"You have to be delusional to be an artist." That’s how Peter Cochrane closes our conversation. We’re sitting across from each other in a quiet Richmond studio, the air thick with pollen and thought. The line lands not as a punchline but as a thesis offered without...
RVA artists Dan Owen and Jeff Byers will be premiering "Sorry America," an exhibition of new artwork beginning at 6 PM this Friday at Chop Suey Books in Carytown. RVA artists Dan Owen and Jeff Byers will be premiering "Sorry America," an exhibition of new artwork beginning at 6 PM this Friday at Chop Suey Books in Carytown. Owen has quietly made...
I don't know about you, but I'd love for summer to take as long as possible before getting here this year. I don't know about you, but I'd love for summer to take as long as possible before getting here this year. The calendar says it doesn't start until most of the way through June, but in Richmond, the heat is usually deadly by mid-May at the...
Those Freaking Weirdos are at it again! The monthly Brews & Burlesque event that brings together comically scandalous performances from this local neo-burlesque troupe and great craft beer from Strangeways Brewing has been bumped up a week, and will be happening this month only on First Friday, June 6! Those Freaking Weirdos are at it again! The...
At the corner of North Robinson Street and Grove Avenue, a bright orange building with a motorcycle resting in front stands out. Inside, fashion forward apparel and accessories for men and women abound. Founded in June 2013, Y&H Mercantile is a fairly new shop to Richmond, and one that all stylish Richmond shoppers can truly appreciate. At the...
Ron English is coming to Richmond next month as part of the Richmond Mural Project, and if you know anything about him, you know it won’t be boring. English has long been considered the godfather of street art, a title he’s earned by turning advertising, pop culture, and even political propaganda on its head for decades. Long before viral videos,...
Virginia art made its way to New York City earlier this month with the help of Farmville’s j fergeson gallery. “We want to take art where the people are,” said Jarrod Fergeson, the gallery’s owner and namesake, who took works by Grant Garmezy of RVA and Susan Jamison of Roanoke to this year’s SELECT Fair in Manhattan. Virginia art made its way to...
Next weekend brings to RVA the return of the Virginia Burlesque & Sideshow Festival! Lasting from Friday May 30 until Sunday June 1, this four-show, three-day festival will feature all sorts of burlesque, musical, and circus-style performers from all over the world, coming together in Richmond to bring "empowering entertainment and mature themes...
This week I was honored to join some old friends and meet some new ones during a walk through of Posing Beauty in African American Culture, the new exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA). The walk through was designated for fashion and style influencers in RVA. This week I was honored to join some old friends and meet some new ones...
This one comes to us from outside the metropolitan area, in the unpredictable wilderness of central VA. Kaleb Gay is an artist from Lynchburg, and he emailed us a selection of photos taken at his Inventory Of Feelings And Experiences exhibition, which is currently showing at Waynesboro's Shenandoah Valley Art Center. This one comes to us from...
