If you walk into the 2025 VCUarts MFA Thesis Exhibition expecting a finale or a big conclusion, prepare to encounter something else—something quieter and less resolved. A residue. A gesture mid-motion. An echo. When I walked into the opening reception on April 11, I...
Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant and vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a bygone vexation stands vivified and has vowed to vanquish these ve...nal and virulent vermin...
This year the Virginia Film Festival in Charlottesville has welcomed a new leader. Veteran film festival director, filmmaker and actor Jody Kielbasa has joined the University of Virginia as the new director of the Virginia Film Festival. Kielbasa comes to the University from Sarasota, Fla., where for the last decade he served as the founding...
With the upcoming holidays in mind, we would like you to consider buying some local art this year. The Local Art Show is our monthly online showcase and marketplace for talented people to sell their wares. A virtual wall inside a virtual gallery trading in virtual money. For more information on submissions, contact tony@rvamag.com With the...
Ian Graham, photographer and jack-of-all-trades for RVA Magazine, and Jon Headlee, Executive Producer for RVA TV went to the last Drunken Spelling Bee at Empire on September 29th, 2009. Ian Graham, photographer and jack-of-all-trades for RVA Magazine, and Jon Headlee, Executive Producer for RVA TV went to the last Drunken Spelling Bee at Empire...
From the artist: "I'm a french illustrator, currently living in Le Mans, France. From the artist: "I'm a french illustrator, currently living in Le Mans, France. Before becoming an illustrator, i was, by turns : an astrophysician, an international snooker champion, a hypnotist and an esperanto teacher. I hope i can someday have enough free time...
From English Russia (click for hi-rez): "Ever wondered how do the battle looks like for real at night? I mean, not as seen by Hollywood movie but a real battle with real combat units, tanks and commanders? People say that sometimes it is even more picturesque than in the movies, and here is the report from the Russian army playwar maneuveres that...
Kseniya Simonova is a Ukrainian artist who just won the "Ukraine's Got Talent" competition. She uses a giant light box, dramatic music, imagination and "sand painting" skills to interpret the invasion and occupation of her country from 1941-1945. Kseniya Simonova is a Ukrainian artist who just won the "Ukraine's Got Talent" competition. She uses...
To some, it is surprising how often the question of weather or not Richmond is in "The South" arises. To some, it is surprising how often the question of weather or not Richmond is in "The South" arises. As the former capital of the confederacy, the last major city where Sweet Tea is widely served (more on this later), many examples of classic...
Good day everyone! Hopefully you've slept in, and are now having a nice late breakfast. We hope you're planning on perhaps grilling out today, in honor of, you know, labor, and stuff. Good day everyone! Hopefully you've slept in, and are now having a nice late breakfast. We hope you're planning on perhaps grilling out today, in honor of, you...
