Brown Bag Concert Schedule for 2024
Sponsored by Davis Trust Company in Elkins, WV, your local favorite bank.
Brown Bag Concerts are Free, and typically the third Wednesday of every month, from 12 to 1 pm. The Arts Center is featuring regional and local musicians that are eager to share their talent with the community. Bring your lunch, friends and family and enjoy the hour!
The Arts Center is a non profit arts organization providing quality arts programming for our community. We are located at Two Park Street in the the historic Weese district.
If you are a musician and interested in performing, please reach out. Contact Page.
Call to Artists: Rosie the Riveter Art Exhibition
Call to Artists
Details and Entry Guidelines, click here
Partnered with Our Town, Inc. to Celebrate Rosie the Riveters of Randolph County
Reception: Saturday, August 10, at 2 pm
Run 4 It Fundraiser Team Amazing Arts
Details TBA, and official Race Day TBA.
2023 Race Results Click Here
Join our team! You can walk, or run in person, OR register as a virtual racer! You are supporting our team, just by joining as a virtual racer! If it is just not your thing, consider a donation to support the Team or even sponsor one of our Team Mates!
The purpose of Run 4 It is to raise awareness and support for non profits, civic organizations and other charities, throughout many counties. The Tucker Community Foundation challenges participants to raise team support for the community cause of their choice during the Run For It 2024 campaign and then run or walk for that cause. The event raises funds and awareness for community organizations, projects, nonprofit agencies, educational activities, and charities located within the Foundation’s service area.
At its heart, RUN FOR IT has two goals:
1. To encourage participation in a healthy activity (running & walking).
2. To leverage funds for area causes.
Entry fee proceeds, team sponsor support, and cash awards benefit the racer's favorite:
* Non-profit organization-Randolph Co Comm. Arts Council, your local arts hub in Elkins!
Scene & Unseen, a solo exhibit by Pam Roberts
Scene & Unseen is a solo exhibition by Pam Roberts.
Artist Reception: Thursday, May 23, 2024, from 5 to 7 pm, free and open to the community and coincides with the Gala Juried Exhibition Reception.
Read more about Pam Roberts.
Artist Statement: I create with alcohol ink. I drop bright, vibrant colors onto an 99% alcohol painted polypropylene substrate. The ink moves in the direction it wants and with a little coaxing, it can be blown in a direction or with the force of gravity, it can drip and roll right off the page.
I compare painting with alcohol ink to carving. In carving, the foreground or main point of interest is left intact, while the edges and background are carved away. When painting with alcohol ink, I visualize something in the shapes formed by the ink, and then I darken in around the shape to bring the point of interest to the foreground. Using the concept of negative space brings the positive space into view. I find this a fulfilling and creative experience while letting ideas in my subconscious come to light.
During 2020, and in the few years that followed, I focused on abstract alcohol ink paintings. They ranged from A Spiky Virus, Seeing 2020, to A Black Hole, Worldly Imaginings, and other space related ideas. I traced stencils and then applied ink to make kaleidoscope-like designs in some paintings as well. Of course, painting would not be visually stimulating without the use of color. I like using the bright, intense colors that alcohol inks provide.
Watercolor is another medium that I enjoy working with. The wet in wet technique is especially fun and creates a loose, dreamy appearance. Building from light to dark in a painting is sometimes challenging, but solving problems is the task that I find interesting when painting.
Gala Art Exhibition Celebrates 23 years
The Arts Center celebrates 23 years of providing successful arts programming to our community. We celebrate with artists by showcasing their art with a juried exhibition. Juried and Judged by Sandra Reed. Check out her bio Pam Roberts, Scene & Unseen, will be featured in our Maxwell Gallery.
Artist Reception for both exhibitions: Thursday, May 23, from 5 to 7 pm. Free entry for the community.
The Annual Gala Exhibition will display from April 26 to June 19.
In addition to our Annual Exhibition to celebrate the arts, we also host a fundraiser benefit. This is a ticketed event. Live music with Electric Blue! Check out the Mad Hatter Party. Tickets are selling fast. Truly a wonderful time with live music, artists, dinner and more!
Mad Hatter Party, Celebrates 23 years
Mad Hatter Party with all things Wonderland Related
April 26, 2024, starts at 6 pm
Its always 6 o’clock in Wonderland
This is a ticketed fundraiser benefit. This is our biggest most creative event of the year! For this gala, the Art Center will be elaborately transformed into Wonderland with whimsical decor and will serve craft cocktails, an elaborate dinner and dessert menu, and feature live entertainment. A chance to mingle and enjoy the art exhibition, meet artists, an award presentation. Partake in the silent art auction, 50/50 raffle and flamingo croquet outside with the Queen. Celebrating 23 successful years providing art in our community!
Live Music by Electric Blue. High energy blues, rock.
Who attends: You do! Tickets online. Your name will be added to the guest list at the door (no paper tickets.) Enter at the front entrance. You will be added to the guest list!
Dress: The Randolph Arts Center does not have a required dress code for this event. Think casual, fun and comfy! Dress fancy if you want! For those that want to dress for a theme: Think of the adventures of Wonderland and ideas might look like: Big hats…channel your inner hatter! Fancy dresses, apron if you want! Attire featuring red roses, card suits, white rabbits, chess pieces, keys, mushrooms, or other motifs from books or movies!
Silent Auction Artists Donors: Dave Proudfoot, Kate Goodrich Arling, Dani Cade, Donna Lowther, Maggi Rhudy, Anonymous. Marj Moses, Ruth Yang.
Location: Two Park Street. Enter through our front doors facing Randolph Avenue. Free parking along Elkins City Park and we are across the street from downtown!
Sponsors: Dandelion Candy Co, Big Timber, Elkins Sewing Center, Joeys Bike Shop, Mountain Valley Bank, Great Harvest and Holiday Inn Express
We are committed to promoting excellence in arts! We are inclusive and committed to equal access art. Accessibility details. Please reach out with questions about this event. 304.637.2355.
May Brown Bag Concert - Wilma Cutlip & Ed VanHorn
Bring your friends and family, and have lunch at The Arts Center while enjoying live music from a local musician. The Brown Bag Concert Series is free for the community, and sponsored by our local bank Davis Trust Company. Thank you Davis Trust for supporting arts, and artists in our community!
Celebrating Rosie the Riveters of Randolph County
Celebrating Rosie the Riveters of Randolph County. Partnered with Our Town, Inc.
Reception is Saturday, August 10, at 2 pm.
stay tuned for more details
Chet Lowther, August Brown Bag Concert Series
Sponsored by Davis Trust Company
Chet Lowther, singer, songwriter/guitarist
Run with us in Davis WV
Run with us on Team Amazing Arts for The Arts Center. A healthy and fun way to raise money for a cause! Davis, WV. Run 4 It during the Leaf Peepers Festival.
Stay tuned for more details
MSFF Fall Annual Juried Art Exhibition
Juried Show Details will be announced in the summer of 2024!
This exhibit will open on Wednesday, Oct 2, 2024.
Picture This! A solo exhibit by John Terry
“Picture This!” a solo exhibit by John Terry, Photographer
A worldwide photographic tour, with detours on the how and why of the photographic process, and thoughts on how to improve the observer’s own pictures.
Tentative Reception Date: Wednesday, October 2, 2024, from 5 to 7 pm. (subject to change)
More details coming soon!
Chris Lovejoy and Josh Wanstreet, October Brown Bag Concert Series
Brown Bag Concert Series are sponsored by Davis Trust Company. The Arts Center hosts a musician every third Wednesday of the month. From Noon to 1 pm, bring your lunch and friends, and enjoy live music!
Chris Lovejoy and Josh Wanstreet share a deep appreciation for traditional songs and tunes from West Virginia as well as Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu where they first met in a class. Chris has played music up and down the Appalachian mountains, and makes his home in Beverly. He regularly plays with “That High Country Revival” out of Charleston, WV and likes to sneak in duets and solo shows when he can. Josh’s love for traditional, old-time music was first developed in 1995 while working at the Stonewall Jackson Jubilee festival. Over the years he has taught private guitar and fiddle lessons and performed regularly throughout West Virginia. He lives in Elkins.
B Movie Night
Low budget horror movies? We are in!
2 Movies, probably B&W, and we will announce them at the beginning of October!
Bring your self, a chair and beverage of your choice. We will have popcorn and snacks available.
Cost: make a donation at the door
Dave Proudfoot & Dave Bowman, November Brown Bag Concert
Description coming soon
Bring your friends and family, and have lunch at The Arts Center while enjoying live music from a local musician. The Brown Bag Concert Series is free for the community, and sponsored by our local bank Davis Trust Company. Thank you Davis Trust for supporting arts, and artists in our community!
21st Annual Holiday Artist Market at The Arts Center
Friday, December 6, 2024
Saturday, December 7, 2024
Time TBA.
Holiday Brown Bag Concert Music
Holiday Music
Bring your friends and family, and have lunch at The Arts Center while enjoying live music from a local musician. The Brown Bag Concert Series is free for the community, and sponsored by our local bank Davis Trust Company. Thank you Davis Trust for supporting arts, and artists in our community!
Kristen Federer, April Brown Bag Concert
Bring your friends and family, and have lunch at The Arts Center while enjoying live music from a local musician. The Brown Bag Concert Series is free for the community, and sponsored by our local bank Davis Trust Company. Thank you Davis Trust for supporting arts, and artists in our community!
"Across the Great Divide," Katy McClane & Friends, March Brown Bag Concert Series
March Brown Bag Concert
Sponsored by Davis Trust Company
"Across the Great Divide" Classical and Folk/Pop come together
John Vaughan and Katy McClane featuring Classical Guitar and Flute
Ricahrd & Katy McClane featuring Acoustic Folk Guitar/Fiddle styles and Flute
Annual Randolph County Student Art Show Celebrating Youth Art Month
Sponsored by Kiwanis Club of Elkins
Reception is Friday, March 8, from 4 to 6 pm
Celebrate Youth Art Month with art students in Randolph County!
In conjunction with the Randolph Co Student Art Show, the After School Art Program will have a solo exhibit in the Maxwell Gallery.
This exhibit display until April 17. Art Pickup for Teachers is April 22, 2024
This exhibition showcases exuberant works of art by youth in PK through 12th in Randolph County from private, public and homeschooled students. Work is submitted by instructors in Randolph County.
Youth Art Month is observed nationally each March to emphasize the value of art education for children and to encourage public support for quality school art programs. Youth Art Month is endorsed by The National Art Education Association.
Youth Art Month is a celebration of the visual arts. The National Art Education Association recognizes art as a necessity during the developmental years with direct attention to the value of art education. The Arts Center is committed to encouraging arts awareness to our community, and local business in hopes to increase community understanding and interests in the arts through art education, art exhibits, workshops, and other creative adventures.
Pam Roberts, February Brown Bag Concert 2024
Bring your friends and family, and have lunch at The Arts Center while enjoying live music from a local musician. In February of 2024, we welcome Pam Roberts!! Pam also has a solo art exhibit. Check out the details.
Pam Roberts is a songwriting, singing guitar player who has played in the Elkins area since the 1990’s. She plays tunes with a blues flavor, the spice of jazz, a pinch of folk , and a dash of bluegrass. Her concoction appeals to varied tastes. Come out and listen while you have your lunch at the Randolph County Community Arts Center Brown Bag Concert on February 21, 2024.
The Brown Bag Concert Series is free for the community, and sponsored by our local bank Davis Trust Company. Thank you Davis Trust for supporting arts, and artists in our community!!
Art Exhibition Reception for D&E Senators and Kevin Woodcock
Art Exhibition Reception is Friday, February 2, 2024, from 5 to 7 pm.
Kevin Woodcock’s Solo Exhibit “Penpoctura Revisited” D&E Senators Student Art Exhibit
Join us for a free opening reception celebrating Kevin Woodcock’s solo exhibit and the Student Art of Davis & Elkins Senators! Click on links above to gather more details about each show!
The mission of the Arts Center is to enhance the cultural and economic life of our region by providing facilities and arts programming that will entertain, educate, and inspire all of our citizens. The Art Center is presented with financial assistance from the West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History, and the National Endowment for the Arts, with approval from the WV Commission on the Arts.
D&E Senators Art Exhibition
The Art Department at D&E College present the work of art students from the current school year.
Art Reception is Friday, February 2, 2024, from 5 to 7 pm.
More than 39 Davis & Elkins College students will display close to 90 pieces of their creative works. The work is that of student art majors, minors and other non art majors taking general art elective classes. This exhibition features a variety of mediums. “All of our students work very hard to create what they see in their mind when they start working on their artwork. The process of making art involves creative thinking, daily observation and many practice drawings to work out the final outline of their idea. Sometimes that idea changes in the course of creating, and the students must figure out how to make their work adapt to those changes. Creating artwork involves lots of trouble shooting on the part of the creator to get it right,” Woodcock says. The Creative Art Program at D&E provides a basic background in art, problem solving and the creative process to all students. Students develop an understanding of complex and sophisticated visual language, and are prepared for a professional career in art, teaching art and/or graduate study. “ Kevin Woodcock
Revisiting Penpocutura, a solo exhibition by Kevin Woodcock
Revisiting Penpoctura a solo exhibition by Kevin Woodcock
Art Reception is Friday, February 2, 2024, from 5 to 7 pm.
“I created these paintings and prints based on places I have visited in the area known to a few as Penpoctura. Penpoctura is a place made up of the four counties of Pendleton, Pocahontas, Tucker and Randolph. These counties contain some of the Monongahela National Forests most treasured areas such as; Spruce Knob, Seneca Rocks, Canaan Valley, Dolly Sods Wilderness, Cranberry Wilderness and my personal favorite, Otter Creek Wilderness. I often seek refuge from the daily world’s turmoil and troubles to be at peace in these places. I can focus on the simple joys of watching fish swim in a clear brook , looking at a waterfall or witnessing the sun light make the leaves glow green, red, yellow or orange. Penpoctura is a place to go to recharge your mental and internal battery so to speak. This place has given me so much inspiration to create artwork.”
Award Presentation
The Arts Center is pleased to invite our community to a check presentation for The Arts Center’s FY24 Arts grant from the Department of Arts, Culture and History.
Governor Jim Justice, Baby Dog, and Curator Randall Reid-Smith will present the checks at The Robinson Grand Performing Arts Center at 12:00 p.m. on Friday, January 26. (Clarksburg, WV)
The Arts Center’s board of directors, staff, volunteers, art instructors, and members of the public are all welcome and encouraged to attend.
Eduardo Canelon
Eduardon Canelon
The Brown Bag concert series is sponsored by Davis Trust Company
Free for our community!!
Artists Call for the 23rd Annual Gala Exhibition
The Arts Center is actively planning the 23rd Annual Juried Fine Arts Exhibition.
Details here for submitting work for this exhibition.
Juror: Sandra Reed
The Annual Gala Juried Art Exhibition is a fine arts benefit to celebrate years of providing accessible arts programming for artists, and our community. This exhibit coincides with a Fundraiser. The Arts Center is committed to presenting and promoting ‘excellence in arts.’
Squaredance New Years Eve Celebration, presented by Elkins Barndance Collective
Elkins Barndance Collective presents a New Years Eve Celebration Squaredance at The Arts Center
Cash at door: $10 adults, $5 students/Americorp, and kids 12 and under are free. Enter through the front door on Randolph Avenue. Bring your friends and family!
Band is Gerry Milnes and the Caller is Taylor Runner will call squares. Joyce Rossbach will call some contras.
Augusta Heritage Center is partnered with The Arts Center to support the Elkins Barndance Collective.
Happy New Years Eve & Day
Happy New Years Day in 2024. The Arts Center is closed on New Years Eve and New Years Day
Art Exhibit Reception for McWhorter Clouds and Rhopalium
Reception is Saturday, December 16, from 4 to 6 pm.
The Art Exhibit is free for the community. Stop in and check out these two fantastic exhibits from 4 to 6 pm.
McWhorter Clouds “We are a product of the landscape around us. We are made from the dust of whatever place we are born, and our souls remember that, though our minds may forget” - William “Bill” Robert McWhorter. Read Bill’s Bio.
Rhopalium Rhopalium is the decentralized nervous system of certain types of jellyfish. It’s a structure that helps them perceive light and gravity in a limitless aquatic world. Rhopalium is also an art show, put together by Emily Prentice, who owns an art shop called Mycelium
The mission of the Arts Center is to enhance the cultural and economic life of our region by providing facilities and arts programming that will entertain, educate, and inspire all of our citizens. The Art Center is presented with financial assistance from the West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History, and the National Endowment for the Arts, with approval from the WV Commission on the Arts.
Holiday Music with Raymond & Friends
December Brown Bag Concert
Sponsored by Davis Trust Company
Free for the community!
Join Raymond and celebrate the holidays with heartwarming notes at The Arts Center. Raymond has gathered old time favorite holiday and winter themed piano music. Bring your lunch, friends and family to enjoy the heartwarming Holiday favorite. Do you think Santa will stop by?
20th Annual Holiday Artist Market at The Arts Center
Friday, December 1, 2023, from 10 am to 5:30 pm
Saturday, December 2, 2023, from 8:30 am to 4 pm
Celebrating our 20th Annual Holiday Artists Market! The Arts Center has dedicated the first Friday and Saturday every December to celebrate artists in our community during the holidays. Our art gallery is filled with beautiful handcrafted art! Free entry to our community. Have some cookies, and cocoa while you shop and mingle with the artists. Some examples of handmade art…jewelry, white oak baskets, functional pottery, ornaments, art prints, fused glass, white oak baskets, woodworking, farm products, blankets, needle felted work, and hand sewn items. Just to name a few!
The Arts Center (Randolph Co Community Arts Council) is a non profit, 501c3. Please consider a donation this holiday season. We also have NIP Credits! Our mission is to inspire the citizens of our community with as much arts programming as possible.
Saturday Only: The Arts Center elf returns to visit. Photographer/Artist Lindsey Fincham, will be here on Saturday, from 1 to 4 pm. Bring your pet if you want too!
Any guests wanting to bring a pet, should have a leashed, caged, well socialized pet!
Photos will be sent electronically.
Elf Photo Rates: $5.00, Saturday only, between 1 and 4
McWhorter Clouds Art Exhibition
McWhorter Clouds Art Exhibition
Displays November 28 to January 25, 2024, at noon
Reception is Saturday, December 16, from 4 to 6 pm
“We are a product of the landscape around us. We are made from the dust of whatever place we are born, and our souls remember that, though our minds may forget” - William “Bill” Robert McWhorter. Read Bill’s Bio.
Later in life he continued his career in painting and artwork and stayed an active member of the community. His romantic and eclectic styles evolved and transformed through the years, but his trademark clouds were a staple amongst those that knew him. McWhorter clouds can be spotted from a mile away. If you look up, you can still catch a day where you swear he painted the clouds.
Rhopalium, a solo art exhibition by Emily Prentice
Emily Prentice, Solo Exhibition
Reception is Saturday, December 16, from 4 to 6 pm.
Rhopalium is the decentralized nervous system of certain types of jellyfish. It’s a structure that helps them perceive light and gravity in a limitless aquatic world.
Rhopalium is also an art show, put together by Emily Prentice, who owns an art shop called Mycelium. Rhopalium and mycelium are incredibly similar; they web and communicate intelligently in a way that’s hard for humans to perceive. This show is about that: the mysterious systems that make up our underwater ecosystems, and the knowledge that looks like magic when we don’t understand it. (This show is also about magic.)
Squaredance presented by Elkins Barndance Collective
Elkins Barndance Collective presents a second dance at The Arts Center
Cash at door: $10 adults, $5 students/Americorp, and kids 12 and under are free. Enter through the front door on Randolph Avenue. Bring your friends and family!
Band: Mike Miller and Val Mindel, Caller will be Tony Minney. This dance will be squares.
Augusta Heritage Center is partnered with The Arts Center to support the Elkins Barndance Collective.
Closed
Closed on Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday. Enjoy your time with friends, family or loved ones!
Artists: Art Pick up for MSFF Fall Juried Exhibit
The Arts Center is closed for off site Leadership Randolph.
The pick up day for MSFF Fall Juried Exhibit is Wednesday, Nov. 15, from 1 to 3:30 pm or by appointment (as always.)
Patrick O'Brien, November Performer for the Brown Bag Concert Series
Patrick O’Brien, artist/musician, check out more Patrick’s art
So Patrick is playing the November BB Concert, which is sponsored by Davis Trust Company!! Thanks Davis Trust! Patrick is not only musically talented, but an excellent watercolor artist. Sign up for his upcoming watercolor class. The Brown Bag concert is free for our community, providing an hour of music! Bring your friends and a lunch and come listen to tunes.
Growing up in West Virginia Patrick O’Brien has played and performed with some of the best musicians in the country. His repertoire can be considered an eclectic mix of traditional blues, classic / outlaw country, folk, classic rock and original material. He has performed with and opened for Larry Keel and Natural Bridge, The Dixie Allstars (former members of Molly Hatchet and Blackfoot) and West Virginia’s own Davisson Brothers Band. With more than 40 years of musical experience, Patrick has refined his craft at a professional level and is certain to have something to offer for everyone who attends his performances.
Closed Veterans Day Holiday
The Arts Center is closed on Friday and Saturday in observance of Veterans Day.
"Penpoctura Revisited" a solo exhibition by Kevin Woodcock
Friday, February 2, 2024, from 5 to 7 pm.
More details coming soon…
Shakespeareaoke with The Rustic Mechanicals
Doors Open at 5:30 pm. $10 tickets. Half price for Randolph Co Students and D&E..
Refreshments and light treats provided.
This is fun, you don’t want to miss it!
It’s BYOB (Bring Your Own Bard) as The Rustic Mechanicals host a Shakespeareaoke, a unique open-mic, spoken-word, music-filled, interactive celebration of The Bard. A party that only The Rustic Mechanicals can throw. The RM BAND will be on hand to provide the energy and enthusiasm, but you will be the star of the show.
The Rustic Mechanicals, currently celebrating their 10th Anniversary Season, were founded by Celi Oliveto in the summer of 2014. The Rustic Mechanicals is the only troupe of actors in the state dedicated to touring the works of William Shakespeare.
The Mechanicals now tour five shows annually, including their summer West Virginia Shakespeare in the Park(s) outdoor tour and script-in-hand productions that we call, “a Play, a Pie, and a Pint,” focusing on making Shakespeare’s plays accessible to modern audiences by utilizing dynamic and extreme casting techniques paired with Shakespeare’s staging conditions.
Previous productions include A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Taming of the Shrew, Much Ado about Nothing, Macbeth, The Tempest, Twelfth Night, The Merchant of Venice, Romeo & Juliet, The Merry Wives of Windsor, King Lear, Richard III, The Comedy of Errors, Hamlet, Measure for Measure, As You Like It, Julius Caesar, Titus Andronicus, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Cymbeline, Henry IV, part one and the original works Timeless Romance and Toil & Trouble.
Sponsor: Anonymous
Jerry Pingley, October Brown Bag
Jerry Pingley, singer/songwriter
more details coming soon
October Brown Bag Concert Series
Sponsored by Davis Trust Company
Mountain State Forest Festival Fall Juried Art Exhibition
Mountain State Forest Festival Fall Juried Arts Exhibition presented by The Arts Center and partner Seneca Trail Artists Guild. ”Endlessly Wild & Wonderful” An art exhibition that is truly a favorite in the area!
This exhibition is a juried/judged by a professional WV Artist. Artwork that is juried in will display until Nov. 15 in our Great Hall Gallery. All other non judged artwork will display in the main center gallery until Oct. 12, at 2 pm. Another truly wonderful component of this exhibition is the Student Art Show that displays from October 4 to October 12. Students throughout WV in primary and secondary school are also exhibiting their talented artwork in our main Gallery.
Wednesday, October 4, from 5 to 7, Reception
Thursday, October 5, Time 10 am to 6 pm
Friday, October 6, Time 10 am to 6 pm
Saturday, October 7, Time 8 am to 4 pm
Sunday-CLOSED
Monday-CLOSED HOLIDAY
Tuesday Oct 10- 10 am to 2 pm
Wed, Oct 11- 10 am to 2 pm
Thurs, Oct. 12, 10 am to 2 pm
Awards presented:
Best of Show
First Place
Second Place
Third Place
Honorable Mention
Seneca Trail Artist Guild Award
Grace DePollo Award
Davis Trust Purchase Prize
Queens Choice
Maid of Honor
Maid of Honor
Sponsors:
Davis Trust Company
State Farm, Jodie Parrack
Mountain State Forest Festival
Seneca Trail Artists Guild
Kiwanis Club of Elkins
Emma Scott Garden Club