Faces & More Opening Reception

Many people recognize Jesi Pace-Berkeley as our community’s preeminent portrait artist. But her artworks span various genres beyond portraiture, including still life, landscape, seascape, floral, abstract, and nonobjective.

Faces & More is a representation of Jesi’s creations and teachings over 53 years. Her collection is so vast and impressive that we are showcasing her retrospective work in two locations. The new Y Community Gallery will exhibit her larger portraits while The Blacksburg Museum & Cultural Foundation gallery at The Alexander Black House will highlight her smaller scale work, most of which has never been publicly displayed.

Jesi’s passion for art and education over the years has led her to teaching in Montgomery County schools, leading multi-day Plein Air Watercolor workshops, and planning enrichment courses overseas in France, where she guides participants through the composition of stunning scenes from Avignon, Aix en Provence, Arles, Aigues Mortes, Uzes, Nime, and more.

Exhibit runs November 30 – February 7

Opening Reception on Wednesday, December 11

3-5pm at VTYMCA’s new art gallery
1000 N. Main Street, Blacksburg VA

5-7pm at BMCF’s Alexander Black House
204 Draper Road SW, Blacksburg VA