PVCC Grounds Light Up for the Winter Solstice

Ari Oxford, staff writer

PVCC’s annual Let There Be Light event is going to be at the V. Earl Dickinson Building on Dec. 13 from 6 – 9 p.m., and the rain date is Dec. 14. This mystical display features light-based art from more than 20 local and regional artists. On the night of the event, lights will surround Dickinson in a sprawling array of interactive pieces like Emmy Garcia’s Broadcast 266, where guests can share their personal oral history of Charlottesville, or Enchantment Under the Sea by Andrew Sherogan, Dom Morse, and Murray High School Students.

“Let There Be Light celebrates the approach of the winter solstice and the longest night of the year,” according to the PVCC website’s event page.

This year, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts’ new Artmobile will debut in Charlottesville at Let There Be Light. The Artmobile will be exhibiting How Far Can Creativity Take You? VMFA Fellowship Artists, which explores the impact and history of VMFA’s fellowship program.

This exhibit will be open to the public at Let There Be Light, and it will be at PVCC on Dec. 14, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m..

Let There Be Light is free and open to the public. Organizers encourage visitors to come as “‘enlightened beings’ decorated in light” and should bring flashlights. There will be free hot chocolate and apple cider. 

For more information on the artists and to see photos from previous years, please visit lettherebelightpvcc.com.