with the individual hand, and just as handwriting is unique, so too are the grips, movements, and gestures that shape an artist’s work.

A grip can influence pressure, rhythm, line, texture, and control. It may also change depending on the medium, the material, the size or position of the substrate, and its relationship to the artist’s body.

Rather than seeing one way of holding a tool as correct, we recognize each grip as a potential source of discovery. Experimenting with how a tool is held can open new possibilities for expression and produce outcomes that are distinctly the artist’s own. 🎨
Video and Image Description: Video: Victoria creates colorful marks on yellow paper using a large paint marker. She holds the marker with a whole-hand grip, making bold strokes in a variety of colors. Images: A series of close-up photographs highlights the many ways Arc Studio artists hold creative tools while making art. Hands grip paintbrushes, paint markers, and permanent markers in a variety of unique ways, each reflecting an individual approach to mark making. The images focus on the relationship between hand, tool, and artwork, showing colorful paint, paper, and works in progress.

07/30/2026

Jacob's artwork finds beauty in repetition. 🟠🟢🟣🟡 Each mark, line, and shape builds abstract compositions that can feel both calming and dynamic. The longer you look, the more the rhythm of his process begins to reveal itself.
Image Description: Image 1: Two mixed media artworks feature layered collage, price stickers, labels, and bold color fields. Repeated shapes, handwritten marks, and geometric patterns create energetic, highly textured compositions. Image 2: Two abstract paintings explore texture and color. One features a muted gray background with a single bright pink rectangle, while the other is filled with dense, overlapping red brushstrokes that create a rhythmic surface. Image 3: Jacob sits at a studio table wearing headphones, leaning over his work with focused attention as he carefully creates a new piece. Flowers, colorful markers, and artwork throughout the studio frame the scene.

07/23/2026

Get to know The Arc Studio’s amazing summer intern, Grace Thomas! Grace recently graduated from Bates College with a degree in Art and Visual Culture. She brings a wealth of artmaking knowledge and experience to our studio and has built deep, wonderful relationships with Arc Studio artists and staff. We are so lucky to have her here this summer!

Grace says The Arc Studio is one of the most special places she has ever been in. She notes the abundance of joy, laughter, and support. She states, “ Authenticity, curiosity, and creative risk-taking are all hard to do. These are qualities the Arc artists have in spades. I am constantly inspired to grow through my time working with these artists.”
Image Description: A photo and video carousel highlights Grace, an art studio intern working alongside adult artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Together they paint, draw, cut paper, experiment with printmaking, work with clay, and create mixed-media artwork while sharing ideas and encouragement. The carousel also includes relaxed portraits of the intern with artists, smiling together and celebrating finished pieces in a bright, welcoming studio.

07/21/2026

🖌️🎨 Art Partners is one of The Arc Studio’s most impactful community programs. Started in 2024, Art Partners provides studio access and authentic artmaking experiences to groups of artists from area non-profits that support individuals with developmental disabilities but do not have art programs.

While here, artists participate in open-ended artmaking experiences that support material exploration, sensory engagement, creative play, social engagement, and individual expression - all within a supportive, inspiring studio environment.

The Art Partners Program expands access to artmaking across a community of non-profit organizations, making The Arc Studio a creative hub for art makers of all backgrounds and abilities - ensuring that artmaking really is for everyone in central Virginia. 👨‍🎨👩‍🎨
Image Description: A mixed photo and video carousel shows artists at The Arc Studio exploring a wide range of creative techniques during an art session. Artists paint with watercolors, draw with markers and colored pencils, experiment with collage materials, and work with bright acrylic paints. One artist smiles while wearing protective headphones beside a colorful mixed-media project, while another carefully sketches with markers. In one video, painted balls roll through a tray of yellow paint to create abstract patterns. Another artist paints their arm and hand green as part of a body painting activity, covering their skin with a brush. Artists and instructors collaborate around shared tables, offering guidance, conversation, and encouragement.

07/16/2026

The Arc Studio at The Arc of the Piedmont is honored and grateful to have received a grant from The Bama Works Fund of The Dave Matthews Band.

This gift will be instrumental (pun intended!) in allowing us to continue our amazing Arc Notes music program. Arc Notes was created and piloted last academic year with brilliance, care, and inspiration from Molly Joyce. We can’t wait to see where the program goes next!

🙌 Thank you, Dave Matthews Band and Charlottesville Area Community Foundation for seeing the potential in this program, and for making sure musicians with developmental disabilities have access to the authentic expression, creation, and enjoyment of music – an essential aspect of a rich, happy life.
Image Description: A video begins by pulling back from a woman making a heart shape with her hands over her eyes, revealing several adults behind her smiling and waving. It transitions into a series of photos of adults proudly holding a sign that reads, "Thank You." The video ends with the Bama Works logo and the message, "Thank you, Bama Works, for believing that everyone deserves access to music-making!" alongside a photo of a woman and a man holding the thank-you sign together.

07/16/2026

The Arc Studio at The Arc of the Piedmont is honored and grateful to have received a grant from The Bama Works Fund of The Dave Matthews Band.

This gift will be instrumental (pun intended!) in allowing us to continue our amazing Arc Notes music program. Arc Notes was created and piloted last academic year with brilliance, care, and inspiration from Molly Joyce. We can’t wait to see where the program goes next!

🙌 Thank you, Dave Matthews Band and Charlottesville Area Community Foundation for seeing the potential in this program, and for making sure musicians with developmental disabilities have access to the authentic expression, creation, and enjoyment of music – an essential aspect of a rich, happy life.
Image Description: A video begins by pulling back from a woman making a heart shape with her hands over her eyes, revealing several adults behind her smiling and waving. It transitions into a series of photos of adults proudly holding a sign that reads, "Thank You." The video ends with the Bama Works logo and the message, "Thank you, Bama Works, for believing that everyone deserves access to music-making!" alongside a photo of a woman and a man holding the thank-you sign together.

07/07/2026

“The World Works Better With Us.” 🌎 That is the 2026 Disability Pride Month theme, selected by The Arc's National Council of Self-Advocates. People with disabilities belong in every school, every studio, every workplace, every community, and every decision that affects their lives. Full stop.

Over 70 million Americans live with a disability. Their creativity and advocacy built the curb cuts, closed captions, and voice dictation tools the world now takes for granted. And yet in 2026, people with disabilities are still fighting for Medicaid funding, fighting against harmful language, and fighting for the right to live in their communities rather than institutions.

At The Arc of the Piedmont, we celebrate Disability Pride Month with joy and with purpose. Joy for the people we serve and the lives they are building. Purpose in our commitment to fight for disability rights, dignity, and full inclusion in Charlottesville’s creative community and beyond.
Image Description: A gray graphic for Disability Pride Month features the words "JULY 2026 Disability Pride Month" in large blue, pink, and yellow text. Below is the quote, "The World Works Better With Us." Diagonal stripes in green, light blue, white, yellow, and pink run from the lower left corner toward the center. The Arc Studio logo appears in the lower right corner.

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