Contemporary Art Center in Virginia Beach, Hampton Roads, United States | Art Studio | Arts Center | Paintings | Studio | Sculpture

The Contemporary Art Center of Virginia is a nonprofit, noncollecting institution founded in 1952 to foster awareness, exploration and understanding of the significant art of our time. Regularly changing exhibitions feature painting, sculpture, photography, glass, video and other visual media from internationally acclaimed artists as well as artists of national and regional renown. By balancing its four primary activities--gallery exhibitions, studio art classes, educational outreach programs and outdoor art shows--the Contemporary Art Center of Virginia seeks to involve a diverse regional public in the rich and active language of contemporary visual art.

The Contemporary Art Center is supported by the Virginia Commission for the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, Business Consortium for Arts Support, the Norfolk Foundation and the Virginia Beach Arts and Humanities Commission.

Although specializing in the presentation of 20th century art styles, The Contemporary Art Center also presents an eclectic mixture of fine Art forms.