The following is a statement by the RVA Street Festival organizers. If you would like to join the conversation and comment, please follow the link HERE. Since April 2012 and the first RVA Street Art Festival, the abandoned Haxall Power Plant has been a cultural...
Noah Scalin has a big thing for the 22 bones that make up your head. His love for the visual beauty of the skinless noggin spawned the Skull-A-Day project, where he made a skull every day for a year out of almost every material known to man. In 2008 his book, Skulls, showcased 150 of them and soon you’ll be able to see more than 100 of these...
Escaping the gravitational pull of his Richmond roots, Adam Juresko has set off towards the Pacific, taking up residence in the rhythmic, urban drumbeats of San Francisco. His days are consumed in the city's labyrinthine corridors of local libraries, eclectic art stores, and graffiti-adorned back alleys. In a quixotic quest, Adam is assembling...
Experience an insightful interview with actor Philip Brown from the Richmond Shakespeare Festival, as RVA Mag's John Reinhold discusses his training, filmmaking, acting, and Shakespeare. Explore Philip's background, including his training at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, his journey from aspiring filmmaker to actor, and his...
Sylvia Plachy seems to see the captured moment as record, as something to be reexamined and perceived within the context of every surrounding, as insight into the human condition and a lasting documentation of the world as it is variously perceived. It is an instant to be juxtaposed with everything to come before and after. She is not simply...
I’ll just go ahead and admit it: I’m a sucker for all things Gonzo. Really. Say what you will about the contrived nature or audacity of furthering a legacy, or attempting to build a movement out of the unrealized visions of a dead white man. To me, the reckless experiential narrative, unbound honesty, and even-handed opinionative style of Hunter...
If you’ve ever worked at a veterinary clinic or rescued a pet that pays the rent for one, you are probably aware of the delicate procedure that is rectal temperature taking. Be it dog or cat, you want to convince the animal that you are working in their best interest, to comfort them while simultaneously maintaining control of the situation. You...
We here at RVA have a tradition. Every Friday afternoon around 4pm we get some PBR, bring the computers out to the backyard, and juggle paragraphs, tweets, and nice long sips of Richmond’s favorite hoppy beverage. Faced with having accidentally scheduled an interview conflicting with this time-honored practice, I did the responsible...
If you’ve been on the First Friday Art Walk recently, you’ve most likely been among the wide-eyed spectators witnessing flames being twirled, thrown, spun into patterns, and even breathed. These flamboyant performers are The River City Burners. They aim to expose you to the unique and ancient art form known as poi or “fire spinning.” They also...
Todd Raviotta has finished his first feature, and he’s been sitting on it for almost a year. At this point, he’s used to waiting. “It took five years to make,” he says, “but I had been thinking about it before I even shot anything for a year and a half, and some of the roots of it go back to when I was a kid.” Mediated: The 21st Century...
