An old pump house at the entrance to the beautiful Gypsy Hill Park in Staunton is headquarters for this art center, an affiliate of the Virginia Museum. It puts on 10 exhibitions a year, displays art by area elementary and high school students every March and exhibits works of local artists throughout the year. In addition, the art center offers classes and workshops for children and adults throughout the year. The third Saturday every May, the center hosts a huge outdoor art show of works by more than 100 artists. The center is open from 9 AM to 5 PM weekdays.
Admission is free.
The gallery specializes in limited edition prints and represents nearly 100 percent of the major print publishers in the art world. The work of artists such as Bev Doolittle, Robert Bateman, Steve Lyman, Charles Wysocki and Charles Frac is available here. Civil War and aviation art lovers will recognize works by Troiana, Kuntsler, Gallon, Harvey, Phillips and Kodera. Valley Framing also has an extensive inventory of local and regional artists' prints, bronzes and ceramics. The gallery is open year round from 10 AM to 5 PM Monday through Friday and 10 AM to 3 PM Saturday and by appointment.