New Richmond Gallery opening soon???

Update: we may have jumped the gun on this one... sources tell us it's looking like Reference may be open NEXT week. Stay tuned...






Opening soon... 216 E Main Street.

Check them out via their website, facebook, and twitter.

Apologies-To-Everyone-Who-Is-Not-On-Facebook-Link Monday

The Downtown Public Art Tour- on-the-cheap here

Paradise Park's Afterglow Potluck Music Jam and Art Cavort starting at 5pm sounds like the place to be TONIGHT.

Congratulations to UR professor Tonja Softic on her Pollock-Krasner grant, info here.

Information about Segway of Richmond's new public art tours will be available soon via their website, but is already a go on facebook. (It's half-price, people!)

More news via facebook: Serendipity Art and Consign of Bon Air currently has work by Richmond artists Theresa Pollak and David Freed.

Check out Gallery 5's website for info about the upcoming Carnival of 5 Fires.

Richmond artist Sandra Luckett (represented by ADA Gallery) has a show up at the CACV until January 3. (Camille Utterback also has work on view!!!)

CACV is currently calling for entries for New Waves 2010.

VMFA fellowship applications are due in November.

Purchase/Win local art from Quirk, (proceeds to benefit Visarts) during "Take A Chance On Me" on October 15th.

Wanna be part of the Handmade Holiday Craft Show at Visarts? Go here.

First Friday this coming Friday, new First Friday/Curated Culture website set to launch September 30th.


Elsewhere...

Richmond is not the only city with culture-tax woes.

Pics from InLight 2009

Participating artist (and buddy) Annette Isham was happy to see passers-by interacting with her and Andy Holtin's collaborative piece (shown in the two images above Annette).























Yes, a lot of these are blurry- we promise next year not to be too shy to bust out the tripod. Also, unfortunately missed the fashion show and parade. We'll be scouring the net for links to images of those events, and information about who won the People's Choice Award- if you know, feel free to comment.

Church Hill People's News has some images that look like they were taken by someone who really knows their way around a camera- nice!

For more information about InLight participating artists and future incarnations of the event, visit 1708 gallery's website.

InLight Richmond- TONIGHT!!

Renata Sheppard, InLight 2009 participating artist

InLight is tonight, rain or shine, and we will be there!

Don't forget to vote for your favorite artist installation via text message for the People's Choice Award. Check out 1708's program here for more info. on voting and this evening's events.

Program for InLight 2009 (TOMORROW!!!)

Roberto Ventura and Joshua Poteat- InLight 2009 participating artists

Just found this program of all things InLight- it has descriptions of artists, their work, AND the work they will be creating for Inlight!

The program also includes a big version of the map we linked to yesterday AND a list of designers participating in the wearable art fashion show.

AND you can vote for your favorite installation via texting- these votes will be used to select the People's Choice Award, a cash prize of $1000.

Festivities start at 7 pm- 1708 has provided some info. about parking in the area here.

Opening at Artspace this Friday, September 25th

Merenda Woodward's "Time for Bed," on view in bookart@artspace

Three shows opening at Artspace tomorrow night from 7-10 pm. There will be a second opening during First Friday on October 2nd, as well.


On view until November 1st:

Bookart@artspace- there is a great blog for this show here.

Colors of Life- international photography exhibition

Members Exhibition- in the Suzanne Foley Gallery of Artspace

Richmond Art Events This Week

James Long- Inlight 2009 participating artist

1708's InLight Richmond will take place this Friday, September 25th from 7pm- midnight, RAIN OR SHINE. Click here for a map of the artist's installation locations.

Howard Risatti will be giving a talk on Richard Carlyon and his work Thursday, September 24th at 6pm, Reynolds Gallery.

Saturday, September 26th, VCU's Department of Dance and Choreography will present a performance entitled "Move: A Tribute To Richard Carlyon" at 8pm, Grace Street Theatre. Reservations are recommended: 804-828-2020

Pics from Carlyon Exhibition, Part 1.5: 1708 Gallery

on view until October 17th





































1708's website here
Part 1 of our Richard Carlyon posts here

Pics from Embedded Narrative and Plushozoic at Gallery 5

on view until September 25th

Embedded Narrative:
(artists Elka Amorim and Isobel Milena)




























Plushozoic:
(Phil Barbato)















(WHISKERPUSS- He might need to come and live at our house.)








More photos from Gallery 5's shop- Gallowlilly's:
















Lucent Phoenix Resource Center:















Gallery 5's website here.