The GIANTS! Exhibition Preview Party was last night at VMFA, and for the first time in my 20+ years moving within Richmond’s arts scene, I saw a mix of people I honestly didn’t expect to ever share the same room. High-end collectors, street artists, curators, younger...
Scooping out a dry river bed. Trudging miles to a community tap just to collect clean water. Piling into a tiny room with dirt floors and mud walls with over 100 of your classmates packed inside to learn your daily lesson. These are just a few aspects of life in the developing world that most American children will never experience, and many...
The concept of evil has been portrayed throughout human history, from pirates to aliens to dictators to the Devil himself. But how was the concept of evil or badness created? And why is the Devil the scapegoat? The answers to these questions come from the foul mouth of a talking puppet, Tyrone, in Hand to God, a collaboration production between...
Inka Essenhigh was already a success when she left behind enamels for oil paints. It was a bold move for an artist whose work was already commanding high prices at auction, but her willingness to change when others might rest on their laurels has led to 20 years of work that still feels novel and original. This article originally appeared in RVA...
The world has known so many iconic mystery-solving duos, from Holmes and Watson, to Riggs and Murtaugh, to Shaggy and Scooby. As the world crumbles into shambles around us, there is only one duo we need to save us and bring us together: former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden. Hope Never Dies, Andrew Shaffer, while...
Born in Russia in 1991, Richmond artist Nickolai Walko wonders if his fascination with the complex systems of life started on the initial flight that brought him to the United States with his adopted parents at two years of age. “I looked at airplanes almost as metal birds of the sky, so when I was young, I would love to capture these metal birds...
A theatre out of Loudoun County, Virginia, is under legal action by Music Theatre International (MTI), one of the largest theatre licensing companies in the world. On July 17, MTI filed a copyright action in the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia against Theaterpalooza Community Theater Productions, Inc., which operates...
From pennies to stickers to donated clothing, Richmond artist and activist Noah Scalin uses the most unexpected materials to highlight important figures in today’s political world. “I want to shine a light on activists, historical figures, women, people of color,” Scalin said. “The people that we should be paying attention to.” Scalin has created...
After torrential downpours cut a Friday performance short, Agecroft Hall witnessed some nearly perfect weather on Saturday and Sunday during its performances of Quill Theatre’s second summer production, As You Like It. A classic romantic comedy of the Bard, As You Like It offers a commentary on the rigidity of gender and love through the mode of...
Technology for Mitchell Craft isn’t just a form of engineering or applied sciences, it’s a sense of hope and a means for expression. Craft saw the advantages of technology at a very young age, and wanted to explore that talent. While growing up, he was introduced to making art with technology through his parents and his guitar teachers, Mathew E....
