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  • Winter at Grahams Mansion by Anika Whittier

    Made Within 50 Miles

    Work from surrounding studios in SWVA. Abingdon, Fort Chiswell, and Cripple Creek.

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  • EXTRAS

    Thirteen works by MacKenna Hanson on how imagery shapes and erases identity. Oil, gouache, distemper, and ink.

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  • Gladiolus Flower Basket by Amanda Sprinkle

    Amanda Sprinkle

    Hand-dyed, hand-woven baskets from Abingdon, Virginia. Her artist statement is four words: I make basket.

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  • Under $100

    Original work and handmade objects, within reach. The easiest place to start.

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"While Formato’s animated hands work the air like she’s painting, my husband Alex browses art and our pup curls up on a comfy sofa. It’s tempting to linger here all day."

Hi, I'm Lily

I opened Formato Fine Arts at eighteen, in a building that used to be Wytheville's courthouse and jail, with the money I saved working at Cracker Barrel.

I am a painter and a ceramicist, and I graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Now, I curate and promote more than 20 artists, most of them from these mountains.

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