As we look back on 20 years of publishing RVA Magazine, we’re diving into our origins, beginning with our official launch in 2005. That year marked the debut of RVA Magazine, Issue 1, Volume 1, and our April 15th kickoff event at Gallery5. In the process of archiving,...
This weekend, the Carnival Of 5 Fires rolls on at Gallery 5 with Vaudeville Galore and Deanna Danger Productions' biggest show yet: Gypsies! Tramps! Thieves! a three-ring circus of burlesque, vaudeville, acrobatics, sideshow stunts, and so much more! This weekend, the Carnival Of 5 Fires rolls on at Gallery 5 with Vaudeville Galore and Deanna...
As he walked down the dark block towards Gallery 5, he thought about what this evening had in store for him. He’d never been to one of these things and there were some apprehensions as to what to expect. He joined the growing line there on Marshall. He noticed the myriad of people and thought this was a whole new scene for him. He seemed a bit...
We've been telling you about Virginia author James Wayland's horror novel, Trailer Park Trash & Vampires, for a while now. The original version premiered on Amazon back at the beginning of summer, with an ebook edition that was free for Kindle users. However, the expanded edition that Wayland and illustrator Chris Visions have been putting...
Leonard McGur aka Futura 2000 has a career spanning over 40 years that goes back to the earliest days of the modern street art movement. He got his start painting on the New York subways back in the ‘70s when that was still possible, but soon built a career in the fine art world, beginning with his gallery showings alongside such famous New York...
In preparation for Gallery 5's First Friday event this Friday, which doubles as the Carnival Of 5 Fires opening ceremony and the opening reception for the Party Liberation Front's first group art show, Visuals, we're pleased to bring you this documentation of the creative process behind some of the exhibits that will be shown this Friday and...
Think of a cryptic demon lord from space. Go ahead--think of one right now! Now give it some acid and a skateboard. Watch as it picks up an enchanted crystal staff, puts on an ancient shamanistic mask, and becomes one with the universe. Don’t get freaked when it comes closer, it’s only trying to give you a high five. Give it a high five. Good...
For the sixth year in a row, a coalition of RVA's creative performing artists is coming together to present a month-long extravaganza known as The Carnival Of 5 Fires. Taking over Gallery 5 every weekend for the entire month of October, the Carnival Of 5 Fires brings together live musicians, burlesque performers, DJs, visual artists of all types,...
Summer's over, and you can tell by looking out your window. With temperatures cooling, night falling earlier, and the end of Daylight Savings Time finally arriving sometime between now and Thanksgiving (if they haven't moved it back again...), keeping warm is starting to become a concern. And as leaves prepare to fall from the trees and people...
Richard “French” Sayer is a freelance artist, illustrator, and skateboarder based out of London, England, and anyone who has seen his work inevitably utters some iteration of the phrase “holy shit.” Heavily inspired by metal music and highly detailed medieval etchings, French has created work for many names in the skateboard industry, as well as...
