Main Gallery Exhibit: Jesi Pace-Berkeley

Alexander Black House 204 Draper Rd SW, Blacksburg, VA, United States

Many people recognize Jesi 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 & […]

Market Jam at the Museum

Alexander Black House 204 Draper Rd SW, Blacksburg, VA, United States

Join us in February for the "Reed Tradition String Band" with Russ Boyd on banjo, Bill Blevins and Chris Via on fiddle, and Matt Peyton on guitar. This session will […]

Event Series 16 Squares Walking Tour

16 Squares Walking Tour

Alexander Black House 204 Draper Rd SW, Blacksburg, VA, United States

Meet us at The Alexander Black House and then explore the historic streets within the original 16 Squares of Blacksburg and learn the rich history and stories behind many of […]

B. Scott Crawford Lecture Series

Alexander Black House 204 Draper Rd SW, Blacksburg, VA, United States

Presentation #1 The Selfie: From Stone Age to Digital Age The Digital Revolution has launched an unprecedented communications revolution. Individuals have an ability to now promote themselves at a global […]

Event Series 16 Squares Walking Tour

16 Squares Walking Tour

Alexander Black House 204 Draper Rd SW, Blacksburg, VA, United States

Meet us at The Alexander Black House and then explore the historic streets within the original 16 Squares of Blacksburg and learn the rich history and stories behind many of […]

Market Jam at the Museum

Alexander Black House 204 Draper Rd SW, Blacksburg, VA, United States

House band information to come soon!

Event Series 16 Squares Walking Tour

16 Squares Walking Tour

Alexander Black House 204 Draper Rd SW, Blacksburg, VA, United States

Meet us at The Alexander Black House and then explore the historic streets within the original 16 Squares of Blacksburg and learn the rich history and stories behind many of […]

B. Scott Crawford Lecture Series

Alexander Black House 204 Draper Rd SW, Blacksburg, VA, United States

Presentation #2 “A Wise man will Find us to be Rogues by our Face”: Physiognomy and Portraiture Johnathan Swift’s observation about the relationship between character and physical features sums up […]

Event Series 16 Squares Walking Tour

16 Squares Walking Tour

Alexander Black House 204 Draper Rd SW, Blacksburg, VA, United States

Meet us at The Alexander Black House and then explore the historic streets within the original 16 Squares of Blacksburg and learn the rich history and stories behind many of […]

Event Series 16 Squares Walking Tour

16 Squares Walking Tour

Alexander Black House 204 Draper Rd SW, Blacksburg, VA, United States

Meet us at The Alexander Black House and then explore the historic streets within the original 16 Squares of Blacksburg and learn the rich history and stories behind many of […]

Market Jam at the Museum

Alexander Black House 204 Draper Rd SW, Blacksburg, VA, United States

House band information to come soon!

B. Scott Crawford Lecture Series

Alexander Black House 204 Draper Rd SW, Blacksburg, VA, United States

Presentation #3 “You Cannot Paint her too Beautiful for my Imagination”: Domesticity, Death, and Photography in 19th Century Portraiture Portraiture is so often thought of as being a means to […]