Second Street Gallery is pleased to present Inside the Artists’ Studio 2, a group exhibition featuring the work of Central Virginia-based painters, printmakers, and photographers on view in the Main Gallery from December 3, 2021 - January 22, 2022. 

For this exhibition, Second Street Gallery’s Chief Curator, Kristen Chiacchia, paired one painter or printmaker with one photographer to form a long-term creative relationship. The exhibiting artist pairs included: Ashon Crawley & Benita Mayo, Meesha Goldberg & Kori Price, Lauren Moses Gordon & Courtney Coker, Akemi Ohira & Derrick J. Waller, and Abigail Wilson & Jesús Pino Aguilar. Artist pairs began collaborating on the project in summer 2021. Over the course of the past six months, photographers documented their partner artists’ studio practice and process as they created work specifically for the exhibition at Second Street Gallery. The exhibition was on view in SSG’s Main Gallery and featured an installation of photographs alongside each painter or printmaker's finished artworks. 

An opening reception for the exhibition was held on First Friday, December 3, 2021 from 4-7:30pm. Additional programming associated with the exhibition included:

• Artists in Conversation: Meesha Goldberg & Kori Price on Thursday, December 9th from 6-7PM EST - Watch the virtual artist talk between the artists HERE.

• Introduction to Printmaking with Abigail Wilson was held on Wednesdays, January 12 & 19, 2022 from 6-7:30PM

• Improvisational Artmaking with Ashon Crawley will be held on Saturday, February 12 from 10-12PM - RSVPs will open in late January 2022

This is the second iteration of this exhibition theme that has been presented by Second Street Gallery. The first Inside the Artist’s Studio was held in February/March 2019 with artist pairs Ken Horne & Guillermo X Ubilla, Sharon Shapiro & Stacey Evans, Russ Warren & Bill Moretz, and Cate West Zahl & Kristen Finn. The inaugural 2019 version and its related programming were a great success with the participating artists and the broader community. View 2019’s Inside the Artist’s Studio here.

This exhibition is generously sponsored by Roy Cadoff & Debbie White, Martin Horn, Inc., and a grant from The Bama Works Fund of Dave Matthews Band.