Ian Hess was just another art student trying to find his place at VCU. Getting lost in the sea of aspiring artists on campus, Hess flunked out of his drawing class. What could have derailed his career, though, ended up leading to his first solo show, when Hess found...
Every Friday night, RVA Mag drops one scorcher of a playlist curated by Virginia's most influential artists, musicians, and institutions. This week, Hampton Roads' killer duo, Sunny & Gabe, brings you a playlist worthy of the hurricane that never was; a curated...
Richmond abstract painter Christina Wingchow's impeccable use of color and hypnotic sense of dimension is what first drew RVA Mag to her artwork. The artist has grown from painting for fun in high school to majoring in paint and printmaking at VCU, to helping to...
“It’s sort of my mission in life to empower women in the arts,” Nico Cathcart said, dressed in her paint covered jeans and plaid shirt, fresh out of working on her latest mural. It’s an honest goal to want to use your platform to help elevate others in the margins....
This September, a nationally-recognized exhibit is coming to the Virginia Holocaust Museum to start a conversation on which lives depend. "Break Glass: The Art of V.L. Cox - A Conversation to End Hate" is a striking collection of found-object sculptures meant to shape...