Let There Be Light PVCC Piedmont Virginia Community College art Charlottesville winter solstice exhibit show

Description: On hot summer nights, when the greenness of the world is palpable even in the dark, fireflies flash like tiny stars amid tree branches. In early winter, the same world has gone cold and drab. Yet the longest night still holds the memory and promise of the fireflies’ spectacle (Artist’s sketch, above. Photograph by Stacey Evans)