Three-time Grammy-winning rapper and activist Michael Santiago Render, better known as Killer Mike, will be a featured panelist in an upcoming discussion on the future of free expression, hosted by the University of Richmond. Co-moderated by UR liberal arts professor...
For all the young, fresh faced, illustrators coming out of college in a few weeks, I present one of my personal favorites David Foldvari. You might have seen his work in the editorial pages of your parent's news magazines or papers. He is one of the best at taking the complex political editorial and boiling it down to a single image....
Thank you to Marcus Hyde for putting together our fashion content for this issue. Enjoy. Thank you to Marcus Hyde for putting together our fashion content for this issue. Enjoy. For more on Marcus and his work go to marcushydemedia.com. Check the rest of it below the break. stylist Alison Beshai makeup Meredith Lee photographer Marcus Hyde FOR...
The physical copies of the new RVA Magazine will be on the streets by Wednesday. Here is a sample of what's inside. If you can't wait, you can check out the web copy here or with the other cover here. Major post tomorrow. There are two kinds of TV watchers: people who can do something while they watch (eating doesn’t count as doing something),...
The good people at RVA Art Blog attended the unveiling of the new, redesigned, larger, it-slices-it-dices Virginia Museum of the Fine Arts. The red carpet officially rolls out next weekend, but we're glad that RVA Art Blog got the inside scoop before hand! People have been talking for a while about what Richmond's identity should be and if it is...
When an exhibit is filled with objects dunked in industrial porcelain, male fantasy rattles, and adulterated flasks, “Not Particularly Precious” is an apt title. In j fergeson gallery’s newest exhibition, Adam Paulek and Kyle Houser transform perfectly functional forms into fabulously functionless sculpture. Their work varies in complexity and...
Actually I asked permission and it was granted - thanks to RVAArtBlog for allowing us to be lazy and not interview these interesting guys ourselves. Make sure and check out the flyer for their new exhibit at the bottom. - ed. How did “Reference Gallery” happen? Reference unofficially started in Conor Backman’s apartment on Monument Ave. in...
Our good friend and Richmond native Jordan Bruner is a multimedia artist and filmmaker. Our good friend and Richmond native Jordan Bruner is a multimedia artist and filmmaker. After attending VCU and receiving her BFA in Kinetic Imaging (video, animation, and sound), she moved to New York City to work at animation studio Asterisk. While there she...
We've had a great few years, but it's time to admit that RVA Magazine is stretched beyond it's capacity. After months of back-room negotiation, a deal was signed at the eleventh hour last night. As of this morning, all branding, logos, content, and subsidiaries of RVA Magazine (and parent company Baller Design LLC) are now owned by Norwegian...
Here we are everyone, ahem, the future! No flying cars and men on Mars but we have iPhones. Yeah, not what I imagined 2010 to be as a little kid, but life don't care about your dreams son. We live in the mundane reality most of the time. Luckily, there are people in this world that can take their imaginations and create something real for the...
