Celebrate 40 with us all year!
Current Exhibits:
“Vivid Reflections” by Joey Truxell invites viewers into a world where bold color, surreal imagery, and storytelling collide. His vividly rendered characters inhabit symbolic spaces that explore the tension between innocence and awareness. As the artist states, “This isn’t just art you look at—it’s art that looks back.”
Based in Waynesboro, Virginia, Truxell draws on over five decades of experience across illustration, design, and muralism. His use of light and color reveals what he calls “the light within,” creating work that is both playful and thought-provoking—inviting viewers to engage and see differently.
Joan Graybeal Menard
Born and raised in the Washington, D.C. suburbs, Joan moved to the Shenandoah Valley in 2012. She has created art her entire life and enjoys combining multiple media in her work.
In response to an often chaotic world, Joan creates her own fantasy figures. Her calm-faced ladies emerged during Covid, when she missed seeing people’s happy expressions. She hopes they bring a sense of peace and joy to viewers.
“Life Is a Stage: Welcome to Joan of Art’s World” features her beloved ceramic figures alongside new mixed-media assemblages.
Step into Joan’s imaginative world and stay awhile.
Shenandoah Valley Art Center 126 S. Wayne Avenue, 416 W. Main Street, Waynesboro, VA 22980 540-949-7662
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