Richmond once got called one of the most hipster cities in America, number five in the country, number twenty in the world, apparently. Depending on your disposition, that either made you proud or made you roll your eyes so hard you risked permanent damage. The thing...
If you know who Ryan Kent is, it's probably from his role as a vocalist in several bands around town, most notably southern-fried metallers Gritter and brutal thrashers Murdersome. As a rather talented lyricist, though, it wasn't much of a stretch to move into the poetry game, as he did with his first book, Poems For Dead People, back in 2014....
Upstairs at the VMFA, contemporary art is meeting traditional Native American crafts as the new exhibition “Hear My Voice: Native American Art of the Past and Present” opens a dialogue between Native American culture and the outside world. The project, which is two years in the making, was curated by Dr. Johanna Minich, the assistant curator for...
In 2012, the city officially designated the Broad Street corridor as the Arts and Cultural District of Richmond. However, there was one problem, it wasn't actually overflowing with either. The city had monthly First Fridays, Gallery5, and other small exhibit pop ups of course, but when it came to larger-than-life works of art Richmonders and...
This article was featured in RVAMag #29: Summer 2017. You can read all of issue #29 here or pick it up at local shops around RVA right now. Common House has been open for a few months at the time of this posting. In a building which was established as a social club within the boundaries of what was once Charlottesville’s vibrant and...
One summer, a grandfather decided to take his 10-year-old grandson on a roadtrip. The family had been through a great deal as the man’s wife was dying of Alzheimer’s disease. The man would take the boy from their home in Virginia and through the American landscape. The man had given the boy a camera, so he could take pictures along the way. They...
For Matthew Grimes, growing up in a beautiful old house in Winchester, Virginia, deeply influenced his view of the world. “When I was younger, I played outside a lot. We were raised in a rather old-fashioned environment,” Grimes said. “We were taught how to hunt and fish, but it wasn't about what goes up on the wall. It was about the commuting...
The new issue of RVA Magazine hits the streets this week! RVA #29 ends this summer with an overloaded issue that celebrates the style and sound of Virginia’s capital in only a way RVA Magazine can. Brought to you as always from journalists and writers entrenched in the scene, our coverage continues our esteemed legacy of throughout coverage that...
Finding one’s voice through their art can sometimes be a tricky process. If art reflects life (and sometimes vice versa), artists must strive to replicate their experiences, thoughts, opinions, struggles, and more within their art. For Niki Buckley Crosby, owner and creator of local handmade pottery business Happy Clay, showing her voice and...
We might be halfway through the summer and already tired of the sticky heat, but with the first week of August comes Richmond’s hottest artwalk event that you won’t want to miss. Every First Friday, there are always more exciting and interesting events than one could possibly hope to attend, so, here at RVAMag, we’ve selected a few of the things...
