VisArts Instructor David Tanner interviewed on Virginia Currents
In this segment of WCVE’s “Virginia Currents,” host Daphne Maxwell Reid interviewed painter and VisArts instructor David Tanner about his career.
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Richmond Artist and First-Time Craft + Design Exhibitor Sean Donlon Receives Best in Show Award
The Visual Arts Center of Richmond presented 10 awards to Craft + Design artists at last night’s Patrons’ Preview Party, which took place at the Science Museum of Virginia. Glass artist and first-time Craft + Design exhibitor Sean Donlon won the Elisabeth Scott Bocock Best in Show Award, presented by McGuireWoods. Donlon manipulates glass to […]
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Warner Whitfield’s glass sculptures are reminiscent of flying herons seen while kayaking in Florida’s rivers and the coral gardens that bloom in clear Caribbean waters. Each sculpture is created without the use of molds or castings and is formed by first melting glass into a taffy-like texture. With the aid of heat and gravity, the […]
read morePresent Factory to Take Place at VisArts Fri., Dec. 2 from 5-8 p.m.
The Visual Arts Center of Richmond will open its studios to the community on Friday, Dec. 2 from 5 to 8 p.m. for Present Factory, its annual holiday open house. Present Factory offers kids and adults the chance to make holiday gifts throughout the 15 art studios in VisArts’ 30,000-square-foot facility. The exhibition, “Conjurers: Artists […]
read moreVisArts Invites Community to Contribute to Participatory Sculpture During Richmond Marathon
On Saturday, Nov. 12, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Visual Arts Center of Richmond invites members of the community to stop by the Center, cheer on family and friends who are participating in the Richmond Marathon, and contribute to a participatory sculpture called a “Wish Cloud.” Inspired by wishing walls like the one […]
read more59 Artists to Exhibit at Craft + Design This Year
The Visual Arts Center of Richmond welcomes 59 artists to Craft + Design this year. The 52-year-old contemporary craft show, presented by Altria Group, takes place at the Science Museum of Virginia the weekend of Nov. 18-20, 2016. Nineteen artists are new to the show this year. Among them are glass artist Warner Whitfield, ceramicist […]
read moreCraft + Design’s Featured Artist Ashley Buchanan Offers a Fresh Take on Metal Jewelry
Confident. Beautiful. Quietly badass. It’s how Tennessee-based jewelry artist Ashley Buchanan hopes you feel when you wear one of her pieces. She is the featured artist at this year’s Craft + Design Show, which will take place Nov. 18-20, 2016. Working primarily in brass, Buchanan hand cuts all of her designs, which include rings, earrings, […]
read moreLocal Artist Holly Camp Illustrates VisArts’ Winter 2017 Catalog
What do adult coloring books, infertility support greeting cards and the Visual Arts Center of Richmond’s winter catalog have in common? They’re all illustrated by Richmonder Holly Camp. Camp has worked as a graphic designer and illustrator ever since she graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of the Arts in 2004. “Illustration was always my […]
read moreFresca on Addison and VMFA’s Amuse Restaurant Take Home Top Chili Honors
The Visual Arts Center of Richmond held its third annual chili event, the Art Junction Chili Throwdown, on Friday, Oct. 7. More than 500 people attended the event and took home almost 600 ceramic bowls made in VisArts’ clay studio. A total of 26 restaurants participated in the event. They included: 821 Café, Alamo BBQ, […]
read moreJewelry Artist Ashley Buchanan Selected to be Craft + Design Featured Artist
The Visual Arts Center of Richmond has selected Tennessee-based jewelry artist Ashley Buchanan as the featured artist at this year’s Craft + Design Show, which will take place Nov. 18-20, 2016. Buchanan works primarily in powder-coated enamel. A statement necklace, “Chaos Chain in Yellow,” is the piece the Craft + Design committee selected to include […]
read moreVisArts Hosts “Meet Your Maker” Event Oct. 20 as Lead-Up to Craft + Design
The Visual Arts Center of Richmond will host a free “Meet Your Maker” event on Thursday, Oct. 20 from 6 to 8 p.m. as a lead-up to the organization’s Craft + Design Show in November. Four local artists, all of whom are exhibiting their work at Craft + Design, will offer demonstrations and sell select […]
read more25 Restaurants Will Participate in VisArts’ Chili Throwdown Oct. 7
The Visual Arts Center of Richmond hosts its third annual chili event, the Art Junction Chili Throwdown, on Fri., Oct. 7 from 5 to 8 p.m. This year’s event will feature the chili of 25 area restaurants and bluegrass music by South Hill Banks. Last year, more than 500 people attended the Art Junction Chili […]
read moreA Space of Her Own Gets a New Name
The Visual Arts Center of Richmond has renamed one of its most popular outreach programs. A Space of Her Own will kick off the 2016-17 academic year under its new name: Make Space. A Space of Her Own, often called SOHO for short, was established in 2008. The program pairs 12 sixth grade girls at […]
read moreVisArts Releases Craft + Design Schedule and Begins Pre-Selling Tickets
The Visual Arts Center of Richmond has released the schedule and ticketing information for this year’s Craft + Design Show, which will take place at the Science Museum of Virginia the weekend of Nov. 18-20, 2016. Craft + Design is a juried contemporary craft show featuring the museum-quality work of 60 nationally and internationally recognized […]
read moreVisArts Announces Partnership with At The Inkwell
The Visual Arts Center of Richmond has announced a partnership with At The Inkwell, a New York City-based non-profit, founded in 2013, that supports published writers through hosting readings at partner sites around the U.S. At The Inkwell currently hosts its reading series in Denver, London, New York, San Francisco and Seattle. Richmond is its […]
read moreA Space of Her Own Mentor Applications Due Sept. 9
The Visual Arts Center of Richmond is recruiting mentors for its yearlong mentorship program, A Space of Her Own. The program offers early- and mid-career women the chance to develop leadership skills, make art and build friendships with sixth-grade girls in Richmond’s East End. A Space of Her Own, often called SOHO for short, was […]
read moreVisArts Announces Group Exhibition, “Conjurers: Artists Imbue the Ordinary”
The Visual Arts Center of Richmond announces a group exhibition, “Conjurers: Artists Imbue the Ordinary,” which features the work of Vanessa German, Marcus Kenney and Shawne Major. “Conjurers” opens at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond on Friday, Sept. 16. Vanessa German will take the floor with a performance piece at 5:30 p.m., and an […]
read moreJared Boggess Illustrates Fall Catalog
Jared Boggess was raised in Hanover County where he grew up copying Sonic the Hedgehog and Star Wars characters. He’d fill oversized sheets of paper with hundreds of tiny characters that were neither man nor alien but something in between. Boggess is the second of four illustrators the Visual Arts Center of Richmond has commissioned […]
read moreVisArts on the Half Shell to Take Place Fri., July 22 from 4-7 p.m.
The Visual Arts Center of Richmond will host VisArts on the Half Shell on Fri., July 22 from 4 to 7 p.m. The outdoor event features summer specialties and bluegrass music by the Nobile Brothers. Adults will enjoy oysters and BBQ along with craft beer, Bloody Marys and wine. S’mores, popsicles by King of Pops […]
read moreRichmond-born artist’s loaded take on violent times
Michael Paul Williams writes in the Richmond Times-Dispatch: On the Friday before the Orlando mass shooting, Philadelphia artist Emily E. Erb was launching an exhibit at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond that included her provocative take on gun violence. Read More
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Silk, while beautiful, isn’t an easy material to work with. It snags and stains, marks and puckers. Images, once drawn on silk, aren’t easily erased or edited. And dyes that are applied to the material frequently bleed together with unexpected results. Artist Emily Erb forgives the material all these qualities. Silk is affordable, portable and—most […]
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Painter Tommy Van Auken is passionate about creating a place where self-described “art nerds” feel like they belong. “We designed Art League to be the program I wish I could have participated in in high school,” says Van Auken, who has been a longtime instructor at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond. “I was this […]
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The Visual Arts Center of Richmond’s summer camp program, ArtVenture, launched nine years ago. In less than a decade, ArtVenture has established itself as one of the most popular day camps in the region, winning honors from publications like Richmond Magazine and Style Weekly and garnering rave reviews from both kids and parents who keep […]
read moreVisArts Receives $40,000 Grant from The Community Foundation
The Visual Arts Center of Richmond has received a $40,000 grant from The Community Foundation Serving Richmond & Central Virginia. The grant will support VisArts’ youth outreach programming, which includes Art After School, A Space of Her Own, Engage and Profits in Creativity. During the 2014-15 school year, VisArts provided arts education programs, free-of-charge, to […]
read moreMichelle Erickson
In her early twenties, Michelle Erickson took two jobs that influenced the trajectory of her career as a ceramics artist. After graduating from the College of William and Mary, she spent a year working as a potter in the French-Canadian section of the Busch Gardens theme park. Tourists could watch her throw pots on the […]
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