The Visual Arts Center of Richmond will host its annual spring open house, Play Day, on Saturday, May 19. This year’s theme is printmaking and book arts, so the center is inviting guests to help decorate a collection of handmade Little Free Libraries. The libraries will serve as neighborhood book exchanges where people can take […]
ViewAre you writing a novel or short story collection? Maybe you have a great idea for a nonfiction book? In this class, two published authors—one of fiction and one of non-fiction—will teach you the business of selling a book. We’ll cover how to assess and land an agent, how to ready your work for submission—whether […]
ViewLearn the general timeline of a book launch, how to target specific book reviewers at the national and local levels and how to submit for review to trade publications. You’ll learn how to pitch book reviewers, create story angles, get excerpts placed and more. We’ll talk through a book blog blitz a publicity tool that […]
ViewExplore the medium of artist’s books, works of art that utilize the form of the book. We’ll focus on a structure known as the flag book, which is a dynamic, sculptural form that lends itself to combining fragments of image and text. Our books will be constructed entirely out of found/repurposed fragments and materials. A […]
ViewVivian Keasler has taken classes in nearly all of the Visual Arts Center of Richmond’s studios and soon there will be a brand-new studio named after her. Thanks to a generous gift from Keasler, a vacated section of VisArts’ staff offices will be transformed into the new Vivian Keasler Letterpress + Book Arts Studio. The […]
ViewThis year, the Visual Arts Center of Richmond welcomes over 150 artists to Craft + Design, Presented by McGuireWoods. The 55-year-old contemporary craft show takes place at Main Street Station’s train shed on the weekend of Nov. 22-24, 2019. All proceeds from Craft + Design benefit VisArts. Over 50 artists are new to Craft + […]
ViewElizabeth Graeber has a thing for patterns. “I taught myself how to make patterns,” says the Washington, D.C.-based illustrator. “I like fun imagery, faces or animals, and love the [patterns] where you can’t see the repeat.” Graeber is the Visual Arts Center of Richmond’s newest illustrator-in-residence. In addition to illustrating VisArts’ summer catalog, which features […]
ViewCraft + Design is back in person and this year, the Visual Arts Center of Richmond welcomes over 150 artists to Craft + Design 2022. The 58-year-old contemporary craft show takes place at Main Street Station’s train shed on the weekend of Oct. 14-16, 2022. All proceeds from Craft + Design go towards VisArts’ community and […]
ViewExplore the process of designing and producing a book or magazine. You can use images you already have or develop new images and content expressly for the book project. Portfolios or graphic and photographic narratives to represent your work or the work of others can be an asset to your career or personal artistic process. […]
ViewExplore the process of designing and producing a book or magazine. You can use images you already have or develop new images and content expressly for the book project. Portfolios or graphic and photographic narratives to represent your work or the work of others can be an asset to your career or personal artistic process. […]
ViewThe Visual Arts Center of Richmond welcomes over 150 artists to Craft + Design this year. The 54-year-old contemporary craft show, presented by Altria Group, takes place at Main Street Station’s train shed on the weekend of Nov. 16-18, 2018. Over 50 artists are new to Craft + Design this year. Sixty-two percent of the […]
ViewCreate your own set of handmade books. We’ll familiarize ourselves with bookmaking tools and techniques and learn multiple bookbinding techniques. You’ll also learn how to customize your books to be journals or sketchbooks. Plan to leave the class with a saddle stitched book, a stab bound book and a multi-signature casebound hardcover book.
ViewCome and make art side by side as a family. Each week, families will explore a new medium and create a beautiful project together. Let's explore the artwork of artist Bridget Beth Collins as inspiration for creating our own botanical sun catchers using a variety of natural and recycled materials. The class will begin with […]
ViewCome and make art side by side as a family. Each week, families will explore a new medium and create a beautiful project together. Lets explore the artwork of artist Bridget Beth Collins as inspiration for creating our own botanical sun catchers using a variety of natural and recycled materials. The class will begin with […]
ViewThe Visual Arts Center of Richmond has selected North Carolina-based jewelry maker Tara Locklear as the featured artist of its 53rd annual Craft + Design Show, which will take place Nov. 17-19, 2017 at historic Main Street Station’s newly renovated train shed. Locklear uses materials like recycled skateboards and cast cement to create necklaces, earrings, […]
ViewThere are so many ways to make books and so many materials to make books with. In this class, we’ll play with book styles, materials, and content to have fun, discover new ways of working, and expand how we think about books in our hands and in our lives. The types of books we make […]
ViewThe Visual Arts Center of Richmond (VisArts) will be open for 48-straight hours on the weekend of October 19-21, 2018, as part of a new event the center is launching called “48-to-Create.” The weekend-long make-a thon gives Richmond’s artists and writers uninterrupted time and space to finish old projects and start new ones. At the […]
ViewIn this course, we’ll continue to explore the life of John Lewis, with a focus on the second book in his autobiographical trilogy, “March: Book Two.” We will unpack his approach to battling systemic racism and make connections to the current moment and through in-class journaling and writing exercises as we try to unpack our […]
ViewThe Visual Arts Center of Richmond will host a Free public reading and Q&A with poet and nonfiction writer Katy Davis on September 17 from 5 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. at VisArts. Kathy Davis is a poet and nonfiction writer who lives in Rockville, VA. Her poetry manuscript, Passiflora, won the 2019 Cider Press Review […]
ViewIn a May 15 article, Style Weekly featured Rashana Miller, a jewelry Designer, the founder of Free Maiden and a VisArts Student. When a promising job opportunity for her husband suddenly landed her in an unfamiliar city with no connections, she was quick to embrace the uncertainty. She tried to get a job in education, sending […]
ViewHave you ever wanted to tell your own story? Now you can, with wool! Learn how to apply wet felting to construct a book cover and use needle-felting for your pages. We’ll go over color blending, layering and texture. You’ll walk away with your very own book!
ViewButtonhole books open flat. They can be made with pockets, inclusions and decorative spines and are perfect sketchbooks, journals, albums or scrapbooks. Learn to make this elegant and versatile book with a partially exposed spine using a buttonhole stitch binding. You’ll leave class with your own handmade book, knowledge to make more and ways to […]
ViewAn exhibition of work by Washington, D.C.-based artist Rachel Schmidt titled Scavenger Deities will open at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond (VisArts) on Friday, September 8 with an artist talk and opening from 5:30-7:30 p.m. The exhibition is curated by Jayme McLellan and will be on view at VisArts’ True F. Luck Gallery […]
ViewJoin a team of up to six students and learn to build a music stand or book stand, employing some basic design fundamentals and adding your own creative style. We’ll explore the process of bent lamination and hone our tool techniques using the bandsaw, table saw, jointer, router and hand tools. This class is designed […]
ViewThe Visual Arts Center of Richmond announces that it will move its 53-year-old contemporary craft show, Craft + Design, to the newly renovated train shed at Main Street Station. This year’s show will take place November 17-19, 2017. As a result of the change in venue, VisArts plans to double the number of participating artists […]
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