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Story Book Art Activity: “Violet’s Music”

Free Writing Intensive

This year has been impossible! Let’s try to look ahead by generating new work for 2021. Through intensive freewriting and class discussion, we will delve deeper and complicate our initial ideas. Open to all genres and levels. This class is for first-time writers, writers in the muddled middle of a longer project, and writers feeling […]

Story Book Art Activity: “Dragons Love Tacos”

ONLINE: Good Trouble, Reading John Lewis (an Anti-Racist book club selection)

In this course, we will explore the writings and life of John Lewis, including his autobiographical graphic novels. We will unpack his approach to battling systemic racism and make connections to the current moment through in class journaling and writing exercises like erasure poems and collage as we try to unpack our own experiences with […]

VisArts Announces Application Deadlines for Spring + Summer 2023 Studio Access Residency Program

VisArts is currently accepting applications for the Spring/Summer Studio Access Residency program. The application deadline is February 1, 2023. VisArts’ Studio Access Residency is designed to support emerging or established visual artists in developing new ideas and fostering artistic exploration by providing free access to VisArts’ 17 communal studio spaces. VisArts has 17 professional art studios […]

Application Deadline for VisArts’ Fall + Winter Studio Access Residency Program Announced

The Visual Arts Center of Richmond (VisArts) is currently accepting applications for the 2022-23 Fall/Winter Studio Access Residency program. The application deadline is August 10, 2022. VisArts’ Studio Access Residency is designed to support emerging or established visual artists to develop new ideas and foster artistic exploration by providing free access to VisArts’ 17 communal […]

VisArts 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 […]

VisArts to Host Play Day on May 19

The Visual Arts Center of Richmond will host its annual spring open house, Play Day, on Saturday, May 19. At Play Day, kids and adults make art projects in more than a dozen studios throughout VisArts’ 30,000-square foot facility. The event runs from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and admission is free. Beer and food will be available for […]

Richmond Poetry Fest Brings Together Richmond Literati

The Visual Arts Center of Richmond held its inaugural Richmond Poetry Festival to celebrate poetry and community. The festival was co-created by VisArts staff and former VisArts writers-in-residence: Rosa Castellano and Laura Chow Reeve and current writing resident, Emily Okamoto-Green. The free 2-day event was supported by the Carole Weinstein Endowment for Creative Writing and it […]

Browse the Winter 2019 Course Catalog

Download a printable version of the Winter 2019 course catalog below. Member registration opens October 17, 2018, and  registration opens to the general public October 24. View Winter Catalog

Play Day Craft Sale Applications Due April 21

The Visual Arts Center of Richmond is soliciting applications for its Play Day Craft Sale, which will take place on Saturday, May 20 from 12-3 p.m. Play Day is VisArts’ spring open house. The organization opens up its studios and invites members of the community to come have fun and make art, free of charge. […]

VisArts Welcomes 15 Spring + Summer 2023 Studio Access Residents

VisArts welcomes 15 new talented studio access residents for the Spring + Summer 2023 session. These emerging and established visual artists have been carefully selected to develop new ideas and challenge themselves to develop their artistry using free access to VisArts’ 17 communal art studio spaces. VisArts offers two six-month Studio Access Residencies each year (Spring […]

VisArts Accepting Applications for Spring/Summer 2022 Studio Access Residency Program

The Visual Arts Center of Richmond (VisArts) is currently accepting applications for the Spring/Summer Studio Access Residency program. The application deadline closes on February 2, 2022. VisArts’ Studio Access Residency is designed to support two emerging or established visual artists to develop new ideas and foster artistic exploration by providing free access to VisArts’ 17 […]

VisArts 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 […]

Visual Arts Center of Richmond Accepting Applications for Studio Access Residency Program

The Visual Arts Center of Richmond (VisArts) is currently accepting applications for the Fall/Winter Studio Access Residency program. Applications close September 1, 2021. VisArts’ Studio Access Residency is designed to support two emerging or established visual artists to develop new ideas and foster artistic exploration by providing free access to VisArts’ 17 communal studio spaces.  VisArts […]

VisArts to Host Reading by Nationally Recognized Poet, Steve Scafidi

On Saturday, June 29, VisArts will host a public reading by nationally recognized poet, Steve Scafidi. The reading runs from 5-6 p.m. and is free and open to the public. This event is made possible thanks to generous support from Carole Weinstein. Scafidi is the author of Sparks from a Nine-Pound Hammer (Louisiana State University Press, […]

VisArts Welcomes New Studio Access Residents for Spring + Summer 2022-23

VisArts welcomes 16 new studio access residents for the Spring + Summer 2022-23 session. These emerging and established visual artists will develop new ideas and challenge themselves to develop a new craft using free access to VisArts’ 17 communal art studio spaces. Irene Piazza is a collage artist and storyteller from Florence, Italy-who currently resides […]

VisArts to Participate as Exhibiting Organization in Inaugural Edition of CURRENT Books

VisArts will participate as an exhibiting organization in the inaugural edition of CURRENT Books, a special CURRENT Art Fair event featuring artists, book makers, zine makers and publishers of artists monographs and other book-based arts objects. This year at CURRENT Books, VisArts will highlight local artists by featuring miniature, handmade books and zines, which will be sold out of the center’s Art-o-Mat machine. Artwork sold […]

Solo Exhibition by Carli Holcomb Opens September 8

An exhibition of work by Carli Holcomb titled “After Dark” will open at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond on Friday, September 8. A 5:30 p.m. artist talk will be followed by a public reception from 6 to 8 p.m. “After Dark” runs from September 8 through November 12, 2017. Holcomb creates mixed media sculptures, […]

25 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 […]

Pen + Ink Drawing

Learn how to draw using black India ink, a dip pen and brush. We’ll cover techniques such as cross–hatching and stippling. You’ll learn the ins and outs of using a dip pen and brush, then we’ll go over drawing fundamentals such as value, perspective and line. We’ll also study the history of ink drawing by […]

Two Richmond-Area Students Celebrated At National Scholastic Art & Writing Award in New York City

In February 2022, the Visual Arts Center of Richmond hosted the Richmond region Scholastics Art & Writing Awards exhibition and displayed work by the region’s burgeoning youth talent. Two Richmond-area gold and silver key-winning students from that exhibition were selected as top portfolio winners and were celebrated at the National Ceremony for Scholastic Art & […]

ONLINE: 100 Word Stories

In this 2-hour session, we’ll engage with one of the hottest new genres in writing: the super short form. We’ll tell stories that make us breathless, hopeful, and hungry. Many of us are familiar with the short story, but there’s a whole range of writings shorter than that. Take flash fiction, which is 500 words […]

Creating a Graphic Novel (Ages 11–12)

Explore the techniques and planning that go into creating a multi-chapter comic book. We’ll discover what makes a good story and how to best tell that story with drawings. Topics include comic history, drawing techniques and visual communication.

Pen + Ink Drawing – NEW!

Learn how to draw using black India ink, a dip pen and brush. We’ll cover techniques such as cross-hatching and stippling. You’ll learn the ins and outs of using a dip pen and brush, then we’ll go over drawing fundamentals such as value, perspective and line. We’ll also study the history of ink drawing by […]