Eric Schindler Gallery in Richmond’s Church Hill District has opened a group invitational exhibition of mixed-media and functional art by local and regional artists. The show, which opened Saturday, features about 100 works of affordable art, says gallery owner Kirsten Gray. They include paintings, prints, photography, sculpture and functional art, such as ceramics, stoneware and jewelry. Prices range from about $30 to $600. Twenty percent of the proceeds will benefit Tricycle Gardens, which works to cultivate a greener Richmond by establishing community gardens, providing education and encouraging sustainability. The exhibition runs through Feb. 9 at 2305 E. Broad St. in the Binford-Pasternak House in the St. John’s Church Historic District on Church Hill. Hours are noon to 3 p.m. and 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday or by appointment. For details, call 644-5005 or visit http://www.ericschindlergallery.com.— Jo Lord

Quirk Gallery in the Broad Street Gallery District recently opened “Birth of a Notion,“ spotlighting the Cub Creek Foundation, an Appomattox-based ceramics residency program started in 2002 by John Jessiman. The show features work by the resident artists of Cub Creek in addition to that of well-known ceramic artists, such as Val Cushing, Jack Troy and Ron Meyers, who have taught workshops there. Maggie Smith, the gallery’s curatorial administrator, says, “We’re showing work from people from all over the country, from well-established ceramic artists with a very classic style to younger people doing very different work—sculptural versus functional. It’s old guard versus the new gang, and it’s interesting to see the transition.“ Through Feb. 23 at 311 W. Broad St. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. For more information, call (804) 644-5450 or visit http://www.quirkgallery.com.— Jo Lord

Ghostprint Gallery in the Downtown Arts District recently hung a show of new works by Amanda Wachob, a painter and tattoo artist living and working in New York City. Wachob’s paintings often draw satirically on fashion photography and illustration from the’40s,‘50s and’60s. “Amanda is far too young to have seen the images that inspire her paintings when they were published, but she feels enticed and slightly manipulated by them,“ says gallery owner Geraldine Duskin. “The work we’re showing reflects in a subtly ironic and quite contemporary style her fascination with these dated and idealized presentations of women.“ Wachob’s work has been featured in Juxtapoz, an art and culture magazine. It has also been shown widely nationally and internationally. Through Jan. 31 at 220 W. Broad St. Open Wednesday through Saturday 1 to 7 p.m. or by appointment. For more information, call (804) 344-1557 or visit http://www.ghostprintgallery.com.—Jo Lord