This season’s unmissable and Instagram-able arts events:
Good Dogs, Bad Cats and Weirdos
Sept. 5-Oct. 1
Rarely have pets had as much personality as they do in the work of self-taught painter Charla Wilkerson, who masterfully fuses color and pattern. // The Loft Gallery: 313 Mill St., Occoquan
Reclaim Reuse Revive
Sept. 8-Oct.14
At this 24/7 gallery—no bigger than a closet and usually visible only through its glass walls—Jay Hendrick’s biomorphic paintings on cardboard juxtapose media that’s both pricey and cheap, what he labels “a collision of preciousness with trash.” // Metro Micro Gallery: 3409 Wilson Blvd., Arlington
Art Attack Project
Sept. 9
You are the artist at Fredericksburg’s one-day outdoor art festival, where the street becomes the studio. // Ponshop Studio and Gallery: 712 Caroline St., Fredericksburg
Culture Shock
Sept.9-Oct. 22
The outdoor art scene is ushered inside for this contemporary display of street art, pop art and graffiti. // Torpedo Factory: 105 N. Union St., Alexandria
Visual Magic: The Art of Four Picture Book Illustrators
Sept. 13-Oct. 26
Invaluable to any great children’s book, the illustrator gets the spotlight at this showcase of mixed media 2-D work. // Center for the Arts at the Candy Factory: 9419 Battle St., Manassas
Yoshiko Ratliff and Andrea Cybyk
Oct. 1-31
The pairing of porcelain works by Yoshiko Ratliff and ebullient abstract paintings by Andrea Cybyk make for a colorful, energetic show you can see and feel. // Cooley Gallery: 9 N. King St., Leesburg
Third Annual Workhouse Glass National
Oct. 21-Jan. 14
Glass takes on hues and shapes you’ve never seen at this showcase of selections from the country’s best glass artists. // Workhouse Arts Center: 9518 Workhouse Road
