Join us for the 14th annual Día de Muertos!

Friday November 7, 2025
The Celebration starts at 5:30 pm

October 3 - November 16, 2025

Sarah B. Smith Gallery
Christopher Headings : Inaccrochable

First Floor Galleries
Día de Muertos

Second Floor Gallery North
Maryanna Williams on behalf of Grace Moskowitz: Dear Grace

Second Floor Gallery South
The Piedmont Pastelists: Pastel Expressions

| ART TALK | FILM SCREENING

| ART TALK | FILM SCREENING

Artist talk
Saturday, November 8
3-4:00 PM

Maryanna Williams on behalf of Grace Moskowitz

Maryanna will speak about the three year correspondence she has had with Grace, a transgender woman serving a life sentence in a men's Florida State Prison, and how despite the brutality of her existence, art and writing has given her life meaning and solace.

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Film Screening
Sunday, November 9
2-4:00 PM

A Family Undertaking

A Death Fest and Day of the Dead collaboration.

This event is open to the public, all are welcome.

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Located one block from the downtown Charlottesville area, McGuffey Art Center is one of the oldest artist-cooperatives in the country, housing 45+ renting artists within the building and 100+ artists within the art center’s association. The artists within our community participate in varying ways to support McGuffey Art Center’s growth through teaching classes and workshops, showcasing works in exhibitions, participating and holding events, and doing community outreach.

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