A preview exhibition of the artworks to be auctioned during the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts' Party of the Centuries gala art auction runs Feb. 21-25. The public is invited to view the exhibition during gallery hours, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. Admission is free. The works on exhibition will be sold at a gala held on Saturday, February 26. The proceeds will benefit the LCVA's educational programs provided to the people of Southside Virginia. As part the gala, LCVA will feature live interpretations of famous artworks. Here, stylist Ainhoa Deneale, of A Great Escape Spalon, tests make-up on Leigh Lunsford, who will help bring to life Grant Wood's painting, American Gothic.