Michelle Gagliano’s work will be featured in Suspended in Paradise at Chroma Projects in Charlottesville opening September 21. Loosely based on the descriptions from Dante’s Paradiso, the work is the result of Michelle’s experimenting at VCCA with metallic pigments on panels. “I seem to have an Italian love for gold dust, leafing, and all metallic-y things,” she says. “It’s that reflective quality that has drawn me in, and Dante is all about reflection.” Through October 21. www.michellegagliano.com