Art Galleries
Hardesty-Higgins House Visitor Center
212 S. Main Street ~ Harrisonburg, VA 22801 ~ 540-432-8935
Home to Harrisonburg Tourism and Visitor Services, Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance, Mrs. Hardesty's Tea Room, Valley Turnpike Museum, and Rocktown Gift Shoppe, host for the Shenandoah Valley Watercolor Society.
Darrin-McHone Arts Gallery at The Smith House
311 S. Main Street ~ Harrisonburg, VA 22801 ~ 540-801-8779
The fourth-oldest house in Harrisonburg, The Smith House is home to the Arts Council of the Valley and the Darrin-McHone Arts Gallery.
150 Franklin Street Gallery
150 Franklin Street ~ Harrisonburg, VA 22801 ~ 540-434-3824
Established in 1995, 150 Franklin Street Gallery is the first multi-cultural, privately owned fine arts gallery in Harrisonburg. Many local and national artists, working in a variety of mediums, are featured at the 150 Franklin Street Gallery.
OASIS Gallery
103 S. Main Street ~ Harrisonburg, VA 22801 ~ 540-442-8188
The districts only cooperatively owned arts gallery that has served the community seven days a week for nine years. OASIS features original works from about 45 artists using all different types of media. A must see!
Spitzer Art Center- Grand Opening June 18, 2010
486 West Market Street ~ Harrisonburg, VA 22802 ~ 540-331-1130
Mary Spitzer Etter, a retired educator, left her family’s historic residence (also her birthplace), Spitzer House, to Central Shenandoah Arts(CSA) to establish a Virginia Museum affiliated Art Center. Spitzer House is a two-story Victorian House in downtown Harrisonburg, a few blocks west of Court Square on the corner of West Market Street.The Center offers workshops for adults and children offering painting, jewelry making, metalsmithing techniques and exploratory drawing and painting. Open Fri, Sat & Sun 12-5.
Virginia Quilt Museum
301 S. Main Street ~ Harrisonburg, VA 22801 ~ 540-433-3818
A regional gem of Harrisonburg collecting and preserving quilts from Virginia for educational purposes. The Virginia Quilt Museum is a public resource for the study and role of quilts in social and cultural history and the value of quilting as an art.
James Madison University Venues:
The following locations are on the James Madison University campaign in Harrisonburg, VA. JMU has a rich tradition of arts education.
New Image Gallery / artWorks Gallery
131 Grace Street ~ Harrisonburg, VA 22807~ Second floor ~ 540-568-6216 ext. 6661
New Image Gallery features contemporary work by regional, national, and international professional photographers.
ArtWorks Gallery is a student-run gallery, featuring work by under-graduate and graduate students from three different galleries. The gallery displays large open exhibition space with moveable walls!
Sawhill Gallery and Sculpture Invitational at Duke Hall
School of Art and Art History ~ Harrisonburg, VA 22801~ Duke Hall, Room 101 | 540-568-6216 ext. 6661
Professional gallery featuring changing exhibitions of international, national, and regional significance.
Sculpture Invitational is an outdoor sculpture garden outside of JMU’s Duke Hall.