Ian C. Hess is one of those rare souls who’s carved out a place in Richmond’s unpredictable art landscape. As the owner of Supply, a local art store, and a painter whose work is steeped in mythology and meticulous craft, Ian has spent over a decade wrestling with the...
On the evening of September 6th, the production team of R.A.I.N. (Richmond Armada Intelligence Network) put on its third show, one that solidified the collective’s ascent towards its aim of uniting the fashion community of Richmond. This event coincided with Fashion’s Night Out, a nationwide event created to stimulate the fashion industry. On the...
Art Whino is bringing HENSE to DC to wrap a building. You might remember the name from this past RVA Street Art Festival. More information after the break! Art Whino is bringing HENSE to DC to wrap a building. You might remember the name from this past RVA Street Art Festival. More information after the break! Art Whino is pleased to announce a...
My Heart Is An Idiot, by Davy Rothbart (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) Davy Rothbart, the creator and editor of Found Magazine--who, by the way, will be bringing his Found Magazine 10th Anniversary Tour to Richmond this Sunday (more on that below)--is not all that well known for his writing. Rather than his own work, his magazine publishes interesting...
Back in May, we worked with Art Whino to bring the G40 Mural Project to Richmond. Born out of that beautiful collaboration was our misfit love-child, Whino Magazine. The first issue came out a few months ago, with the second one to drop later this month, and since we are so stoked on it is we wanted to give you a little taste. Back in May, we...
Did First Friday sneak up on you guys the way it snuck up on us this month? Because whoa. I am so late posting this. And of course, the month I take forever to get started on this post is the month that it seems every gallery in Richmond has a First Friday exhibit happening. Sorry I haven't given you guys much time to prepare, but if it's any...
Shawn J. Miller (16 x 48 on canvas) Tomorrow night, Margarita's Cantina (107 North 18th Street) will host The Curtis Cornell Memorial Fundraiser, to benefit the Cornell family after the tragic loss of their father and husband. Curtis was a fellow Richmond resident whose individual contributions most likely resonated long enough to touch each and...
Here's a pretty cool video created and released last month, shortly after Futura 2000's visit to RVA. The video, created by TRS-804 in collaboration with Audio Mass Transit, combines still shots, music, and live footage to create a fascinating overview of Futura's career, and then focuses on some of what went down during his public appearance at...
Check it out, folks--R. Nicholas Kuszyk, the VA-born, New York-based artist who made recent appearances both at the RVA Street Art Festival and within the pages of our print magazine, has just joined forces with Richmond literary magazine Makeout Creek to present his latest book. Check it out, folks--R. Nicholas Kuszyk, the VA-born, New...
Mixing skate, hotrod and comic book cultures, Nychos is creating a funny albeit gross visual vocabulary on a super large scale. Residing in London and working with contemporaries like ROA, Pixel Pancho and Flying Fortress at street art festivals has raised his profile to where his work is everywhere online and in magazines worldwide. Hoping to...
