When I called Nicolás Aguilar earlier this week, he was standing on a Richmond street corner waiting to meet a few of the men who appear in his new exhibition at Art Brigade inside Health Brigade. They were planning to attend the opening together later that evening, a...
With Black Is___365, Ricky Parker of Dream For Purpose and Art 180's Atlas teen art center are working together to spread the message that Black history deserves way more than just one month of the year. If you have recently taken a walk by the Atlas teen art center and gallery located in Richmond’s historic Jackson Ward neighborhood, a new...
In the midst of an extremely difficult year, increasing recognition for Richmond creative organizations like The Martin Agency, Arts & Letters Creative Co, and VCU Brandcenter have shown the rest of the world what locals have long known -- that Richmond is one of the top creative cities the US has to offer. In a dark year, Richmond’s creative...
This month, Reynolds Gallery debuted a new initiative called The Launch Project, which provides gallery resources and connections to emerging contemporary artists in Richmond. An exhibition from artist Sylvio Lynch III, the first of the Launch Project artists, is currently on display. Drawn Discovery — an exhibit by Sylvio Lynch III currently on...
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...
