Elyza Reinhart has been shooting shows since she was twelve, before she had a photo pass, before she even really knew what she was doing. That early start, and the nerves that came with it, still shape how she works today. Now based in Richmond, she’s finding new ways...
A New Jersey Native, Raymond Denson found himself living in Petersburg on a music scholarship to Virginia State University. But the multitalented artist now finds himself behind the camera with a new show at the Petersburg Area Art League this weekend with some unique work on display. A New Jersey Native, Raymond Denson found himself living in...
"Start with in-focus first and work from there." This article was featured in RVAMag #25: Summer 2016. You can read all of issue #25 here or pick it up at local shops around RVA right now. This is the mantra of Joey Wharton, aka Photo Joe, a Richmond innovator in the field of visual art with an eye for expanding live photography far beyond what's...
Recently touched base with The Cove Project, a community committed to celebrating and collaborating within youth culture loosely based here in Richmond. Recently touched base with The Cove Project, a community committed to celebrating and collaborating within youth culture loosely based here in Richmond. We wanted to share a story from them --...
Cynthia Henebry has no clue what she is doing, but that’s exactly how she likes it. In fact, Henebry teaches her photography students at Virginia Commonwealth University that not knowing what you are doing is exactly what you should be doing. "Once we understand why we're making a particular piece of art then there is no reason to make it...
Thank you to everyone hitting us up on @RVAmag. Here are few of our favorite photos from the past week - follow these people, they are exploring the city we live in. Thank you to everyone hitting us up on @RVAmag. Here are few of our favorite photos from the past week - follow these people, they are exploring the city we live in. via...
If you gave up milk or mutton chops for Lent, that’s just too bad! Our cover sweetheart this spring is Richmond photographer Patrick Biedrycki. If you gave up milk or mutton chops for Lent, that’s just too bad! Our cover sweetheart this spring is Richmond photographer Patrick Biedrycki. Having used his editorial expertise to illustrate RVA Mag in...
There is no better tool right now than instagram to give you a sense of what a community is doing. There is no better tool right now than instagram to give you a sense of what a community is doing. If you were able to dig through all of the ones in Richmond, you would get an idea of what it's like to live here. So here is our list of interesting...
Richard Perkins, a good friend of ours who we covered a few years back, is holding an long awaited and anticipated “Piano Lessons Can Be Murder” photo art show tonight at the Camel from 7 to 9. Heavily inspired by Vincent Gallo, and a true Renaissance man himself, Perkins has had his hands in many artistic pots as a musician, tattoo enthusiast,...
Tonight, the Brooklyn melodic punk group known as Worriers comes to Gallery5 in Ric Tonight, the Brooklyn melodic punk group known as Worriers comes to Gallery5 in Richmond and it's your chance to see one of rock music's most outspoken and talented musicians today: Lauren Denitzio. Denitzio made her name as the driving force behind The Measure...