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First Friday RVA, January 2014: New Year, New Art!

The holiday season is over, the new year is here, and the RVA art scene rolls on full-force with the first First Friday of 2014! The holiday season is over, the new year is here, and the RVA art scene rolls on full-force with the first First Friday of 2014! So shake...

The Hollywood Costume Exhibit At Virginia Museum Of Fine Arts

Until February 17th, the VMFA will be hosting the Hollywood Costume exhibit. The exhibit features costumes from many decades of film, including costumes from Cecil B DeMille movies made nearly a century ago. Until February 17th, the VMFA will be hosting the Hollywood...

RVAbove Shows City In New Light from Great Heights

We got sent this last week and we're pretty into it. You can find more from these local photos on their Tumblr. Here's their artists's statement - We got sent this last week and we're pretty into it. You can find more from these local photos on their Tumblr. Here's...

Watch the Star Wars Holiday Special in it’s Entirety Online

We don't celebrate Christmas in my family till later in the day, so I'm just gonna keep posting stuff. We don't celebrate Christmas in my family till later in the day, so I'm just gonna keep posting stuff. This little nugget is the Star Wars Christmas special. Here's...

Bizhan Khodabandeh: Activism Through Art And Comics

“I know it might come across as cliche, but I find inspiration in everything. Good artists excel most when they recognize patterns that are social, philosophical, physical, historical, political etc. An artist’s ability to utilize these patterns to provide delight or...

Getting Lucky in Richmond: Friday the 13th at All For One Tattoo

Sometimes you get unlucky: the holes in your pocket break their borders and become one. You slip and drop every last banana-shaped salt shaker your mother ever made. Maybe your job left, and you fired your wife and kids. Or your roof decided your bed needed to see the...

Mythbusters Unleash Their Silly Stage Show Upon Richmond

The Mythbusters started busting urban legends with accessible, but procedural science over 10 years ago. Since that time, the show has become a reality television staple that has yet to be measured up to. Now the show's crew are on tour doing a “Mythbusters: Behind...

ART FEED: The PRADA Look Books

I've been digging through the Prada Look Book collection, starting with the editions released back in 2009. I appreciate that the layout designers are having fun putting the models into the retro fantasy elements that play with space, time, and mass in twisted ways. Not all of it works for me but enough of it does, and the dedication to...

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Richmond Mural Project: MEGGS

Gotta give it to Shane at Art Whino--his line up for the Richmond Mural Project is ridiculous. Introducing one of the best in the world, flying in from his native Australia: MEGGS. Gotta give it to Shane at Art Whino--his line up for the Richmond Mural Project is ridiculous. Introducing one of the best in the world, flying in from his native...

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ART FEED: Michael Brown of UC Studios

I met Michael Brown at the Richmond Tattoo Convention a few months back and really liked his artwork--so much that I bought 2 prints right there and promised I would write about him on the site. I met Michael Brown at the Richmond Tattoo Convention a few months back and really liked his artwork--so much that I bought 2 prints right there and...

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FRIDAY: “The Classics… No Effin Romance” At Gallery 5!

This Friday at Gallery 5, Anti-Mag and Lady J Productions celebrate Valentine's Day a week early with their presentation of "The Classics... No Effin' Romance." This multifaceted performing arts extravaganza will feature new interpretations of classic stories brought to life in tantalizing burlesque style! This Friday at Gallery 5, Anti-Mag and...

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FRIDAY: Apolis Nomad Market At Need Supply

Need Supply Co. continues their “Meet the Maker” series this Friday, February 8th with a visit from Apolis’s “Nomad Market." This traveling installation will be on display at Need for the entire month. If you’ve read this far, you’re probably already asking yourself, “What is this Apolis and how does it differ from any other designer at Need?”...

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Norfolk Artist Rashidi Barrett Stole A Career

This is a disturbing story developing in the Norfolk/Hampton Roads artistic community. The details, originally brought to light by OldSouthHigh.com, tell us that Norfolk based artist Rashidi Barrett, a rising art star, essentially stole his entire career. This is a disturbing story developing in the Norfolk/Hampton Roads artistic community. The...

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The Wonderful World Of Anne Marie Wonder

It’s been a year and a half since the first hand-stapled copies of Dirty Dino Rock comics started showing up in coffee houses and bars around the city. Since then, artist Anne Marie Wonder (yes, that is her real name) has written, illustrated, printed and distributed six issues, all while finding time to design images for T-shirts, flyers,...

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Theatre Preview: Faith Healer

Self- contradicting, mesmerizing, heavily doused with alcohol… these could all describe Faith Healer, Henley Street Theatre’s next main stage show of its 2013 season. Part of the Acts of Faith Festival, Faith Healer premiers this Thursday, January 31st, at SPARC Center for the Performing Arts. Self- contradicting, mesmerizing, heavily doused with...

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First Friday RVA, February 2013: Art Casts No Shadow

Hey everyone! It's almost February, and you know what that means--Groundhog Day is right around the corner! Yes, Groundhog Day, that random day in the exact middle of winter when people stalk a Pennsylvania-born rodent (part of a species also known as woodchucks or, um, whistle-pigs) at the crack of dawn to see how he reacts to his shadow. And...

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