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July 7-August 27, 2017

The Visual Arts Center of Richmond will open its annual [work] exhibition on Friday, July 7 with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. in the center’s True F. Luck Gallery. The exhibition runs through August 27.

[work] features the art of faculty, staff and board members of the Visual Arts Center. Pieces are juried by VisArts’ interim gallery manager, Gina Cavallo Collins. Collins has more than 25 years of experience in the arts, primarily working in museums and as an independent curator and arts writer. She has worked for the Phoenix Art Museum and the Heard Museum, was a founding curator at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art and helped transform the exhibition program at the Shemer Art Center and Museum. In Richmond, she has previously worked for the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

The exhibition represents examples of all media taught at VisArts’ 1812 West Main Street building, including: wood, ceramics, metal, jewelry, fiber, glass, drawing, painting, photography, printmaking, creative writing, film and digital media.

Participating artists include:

Susan Adams
Jack Alden
Barbara Atkinson
Beth Barclay
Chrissy Baucom
Ginny Benton
Ingrid Bernhardt
Paul Bethel
David Bohnhoff
Liz Borsetti
Nicole Bunting
Adam Burke
Kathy Calhoun
Merenda Cecelia
Sabrina Cordovana
Alexis Courtney
Sarah Curtis
Paul DiPasquale
Palmer Foley
Holly Francis
Regula Franz
J.C. Gilmore-Bryan
Lora Hart
Lee Hazelgrove
Christopher Hibben
Karen Hull
Alex Johnson
Lisa Fisher Johnson
Dale Jones
Blythe King
Dashiell Kirk
Deidra McAfee
Claire McCarty
Jeannine Metzfield
Sarah Midkiff
Lauren Miner
Nathaniel Newcomb
Amie Oliver
Elizabeth Carter Oliver
Al Pellenberg
Brad Pearson
Julia E. Pfaff
Michael-Birch Pierce
Keith Ramsey
Lynda Ray
Mark Rickey
Travis Robertson
Jude Schlotzhauer
Bob Scott
Caitie Sellers
Jay Sharpe
Susan Singer
Andres Soulas
Nicki Stein
Tyler Stoll
Julz Suder
Sarah Tector
Joanna Tyka
Nils Westergard
Susann Whittier
Jere Williams
Dennis Winston

Some work will be available for purchase.

This year’s [work] image was designed by VisArts instructor and illustrator Victoria Borges.

[work] faculty + staff + board 2017 from Visual Arts Center of Richmond on Vimeo.