First Friday Events at Skipjack & Riverview Gallery

Come and visit us this Friday evening at

Skipjack Nautical Wares & Marine Gallery

and Riverview Gallery

as part of Olde Towne Portsmouth's

First Friday Events!

Friday, November 5, 2010

5 p.m to 8 p.m.

"From Rockland to Hampton Roads"

November 5th to December 1st, 2010

featuring original coastal watercolor paintings by Virginia artist Shirley Cook.


"Eddies" watercolor by Virginia artist Shirley Cook.

Schrimshander Anthony Perry will be demonstrating

his delicate art form during

First Friday at Skipjack

Schrimshawed antique whales tooth by Anthony Perry

"Unforeseen Circumstances": A Novel by Debbiann Holmes

MEET THE ARTIST
Book signing with Portsmouth Novelist Debbiann Holmes

during First Friday at Skipjack

Finalist in the USA book awards for 2010 best book of the year in romance fiction!

ALSO

Riverview Gallery will be featuring the Norman Goodwin Art Show and ceramic sculpture show by students of B. Kobylinska and Kevin Turner on the guitar.

Skipjack Nautical Wares & Marine Gallery & Riverview Gallery will be open together for First Friday. Come and meander through both galleries during First Friday!

Light refreshments served.

Located at One High Street on the riverfront in historic Seaboard Railroad Terminal, Olde Towne Portsmouth, Virginia. For additional information, call Skipjack at 757-399-5012 and Riverview Gallery at 757-397-3207.

First Friday is a stage for local merchants & restaurants in Portsmouth's Historic Olde Towne and one of the city's most popular evening escapes. Held the first Friday of each month, Olde Towne Portsmouth's thriving arts & antiques community opens it's doors along the 12 historic squares of High Street located between Effingham Street and the riverfront where crowds of casual browsers as well as serious buyers come to each festive event to visit our fine art galleries, quality antique shops and unique specialty stores, some host receptions and art exhibition openings.

First Friday is held each month, rain or shine, year round. There is no admission fee for First Friday - participating galleries are open to the public.

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