In mid-September, I spent four very long days down at the RVA Street Art Festival, a public celebration of many talented Richmond-based artists (read the original article here), and I learned a lot about a scene and culture that previously I knew next to nothing...
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...
Best known in Richmond for his murals, Nils Westergard will bring Fight Or Flight, a solo exhibition of his stencil paintings, to Black Iris for tonight's First Friday opening. It reveals the painstaking craft that goes into his work. A rare opportunity to view a...
In August, Venture Richmond received approval to paint a "Black Lives Matter" street mural on East Grace St. But in September, they chose to withdraw their application. What happened? Since the nationwide protests in the wake of George Floyd's death at the hands of...
For Richmond, 2018 is a time for us to come together to understand not only the present we live in, but the ways in which the past has influenced us. The Virginia Museum Of History & Culture is doing just that with their most recent installation, Fresh Paint:...