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VISUAL ARTS SARA D. NOVEMBER GALLERY at the Weinstein JCC Sponsored by Hirschler Fleischer The Sara D. November Art Gallery at the Weinstein JCC seeks to enrich and nurture cultural life in the Richmond community through the presentation of Jewish artistic expression, culture and heritage. Hal Horwitz: Our Native Orchids, A Retrospective October 18 - November 23 Opening Reception Thursday, October 18 at 7PM Hal Horwitz was a Richmond pediatric dentist who took up photography as a hobby more than thirty years ago, developing a special interest in native orchids. Horwitz photographed nearly all of Virginia’s orchid species and attempted to photograph all 200 orchids native to the United States. He made scores of trips into the habitats of these plants and created a photographic record as remarkable for its scope as for its beauty. Reception Sponsored by Helen Horwitz Joanna Tyka: Contradictions — Abstracts and Cityscapes November 29 - January 15 Opening Reception Thursday, November 29 at 7PM Abstract and figurative forms are in contradiction to each other, but for Joanna Tyka, they’re parallel forms of her artistic expres- sion. “I love to create cityscapes and landscapes to study form and composition. I need to create abstract paintings to express more in different timeframes and to relate a story by not telling one. Both are ways for me to find harmony in colors and compo- sition. Abstract and figurative reconciled.” Exhibits at the Sara D. November Gallery are free and open to the public.