Chroma Projects Art Laboratory

09/05/2025

Today is both First Friday and Last Friday for Chroma's gallery in Vault Virginia. We're wrapping up 15 years of presenting art in Charlottesville.I hope you can come join us from 5 - 7 for a glass of Prosecco and the opening of our final show Wayne Fitzgerald: The Alchemy of Painting.

03/04/2025

Kelly Lonergan and I just finished installing his show, "Hothouse Phoenix" in Chroma Projects Art Laboratory. It looks just FABULOUS! Come by and see it on Friday evening!

12/30/2024

Getting ready for January's exhibition -
Sally Bowring: Still Life with Uncertainty
It opens at a different time than usual this month - on Saturday evening, January 4th, from 4:00-6:00 PM

10/31/2024

"Aggie Zed: The Close and Holy Darkness" opens this upcoming First Friday. Come enjoy the amazing results of her past year of studio work.

09/23/2024

This is the final week to experience the sensory glories of "Giselle Gautreau: Meridian Drift" at Chroma Projects Art Laboratory inside Vault Virginia. Viewing hours are weekdays from 10:00 - 4:00

09/06/2024

"The Culture of the Earth" is installed in Vault Virginia and ready for visitors this evening. Come see the marvelous new works of Fenella Belle, Lee Christmas Halstead, Cate West Zahl and Isabelle Abbot.

09/04/2024

I just finished setting up Giselle Gautreau's show "Meridian Drift". It is stunningly luscious. This photo does not begin to do the work justice. Come see in in the flesh this First Friday (and smell that fabulous encaustic scent!) The gallery is redolent with it!

05/06/2024

Monday, May 13th, the MiniCine’ in the theatre at Vault Virginia

MiniCiné Mondays: Join us for a screening of the 2024 Indie Short Film Festival's "Best in Fest" award-winning film Essex Girls. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Many thanks to Indie Short Film Festival founder Ty Cooper for bringing this and many other extraordinary films to our community.

Monday, May 13th from 7-9pm
Register at the link in our bio

Meet you there.

Director: Yero Timi-Biu
Screenwriter: Busayo Ige
Producer: Angela Moneke, Simon Hatton
Executive Producer: Jo Nolan, Abubakar Salim, Thomas Wightman
Cast: Busayo Ige, Maisie Smith, Corinna Brown
Cinematographer: Nathalie Pitters
Editor: Galina Chakarova