October 17 - January 6
Hedges, edges, and dirt focuses on people and their interactions with their surroundings. Abbas Akhavan, Jonathas de Andrade, David Hartt, Julianne Swartz, and Pascale Marthine Tayou are the artists spotlighted in this exhibit because of their different global perspectives and aesthetics. The goal of this exhibit was to address the questions of power, dominance, and boundaries with in our society.
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This October Provocations, an exhibit by the artist Rashid Johnson and curated by Stephanie Smith, will be featured at the Institute of Contemporary Art here in Richmond. It will continue to July of 2019. The art featured in this exhibit is new, large scale, and made to communicate with the open space in the True Farr Luck Gallery. The piece is made to be experienced by walking through it, and is meant to evoke thought particularly about African American intellectual and cultural history. The ICA plans to activate the space through live performances such as musicians and poetry.
DEADLINE: OCTOBER 7, 2018MUST ENTER ONLINE click "More Information" Includes: Painting, Photography, Mixed Media, and Sculpture $15 for up to three, $20 for up to five pieces Requirements:
- Must be original work to the artist - 3 and 2 dimensional art will be accepted - Must be willing to sell art (print or original) - Art must be available in both low and high resolution Fall Fest is an important part of the Maggie Walker community as a whole, and is an excellent opportunity to help support the art program. NAHS and Art Club ran a booth with the returning products of face painting, stickers, and merch. Many present and former students came out to support the art department, both by running the booths and by buying products. The booth was quite successful this year selling many stickers, notecards, caricatures. Students also had fun helping with the kid zone, to make paper lanterns.
Emma Serena “Queena” Stovall (1887-1980) began painting at age 62. Her art career quickly took off, with her detailed, lively, and colorful pieces masterfully depicting the simple but special moments of rural life. This exhibition has 44 of her total 49 works, showing off the culture, landscapes, and people of the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Largely recognized as a “southern memory painter” and known as the “Grandma Moses of Virginia”, Stovall encapsulated the daily activities of the region in time that have since disappeared. The exhibition also includes some of the items found in Stovall’s studio.
Virginia Museum of History and Culture September 10, 2018 - April 21, 2019 Members admission free or included with the museum’s suggested admission As part of an ongoing exhibition, VHS is displaying the murals of several local artists. The museum wants to emphasize the profound culture that is taking root in the Richmond street art scene and cultivating a rich community history. After the book The Story of Virginia: Highlights from the Virginia Museum of History and Culture was published, 10 muralists were asked to create a work about something they found meaningful in the reading. When finished, the murals will be presented with the museum artifact that inspired their work be open to the public for viewing.
The Quirk+VisArts Artist-in-Residence program is wrapping up with a final exhibition featuring Elissa Levy. She works with mediums such as aluminum, fabric, and leather and the techniques of laser engraving, collage, and sculpture and focuses on media representation. The themes of perception, fates, and legacy connect the story of Violet Gibson, a relative of Levy, who attempted to assassinate Benito Mussolini in 1926. Levy also has pieces on the resignation of Richard Nixon, which although may seem unrelated, help connect the idea of media representation with how we form and shape our identities.
This exhibit is one of the first full retrospectives of Howardena Pindell’s work. Based in New York but born in Philadelphia 1943, Pindell has been challenging the connections between art and activism since the 1960s. Her work is primarily paintings, but she has explored the avenues of modern and abstract photography, collage, and video work. The show reflects her career, identity as a woman of African descent, and major life events, including a near-fatal car accident in 1979. Autobiography and Rambo are other collections by Pindell and further develop her unique visual language.
Every third Thursday of the month 6:00-8:00pm Members get in free Non-Members are requested to leave a $10 donation At Art Works: 320 Hall Street, Richmond, VA 23224 Register on their facebook page to attend Thriving artist Thursdays are events that started at Art Works to help educate thriving artists who want to expand their knowledge through important skills that will both help in the creation and help artists create an effective presence. In the past such workshops have included paint pouring and figure drawing. This month Glenda Kotchish and Jane Wilson are holding an educational forum to help attendees learn from their experience publishing books. They plan to share tips to anyone who wants to further their career in this way. There are limited spaces available so it is important to apply as soon as possible, and if this month's even is not exciting, the facebook page lists next month's events.
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AuthorsMIA RODRIGUEZ is a co-founder of the MLWGS art history magazine. She is a phenomenal artist with many works on the future of bees. Archives
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