Editor’s note: Since this story was originally written, Alex Na hosted another free tiramisu drop over the weekend, continuing to build a following around his community dessert project. This feature was submitted by Jordan Smith, a journalism student at the Richard T....
Treasures of Ancient Egypt: Sunken Cities, which is currently on view at the VMFA, provides a close-up look into the bygone history and culture of Ptolemaic Egypt. Treasures of Ancient Egypt: Sunken Cities at VMFA offers a rare glimpse into the material culture of Ptolemaic Egypt, a golden age of human creativity and arts. It well worth the visit...
Two new exhibitions from 1708 Gallery invite guests outside with billboard installations around the city. Artists Wilmer Wilson IV, Earl Mack, and Nikko Dennis hope to spread positivity and start important conversations. Under the auspices of 1708 Gallery, public art installations by Wilmer Wilson IV and Chilalay founders Nikko Dennis and Earl...
The COVID-19-inspired move to virtual production hasn't always been ideal for live theatre, but for VCUarts' production of She Kills Monsters, which focuses on role-playing games, it has been strangely appropriate. In the last year, there has been no shortage of digitization in both theatre and education. It’s no surprise then, that VCUarts’...
Valentine museum founder Edward Valentine was responsible for sculpting multiple Confederate monuments around Richmond. Now the museum he founded hopes to display his statue of Jefferson Davis in order to confront the role Valentine, and Richmond, played in the Lost Cause. Following the protests in Richmond over the summer and the subsequent...
With this year's pandemic edition of Mother India, Gallery 5 brings the art of India to its windows for the perfect socially distanced outdoor exhibition. Gallery 5’s month-long Mother India exhibit is back for its second year this October -- but with a difference. The gallery, located at 200 W. Marshall St, is hosting the exhibit so that it can...
Shockoe Artspace founder Ryan Lauterio's documentary, The Builder, spotlights Richmond art collector Don Childress in an effort to show how important collectors are to keeping the art world alive and thriving. In 2017, VCU professor and founder of Shockoe Artspace Ryan Lauterio told his friend Don Childress that he knew he would one day tell his...
The "Commonwealth" exhibit at VCU's Institute for Contemporary Art features work from 10 artists, including an outdoor garden installation by local activist Duron Chavis -- which looks pretty amazing from an overhead view. A local activist transformed a vacant lot outside the Institute for Contemporary Art in Richmond to highlight issues of food...
Back in 2005, Downtown Richmond was a dangerous place. There was no craft beer scene, no street art, crime was rampant, the city had no togetherness. It took the community deciding for themselves to be the change they wanted to see -- one project, one protest, one party at a time. Along with the birth of WRIR 97.3 FM Independent Radio and First...
Studio Series: September, Richmond Ballet's first in-person performance since the pandemic began, demonstrated the new normal for live dance performances, and displayed some world-class talent. As gathering restrictions begin to ease by law, one local dance institution risked an in-person performance for the first time since March. Richmond...
