Happy Memorial Link Monday

work by Michael Jones McKean- check out his website here

Look At Me Photo Project at St. Peter's Episcopal Church June 10th

Tyler Green’s doing a series of posts on VMFA. His first: VMFA deserves more attention than it gets ...well, yeah.

RTD on “Mourning Portrait” (closing soon) and International Juried Women’s Photography Show at 1212 Gallery

Style on American art on view in VMFA’s McGlothlin collection and on Loren Schwerd’s “Mourning Portrait”

Richmond Magazine on Guggenheim fellow Michael Jones McKean

First Friday this Friday, June 4th

Opening receptions for Page Bond shows this Friday: “Roads and Rails- Photographs by Gordon Stettinius and Stacey Evans”

June 4th- Opening reception for “Subtraction: New work by Jesse Robinson” at Reference Gallery

Calls for entries:

InLight applications due June 21

Call for printmakers (deadline August 9th)

Register for the 48 Hour Film Project

"Tiffany: Color and Light" opens today at VMFA

Check out VMFA's website info about this special exhibition here...

and check out RTD coverage here.

I Love You a Bushel and a Link Monday

Richmond.com on Michael Jones McKean (RVA artist, prof, Guggenheim fellow)

Jumpin’ at VMFA will return June 3^rd in the new sculpture garden

Call for artists: Recycled Book Art at Art6

Call for artists: want to show your work as part of next Shockoe Wide Open? Contact Mary Fender at Frame Nation.

Illustrators Club Show opening at Ghostprint Gallery June 4th

Keith Ramsay tackles themes of racism and loss in “Diluted Loss” opening June 4^th at the Black History Museum

Art 180’s Big Show- opens May 26^th

Support Art on Wheels when you search and shop the interwebs

"Grotesque Heads", drawings by Dawn Latane now through June 6 at Chop Suey

New: Main Art's "X Gallery"

MAP's tips for artists’ portfolios

Gallery 5’s Sustainable Richmond forum group and show opening June 4th

Lots of shows opening in Manchester this Fourth Friday- Artspace, Art Works, reception at Russell Projects

***Artblog posts may be a little light this week... apologies in advance!

Arts Events Coming Up...

VCU Graphic Design Senior Show opening tonight- more info here

Turner

David Gray Turner artist talk this Saturday at Glave Kocen- info here at GK's fb page



Ground breaking in Petersburg this Sunday for PAAL Art Park- more info here

VCU MFA Thesis Shows- Round 2

(show closed May 16th)

Ben Jurgensen

Sculpture + Extended Media

Yi Sheng

Painting & Printmaking

Lana Waldrep

Painting & Printmaking

Genesis Chapman

Painting & Printmaking

(sculpture by Kristen Rego in the foreground)

(super-detail from large drawing)

Hiromi Takizawa

Craft/Material Studies

Seth Alverson

Painting & Printmaking

Nicole Andreoni

Painting & Printmaking

Hannah Walsh

Sculpture + Extended Media

Hon Eui Chen

Painting & Printmaking

Stephanie Benassi

Photography + Film

Kristen Rego

Painting & Printmaking

Aaron McIntosh

Craft/Material Studies

SLINKO

Sculpture + Extended Media

New shows opening at Anderson Gallery May 28...