I flew in under the wire to catch 5th Wall Theatre’s final performance of Martyna Majok’s Sanctuary City at Richmond Triangle Players' impressive stage in Scott’s Addition. This play is a curious hybrid, a bifurcated cryptid if you will, as its first and second acts...
I finally read my copy of Gated Community by Mickael Broth after looking at it for several weeks. I want to say, wow. I knew he had went to jail for graffiti but never got the full blown story until now. Rich in Richmond graffiti history with thought provoking conversations of what drives the vandals/artists that risk their health and freedom to...
Last Saturday afternoon, Art Whino and RVA Magazine got together at Selba to present the official opening reception for the Richmond Mural Project. Plenty of our fellow RVA citizens came out to celebrate with us, have drinks, dance to tunes provided by Long Jawns, Mike Kemetic, and DJ Phenom, and most importantly, watch several of the Richmond...
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Richmond Virginia, welcome to the big show. The Richmond Mural Project is in full effect, and it, along with The RVA Street Art Festival happening in September, has put us in rare company. Few cities in the country can say that they have a internationally renowned group of artists represented on it city's walls, and to have the work be of such...
Before Ralphie was begging his parents for a Red Ryder BB Gun in A Christmas Story, nearly every baby boomer in America hoped Santa would give them an Electric Football game for Christmas. Nearly 66 years after the first set was built, the history and artistry of the Electric Football Game will be celebrated Friday, August 2nd at the ADA Gallery....
A whole bunch of street artists from around the country and abroad have descended upon RVA over the past few days, and with the Richmond Mural Project officially kicking off this week, a lot of work is getting done around town. Along with our friends at Art Whino, we've been running around town keeping track of paint hitting walls at various...
Hailing from Brooklyn, NY, the artist collaborative Fort Makers will bring their unique quilted paintings to the Richmond area through the exhibition Action Painting, taking place at 1708 Gallery July 20-August 3, 2013. Hailing from Brooklyn, NY, the artist collaborative Fort Makers will bring their unique quilted paintings to the Richmond area...
Gaia finished up his piece on the corner of Rowland and Main St. today. You might recognize this wall from an earlier post during the RMP that showed an outline that had been started by local tattoo artist Jesse Smith. Because of problems with the lift and some other administrative issues, Jesse was not able to finish in the window of time he had...
Art Whino and RVA Magazine present the 2013 Richmond Mural Project reception, taking place at Selba on Saturday, July 27. Beginning at noon and continuing til 6 PM, stop by Selba, located at 2416 W. Cary St, for an all-day reception featuring live painting and signing by muralists, as well as live music from Long Jawns, Mike Kemetic of Audio Mass...
