Update 9:34am: Richmond Police confirmed that Martin, 71, was hit by a driver while in a crosswalk at the intersection of East Broad and North 10th streets on Saturday afternoon. He succumbed to his injuries on Sunday. Read more HERE. --------------------------------...
Celebrating their new issue with silkscreens and face paint, VCU's INK Magazine took over the ICA for First Friday. INK Magazine celebrated the release of their new publication, INK Magazine Volume 11: The Camp Issue, at The Institute of Contemporary Art as part of ICA's First Friday celebrations on Friday, April 5. The completely free event...
*This article originally appeared in RVA Mag #36, on the streets now at all your favorite spots. The work of illustrator and artist Abigail Larson is what you’d get if you mixed Neil Gaiman and Mary Shelley together with a mystical, wonderful paint brush. From paintings to comic book covers -- and even a tarot deck, currently in the works --...
Involving dancers of all body types and embracing inclusivity and diversity, Company 360 works to make dance empowering and accessible for all. Bailey Anne Vincent might make you cry when you see her dance company on stage. “We do tend to go for as much emotion as possible. We tend to make people cry,” Vincent laughed. According to their website,...
The return of Raven Mack's Southern Gothic Futurist Haiku Slam finds local poets going head-to-head in 17-syllable bursts. On Friday, March 29, Charlottesville poet, writer, and zine creator Raven Mack brought his long-running haiku tournament back to Richmond for the first time in 2019. Now known as the Southern Gothic Fvtvrist Haikv Slam, it's...
In their first showcase, Richmond's Snap Soup Dance mixed choreography and film to create a moving representation of the post-collegiate struggle. On Friday and Saturday, March 29 and 30, Snap Soup Dance held “Dance Film Animation,” their first showcase of modern dance, choreography, dance film and animation, at Dogtown Dance Theatre in...
The second annual Intersectional Wonder Womxn Art Show will bring an intersectional lens to the world of feminist art at Studio Two Three next month. There’s a wonder woman in all of us, and the perfect way to realize and celebrate this is coming next month. The second annual Intersectional Wonder Womxn Art Show Vol. 2: Truthsayer will celebrate...
*This article originally appeared in RVA Mag #36, on the streets now at all your favorite spots. “The first time I feel like I really internalized what art was…” with that, Chris Visions begins the story of his first art teacher -- his mother -- sketching out a rose. The setting of the story was Visions’ grandmother’s kitchen, where Al Green...
Good afternoon, RVA comic fans! Welcome to this afternoon’s issue of RVA Comics X-Change, where we take a look at what is going on in our beloved land of comics, and the surrounding pop culture. This week we have a more pocket-sized edition for you of comic recommendations, but that is only because we are busy gearing up for the final countdown...
Shana Blakley hasn’t considered herself an artist -- until now. Despite years of practice with a variety of different mediums, Blakley didn’t fully commit herself to the title before the creation of her business, Figure Form. About a year and a half ago, she and her husband underwent deep devastation that resulted in the line of art that exists...
