The Richmond Halloween Parade returned for its 19th year, hosted by All The Saints Theater Company. A Richmond tradition, this parade has always been more than just a celebration—it’s a platform for protest. This year's theme, A Funeral March for Silence, served as a...
What do organic stones, Japanese anime, and future fantasies have in common? They were all inspiration for the Virginia Commonwealth University’s (VCU) Annual Juried Fashion Show, "Twenty Ten". The fashion show was hosted at the new addition to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) in the Louise B and J Harwood Cochrane Center. As guest arrived...
From the blog of former superstar RVA intern and hated Suns fan, Neil Lopez. Check it HERE. This semester the VCU School of MASC has undergone a renovation process of sorts on the Temple building. By now, you will have noticed that all those stained-white squared walls have started to change into colorful murals. Here is a bit from the Mass Comm...
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...
