A mural in Richmond’s Northside has sparked a complex debate about public art, race, and neighborhood change, with artists, community leaders, and residents weighing in on how public art intersects with neighborhood history. The mural, painted by artist Lauren YS,...
For seven years, Mural Fest Kosova has brought artists from around the world to Ferizaj, Kosovo to create murals in the city. This annual event has produced over 100 murals in Ferizaj and has included participation from several artists from Richmond. Our city artists encountered challenges in navigating Kosovo's complex history and ongoing...
Richmond loves a good mural, and for many of us, the recent occurrence of RVA Street Art Festival's tenth anniversary reunion at the Canal Walk just whets our appetite. It's for us, therefore, that Three Notch'd RVA Collab House hosts the Leave Your Mark Mural Fest at their Scott's Addition this Friday. The plan was originally for the event to...
The sun was shining on a beautiful September morning, and everything I had ever known and loved was gone. The Wednesday before the RVA Street Art Festival was to begin, I ventured down to the canal walk to see the foundation work take place for the new murals that were to come. I was nervous to do so. That space, which had often found me and my...
RVA Street Art Festival celebrates the tenth anniversary of its first event in 2012 at the place where things began: the abandoned power plant along Richmond's Canal Walk where that first festival took place. The jury's still out on whether time really is a flat circle. After all, if True Detective season one character Rust Cohle were really...
It's that time of year again, The Richmond Mural Project 2014 is about to bring some of the greatest mural talent in the world (universe?) here to RVA and let these modern masters do what they do. It's that time of year again, The Richmond Mural Project 2014 is about to bring some of the greatest mural talent in the world (universe?) here to RVA...
Where West Marshall meets Brook Road, a new pedestrian plaza is coming -- and with local organizations like Gallery5, Venture Richmond, Big Secret, and more behind it, it’s set to brighten up the intersection through art. The already-colorful City of Richmond is about to get another rainbow upgrade, thanks to a grant from the Bloomberg...
RVA Magazine #39 is on the streets now! In this article from its pages, Humble, Richmond’s longtime muralist, clothing designer, and model, reflects on his journey from starving artist to modeling for professional shoots in the desert. Listen to the Radio RVA Podcast Interview with Humble here. Humbleness isn’t exactly a native concept in the...
Would I Lie To You? Mural Walk creator George Tisdale unreliably narrates tours of Richmond's murals. It's more entertaining than you'd think. The Would I Lie To You? Mural Walk showcases some of the most beautiful, and most hidden, murals in and around Richmond, but with a twist. The stories told at each mural could be complete lies, and it is...
If I die in my studio Like a mouse in my cage Will the neighbors smell my corpse Before the rats eat my face (go outside) The writing on the wall of Nils Westergard’s Museum District studio, while somewhat morbid, pokes fun at the compulsive working tendencies that have resulted in his expansive, cohesive body of work, despite the ingenious...
