Richmond once got called one of the most hipster cities in America, number five in the country, number twenty in the world, apparently. Depending on your disposition, that either made you proud or made you roll your eyes so hard you risked permanent damage. The thing...
Tattoos and street art are undeniably Richmond to the point that we should erect a monument of a giant paintbrush on Monument Avenue. As of 2015, the city was the third most tattooed place in the country and has become apart of our culture just as street art is starting to. With the fascination and popularity of body ink, it only makes sense...
Displaying his first major exhibit, Greg Garner’s “X2” at 9WG Studios, features 31 doubly exposed pictures of Richmond landmarks and junkyard decay, half in black and white and half in color. Garner is a trained musician, earning his Bachelor’s in Music Composition from VCU, but it all changed for him in 2009 when he first bought a digital...
There's no doubt that Norfolk has come a long way. There is a reason it keeps popping up in the press as one of Virginia's most intrepid cities. With a bustling art, music, activist, and cultural scene, Norfolk has been on the forward edge of what's real in Virginia for some time. Even though cultural institutions like Work Release (RIP) have...
It’s impossible to miss the extraordinarily shaped structure peering over the city like an ironclad superhero at the corner of Broad and Belvidere Streets. As part of Modern Richmond Week, a panel discussion was held this past Tuesday, regarding Virginia Commonwealth University's (VCU) new Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA) building. Speakers...
"Street art liberates creative expression from the traditional art world" - Angela Huckstep Richmond’s classic sports landmark, The Diamond, which has hosted thousands of baseball fans since 1954, has received a complementary face-lift courtesy of the fourth annual RVA Street Art Festival. The festivities were in full swing yesterday, with...
Street artists and muralists from all over the United States will flock to The Diamond this weekend, to turn the dull concrete baseball stadium into a vibrant piece of Richmond culture for the fourth RVA Street Art Festival. More than 250 buckets of latex paint, cans of spray paint, sculpture supplies and more will be taken to the home of the...
Jesse Smith and Kenny Brown proudly carry on the tradition of one of the world's oldest tattoo conventions! Join us from September 29 to October 1, 2017! This year's festival features an impressive lineup of tattoo artists, including both local talents and internationally renowned figures. Many Ink Master contestants will be in attendance!...
Prepare to grab your tissues. TheatreLAB and Yes, And! Entertainment have teamed up to present “The Last Five Years,” a musical written by Jason Robert Brown that gives audiences an intimate look into the relationship of Cathy and Jamie–two artists who meet, marry, and end their relationship over the course of five years. “Our production of ‘The...
For the 2017 Dogtown Presenter’s Series, local African-Caribbean community collective CLAVES UNIDOS took over Dogtown Dance Theatre to present to the Richmond public, “Ancestral Memories: It Takes A Language” over the weekend. This performance featured various styles of African and Latin dance, from capoeira to bamba, and ran for about 75...
