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Watch for the Artmobile Coming to Danville
The VMFA Artmobile will bring View from Home: Landscapes of Virginia to Danville July 15-16.
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by Joyce Wilburn
n Tuesday, July 14, be on the lookout for an 18- wheeler cruising through O be played on the outside. This traveling museum is a Danville on the way to the modern descendant of the Danville Museum of Fine Arts world’s first Artmobile that & History (DMFAH) on Main traveled the roads of Virginia Street. Follow the massive from 1953 to 1994. Today’s vehicle that is thirteen feet version is handicap accessible longer than a traditional tractor and climate controlled. Accept trailer to the parking lot behind this invitation for a break from the DMFAH at 975 Main Street routine and travel Virginia with and watch for ninety minutes your eyes. as it magically transforms into a mini-art museum. You will • The Artmobile will be open to have witnessed the arrival of the public on Wednesday, the Artmobile from the Virginia July 15, and Thursday, July 16, Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA)! from 2:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. Doors will open at 9:00 a.m. ticket numbers must be the next day, July 15. For reserved and obtained two days, visitors can view from the DMFAH. For more paintings, photographs, info about tickets contact woodblock prints and the DMFAH at info@ engravings from the Virginia danvillemuseum.org. No Museum’s permanent more than two tickets can be collection in Richmond. A reserved per email. View from Home: Landscapes • For more information, visit of Virginia showcases artists of www.vmfa.museum and www. various styles and periods who danvillemuseum.org or call record the unspoiled nature 434.793.5644. of Virginia and the impact of human activity on it. Plan to stay for thirty to sixty minutes and enjoy the free interactive exhibit suitable for children and adults. If visitors have to wait to enter, they can watch an entertaining • The tour is free but tickets/ and educational video that will O. Winston Link’s famous 1957 photo taken in Rural Retreat will be on exhibit in the Artmobile.
