A 100-foot brick wall in Richmond’s Fan District now carries a word in bold ghost-sign lettering: RELIABILITY. Painted by local artists Noah Scalin and Alfonso Pérez Acosta, it’s the first in a four-part series of murals under the banner Trust Buildings,...
Richmonders love to rep their city in any way possible, and New Normal Apparel is giving local artists and designers an opportunity to do just that by hostin Richmonders love to rep their city in any way possible, and New Normal Apparel is giving local artists and designers an opportunity to do just that by hosting their second annual RVA Design...
Traveling between Newport News and RVA, Marlon Diggs is making moves in art circles. Traveling between Newport News and RVA, Marlon Diggs is making moves in art circles. He recently hit us up about showing his work and within a few days, we got on the horn for an interview. "Street Pop" is what he calls his stuff and that seems to fit the bill....
It’s everyone’s dream to one day find a job that allows them to make a profit doing what they love. At the ripe old age of 18, Emma Shawcross has turned that ambition into a reality. It’s everyone’s dream to one day find a job that allows them to make a profit doing what they love. At the ripe old age of 18, Emma Shawcross has turned that...
Wizard World Comic Con Richmond came and went this weekend and cosplay took center stage as most of the promised celebrities bailed: Wizard World Comic Con Richmond came and went this weekend and cosplay took center stage as most of the promised celebrities bailed: Sean Astin, Billy Dee Williams & Stardust canceled due to personal reasons. Drea...
The hot, sluggish days of summer are here, and what better way to spend them than inside of a nice air conditioned art gallery with cool, refreshing paintings that will revive your intellectual-self b The hot, sluggish days of summer are here, and what better way to spend them than inside of a nice air conditioned art gallery with cool,...
Coming from Buffalo, NY, where Aaron Mott had a small gallery, he’s bring a whole new sense of contemporary art to Carytown with Mott Gallery, which opens today. Coming from Buffalo, NY, where Aaron Mott had a small gallery, he’s bring a whole new sense of contemporary art to Carytown with Mott Gallery, which opens today. His gallery in Buffalo...
In 1969, Chuck Scalin had an urge to do something creative. In 1969, Chuck Scalin had an urge to do something creative. Scalin, then a professor at Richmond Professional Institute, now VCU, got together with friend and artist Jeri Helfgott and came up with the idea to put together a book featuring the work of all their artist friends. The result:...
They say one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. Well, for Josh Stolberg, your beer bottles caps that you toss into the garbage each time you crack open a cold one are his. They say one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. Well, for Josh Stolberg, your beer bottles caps that you toss into the garbage each time you crack open a cold one are...
NBC 12 has scraped the barrel and managed to find a local business owner who hates the Richmond Mural Project. NBC 12 has scraped the barrel and managed to find a local business owner who hates the Richmond Mural Project. The business owner's name isn't listed in the NBC 12 story, but NBC reporter Chris Thomas found a passer-by, Lindsay Kildoff,...
