Get out and enjoy the Richmond Arts District – RAD tomorrow night! No trolley this month, but it will be back in September. Link to Map:https://rvaff.richmondartsdistrict.org//bit.ly/augustFirstFriday

It may be hot enough to melt butter on the pavement, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy music, art, food & shopping

tonight in the Arts District.

Link to Map: https://rvaff.richmondartsdistrict.org//bit.ly/julyrvaFF

It’s here! The First Fridays map of places and spaces to explore! 5-9pm.

Link to Map: https://rvaff.richmondartsdistrict.org//bit.ly/mayRVAFF

…and don’t forget the trolley!

It’s here! The First Fridays map of places and spaces to explore tonight! 5-9pm.

Link to Map: https://rvaff.richmondartsdistrict.org//bit.ly/AprilFirstFridaysArtWalk

Parking stress? Dodging the raindrops? We’ve got you covered!:

First Friday is here! Lots of great places to visit and don’t forget the FREE parking!

FREE 2-hour parking between 5-9pm @cityparkinginc lots:
Where?:
-Adams & Grace
-Foushee & Grace

It’s here! The First Fridays map of places and spaces to explore tonight! 5-9pm.

Parking stress? We’ve got you covered:
FREE 2-hour parking between 5-9pm @cityparkinginc lots:
Where?:
-Adams & Grace
-Foushee & Grace
-50% off at 7th & Broad behind Dominion Energy

2019 is here and so is First Friday! Enjoy the unseasonable temps and take a stroll down Broad Street and explore some art, food and shopping!

Link to Map: https://rvaff.richmondartsdistrict.org//bit.ly/JanArtWalkRVA

There may be a bit of chill in the air, but that doesn’t stop the art, music, shopping and eating tonight at First Fridays!

(Note: no trolley tonight, but hop on The Pulse and jump off in the #RVAArtsDistrict we’ve got our own stop)

Link to Map: https://rvaff.richmondartsdistrict.org//bit.ly/decFirstFridays

You know what today is…First Friday! There are some new spots to explore so be sure to come out to the #RVAArtsDistrict

(Note: The trolley will be back in action from 5:30-3:80!  Or try out the GRTC Pulse–there’s an Arts District stop!)

Link to Map: https://rvaff.richmondartsdistrict.org//bit.ly/novFirstFridays

You know what tomorrow is…First Friday! There are some new spots to explore so be sure to come out to the #RVAArtsDistrict

(Note: The trolley will be back in action from 5:30-9! Map to be posted tomorrow. Or try out the GRTC Pulse–there’s an Arts District stop!)

Link to Map: https://rvaff.richmondartsdistrict.org//bit.ly/septfirstfriday

It’s August and First Fridays will be in full swing tomorrow!
Lots of great goings-on in the #RVAArtsDistrict Link & Map below.
(Note: No trolley this month, it will return in September. Try out the GRTC Pulse–there’s an Arts District stop!)

Link to map here

It’s July and a lot of Richmonders have escaped to the beach, but not us! First Fridays will go on tomorrow!
Note: No trolley this month, it will return in September. A good excuse to hop on the GRTC Pulse!

Link to map here

The June art walk is upon us! Here’s the link to the Google Map:https://bit.ly/2kDbAln

And don’t forget Broad Appetit is this Sunday–we’ll be handing out swag bags with some special discount offers to the first 50 lucky people at the Downtown Neighborhood Association tent.

Our May Art Walk is only a day away! Here’s the link to the Google Map

Also, don’t forget to take the FREE trolley (sponsored by Linden Row Inn).  5:30-8:30, new stops this month. Look for signs which will be up by late afternoon on Friday. Link to Trolley Route Map

Our April Art Walk is only a few hours away! Here’s the link to the Google Map

And, your list of April participants, in no particular order.

VALET
The Broad
Gallery at 23
Little Nomad
Richmond Performing Arts Alliance (performance @ Dominion Energy Center Rhythm Hall w. musical guest Classical Revolution RVA)
Fresh Richmond
68 Home
Vagabond
Shop Evolve at Lou Stevens “Glam Squad” – On Location Hair and Makeup
John Marshall House
Richmond International Film & Music Festival (Pop-up at the Quirk Annex)
Black History Museum & Cultural Center
Endeavor RVA
HI Richmond Hostel
Rider Boot Shop
1708 Gallery
Candela Books + Gallery
Gallery5
Quirk Gallery
Richmond Public Library
Linden Row Inn
Coalition Theater
Elegba Folklore Society
Threadcount Custom T-Shirts
Gallery Edit
Visual Art Studio
Black Iris Music
Steady Sounds
Blue Bones Vintage
The Anderson (2018 VCUArts MFA Thesis Exhibitions)
Ada Gallery

If you haven’t heard, Lyft is offering $5 off two trips, as long as they end on Broad between Thompson and 9th. So, if you’re looking for an option on how you want to get to the art walk this week, you can use promo code EMXPRICWDPD0218. (Code expires on Sunday.)

Your list of March participants is below, in no particular order, and here’s the link to the Google map. Everything will be updated as new participants announce their plans.

1708 Gallery
ART 180
Black Iris
Candela Books + Gallery
Coalition Theater
Elegba Folklore Society
Gallery Edit
Gallery5
Linden Row Inn
United Network for Organ Sharing
VALET
Virginia Repertory Theatre
Visual Art Studio
The Broad
Gallery at 23
Ledbury
Little Nomad
Richmond Public Library
Threadcount Custom T-Shirts
University of Richmond Downtown
Richmond Performing Arts Alliance
The Anderson
Fresh Richmond
Shop Evolve pop up at Lou Stevens “Glam Squad” – On Location Hair and Makeup
Vagabond
68 Home
Sediment Arts
Mod&Soul
Storefront for Community Design
Current Vapor Co.

Your list of February participants is below, in no particular order, and here’s the link to the Google map. Everything will be updated as new participants announce their plans.

1708 Gallery
9WG Studios
68 Home
Ada Gallery
ART 180
Candela Books + Gallery
Coalition Theater
CodeVA
Elegba Folklore Society
Endeavor RVA
Fresh Richmond
Gallery Edit
Gallery5
Lou Stevens “Glam Squad” – On Location Hair and Makeup
John Henley, a 1708 Gallery Satellite Exhibition at Linden Row
MOB – Middle of Broad / Storefront for Community Design
Quirk Gallery
Richmond Public Library
Rosewood Clothing Co.
Sediment Arts
The Anderson
TheatreLAB
Threadcount Custom T-Shirts
University of Richmond Downtown
Vagabond
WRIR’s 13th Anniversary Party at The Renaissance
Rider Boot Shop
Mod&Soul
Chez Foushee
Lift Coffee

Yes, I know, I know, it’s colder than whatever cold thing you want to shove into this analogy. But warm your soul by coming out to the art walk this Friday! Yes! It’s still happening! We’re year-round, darling!

Here is the list of places that have confirmed their First Friday plans. As things change, I’ll keep this list and the map updated.
ART 180
1708 Gallery
68 Home
Ada Gallery
Candela Books + Gallery
Charm School
Coalition Theater
Fresh Richmond
Gallery5
Linden Row Inn
Quirk Gallery
RED Books and Coffee
Richmond Public Library
Rosewood Clothing Co.
Sediment Arts
Threadcount Custom T-Shirts
United Network for Organ Sharing
Vagabond
Virginia Repertory Theatre
It’s a Man’s World
Blue Bones Vintage
Steady Sounds
Barcode

First up, the link to the map (and it’s also all the way at the bottom of this post) with of all of tonight’s events, including trolley stops for the free RVA Trolley!

Next up, the list of everywhere that I know of that is doing something tonight for downtown’s First Fridays art walk:
1708 Gallery
68 Home
9WG Studios
Ada Gallery
ART 180
Candela Books + Gallery
CodeVA
Elegba Folklore Society
Fresh Richmond
Gallery Edit
Gallery5
Lou Stevens “Glam Squad” – On Location Hair and Makeup
HI Richmond Hostel
Linden Row Inn
Little Nomad
MOB – Middle of Broad
North 1st Street Studio Gallery (at R1 Furnishings)
Palindrome Creative Co.
Quirk Gallery
Richmond Public Library
Rider Boot Shop
Rosewood Clothing Co.
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Sediment Arts
The Anderson
TheatreLAB
Tony Turner Unleashed Hair Products/the Unleashed Salon
University of Richmond Downtown
United Network for Organ Sharing
Verdalina
Virginia Repertory Theatre
Visual Art Studio

See you out there! Happy First Fridays!

Often, we introduce ourselves by where we come from or where we live, and sometimes, by where we do not. Our environment influences our identity. Inversely, we define locations by giving names to them. The aura of a place is tethered to both physical and cultural perceptions, but what happens when this delicate balance is altered and that tether is warped or frayed at the edges?

“Theory of Place” continues this Friday at Candela Books + Gallery, featuring the works of Marcus Desieno, Courtney Johnson, Camilo Ramirez, and Justin James Reed.

Jamie is a novelist whose star is on a dizzying rise. Cathy is an actress trying to get a toehold on the bottom rung. And as fate, or chance, or internet algorithms would have it, they meet. In a series of emotionally intimate songs, we follow Jamie and Catherine through the course of their five-year involvement, entering into each of their perspectives at opposite points in their love story. Jamie tells their story from first infatuation, while Cathy moves backward in time from the closing notes of their marriage. “The Last Five Years” is a musical journey through their relationship—in all its elation and heartbreak—captures the beauty of being in love, no matter how fleeting. Starring Alexander Sapp as Jamie and Christie Jackson as Cathy.

A co-production from TheatreLAB and Yes And Entertainment, the team that brought you the award-winning productions of HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, RIDING THE BULL, and VENUS IN FUR.

U.S. Senator Tim Kaine will join the Cary Street Ramblers for an evening of music at the HI Richmond Hostel.

The MOB – Middle of Broad studio will be showing progress reports from 12 projects in and around Richmond that this semester’s studio of 30 students have been working on for the past 5 weeks. These projects range from community art project catalogues to larger-scale spatial redesigns for health clinics in Richmond’s public housing projects.

In addition to these projects, students have updated their mOb suits with a new motif. The studio will also be revealing the new faces of the Stonestreet Diamond sign for 209 East Broad which were hand-stenciled by mObians.

The October art walk map has been updated! Save that link for later, there are a couple more updates to come before tomorrow night.

Quirk’s current Main Gallery exhibition, Aimee Joyaux’s “Red Rover (Red Rover)“, continues through October 15. Visitors to the gallery will have the opportunity to enjoy six of Aimee’s newest pieces. “My work is grounded in a visceral response to current events, be they personal, political, cultural, or imagined. Bright colors and graphic shapes crash into the picture plane. Half glasses of water, the shells of a building and shape-shifting folds are drawn to characterize a sense of displacement, a reactionary free fall in a tumultuous time. The scale of these works on paper is ambitious for me. It allows for exaggerated responses to the stream of combative and imposing rhetoric surrounding me. My thoughts explode on the page like rolling dice when they hit the wall.”

Quirk’s gallery shop is being stocked with new items for fall. New artwork has been added to the downstairs Archives gallery including work from Stephen Clark, Suzanna Fields, Aggie Zed, and Kendra Dawn Wadsworth. The Quirk Represents art jewelry collection also has brand new pieces from Nikki Couppee, Meghan Patrice Rily, and Ashley Buchanan.

Stop by the University of Richmond Downtown Friday from 5-7pm to check out the RVA Cures Connor’s Heroes Foundation Zebrafish exhibit.

RVA Cures is an exhibition of Kristin Seward’s photography. Each picture captures moments when children and caregivers showed incredible strength and courage, and the exciting research that is happening in Richmond, Virginia. Lining the walls of the gallery are a hundred, wooden zebrafish in sizes from 18 inches to 8 foot long. Richmond artists or the young children who are part of Connor’s Heroes painted each zebrafish. The zebrafish are available for sale or auction atwww.501auctions.com/rvacures. The exhibit runs September 1, 2017 – January 19, 2018 at the Wilton Companies Gallery, University of Richmond Downtown, 626 E. Broad Street. It is free and open to the public. 

Emordnilap a Esuoh Nepo. (Let it be known: I gots jokes.)

Join Palindrome Creative Co. during the First Fridays art walk for an open house at their new branding studio. You can also check out Palindrome’s custom letterpress stationary and printed goods, and nosh on beloved The Dog & Pig Show cookies!

North First Street Studio Gallery presents “Destinations of the Heart” featuring paintings by Ron Courtney and pottery by Bob Leek. Come join us at the opening reception from 5-9 on October 6th sponsored by Hummel Associates and R1 Furnishings.

Young writers from Richmond Young Writers teamed up with local illustrators to create brand new books for The Picture Book Project. This Friday, come by Little Nomad to meet 6 of the writer/artist pairs. Buy books, get them signed, and find other little treasures to take home.

Join Gallery Edit as they present “Lineage,” an exhibit featuring the works of three generations of artists.

Codeva welcomes you to their October First Friday open house and showcase, coinciding with artoberVA AND the 2nd Street Festival. Stop by and see just what the summer camp students were up to, and maybe try your hand at coding.

Stop by 9WG Studios this Friday for the art walk to see Jack Rodriguez’s stunning pencil portraits.

The following exhibits will be on display at the Richmond Public Library‘s Main Branch, with a First Fridays reception on October 6.

In the Gellman Room: “Nature as Mentor: A visual education through observation” – oil paintings
and etchings of our natural world by Palmyra artist Tom Tartaglino

In the 2nd Floor Gallery: “Rescued in Richmond ” – uplifting photographs showcasing the playful and
loving personalities of adoptable pets cared for by the dedicated staff and volunteers of
Richmond Animal Care and Control by Richmond photographer Ashley Dobbin Calkins

In the Dooley Foyer: “Tradition and Modern” – the fusion of traditional Chinese ink and modern
color in flower and bird freehand brushwork by artist Yu Fang of Guizhou in China

In the Dooley Hall: “Uncertain Boundaries” – small, semi-abstract landscapes that explore
appearances and perception by Richmond artist Kay Vass Darling

Rosewood Clothing Co hosts Tree Fairfax for a First Friday pop-up! Shop her beautiful leather goods and other fall finds from 6-9 pm!

Stop by Rider Boot Shop this weekend, and join in the festivities at their Made-to-Order trunk show. Meet the owner of Cortina (their Italian factory) and get measured for a pair of custom shoes or boots. Check out archived samples and patterns and choose from an array of leathers to make your own very special pair!

Oct 6th will also include First Friday fare from JM Stock Provisions – while supplies last!

Join the Richmond Times-Dispatch on the First Fridays Art Walk for an evening with artist Judith Anderson. Anderson is fascinated by the abstract geometric qualities of old train cars and the textures and layers of the cars’ surfaces. Her recent train paintings and photographs reflect the influence of trains’ colors, textures and compositions.

Beginning at 6:30 p.m. Anderson will talk about the process, techniques and inspiration behind her craft.

Light refreshments will be served. Parking is free in the Richmond Times-Dispatch deck. The entrance is on Third Street between Grace and Franklin.

The opening weekend of Generator RVA: Now Playing at Sediment will feature a pop-up market, with contemporary and historical, local and non-local, noise and experimental sound works for sale and distribution, including tapes, zines, posters, and more.

First Friday Opening Reception, October 6th from 6-9pm
Inaugural Remote Call-In Proclamation by The Kings of Elgaland-Vargaland: Michael von Hausswolf & Left Elggren (from Stockhom)
Octophonic Concert by Gen Ken at 8pm

Lots more on deck throughout the month. Check the whole schedule here.

The Anderson is excited to partner with the Richmond Cookbook Project to bring you a special event – the Richmond Cookbook: Pot Luck & Open Mic!

SHARE FOOD, STORIES, AND RHYTHMS

POT LUCK: ft homemade food from all over the city. Artist, Steven Casanova, will be making tortillas. Bring a dish to share, or just come by and try!
DRUM CIRCLE: ft Drums No Guns‘ Dr. Ram Bhagat, Shyamuu The Drumaddict, and guest percussionists.
& OPEN MIC: Topic: Food. led by Mikemetic, Jade Fleming, and CheapGarlic.

This event will also serve as a closing reception for our current exhibition “Reach Out and Touch” – So come by to see it one last time, share a bite and celebrate with the artists!

MORE ABOUT RICHMOND COOKBOOK:
The Richmond Cookbook project wants to encourage conversation and consideration around the rich diversity of cultures, backgrounds, and life around the city. All are invited, all food is welcome, all messages are encouraged. Experience a world of food, recipes, and stories and come share your own.

United for UNOS 9th Annual Soirée is Richmond’s premier fall event and is uniquely held where their lifesaving mission is centered – UNOS headquarters. Satisfy your appetite for food and philanthropy at this one of a kind event. Indulge in specialty dishes from Richmond’s favorite restaurants and caterers and meet the 2017 Stories of Transplantation – including organ recipients, living donors, donor families and transplant professionals. Tickets are available now.

Event proceeds support United Network for Organ Sharing’s lifesaving work including organ matching and transplantation education programs.

You’ve got a tough decision to make Friday night at Virginia Rep. Fun Home at the Theatre Gym, or Shakespeare in Love in the November Theater? Both start at 8pm. Both are towards the end of their run. Lucky for you, you can always come back on Saturday to see the other one! Tickets are going fast, so snap them up now.

Fun Home:

Years after her father’s unexpected death, Alison comes to terms with memories of her unique childhood, growing up in the Bechdel Funeral Home. Moving between the past and present, she relives her struggles to connect with her father and her growing awareness of her own sexuality. This ground-breaking musical is funny, honest, and uplifting.

Shakespeare in Love:

Disguised identities and a clandestine love affair inspire a young Will Shakespeare to pen the greatest love story of all time. Based on the Oscar-winning film, this delightful comedy of Shakespearean proportions reimagines the romance between the writer and his muse.

anne’s Visual Art Studio gallery proudly presents “That Time When I Was Young, Acrylic and Oils on Canvas” by Terrie Powers in the Main Gallery, with an opening reception at First Fridays, October 6 from 7-10PM. Terrie Powers is 2013 recipient of the Woman in the Arts award and Virginia Rep’s set designer for over 30 years.

Dannyboy Comes Home by Terrie Powers

fresh Richmond has teamed up with RVA Fashion Week and Lou Stevens Glam Squad to bring you the first ever Fashion Crawl on October 6th.

First check out designs by Azi Blas at Fresh Richmond starting at 5:30p. Then join us for a fashion party at Lou Stevens “Glam Squad” from 7:30p-9p. Check out a mini fashion show featuring fall looks from local boutiques Ashby, TAILOR and Trunk Up!! Featured drinks from Belle Isle Moonshine at both locations.

“My Reality” is a groundbreaking exhibition and virtual reality installation created by teens impacted by the juvenile justice system in Richmond, VA. Using art and technology, the exhibit amplifies the powerful stories, dreams, and desires of incarcerated youth, while showcasing how artists, communities, and advocates can come together to imagine a better world for all of us.

“The project is about looking to youth in the system as experts who can teach us so much about what youth need to be free and out of the system. In all of our work, we use art to amplify their ideas and perspectives and this exhibit takes that to a whole new level. Viewers will walk into a room the size of a prison cell, put a virtual reality headset on, and be transported into a virtual jail cell experience that includes the teen’s stories and artwork,” said Mark Strandquist, creative director of ART 180’s Youth Self Advocacy Through Art program.

The exhibit, was created in partnership with RISE for Youth (a bipartisan coalition a part of Legal Aid Justice Center), Scenic (a virtual reality content studio based in New York City), and artists Kate Deciccio, Roscoe Burnems, Catherine Komp and Mark Strandquist. Each part of the exhibit presents viewers with immersive and eye-opening experiences that share the perspectives of youth most impacted by the juvenile justice system. Beyond the virtual reality installation, the exhibit will include photographs, poetry, immersive audio installations, and a take-action station created by Legal Aid Justice Center for any viewers interested in getting involved in local juvenile justice reform campaigns.

ART 180 will host an opening reception for the exhibition on Friday, October 6, from 6-9 p.m. during RVA First Fridays. The reception is open to the public. Viewing access to the exhibit is limited, due to the layout of the exhibit, so please expect a wait.

“Of a Piece” presents work by Chicago-based Bethany Collins, continuing this week at 1708 Gallery. As Holland Cotter noted writing in The New York Times, “language itself, viewed as intrinsically racialized, is Bethany Collins’ primary material.”  Through translation and transposition, drawing and installation, Collins explores multiplicities and contradictions in language as a lens for considering racial identity.

Bethany Collins, America: A Hymnal, 2017, Book with 100 laser cut leaves, 9 x 10 x 2 inches, Edition of 25,

“Memento Mori” is 1708 Gallery‘s latest satellite exhibition at the Linden Row Inn, on view from until January 14, 2018.

Join 1708 and the Linden Row Inn for an artist reception on October 6 from 6-8pm.

Thirteen artists explore the tradition of memento mori – an artwork that reminds the viewer of their mortality, impermanence, and even the shortness and fragility of human life. Memento mori is a Latin phrase meaning ‘remember you must die’. Memento mori artwork became popular in the seventeenth century, in a religious age when almost everyone believed that life on earth was merely a preparation for an afterlife.

We are reminded almost every day of the truth of impermanence. We often want to assign cause and effect and blame to these losses, at the same time that we recognize the randomness of nature. The artworks you see here explore how artists sometimes find a way to deal with loss.

“Momento Mori” includes works by Nick Candela, Miguel Carter-Fisher, Ginna Cullen, Bill Fisher, Vaughn Whitney Garland, Stella Graham-Landau, Jonathan Lee, John MacLellan, Amie Oliver, Michael A. Pierce, Michael-Birch Pierce, Elaine Rogers, Janet Scagnelli

Momento Mori is curated by Michael A. Pierce, 1708 Gallery Satellite Exhibitions Guest Curator

Unleashed The Salon is a full service hair salon, featuring Tony Turner’s Unleashed Products. For their first month on the art walk, a celebration of their 5th Anniversary, they will be joined by Humble Vizion, presenting fine art photography.

I am working with a new Richmond startup called OccasionGenius. It’s genius – they make it seamless to find all of the awesome things that are going on around town (‘cuz dudes, trust me, that can be HARD.)

On OccasionGenius you can find events and out-of-the-box activities based on your individual interests. Each week, you’ll see foodie or boozy or family-friendly activities, all depending on the interests you select. Aaaaannnnddd… they’ve rolled out a “First Friday” category JUST FOR US!

First things first: it is FREE. It’s free for the general public to use and get a look-see at what’s happening here in town. It is also FREE to have your events listed. (Email me at rvafirstfridays [at] gmail [dot] com if you need more info about getting your events listed.)

Second: click here to create your account. (Since transparency is important: that’s an affiliate link, as is the earlier one. If enough people use that to sign up, DNA will receive a donation.)

Stay tuned for all of the usual posts about First Fridays, going live on Monday. 🙂

This month at Elegba Folklore, browse and buy expressions of diverse thematics that are priced especially for The Black Art Market. Some are limited editions. All tell poignant stories. One — or more — can be yours. If you are planning ahead for the holidays, think about art as an endearing gift. This collection also features traditional and contemporary African art for your consideration.

Plus, of course, you can enjoy paintings, memorabilia, artifacts, imports, collectibles, home decor, wearables, books, jewelry, shea and cocoa butters, black soap, oils, incense, more — and good vibrations.

Not only do we have the usual list o’ greatness for you, but this month we’ve also got a fresh hot link to a Google Map. Everyone I know of that has a First Fridays event in the ‘hood has a pin on the map: purple palettes for art exhibits, green shopping bags for boutiques with events, blue scissors for salons, and orange utensils for restaurants. Let me know what you think!

As always, please tag us on social media with #rvafirstfridays.

Here’s what I know of for this month:
•Quirk Gallery
•Richmond Public Library
•1708 Gallery
•Visual Art Studio
•Richmond Times-Dispatch
•Gallery Edit
•ART 180
•Candela Books + Gallery
•University of Richmond Downtown
•68 Home
•Rider Boot Shop
•9WG Studios
•Chocolates By Kelly
•Sediment Arts
•Coalition Theater
•Gallery5
•Lou Stevens “Glam Squad” – On Location Hair and Makeup
•Little Nomad
•Verdalina
•Mod&Soul
•Fresh Richmond
•Vagabond
•Linden Row Inn
•Endeavor RVA

The folks behind Mama J’s, F.W. Sullivan’s and Lady N’awlins have taken over Vagabond to unveil their new and improved concept! This coming Friday, September 1st, they are throwing a party hosted by Kelli Lemon that you will not want to miss. Come enjoy free appetizers from our new southern comfort style menu, art by Eddie Johnson, and music by DJ Lonnie B, DJ Ron P, plus an after party with live cover band, Dance Candy! The doors open at 5:00pm so don’t be late!

68 Home welcomes local artist Ellie Gill, with originals and prints available, and Folkling‘s vintage clothing collection.

Time flies when you’re having fun. Somehow it’s been 2 years already, and it feels like Endeavor RVA is just getting started! September 1st is going to be a night to remember, and all of Richmond is invited to celebrate!

Endeavor could not be more thankful for all of the overwhelming support they’ve received over the past 2 years, all of the amazing and diverse people, the musicians, the shows, the many artists, and connections that will never be forgotten.

Exhibiting Artists this month:

Chad Hilton
Emily Herr
Erek Jones
Mickael Broth
Moonie Co.
Prentice Carroll
Sarah Apple
Shawn Saharko
Ryan Lauterio
Ynes Bouck
Younan Ghebrial

And, of course, the in-house crew:
Eli McMullen
Ian C. Hess
Christina Wing Chow

Musical Performances from:
THIVA
Vanilla Summit

Arroz RVA will be warming bellies throughout the night with their amazing food truck out front as well!

Fresh Richmond presents “Live“, an exhibit featuring work by six photographers and their shots of live music performances.

It’s the final weekend for 1708 Gallery‘s Manifest, a satellite exhibition hosted by the Linden Row Inn, featuring Jack Glover, Aaron McIntosh, Gordon Stettinius, Wesley Taylor, and Dennis Winston—artists who question, observe or celebrate American freedom. Each artist’s work focuses on creating and engaging with community. Each painting, print and collage within the exhibition adds their voice to the conversation on American politics and culture.

Each of the artists on view in Manifest exemplify a distinctive voice that conveys their individual desire to create conversation and community – a goal the founders of 1708 Gallery made manifest almost 40 years ago.

Amie Oliver, curator of this exhibition, is an artist and educator and a board member of 1708 Gallery.

Aaron McIntosh, Lonely Boyfriends Pentaptych, 2010, Romance novel covers, frames, Bristol board

Gordon Stettinius, How Stupid…, 2008, Sepia toned gelatin silver photograph, Courtesy of Candela Books + Gallery

“130 Years of Übercorp: 1887-2017,” a historical exhibition of Richmond’s most obscure and prolific company curated by Noah Scalin opens at Gallery5 on September 1. With objects from the collections of 30+ artists and music from League of Space Pirates, Flashlight Tag, and Maximum Zero.

What if a huge and powerful corporation existed right under your nose and you never knew it was there? Meet Übercorp. Since its formation in 1887 by a German immigrant here in Richmond, VA, Übercorp has been a powerful force in the pharmaceutical world. And yet, despite its long history – and forays into myriad side ventures – Übercorp has been off the radar for the general public. Indeed you may have been using their products for years without even realizing it, unless you noticed their little octopus logo.

This Friday at 8, the Coalition Theater presents “What Was I Thinking,” a comedy show featuring live improv inspired by the awkwardness of adolescence. Three Coalition performers will share journal entries & ephemera from their wonder years, in all their unedited glory. A team of improvisers will spin their tales of hormones and heartache into comedy gold.

At 10 pm, the Coalition hosts its second-ever LIVE READ. The film will be the original “Wet Hot American Summer” from 2001. This event will be a live interactive reading of the full movie script written by Michael Showalter and David Wain onstage, and will star many of your favorite Coalition Theater performers. Costumes are encouraged, but bring your own can of mixed vegetables (BYOCOMV).

https://rvaff.richmondartsdistrict.org//www.sedimentarts.org/upcoming/

https://rvaff.richmondartsdistrict.org//www.sedimentarts.org/upcoming/

Join Chocolates By Kelly for a month of mosaics! Kelly’s family has been making chocolate for generations, and you can taste the knowledge & experience in her delicious work. She also celebrates other local businesses each month on the walls of her shop. For the month of September, Johannah Willsey of Phoenix Handcraft will be the featured artist.
Johannah will be showing her recent Domestica and Nature Therapy series, as well as older work and mirrors. Come for the chocolate, stay for the mosaics!

Photographer Greg Garner opens “X2 – Flipped Vectors and Junkyard Mashups” at 9WG Studios in Richmond’s Arts District for this RVA First Fridays event. On display will be a collection of double exposure photography of RVA landmarks and junkyard decay.

On Friday, September 1, join the University of Richmond Downtown for the opening of a new exhibition, “RVA Cures: Conquering Childhood Cancer,” a Connor’s Heroes exhibition featuring photographs by Kristin Seward and zebrafish painted by Richmond artists and children.

“The Picture Book Project” originated by Richmond Young Writers – an organization that teaches creative writing to young people ages 8 to 17 – features stories written by youth, and illustrations created collaboratively by professional artists and young people in the workshop. The illustrations from each book will be on display at Atlas, ART 180‘s art center for teens, alongside the stories in this preview of each.

Often, we introduce ourselves by where we come from or where we live, and sometimes, by where we do not. Our environment influences our identity. Inversely, we define locations by giving names to them. The aura of a place is tethered to both physical and cultural perceptions, but what happens when this delicate balance is altered and that tether is warped or frayed at the edges?

“Theory of Place” opens this Friday at Candela Books + Gallery, featuring the works of Marcus Desieno, Courtney Johnson, Camilo Ramirez, and Justin James Reed.

Join the Richmond Times-Dispatch at the First Fridays Art Walk for an evening with painter Carson Price. Carson works in a variety of genres including florals, abstracts, nudes and landscapes. Her paintings deliver a vibrant color palette for the modern home.

Beginning at 6:30 p.m., don’t miss an exclusive talk with the artist to learn more about the process, techniques and inspiration behind her craft.

Light refreshments will be served.

Parking is free and will be available in the Richmond Times-Dispatch deck. The entrance is on Third Street between Grace and Franklin streets.

“Of a Piece” presents work by Chicago-based Bethany Collins, opening this week at 1708 Gallery. As Holland Cotter noted writing in The New York Times, “language itself, viewed as intrinsically racialized, is Bethany Collins’ primary material.”  Through translation and transposition, drawing and installation, Collins explores multiplicities and contradictions in language as a lens for considering racial identity.

It’s the last week for Kathleen Markowitz’s “Field Notes in a Stream of Bright” at Quirk Gallery. The show closes Sunday 9/3.

anne’s Visual Art Studio gallery proudly announces the Opening Reception on First Friday, September 1 from 7-10PM of two new shows. “Tape: The Dissection of Popular Culture” is a collection of Nickolai Walko’s pop culture inspired pieces, all dissected through his medium of masking tape. “Doors of Le Castellet, Toulon, France” by Elaine Bankston is a new addition to her European Door Series. Live music will be provided by Aurika.

The following exhibits will be on display at the Richmond Public Library, starting with an opening reception at 6:30pm on September 1st.

In the Gellman Room and Dooley Foyer: “Tradition and Modern” – the fusion of traditional Chinese ink and modern color in flower and bird freehand brushwork by artist Yu Fang of Guizhou in
China

In the Dooley Hall: “Uncertain Boundaries” – small, semi-abstract landscapes that explore appearances and perception by Richmond artist Kay Vass Darling

In the 2nd Floor Gallery: “Lot of Woman” – art focusing on a woman’s role in society and her relationship within the social institution by Richmond collage artist Dare Boles

1708 Gallery is pleased to present Manifest, a satellite exhibition hosted by the Linden Row Inn, featuring Jack Glover, Aaron McIntosh, Gordon Stettinius, Wesley Taylor, and Dennis Winston—artists who question, observe or celebrate American freedom. Each artist’s work focuses on creating and engaging with community. Each painting, print and collage within the exhibition adds their voice to the conversation on American politics and culture.

Each of the artists on view in Manifest exemplify a distinctive voice that conveys their individual desire to create conversation and community – a goal the founders of 1708 Gallery made manifest almost 40 years ago.

Amie Oliver, curator of this exhibition, is an artist and educator and a board member of 1708 Gallery.

Gordon Stettinius, How Stupid…, 2008, Sepia toned gelatin silver photograph, Courtesy of Candela Books + Gallery

Aaron McIntosh, Lonely Boyfriends Pentaptych, 2010, Romance novel covers, frames, Bristol board

Join Rosewood Clothing Co. on 8/4 for a First Friday event with Alexis Hope Ceramics!

UnBound6! is Candela’s annual juried & invitational exhibition. UnBound! features a wide array of photographic techniques from both emerging and established artists, both locally and abroad. Candela is very proud to bring you a compelling selection of photographic work for the sixth year in a row. This weekend is the final weekend for the show.

Photographer Greg Garner opens “X2 – Flipped Vectors and Junkyard Mashups” at 9WG Studios in Richmond’s Arts District for this RVA First Fridays event. On display will be a collection of double exposures.

The North 1st Street Gallery hosts an Atmospheric Art Opening, with Paintings by Herb Pulliam & ceramics by Collin Sandler. Lute guitar provided by Paul Vrooman.

Fresh Richmond is the newest gallery to join the art walk, and presents their August show, featuring artwork by Stephon Reid, Tara Jo, & U. DJ Neili Neil will provide the soundtrack for the night.

A little birdie told me Max’s on Broad just got their brand spankin’ new permit for their sidewalk patio + the ABC license to go with it. Give ’em a ring and make a reservation for tonight and we’ll see you out there!

1708 Gallery​ presents “3×3: Summer Sessions,” the latest segment in its community engagement program. For the past two summers, 1708 has facilitated community engagement projects that imagine the gallery as an active community space, inviting artists to experiment with innovative and participatory projects. In 2015, 1708 hosted 10×10 (Richmond Takes the Gallery), for which 10 artists and nonprofits were each given the gallery for one week. In 2016, 5×5 (Summer Studio Sessions) invited five artists to each engage the gallery space for 2-week sessions.

3×3: Summer Sessions extends this mission out into the community, presenting three socially engaged projects that connect with communities outside the gallery. Socially-engaged art focuses on social and cultural issues impacting contemporary society, imagining the artist as community organizer or activist. The 3×3 projects engage the community through partnerships and collaborations, and participatory activities. While much of the work will take place outside the gallery, 1708 will serve as a hub, providing work space for each artist. Open to the public, audiences are invited to engage with these artists and their projects across the summer as artists provide ongoing updates and progress reports.

Hillary Waters Fayle / Grass Roots

Hillary’s mission is to inspire awareness of and stewardship for urban green spaces. She will create an ethno-botanical map of Jackson Ward made by documenting the plant life and collecting specimens that she identifies around the neighborhood —in residents’ yards, in city-managed sites, and growing wild. The map will include photographs and artworks and will be created at 1708 during the summer. Additionally, a self-published book of the collected conversations, photographs, and other relevant information or ephemera will be printed after the project is completed, a copy of which will be donated to the Historic Jackson Ward Association. Finally, Beautiful RVA’s Ginter Urban Gardener Program is currently working with the community of Jackson Ward. Fayle will connect with this group of Jackson Ward neighbors for collaboration to expand the neighborhood’s green spaces.

This month at 9WG Studios, “Catalyst” by The ART of C J S and Benjah Photography.

 

This week at the Markets at Monroe, in addition to artists like D for Dolls, Robin’s Egg Jewelry, and Trails & Shores, and ice cream from Gelati Celesti Ice Cream, the folks from Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden will be on-site with an interactive art installation that YOU can help with (hence the “interactive” part…)

In celebration of art on First Fridays, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in conjunction with Kevin Orlosky with Art on Wheels will set up a interactive art display that consists of a sand pendulum that visitors can manipulate to create a collaborative work of art.

Head writer of ClickHole, Jamie Brew, is used to whipping up content for the satirical website from The Onion that parodies clickbait websites such as BuzzFeed and Upworthy.

With the multi-media art experience “Sweet Dreams and Goals and Objectives and Demands“, Jamie brings a collection of texts, songs, and narrated fragments generated using a ‘predictive text emulator’ computer program to the walls of Gallery5 for the month of July.

“This exhibition features various pieces of writing created using a computer program I wrote that first ingests a text or collection of texts, then uses the source material’s basic word sequence patterns to supply the writer (me) with suggestions for words.

The program is “memoryless” in that it only models very local, word-to-word patterns. It has no understanding of broad structure, or even of whole sentences. So the arc of the piece remains still somewhat under my control, even though my word choices are limited to repetitions of sequences that have already occurred. To me, this is an exaggerated version of how language sometimes seems to operate anyway. It’s also fun.

The project (and the exhibition title) arose from some experimental writing using the predictive text feature of my smartphone, which supplies three suggestions of likely next words for you to type.”

Opening this week at the Gallery at UNOS (the United Network for Organ Sharing):

HOME
…….is where the heart is. It’s where we strive to be and to feel its comfort.

1708 Gallery​ presents “3×3: Summer Sessions,” the latest segment in its community engagement program. For the past two summers, 1708 has facilitated community engagement projects that imagine the gallery as an active community space, inviting artists to experiment with innovative and participatory projects. In 2015, 1708 hosted 10×10 (Richmond Takes the Gallery), for which 10 artists and nonprofits were each given the gallery for one week. In 2016, 5×5 (Summer Studio Sessions) invited five artists to each engage the gallery space for 2-week sessions.

3×3: Summer Sessions extends this mission out into the community, presenting three socially engaged projects that connect with communities outside the gallery. Socially-engaged art focuses on social and cultural issues impacting contemporary society, imagining the artist as community organizer or activist. The 3×3 projects engage the community through partnerships and collaborations, and participatory activities. While much of the work will take place outside the gallery, 1708 will serve as a hub, providing work space for each artist. Open to the public, audiences are invited to engage with these artists and their projects across the summer as artists provide ongoing updates and progress reports.

Starting the project this week: Virginia River Healers​ are a group of artists and activists working to address regional water rights that relate to coal ash waste. The VRH launched the Dig It UP campaign in 2016 to vocalize the need to remove coal ash waste from the banks of the James River. For 3×3, Virginia River Healers will continue these conversations and their ongoing critical planning. VRH will hold public meetings for communities in Chesterfield, Chesapeake, and Richmond. These communities will be asked to imagine what the waste sites could look like if the coal ash was removed. The drawings and plans that represent these visions will be on view at 1708 and will ultimately serve as a form of community directive to be used as part of a public awareness campaign.

In “Everything is Going to Be All Right,” on exhibit at Candela Books + Gallery (along with Alyssa Salomon’s “Animal Land”), Jared Ragland reflects on his personal history living in the American South and visually narrates the existential journey of Walker Percy’s character, Binx Bolling from the 1961 novel, The Moviegoer. Set in New Orleans, The Moviegoer follows Binx’s pilgrimage for a clearer understanding of himself. In a similar way, Ragland’s work challenges viewers to experience beyond the lens of visual observation, encouraging them to reflect within, and strive for a more personal understanding. Steeped in the New Orlean’s landscape, the images within the series are a combination of black and white photographs and appropriated, digitally sourced images that often blur our perception of reality and evoke a deeper meaning.

“Untitled (Resurrection, or, Orson Welles in The Third Man),” 2015

“Memories of the Motherland” continues at Elegba Folklore Society’s Cultural Center, open from 5p – 9p in conjunction with the First Fridays Art Walk. The exhibit is a collection of paintings by Jerome Jones, father, and Jeromyah Jones, son.

For over 40 years Jerome W. Jones, Jr. has been using his original paintings to teach, what Jones says is “the art of life through the love of art” to inspire young and old to use their gifts to uplift others. Jones’ creative style of portraiture reflects the likeness of his subjects and what they love to do. The artist believes every home should own art that exhibits the “heart and history” of the resident and that affirms, “Who I am, what I Am and where I am.”

Join CodeVA at their June First Friday event for Minecraft Madness & Earsketch Extravaganza! summer camp showcase event and open house. Come tour the space, and try your hand at Minecraft either on a desktop PC or in virtual reality using Oculus Rift! If you’re more musical than Minecraft-y try your hand at EarSketch. EarSketch lets you use computer coding to make music! Create a song and take it home with you. For the little ones there will be emoji magnet art projects; they can paint their favorite emoji onto a magnet and take it home with them. Camp counselors will be on hand to sign your little ones up for these classes at summer camp.

Keep an eye out for these signs around the Arts District for your free RVA Trolley stops. They’re 12″x18″ and laminated, and close to bus stops or other no-parking-zones.

Eastbound stops at:
9th and Broad (at the Library of Virginia)
3rd and Broad (in front of CodeVA, the Bijou Film Center, and TheatreLAB)
Jefferson and Broad (in front of Virginia Rep, and close to a metric ton of places)
Monroe and Broad (in front of Steady Sounds and Blue Bones Vintage, and catty corner to the Markets at Monroe, not to mention near Verdalina and Mod&Soul.)

Markets at Monroe is an outdoor market happening tonight at the corner of Broad and Monroe, and features lots of local vendors selling handmade designs, crafts, art, food, and other goodies.

Ledbury celebrates a First Friday launch of a month-long pop-up installation with Nashville-based shoemaker Peter Nappi. Enjoy Italian-inspired aperitifs, snacks, and music by DJ Ant Boogie!

They’re also offering an exclusive discount during the event: Spend $200+ on Peter Nappi product and receive a complimentary $50 Ledbury gift card!

Designed in Nashville and handmade in Tuscany, Peter Nappi premium leather footwear and goods are a distinctive blend of Italian heritage and American personality. A hand-picked assortment of men’s and women’s shoes from Peter Nappi’s Spring/Summer 2017 Collection will be available to shop at Ledbury on Broad throughout the month of May.

Join Dress for Success Central Virginia on Friday, May 5, 2017 for their signature pop up, Shop for a Cause. During their excess inventory sale you can choose from new, designer, gently used and vintage clothing at great prices with 100% of proceeds benefiting Dress for Success Central Virginia!

CodeVA hosts a Minecraft Madness event and open house this week for First Fridays. Take a tour of the space, and try your hand at Minecraft either on a desktop PC or in virtual reality using Oculus Rift! For the little ones there will be pixel art projects. Drinks and light refreshments will be served.

The second round of 2017 MFA Thesis Exhibitions will be on view at the Anderson from 6-8pm on Friday May 5th.

Artists Exhibiting in Round Two:
Francisco Besa
Lucy Dabney
Cassandra Ellison
Patrick Harkin
Lexy Holcombe
Ellie Hunter
Grace Kubilius
Chelsea Lee
An Liu
Hallie McNeill
John Orth
Heather Overby
Lauren Prisco
Moriah Rhodes
Shannon Slaight-Brown
Joana Stillwell
Ryan Syrell
Russell White
Katya Yakubov
Mingming Zhao
Weijian Zhou

Built around a longstanding conversation between artists Robert Beatty, Sarah Briland, Ryan Crowley, Ben Durham, and Mike Goodlett, “Perversion of Form,” currently on exhibit at 1708 Gallery, explores the parallels between these artists’ adversarial attraction to traditional forms of art-making. Although they often work in strikingly different media, each artist employs compulsive, process-based practices as a means of engaging yet subverting the prevailing notions and functions of their craft. The ambiguities at play in their work reflect an attraction to and reaction against the pre-existing systems, products, and infrastructures that dominate our sense of self and the surrounding world. Spanning drawing, sculpture, video, and sound, this work reveals a need to experience the world through the transformation of material, and a desire to speak not of function, comfort, and beauty, but of doubt, unease, and corporeality.

Join the Richmond Times-Dispatch at the First Fridays Art Walk for an evening with Richmond artist Joyce Satterwhite. Inspired by her travels, her paintings features people and places she meets during her journeys.

Beginning at 6:30, don’t miss an exclusive talk with the artist to learn more about the process, techniques and inspiration behind her craft.

Parking is free and available in the Richmond Times-Dispatch deck. The entrance is on Third Street between Grace and Franklin streets.

Quirk Gallery welcomes a new show by Diego Sanchez in the Main Gallery. Diego serves as the chair of the art department at St. Catherine’s School.

“The genesis for this body of work started about five years ago. My friend, Cindy Neuschwander, encouraged me to take a risk with my work and remove the representational elements from my paintings. We often talked about our work and exchanged ideas about painting that challenged us as artists. Sadly, a year later, Cindy passed away. Two years after her death, her husband, Jay Barrows, generously gave me her painting supplies. This kind gesture and the memory of my dear friend were the catalysts for this exhibition. This body of work reflects the gradual change that has been taking place in my work for the past few years.

At this point in my career, my paintings deal directly with formal concerns. At the beginning of each painting, my approach is purely an intuitive endeavour. Gradually, as I build the surface, textures, patterns and colors, relationships begin to emerge as the development of space begins to appear in the picture plane. I love the nature and the plasticity of the medium and how malleable it is. Non-representational painting to me is an act of faith and trust. Not knowing where I might end up and being open to learn from mistakes and failures reminds me that I must pursure honesty in my work. I hope that the viewer is able to experience it while he or she stands in front of my paintings.

I would like to dedicate this exhibition to the memory and adventurous spirit of my dear friend, Cindy Neuschwander.”
—Diego Sanchez

Ester is a swimmer trying to stay afloat. Amy is curled up on the locker room floor. DRY LAND is a play about abortion, female friendship, resiliency, and what happens in one high school locker room after everybody’s left. Playwright Ruby Rae Spiegel was only 21 years old when DRY LAND premiered Off-Broadway to rave reviews in 2014. With DRY LAND, Spiegel has written a brazen, no-holds-barred play about that time in your life when no one else can possibly understand what you’re going through. DRY LAND, a New York Times critics’ pick, is a brave portrayal of the contemporary American teenager. There are only three performances left at TheatreLAB: this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Tickets and more available here.

1708 Gallery presents Watershed Extension, a satellite exhibition at Linden Row Inn on view through May 21, 2017. Watershed Extension is an expansion of the previous exhibition, Watershed featuring works by Pierre Bowring, Genesis Chapman, Andrea Keys Connell, Alex Nyerges, and Sayaka Suzuki.

Each artist presenting work in Watershed creates art that evokes the power, beauty and fragility of The James River and the watershed basin that feeds it. Richmond’s origins are a combination of geography, memory and the will of humanity, all waterborne. Recent landmarks in the political, environmental and cultural climate inspire us to embrace what sustains us. These seven artists create art that functions as a bridge for questioning and understanding political and environmental change.

Stop by the Library of Virginia this Friday during the art walk for a new exhibit on the Prohibition era, as told through popular music. Drawing on sheet music, period recordings, and anti-liquor songbooks, “Teetotalers & Moonshiners: Prohibition in Virginia, Distilled“ captures the debates over temperance and Prohibition through the music of the times. Following the music program, a reception will feature “Last Call” Imperial Brown Ale, created by the Library in collaboration with the Three Notch’d Brewing Company.

Enjoy live performances of songs that advocated temperance, documented the growth of a clandestine alcohol business (moonshine), and lampooned Prohibition and the efforts to enforce it, along with narration to place the music within its historical context. Performers include Kinney Rorrer, Mark Campbell, and sisters Samantha Willis and Jessi Johnson. Also featured are recordings of well-known Virginia artists such as Charlie Poole and the North Carolina Ramblers (which had deep ties to Franklin County), Bela Lam and His Greene County Singers, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe, a Richmond-area resident during her heyday.

This event is supported in part by a grant from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy. The reception is sponsored by Virginia Distillery Company. For more information, contact Catherine Wyatt, 804-692-3999 or catherine.wyatt [at] lva.virginia.gov.

Keep an eye out for these signs around the Arts District for your free RVA Trolley stops. They’re 12″x18″ and laminated, and close to bus stops or other no-parking-zones.

Eastbound stops at:
7th and Broad (at University of Richmond Downtown)
3rd and Broad (in front of CodeVA, and close to Saadia’s Juicebox)
Jefferson and Broad (in front of the November Theatre, and close to a metric ton of places)
Monroe and Broad (in front of Steady Sounds and Blue Bones Vintage, and catty corner to the Markets at Monroe, not to mention near Verdalina and Mod&Soul.)

The free trolley is running tonight! The list of stops will be announced soon (look on our Facebook page.)

Here are all the places that I know that are doing events tonight, in no particular order:
CodeVA
Chocolates By Kelly, with From South Side to Somewhere
Candela Books + Gallery
Richmond Public Library
Linden Row Inn
Coalition Theater
Visual Art Studio
University of Richmond Downtown
Sediment Arts
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Quirk Gallery
Markets at Monroe
Gallery Edit
Endeavor RVA
Elegba Folklore Society
North 1st St Gallery (at Hummel Associates)
Black History Museum & Cultural Center
Lou Stevens “Glam Squad” – On Location Hair and Makeup
Mod&Soul, with Mac’s Smack
Websmith Studio, with Twon Smith ‘s Designs
1708 Gallery
Gallery5, with Party Liberation Front
ART 180
Verdalina
Steady Sounds & Blue Bones Vintage
9WG Studios
Ada Gallery
Saadia’s Juicebox
Rosewood Clothing Co.

Tonight at ada gallery, Brian Novatny’s “This Must Be the Place” opens at 7pm.

Websmith Studio is back on the art walk this week, with Twon Smith. Stop by to see who’s next on their big wall…

Lou Stevens “Glam Squad” – On Location Hair and Makeup has a newly opened spot on Broad, and tonight they’re celebrating their first art walk with us! Stop by and welcome them to the neighborhood!

The Black History Museum & Cultural Center joins the art walk this week with a concert and guided tours.

One Voice Chorus Richmond is an intentionally integrated community choir dedicated to performing uplifting choral music while fulfilling their mission to sing the beauty and power of diversity. One Voice was founded on the belief that all people benefit from an understanding of the diverse world around us. They are dedicated to the idea that uniting people of different backgrounds promotes not only kindness and respect, but the embracing of those differences. By demonstrating there is so much more that unites us than divides us, we can help our community find power in our collective strength.

This month at the North 1st St Gallery (around the corner from Elegba Folklore Society), “Man and His World” features plein air paintings by Tomas Ehrenberger.

Tomas loves the challenge of plein air painting. He believes that the joy of working in the open air comes through on the canvas imparting a special energy to his work. ”To sense the mood of a given scene, feel the nuances in color; and capture the whole experience on canvas. This is living to its fullest; this is being present. My hope is to awaken the same experience in people through my paintings.”

His works are currently exhibited in Brno, Czech Republic, and are also available from Oxide Gallery, Denton, TX and Bradshaw Gallery, Blackstone, VA.

Chocolates By Kelly welcomes artist Keith Ramsey (From South Side to Somewhere) for the month of April. They will be open for the art walk from 7-9pm. The CITYSCAPES IN NOIR series demonstrates personal, emotional conflict and social disconnection through deliberate placement of shadow and light to draw attention to isolated subjects in the paintings. These works painted with oil and acrylic on canvas and paper are inspired by American painters Edward Hopper and Charles Sheeler.

The Love This Airstream will be back this month at the corner of Monroe and Broad, and they’re bringing friends! Superfun Yoga Pants, Hummingbird Gardens, Liberatus Jewelry, MudLOVE, Maven Made, & We Are Creatures will be there too!

“Simple Things” opens this week at Gallery Edit, with a reception from 6-9pm.

“UncoveRVA: Archaeology of Our Past, Present, and Future” is a new exhibit at the University of Richmond Downtown curated by students in the course “Archaeology in the City,” taught by Derek Miller, UR visiting lecturer of anthropology. There will be a presentation and open discussion with the curators at 5:30 p.m.

“UncoveRVA: Archaeology of Our Past, Present, and Future” sheds light on the hidden histories beneath the city of Richmond. The showcase also explores the current legislation that covers archaeological resources, how archaeology informs us about who we are and where we came from, and the positive impacts when a city chooses to engage with its archaeological heritage.

Opening this week at the Visual Art Studio, Cut by Cut by Francis Scott Horner and Nickolai Walko is a collaborative exhibition in which these Richmond artists have created their work together and apart by cutting their materials. Horner, an adjunct professor at VCU, cuts and assembles his photographs into beautifully back-lit wall pieces. Walko, VCU sculpture ’14, creates tape drawings on painted panel by cutting designs with an X-acto blade then pealing away the tape to reveal the image.

The First Fridays reception is from 6-9pm, with live music by Sonika.

Muse #2 by Nickolai Walko, tape drawing – Floral Enigma #1 by Francis Scott Horner, paper, LED

The following exhibits will be on display at the Richmond Public Library starting this Friday, April 7, with an opening reception from 6:30-9pm.

In the Gellman Room, Dooley Foyer & Dooley Hall – “Coming Together, Moving Apart” – works in all media from the artist membership of artspace. The opening reception on April 7 the will feature live music from Ragtime Pete Sims.

In the 2nd Floor Gallery – “A Portrait of Richmond” – the public is invited to sit for a series of black-and-white photographs celebrating the diversity of Richmond by Richmond photographer Kim Frost.

The library’s permanent collections include works by David Freed, Helen & Alvin Hattorf, and Anne Newbold Perkins.

Join Code VA for the opening night of the “Tech In Craft” exhibit: An exhibition of contemporary jewelry combining digital and handmade processes. Curated by Maggie Smith, CodeVA’s curriculum designer, and independent curator.

There will also be computer science education fun for the kiddos in the form of Game Making and Robot Wrangling workstations.

Built around a longstanding conversation between artists Robert Beatty, Sarah Briland, Ryan Crowley, Ben Durham, and Mike Goodlett, “Perversion of Form,” currently on exhibit at 1708 Gallery, explores the parallels between these artists’ adversarial attraction to traditional forms of art-making. Although they often work in strikingly different media, each artist employs compulsive, process-based practices as a means of engaging yet subverting the prevailing notions and functions of their craft. The ambiguities at play in their work reflect an attraction to and reaction against the pre-existing systems, products, and infrastructures that dominate our sense of self and the surrounding world. Spanning drawing, sculpture, video, and sound, this work reveals a need to experience the world through the transformation of material, and a desire to speak not of function, comfort, and beauty, but of doubt, unease, and corporeality.

Here are your trolley stops tonight!!

University of Richmond Downtown
3rd & Broad (at CodeVA/TheatreLAB/Bijou Film Center)
Virginia Repertory Theatre
The Anderson
Richmond Public Library

First off, don’t forget we’ve got the free trolley running tonight! The list of stops will be announced soon (look on our Facebook page.)

The work of Amelia Key visualizes the vibrance and repetition of music, as exhibited in “Cadence,” opening tomorrow night.

Come to Gallery Edit during RVA First Fridays Art Walk for a night of color, sound, and good company.

Friday, March 3 is the final day of the “Future is Calling” exhibition at The Anderson Gallery at VCU, which is open for the First Fridays art walk from 5-8 PM. You can hop on the *free* trolley that runs from UR Downtown to VCU, with stops in the downtown arts district.

On March 16, 2003, Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American, was crushed to death by an Israeli Army bulldozer in Gaza as she was trying to prevent the demolition of a Palestinian home. Opening this Friday, TheatreLAB presents The Cellar Series: My Name Is Rachel Corrie, a one-woman play composed from Rachel’s own journals, letters and emails — creating a portrait of a messy, articulate, Salvador Dali–loving chain-smoker (with a passion for the music of Pat Benatar), who left her home and school in Olympia, Washington, to work as an activist in the heart of Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Two years ago, a group of neighbors began to meet in Shockoe Bottom to paint and create things. Slowly, week after week, as new people came and went, and new projects were started and finished, the Hillians emerged as a supportive and encouraging micro-community of artists.

Named after the many hills of Richmond (and since many members live in Church Hill) they are an eclectic group inspired by diverse things – nature, flowers, city life, Russian folklore, travel adventures, as well as each other.

Artists include Keith M. Ramsey, Greg Lewis, Susan Hribernik, Chris Semtner, Doug Sutherland, Dan Rhett, Melissa Messick, Nickolai Walko, Elaine Bankston, Susan Lamson and Anne Hart Chay.

“Rarities” will be on display through March 17, 2017.

“Unicycle” by Keith M Ramsey

“Aurora” by Susan Hribernik

Violet tells the story of a young woman’s quest for beauty amidst the image-obsessed landscape of the 1960s. Facially disfigured in a childhood accident, Violet dreams of a miraculous transformation through the power of faith. Convinced that a televangelist in Oklahoma can heal her, she hops a Greyhound bus and starts the journey of a lifetime. Produced with Cadence Theatre Company, Violet is on stage now through March 11th at the Theatre Gym at Virginia Repertory Theatre.

“Floating/faces,” a new exhibition by artist Maggie O’Connor opens for the art walk at 9WG. Her mixed media work includes watercolor & ink, acrylic, beeswax, yarn and other materials.

The Valentine is hosting the seventh iteration of its Community Conversations series. The purpose of the series is to engage audiences in a dialogue about the region’s past and how that past can positively shape our collective future.

The Valentine is partnering with The Capital Region Collaborative, Richmond magazine and TMI Consulting, Inc., to present public discussions about values and community indicators in Richmond. Each Community Conversation features a panel of local experts from organizations that can best represent the given topic and the issues surrounding that topic.

Here’s the full list of places that I know have events happening tonight, in no particular order:

Verdalina
Mod&Soul
1708 Gallery
Ledbury (featuring Charm School and Neely & Chloe)
Steady Sounds & Blue Bones Vintage
Ada Gallery
ART 180
Candela Books + Gallery
Visual Art Studio
Quirk Gallery
Coalition Theater
Elegba Folklore Society
Gallery5
EDIT: an art gallery for good.
Richmond Public Library
Richmond Times-Dispatch
TheatreLAB
Virginia Repertory Theatre
Depot Gallery (At the Anderson)
HI Richmond Hostel
Sediment Arts
CodeVA
Endeavor RVA
Linden Row Inn
Rosewood Clothing Co.
MOB – Middle of Broad & Storefront for Community Design
University of Richmond Downtown
WRIR 97.3 fm Richmond Independent Radio‘s Party for the Rest of Us at The Renaissance

Endeavor RVA hosts “Taking Refuge!” for this week’s art walk. Younan Ghebrial has become a good friend of Endeavor, and he also happens to be in America as a refugee from Egypt. Younan is business owner, print maker, painter, and reinvented the process of making papyrus. Younan is Endeavor’s first outside-of-Richmond, let alone outside-of-country artist to collaborate with the studio. He will be onsite all night alongside the IRC (International Rescue Committee), who helped him find a job, gain an entry level understanding of our culture, as well as learn the basics of English.

Endeavor hopes to encourage an understanding of immigrants coming into this country and just how much it takes to do so. Endeavor wants to bolster understanding through different languages and cultures in a way that proves just how much people from around the world can enhance our own culture. Furthermore, you have a chance to embrace another’s story completely different from your own. The show is about empathy and support for a process and a man who has walked that path. In the coming political climate, there’s no better time to do so.

Younan will be share his talents on the walls of the Endeavor studio with screen prints and paintings all the way from Egypt on his hand-made papyrus depicting the ancient mythology of Egyptian hieroglyphs, deities, and long lost rituals. All of the work will be for sale, with profits to aid Younan, The IRC, and Endeavor. Come out and enjoy the night, and you just may have a shift of perspective and understanding – if you’re willing

This Friday, February 3rd (6:30p to 8:30p) come down to 2nd and Broad to check out student designers’ prototypes for the Golden Hammer Awards. For the past two weeks, MOB – Middle of Broad students have been tasked with redesigning the award given out at the Golden Hammer Awards, hosted this year by Historic Richmond and Storefront for Community Design.

Preview the Small Art with Big Heart auction pieces for the upcoming Richmond Animal League fundraiser, Sugar and Spice. Art will be displayed for all to see and you can even bid on your favorite pieces online before the Small Art with Big Heart official silent auction event on Feburary 25th. Final bidding will take place the night of Sugar and Spice. This Small Art with Big Heart preview event is FREE, and is hosted at the Virginia Interactive offices at 119 W Broad St.

Gallery5 opens a new show from visionary Vermont artist Jonas Fricke, this Friday for the art walk. As part of the First Fridays party, Fricke will be performing under the moniker If Not I Than Who Then at 9pm, with other performances by Young Scum and Hill Walkers. In the Richmond Independent Zine Library, check out the Richmond Resists show.

Young artists from ART 180‘s fall 2016 community programs will be celebrated throughout February as they share their artwork with the public. Selections from this year’s Open Studio Series that took place in January at Gallery5 will be displayed in ART 180’s Atlas Gallery throughout the month.

Led by local professional artists, the creative projects featured in the show are:

Song Writing by Charterhouse School
Papier Mache Taxidermy by St. Joseph’s Villa (Richmond, VA)
Spirit Masks by Fairfield Middle School/ Communities In Schools of Richmond (CIS)
Super Hero Capes by Redd Elizabeth D Elementary/CIS
Illuminate Sculpture by St. Andrew’s School
Cycle Animation Project by Richmond Juvenile Detention Center
Board Games Navigating Change by Lucille M. Brown Middle School/ NextUp RVA
Fantasy Creatures by Northstar Academy
Personal Identity Mandalas by Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center
Lyrics & Movement by The Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club
Collaborative Cookbooks by Binford Middle School/CIS
Sculpture & Storytelling by L. Douglas Wilder Middle School/CIS

Verdalina hosts Andrea Donnelly this Friday, for a trunk show with her gorgeous woven scarves. Pop in between 4 and 9 and meet the artist.

Independent media is more important than ever and WRIR 97.3 fm Richmond Independent Radio is thrilled to celebrate its 12th birthday with the Richmond community!

The annual “Party For The Rest Of Us” directly supports WRIR programming, plus on this special night you’ll see live performances that showcase Richmond’s vibrant arts and music culture, including:

People’s Blues of Richmond
Beex
Yeni Nostalji
Doll baby
Richmond Avant Improvisational Collective (https://www.facebook.com/Richmond.Avant.Improv.Collective)
HEADLESSMANTIS
Satellite Syndicate
Harry Partch Appreciation Society
RVA Comedy Standup showcase
WRIR DJs

Plus free food and birthday cake!

7pm Doors and Entertainment
$15 donation

Next #rvafirstfridays is February 3rd. Get it in your calendars now!

(Pro-tip: just make it a recurring calendar event, and then you’ll always be there. The art walk is on the first Friday of every month. Funny how that works! ?)

Credits: ? by @nacandela, at @gallery5arts

Opening Friday, January 6th, Ricardo Vicente Jose Ruiz & Leyla Mozayen present “Under the Flowers” at Ada Gallery.

America! A land rich in hidden history and untold stories. In “American Documentary,” an improvised documentary series from the Coalition Theater, they take you on a journey to discover the interesting people, places, and events that you’d never hear of otherwise.

With an opening act from Zoggin’, improv comedy based on the work of Werner Herzog.

“Images of Perfection and Doubt,” an exhibition of mixed media collages and poetry, opens January 6 and spotlights ART 180’s most recent projects in creative expression.

Sydney Collier and Tomiko Tamashiro guided young artists in exploring different facets of identity through watercolors and yoga practices based on a weekly theme. These works were then used to create individual collages representing how the world views them. Roscoe Burnems and Paula Gillison led a group of students in a self-reflective poetry program resulting in both personal “I AM” poems and a collaborative piece that will be performed twice on First Friday, at 7 p.m. and again at 8 p.m. Finally, Latasha Dunston and Ian Horwitz led a group of teens in the process of discovering themselves and their relationship to the city by creating multi-media maps of their neighborhoods.

ART 180 will host an opening reception for the exhibition on Friday, January 6, from 6-9 p.m. during RVA First Fridays. The reception is family friendly, open to the public, and features an all-ages activity.

“River Journeys” by Susan Lamson closes this month at the Visual Art Studio. See it again this First Friday January 6th.

“River Journeys” is a unique perspective of the juxtaposition between the architecture of our beautiful River City and the natural beauty that surrounds it. This new series features hand detailed fine art giclees in triptych, multiple and single panels by one of Richmond’s most popular artists known for her PhotoImpressions.

The following exhibits will be on display from Friday, January 6, through Tuesday, January 31 at the Richmond Public Library’s Main Branch:

In the Gellman Room – “Bringing the AT to RVA” – a hiker’s solo journey along the Appalachian Trail as told through vivid wilderness photographs by Richmond artist Cheryl Hadrych

View of Lake Fontana from Shuckstack

In the Dooley Foyer – “A Glimpse of Happiness” – surprising and refreshing new works, involving a mixture of everything from paint and fabric to feathers and flowers, by Richmond artist Titus Marques

In the Dooley Hall – “From This Earth” – black and white gelatin silverprints of nature by Richmond artist Rebecca Taylor

In the 2nd Floor Gallery – “Paintings of Trains and Nature” – paintings in acrylic by Petersburg actor and free-lance artist Christopher C. Alexander, IV

Keith Ramsey‘s solo show of moody silhouettes, “Cityscapes in Noir,” continues at 9WG this week.

Then, for a completely different vibe from the same artist, pop upstairs to check out work from his Pipe Dreams series.

Since every month is a little different with regard to which galleries participate, our trolley stops are slightly different tonight.

As always, the trolley is free to ride from 5-9pm. Just hop on/hop off.

Stops at:

• 3rd and Broad (in front of Code VA, TheatreLAB, and Bijou Film Center.)
• Jefferson and Broad (in front of Virginia Rep)
• Franklin St near the Anderson Gallery
• Franklin & 2nd (at the Richmond Public Library)
• and by request, Franklin & 4th (near the Richmond Times-Dispatch)

Tell your friends! <3

And here it is! The monthly wrap! This is everywhere that I know of that has something going on tonight, in no particular order:

1708 Gallery
9WG Studios
Abbatoir Studios (above Sediment)
Ada Gallery
ART 180
Bijou Film Center
Candela Books + Gallery
The RVA Tonight Christmas Spectacular (by the Coalition Theater, at the The Byrd Theatre & Foundation)
EDIT: an art gallery for good.
Elegba Folklore Society
Gallery5
Richmond Public Library
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Quirk Gallery
TheatreLAB
Visual Art Studio
Virginia Repertory Theatre
Depot Gallery (hosting an exhibit at the VCU Anderson Gallery)
HI Richmond Hostel (with I AM MY LIFE)
Mama J’s (in the event space at 1st and Clay)
Sediment Arts
Richmond Symphony (at the Carpenter Theatre at Dominion Arts Center)

Mama J’s​ returns to the art walk tomorrow night with all the goods you could possibly need: food, drinks, art, and music. If none of those check your boxes… come out anyway and we’ll change your mind.

Stop by the event space on the corner of 1st and Clay on Friday 12/2 from 6-9p to experience a great 1st Friday vibe! Local artwork, live music, happy hour drinks, free apps and check out the intimate event space. FREE!! Music by DJ Nobe. Performance by Jessica.d.woodson@gmail.com Snydor. Visual art by Justice Dwight! Welcome Home! #FirstFridays @rvafirstfridays #ArtDistrict #Art #Music #MamaJsRVA #EventSpace #RVA #MamaJs #ArtWalk #EatRVA #DineRVA #VisitRichmond #DJNobe @dj_nobe #JessicaSnyder @jamseshjess #JusticeDwight @justicedwight Graphics by @thisiseddiej #EddieJohnson

Our friends at the Coalition Theater are back with The RVA Tonight Christmas Spectacular, the annual blowout at The Byrd Theatre & Foundation. This year, they’ve got Mayor Elect Levar M. Stoney, musical guests Natalie Prass, and Eric Slick joining them, plus, as always surprises, jokes, and you can even drink a beer while you watch! Tix here.

Wrap yourself in holiday cheer and get your tickets today. (Before all comedy is outlawed forever.)

Bijou Film Center hosts a First Fridays after party with the surf guitar stylings of The Red Hot Lava Men, with a pass-the-hat, pay-what-you-will show. Shane Brown will project Super 8 films while the Lava Men rip it up!

Keith Ramsey‘s “CITYSCAPES IN NOIR” continues this week at 9WG Studios.

The “CITYSCAPES IN NOIR” series demonstrates personal, emotional conflict and social disconnection through deliberate placement of shadow and light to draw attention to isolated subjects in the paintings. These works painted with oil and acrylic on canvas and paper are inspired by American painters Edward Hopper and Charles Sheeler.

Running now through January 1st, at Virginia Repertory Theatre, “A Christmas Story,” is the perfect holiday show for your family. The Christmas classic has been reinvented as a Tony-nominated musical, featuring an ensemble of talented young actors, catchy tunes, and energetic dance numbers. Sharply clever and sentimental, “A Christmas Story” is nostalgic, quirky, holiday fun.

Visual storytelling is an art form unto itself. It can entertain us with fictional narrative, impart wisdom through documentation, or provide an escape just as literature does. This power of the narrative is immense. Running through the end of the month at Candela Books + Gallery, “Chasing Tales,” a group exhibition featuring photographic work by Daniel Coburn, collaborators Antone Dolezal and Lara Shipley, and Paul Thulin, all artists connecting the past and present fusing elements of reality with mysterious and imaginative intent.

Abbatoir Studios rejoins the Art Walk this week, showcasing recent paintings by artist Brett Busang from Richmond, Memphis, and DC. “Uneasy Exteriors: Some of the Houses We Used to Live in” is on view at 210 E Grace St (above Sediment Arts).

The following exhibits will be on display at the Richmond Public Library from Friday, December 2, 2016, through Tuesday, January 3, 2017:

In the Gellman Room: color and black-and-white images of a variety of subjects by contributing members of the Focus Group Camera Club

In the Dooley Foyer: “Immigration/Migration: the Search for Belonging” – expressive, abstract acrylic on canvas by Richmond artist Shamooro

In the Dooley Hall: “Landscapes and Otherwise” – plein air paintings by Richmond artist Judith Anderson

Valley at Night, by Judith Anderson

In the 2nd Floor Gallery: “Journey to Realism” – realistic pencil drawings by Richmond artist Marlin Dean Elliott

The library’s permanent collections include works by David Freed, Helen & Alvin Hattorf, and Anne Newbold Perkins.

First Friday, a monthly opening-night reception for all the artists of the library’s galleries, will be held on Friday, December 2, 2016, from 6:30-9:00 pm.

Guess what I’m dooooiiiinnnng!!!! At Three Notch’d Brewing RVA Collab House #ipa #nottooearlytodrinkright #itdoesntcountifitswork #comingforyou #watchoutdecember

Follow the rest of my adventure today over on Instagram.

Man, I hope you got your walking shoes ready to go tonight. HOLY MOLY is it a busy month. In no particular order, here’s every spot I know about with an event for tonight:

Depot Gallery (location change to the VCU Anderson Gallery)
1708 Gallery
Quirk Gallery
Steady Sounds & Blue Bones Vintage
Mama J’s
Elegba Folklore Society
Visual Art Studio
Candela Books + Gallery
LIFT Coffee Shop & Cafe’
Storefront for Community Design & MOB – Middle of Broad
Virginia Repertory Theatre
Sediment Arts
9WG Studios
Richmond Public Library
ART 180
Gallery5
Endeavor RVA
Black Iris Music (feat. Shockoe Atelier)
TheatreLAB
University of Richmond Downtown
Gallery @ 23 / at Cornerstone Architects
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Gallery @ UNOS (the United Network for Organ Sharing)
Ledbury
Linden Row Inn
CodeVA
Bijou Film Center
Ada Gallery
Gallery EDIT (at the Hillside Missions Organization and Internship Program)
Coalition Theater
Rosewood Clothing Co.

“49 Shades of Grey,” opening this week at Ada Gallery, marks the premiere of a collection of works Jeremy Drummond produced between 2012 and 2015. Traveling across the USA to capture footage of incomplete, foreclosed, and abandoned subdivisions throughout 49 States, Drummond developed an archive of source material that uses the landscape to visualize the abstract nature of the 2008 economic collapse.

Selections from this archive have been transformed into 4 interrelated projects in 35mm slide projection, digital photography, 16mm film, and found images: Grave Architecture, Today, 49 Shades of Grey, Death 24x a Second, and Aloha.

As a whole, these interrelated works not only speak to the contemporary American condition, but to the complex infrastructure of global economics in the twenty-first century and the often-obscured relationships between history, economics, culture, and landscape.

Ada is open from 7-9 for the art walk, and be sure to stop by during First Fridays to hear a solo performance by the coolest sixth grader NICO ELECTRA.

First Fridays is back this week at Mama J’s! Stop by the event space on the corner of 1st and Clay on Friday 11/4 from 6-9p to experience a great First Friday vibe! Local artwork, live music, happy hour drinks, free apps and check out the intimate event space. FREE!! Music by DJ Ron P. Performance by Taylor Chanté. Visual art by Jay Bordeaux. Graphics by Eddie Johnson. Welcome Home!

MOB – Middle of Broad students are spending this week imagining and modeling bridge concepts that heal the geographic, socioeconomic, and racial injustice of Interstate 95 running through Jackson Ward.

Discussions, solutions, and models are continuing at Storefront for Community Design throughout this week, where 6 teams of students are working on a unique spanning proposal. The project culminates in an awarding of the mOb cup and a grand opening on November 4th, during the First Friday Art Walk in the Arts District.

On November 4th, join University of Richmond Downtown for a “Night of Dance” with performances by the Bollywood Jhatkas and Ritmo Latino before enjoying your art walk through downtown Richmond. Performances will begin at 5:30 p.m.

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If a lesbian folder had feelings
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Lift Coffee is hosting local artists, crafters, and makers on their back patio for this week’s First Friday. They still have open spots! Join Liberatus Jewelry on the Art Walk, and sell your stuff! Contact Lift for more info. #rvafirstfridays #rvaarts #rvaartsdistrict #artwalk
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In ONE WEEK catch Liberatus Jewelry at the @liftcoffee Mini Makerfest. Check out local makers on their back patio from 6:30 to 9:30pm for @rvafirstfridays. Start your holiday gift shopping and support local handmade businesses ✨?
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Visual storytelling is an art form unto itself. It can entertain us with fictional narrative, impart wisdom through documentation, or provide an escape just as literature does. This power of the narrative is immense. Opening November 4th, Candela Books + Gallery announces Chasing Tales, a group exhibition featuring photographic work by Daniel Coburn, collaborators Antone Dolezal and Lara Shipley, and Paul Thulin, all artists connecting the past and present fusing elements of reality with mysterious and imaginative intent.

Daniel W. Coburn, “Resurrection,” from The Hereditary Estate, 2014. 24″ x 30″ Archival Pigment Print

Antone Dolezal & Lara Shipley, “Waiting for the Light,” from the Devil’s Promenade. 30″ x 37″ Archival Pigment Print

Paul Thulin, “Lady of Shallot,” from Pine Tree Ballads. Archival Pigment Print

Raise your hand if you can HEAR THE SOUND of the springs while you stare at this photo. ? The “VOLUME” group show closes at Quirk soon, so be sure to hit it up on the art walk this week. #rvafirstfridays
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Springing in to a new week: we’re back at the gallery and we’re all about showing you our current exhibitions: our group show VOLUME in the Main Gallery and our Mezzanine show featuring new work from Carli Holcomb @carliahhh (pictured: “Boing” by Kathleen Kennedy @kdangerk; : @brockva )

This month at the Richmond Public Library:

EDIT: Sorry guys, Abbatoir’s opening is for DECEMBER’s art walk, not this month. So hold onto that thought!
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Abbatoir Studios rejoins the Art Walk *next month, showcasing recent paintings by artist Brett Busang from Richmond, Memphis, and DC. “Uneasy Exteriors: Some of the Houses We Used to Live in” is on view at 210 E Grace St (above Sediment Arts).

“River Journeys” by Susan Lamson opens at the Visual Art Studio this First Friday November 4, 2016 with an Artist’s Talk at 6:30PM, followed by the opening reception and live music from Sonika from 7-10PM.

“River Journeys” is a unique perspective of the juxtaposition between the architecture of our beautiful River City and the natural beauty that surrounds it. This new series features hand detailed fine art giclees in triptych, multiple and single panels by one of Richmond’s most popular artists known for her PhotoImpressions.

A portion of the proceeds benefit Santa Paws, a program started by Lamson that collects donations and items like leashes, blankets and dog food for area animal shelters during the holiday season.

We’re now accepting submissions for a monthly poster contest. Every month we’ll post our favorites on Facebook, and whomever gets the most votes by the deadline will win.

Some guidelines:

– Keep it kid-friendly, since these will be hanging in galleries and coffee shops all over town
– Take credit! Make sure you tag yourself somewhere on the poster
– Design it for an 8.5×11 poster
– You must either include:
~ nice and legibly, that the poster is for the First Fridays Art Walk, that takes place from 5-9pm, in the Arts District, and our web address (rvafirstfridays.com)
~ or space for us to add that text later
– By submitting, you’re authorizing us to alter your submission (in order to add the appropriate dates and other pertinent info)
– Artists need to be at least 13, or have a legal guardian’s permission to submit
– Winning artists will not be compensated beyond three posters for your own uses
– Aside from use as a poster and on social media to advertise the art walk , we retain no additional rights to the artwork, and those will remain with the artist
– The contest is subject to change or cancellation at our discretion

All entries should be submitted to rvafirstfridays {at} gmail {dot} com, with the subject line “Poster Contest.” Submission implies consent to the above guidelines. Please include your name, age, email address (which will remain private), and any social media usernames/links you may want to include (esp. for Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, all of which is optional.)

Tonight at 9WG Studios:

Tonight at the Gallery@23 (in the offices of Cornerstone Architects, at 23 W Broad), check out the Ynes Bouck exhibition “Bittersweet.”

Ledbury joins the art walk tonight! Pop into their brand-spankin’ new location in the Arts District, at 315 W Broad St. See you there!

It’s time for the October roundup! Here’s the list of everywhere that I know of with plans for tonight, in no particular order:

Visual Art Studio
Virginia Repertory Theatre
Richmond Public Library
ART 180
Quirk Gallery
Gallery5 / Carnival of 5 Fires
Mama J’s
HI Richmond Hostel
Bijou Film Center
Depot Gallery
Lift Coffee
Ada Gallery
Endeavor RVA
1708 Gallery
Candela Books + Gallery
Gallery EDIT at Hillside Missions Organization and Internship Program
Art Law building at 6 E Broad
Cornerstone Architects
9WG Studios
Ledbury
Sediment Arts

Four artists join together for a pop-up show this week on the art walk, in the Art-Law building at 6 E Broad.

As the General Election approaches, Candela Books + Gallery introduces “STUMP;” a group exhibition featuring photographic artists whose work is politically salient, couched in national issues, or generally steeped in concerns we are all facing.

With “STUMP,” the hope is to sponsor discussion around an array of issues at the forefront of national debates. The photographic works featured draw on our current culture and provide a lens through which to examine issues both locally and globally important.

This First Fridays at Endeavor RVA, it’s their second mural show! Come through to see the results of the collaborative efforts on a brand new large scale mural. There will be limited edition merch for sale and hiphop and beats all night. Doors open at 6:30.

Lift is turning 11! (That is crazysauce. Excuse me while I contemplate the passing of time while sipping a hot beverage and staring into the middle distance.) Okay, now that that’s done, be sure to pop in this Friday for their celebratory patio party. Grab a drink, a sandwich, or my favorite chocolate chip cookie in the whole city. Happy birthday, Lift Coffee!

Continuing this Friday at the Depot Gallery, the artworks in “Text Me” demonstrate how 18 young artists shape identities and self-image through language-based artwork. The persona adopted or projected by each maker is constructed through the implicit dialogue between the artist, artwork, and viewer. This ongoing conversation is dynamic and malleable, open to interpretation by all participants and observers.