Art Exhibitions at the Arboretum

For Our September and Ocober 2025 Art Exhibition

Edith J. Carrier Arboretum Welcomes

Caitlin Garvey

About the Artist

Caitlin Garvey is a Virginia-based photographer whose work explores the themes of identity and relationship. Drawing inspiration from the Shenandoah Valley where she resides, her art often utilizees nature as a metaphor to explore the concepts of self and belonging, while in relationship with one's community and environment.

Glory to Glory: Beauty in Every Bloom is a celebration of life's unfolding -- a series of intimate flower portraits capturing the grace, resilience, and luminous beauty found in every moment of growth.

My favorite activity – even better than studio painting – is taking long hikes in one of the many public forests or state/national parks in my local area and throughout Virginia. You can bet I will have art supplies in my backpack.

Artist Statement

My work speaks to what it means to be human and humanity's role in and to the world around it. We all seek to be at home in ourselves and desire a sense of belonging amidst our community and environment. My art often focuses on nature as a means to explore these concepts, as the natural world well illustrates that what first seems simple is often not simple at all. My art ranges from sweeing vistas to delicate blossoms and acknowledges the unsettled awkwardness of what it means to be human, desiring to be grounded in ourselves while striving for something beyond.

Learn More About Caitlin Garvey:

Visit Caitlin's Website

Past Exhibitions

List of previously featured artists
2025 March-August \| Kelly Hertzler Jan - Feb \| Marydean Draws Mar - Apr \| Karen Brown Arnold May - June \| Kelli Hertzler 2024 Jan - Feb \| Erin Harrigan Mar - Apr \| Kate Duffy May - Jun \| Jane Goodman July - Aug \| Theresa Markiw Sept - Oct \| Caitlin Garvey Nov - Dec \| Laura Thompson 2023 Jan - Feb \| Zachary Sensabaugh Mar - Apr \| Janet Pearlman May - Jun \| Judith Lochbrunner Jul - Aug \| Paul Cook Sept-Oct \| Mia Ackerson & Janet Lee Nov-Dec \| Sandra Parks 2022 Jan - Feb \| Kelli Hertzler Mar - Apr \| Marydean Hairston Marydean Draws May - June \| Laura-Paige Keller LPM Pottery July - Aug \| Peg Sheridan Sep - Oct \| Rocktown Urban Wood Nov - Dec \| Kary Haun	2021 July - Aug \| Brenda Hounshell Oct - Dec \| Elaine Hurst 2020 Jan - Feb \| JMU Student Exhibition Mar - Apr \| Frances Coates 2019 Jan - Feb \| Erica Lohan Mar - Apr \| Jackie Labovitz May - June \| Tony DiStefano July - Aug \| Ann Currie & Christine Andreae Sept - Oct \| Andrea Finch Nov - Dec \| Lotta Helleberg 2018 Jan - Feb \| Gene Gibb Mar - Apr \| Kelli Hertzler May - June \| Carol Kirkham Martin July - Aug \| Dabney Kirchman Sept - Oct \| Celia Culver Rutt Nov - Dec \| Lynn Whitmore

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