Calls for Entries

MIXTAPE3D- call for entries!

Studio Two Three: MIXTAPE3D, deadline Oct. 1st

School 33 (Baltimore, MD): proposals, deadline Sep. 24th

Gallery West (Alexandria, VA): National Juried Exhibition, deadline Nov. 12th

1212 Gallery: International Juried Photography Exhibition, deadline Sep. 15th

1708 Gallery: Wearable Art InLight 2010, deadline Sep. 25th

This Weekend...

Diana Bagby is exhibiting with "New Pictorialists" at 1212 Gallery


RAGE has the scoop on 1212's "New Pictorialists," opening this Sunday.

VMFA's "Darkroom: Photography and New Media in South Africa Since 1950" and its counterpart exhibition at Visarts open this Saturday.

Additionally on Saturday, Keith Ramsey will be giving an artist talk about his show "Dilluted Loss" at the Black History Museum and Cultural Center.

First Friday's website also has info on more events for the weekend and beyond.

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

Art Events this Weekend

Of course VMFA's reopening is the MAIN EVENT, but there are other art things happening around town, too:


Szosz
Opening this Friday at Reynolds Gallery- Rhys Himsworth, Matt Szosz, and Viewpoint
(receptions from 7-9 pm)



May 1st, 11 am-6 pm and May 2nd, 11 am-5pm- Arts In the Park



Opening Sunday, May 2nd with a reception from 2-5 pm- Women's International Juried Photography Exhibition 2010 at 1212 Gallery

What else?

Last Days of April Link Monday

"Journey" by Ginna Cullen. Her show "Points of Reference" opens this Friday at Artspace

Amie Oliver, Ginna Cullen, and Michael Pierce open shows at Artspace this Friday, April 23rd

"Sky Was Yellow, Sun Was Blue" opening at Russell/Projects Friday, April 23rd

The Hat on "Mourning Portrait" at Visarts

Grid on Michael Gettings and Melinda Wheeler (May shows at Visual Arts Studio)

Quirk's pics from their current shows

Video: Equality VA 2010 Exhibition at GCCR Gallery

Virginia Living covers Reference Gallery

Video tour of VMFA expansion

Richmond Crafts Examiner on RVA artist Susan Singer

Check out VMFA summer classes here and Visarts classes for adults here and kids here

Grid on Brett Busang at the Gallery at Frame Nation (upcoming May 14th)

Petersburg Regional Art Center's revamped website

ADA's covering the NY Folk Art Museum

1212's call for entries

and, for those so inclined... "The Art of Keeping Oneself Fed in Artschool"

Elsewhere:

Sondheim finalists announced and Transmodern Festival in Baltimore (coverage from Bmore Art)

Hubba Bubba Clucker Link Monday

Matthew Damian Ritchie is showing at the Listening Room Gallery in Ashland

Artists Anonymous meeting Tuesday, Feb. 16th

1212 Gallery's Women's International Juried Photography Exhibition deadline: March 5th

Grid on: "The Constructed Image" at the Pauley Center and "Phono/Graph" at Artworks' Skylight Gallery

Style's midseason arts issue (great articles on Main Street art galleries and continued talks about a potential Arts and Culture district for RVA)

Adam Juresko showing at Chop Suey

1708/C3's Talk20 has been rescheduled for March 16th, 6- 8 PM

Richmond Magazine's mindboggling list of things to do/places to go in Richmond- including an exhaustive visual arts venue list

More from Grid on Daniel Calder's show at Main Art (opens March 5th), Matthew Damian Ritchie currently showing at the Listening Room Gallery, Gallery 5's Sleight of Hand, and on the John Brown exhibition and gallery walk (Feb. 17th) at VHS

RTD on Ben Barnes at Chasen Gallery and on "Slightly Unbalanced" at UR Museums

RAGE on rescheduled gallery openings (to occur this week)


Elsewhere:

Northern VA also has art- better yet, they have some potential art gossip...

Autumn In RVA Link Monday

Ellen Mahaffy, "High Voltage," Archival Inkjet Print

(Best In Show in 1212's National Juried Photography Exhibition)

Richmond covered by NYTimes- good discussion of the article over at BAM

RVA Mag on Frame Nation and other local venues' participation in "Will Frame For Food"

RAGE on Quirk's afterschool classes

Interior progress at VMFA

Artspace seeking exhibition proposals for 2010-2011

1212 Gallery's National Juried Photography Exhibition Winners

Shop at Rumors this Wednesday to donate to Gallery 5's "Stop the Leaks" campaign.

Richmond Craft Mafia Boutique to benefit GCCR November 13th


Elsewhere:

Bmore Art on defining success in the visual arts

DC Art News on the contemporary art purchasing program at UMD (You gotta scroll down to find it- sounds like a great offering for undergrads.)

"Boxed In: An Open-Ended Open Thread" Edward Winkleman on the future of painting (This is another one you'll have to scroll down and scan for the title to read- but it's worth it, especially the comments.)

Damien Hirst: Fail?

Opening Sunday August 23rd: Virginia Collage Society at 1212 Gallery

Krishanna Spencer, See With Bigger Eyes, Encaustic on wood panel, 18" x 24"

The Virginia Collage Society Exhibition

Curated by Santa DeHaven

Exhibition dates: August 23rd - September 27th, 2009

Opening Reception: Sunday, August 23rd, 2009 2-5pm

For the majority of the year, 12 12 Gallery reserves its walls for contemporary painters, mixed media artists, and fine art photographers from across the United States and Canada. This summer we are very pleased to announce an exhibition of collages created by members of the Virginia Collage Society, many from the Richmond area. From figurative to mixed media to abstract collage, 12 12 Gallery invites you to explore an eclectic sampling of Virginia's best collage artists.

Participating Artists:

Dare Boles, Marti Fann, Judy Harris, Faye Henderson, Akere Joseph, Bill Kinsey, Linda LaVigne-Long, Beverly A. Lockwood, Emma Lou Martin, Janice R. McMurray, Mary Melton, Jane Mohr, Julie Northcott, Ronni Saunders, Lois Shipley, Krishanna Spencer, Gwen Taylor, Gene Mason Toutsi, Rebecca White, and Stuart White

Lots-o-Links Monday

RVA Magazine interviews local artist Meena Khalili- she's also got a blog.

Save Richmond writes more on what's wrong with arts in the city.

Lenny Campello's posted several opportunities for artists in the last 48 hours.

1708's current calls for wearable art and video PSA's, in conjunction with InLight Richmond.

1212 Gallery has also recently listed quite a few calls for entries.

We're still waiting to learn the location of a new addition to Richmond's gallery scene, as reported by Blaaahg.