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Three-Ring Circus is Over-The-Top in Farmville

The term “Folk Artist” elicits specific qualifiers: untrained, poor, rural, usually Southern, often African-American. This last demographic points to the roots of the American Folk Art tradition, in which practices such as “face jugs” and quilt making were passed down...

THURSDAY: Amazing Stage Show Presents IMMORTALITY!

The fifth annual Carnival Of 5 Fires event at Gallery 5 continues this week with Immortality, a presentation of local performance art troupe The Amazing Stage Show. Immortality tells the tale of four immortal beings, portrayed by Deanna Danger, The Great Zwerdling,...

Jeff Vincent At Ghostprint Gallery

Throughout the month of October, Ghostprint Gallery will be showcasing the art of Jeff Vincent, with his show Title Unknown. Title Unknown features both recent abstract paintings and a body of figurative work which combines acrylic and collage on canvas. Jeff Vincent...

I’m Done With Jeffrey Campbell

Section 1.1: You Copycat! I say enough is enough, Mr. Campbell! Not only do you come out with about 50 new pairs of shoes in about 50,000 (mostly horrendous) colors and prints every month, but you also completely rip off pre-existing, slightly less horrendous shoes...

TUESDAY: Soiree Debauche At Gallery 5!

On Tuesday, October 11th, Soiree Debauche will descend upon Gallery 5 as the kickoff event for the fifth annual Carnival Of 5 Fires, to deliver an evening of vaudeville, burlesque and music that will include an all-star line-up of talent, style and pure debauchery!...

Fashion That Says “F*$# Off!” … Literally

Are you tired of seeing light pink, cap-sleeved t-shirts that say random positive words like "hope," "peace," "love," or my personal favorite, "joy," in consistently disgusting typography and design? Do you ever/often feel the urge to tell people that you hate them,...

FASHION RANT: YEEHAW FOR DENIM

Some fabrics are versatile. Others can quickly leap from fashionable to unsightly depending on the garment. One of the least forgiving fabrics on the market is denim. If you're paying attention to recent trends, denim is making a resurgence in many more places than...

FEAST RVA Is Looking For Submissions!

FEAST RVA is a not for profit community driven project to democratically fund the work of local creatives. FEAST (Funding Emerging Art with Sustainable Tactics) began in Brooklyn, New York as an organization that believed creative work should not have to rely solely...

Ryan McLennan: The Strain of Inheritance

Joshua Liner Gallery is pleased to present The Strain of Inheritance, an exhibition of new mixed-media works on paper by the Richmond, Virginia-based artist Ryan McLennan. This is McLennan’s first solo show with the gallery. Joshua Liner Gallery is pleased to present The Strain of Inheritance, an exhibition of new mixed-media works on paper by...

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Fine Art Meets Concrete

The creators of The Process, Parker and Ben Muri, stumbled upon El Kamino, a painter who paints with more than just brushes. The creators of The Process, Parker and Ben Muri, stumbled upon El Kamino, a painter who paints with more than just brushes. They followed him on his next installation, a beautiful showdown between a snake and an eagle, and...

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Liu Bolin: Camouflage

Liu Bolin's photography discusses his culture. The Chinese people often seem faceless in the wake of their last hundred years: transforming from an isolated, misunderstood society into the world's foremost economic superpower that is still misunderstood, the people of China seem to many to be faceless and uniform. Bolin is a multi-medium artist,...

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Julia Scott likes drawing a lot

Every time I've hung out with Julia there has been a bottle involved, usually whiskey if I recall correctly. It's not that she's a lush, per say, more that she really enjoys socializing. Every time I've hung out with Julia there has been a bottle involved, usually whiskey if I recall correctly. It's not that she's a lush, per say, more that she...

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Sterling Hundley :: “Emergent”

Sterling Hundley has his first solo show up at Ghostprint Gallery. He took time out of his busy schedule to answer a few questions that were on my mind. Sterling Hundley has his first solo show up at Ghostprint Gallery. He took time out of his busy schedule to answer a few questions that were on my mind. R. Anthony Harris: Sterling, you have a...

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R Nicholas Kuszyk Saves Lunch

If you see someone pointing to a piece of Nick Kuszyk's artwork the next thing you'll usually hear come out of their mouth is "It's The Robot Guy!". If you see someone pointing to a piece of Nick Kuszyk's artwork the next thing you'll usually hear come out of their mouth is "It's The Robot Guy!". His work is easily recognizable but not...

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Paper Politics: Without Bureaucracy

The first time I met artist and curator Josh MacPhee he was hosting a talk on reclaiming our visual landscape, at the National Conference on Organized Resistance at American University in DC. The first time I met artist and curator Josh MacPhee he was hosting a talk on reclaiming our visual landscape, at the National Conference on Organized...

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