This Friday- InLight 2010!

InLight returns this Friday in downtown Richmond, starting at 7:30 PM. Check out 1708's website for details on how your can participate, artists who will be showing work, parking, and more.

Check out some of our images from last year.
1708's got footage from last year here.

3 more days!

Something-or-other Link Tuesday

Eleanor Rufty

Alyssa Salomon
(Salomon and Rufty's exhibitions open this Friday at Page Bond)

Nov 6th- Check out the unveiling of Connecticut's new home

This Friday- Connecticut's arm comes to Gallery 5 (and lots more First Friday happenings, too)

First Fridays website update coming soon!

Style on Eric Yevak at Eric Schindler

RVA Mag on Alyssa Salomon upcoming at Page Bond and on Ben Keys (up ‘til Sep. 30^th) at J. Fergeson

Artist meeting at Studio Two Three Oct. 4^th :find out about using their printmaking facilities

Talk20 tonight at 1708

Lantern making workshops at 1708- get ready for InLight 2010!

Great things about Richmond and ways to improve upon them (lots of arts mentions)

Artists- Contact 9WG Studios/Gallery if you are interested in exhibiting your work in their space in November

New businesses added to First Friday area

This Thursday- preview and artist talk by Eleanor Rufty and Alyssa Salomon at Page Bond for both artists' Friday opening

Continued notes on Richmond's love/hate relationship with grafitti from Style and RVA Mag

Not yet Labor Day Link Monday

Theodora Merry from Richmond Magazine on Vimeo.

Richmond philanthropist Lora Robins passes away

Continued rumblings about Richmond arts and culture district

Grid: 1708’s InLight returns and call for wearable art

Josh George’s “Establishing Shot” opens at Ghostprint Gallery in October

Christopher Stevens at Red Door Gallery, starting Sep. 17th

Special events at Gallery 5 related to Dia de los Muertos starting Oct. 31st

Comments relating to graffiti/art after Style's report on "Strassen Kunst" at Artspace got serious

Terry Brown and Theodora Merry document the trials of dealing with cancer

In-depth article on Merry’s struggle with cancer also highlights many artists’ lack of access to healthcare

"Two Skies - New paintings by Eric Yevak" opening at Eric Schindler Sep. 10th

Excellent write-up about the Whitley Gallery's mission from Richmond.com

1708's Wearable Art Call for entries

... So Why Can't We? Link Monday

Whitley Gallery Richmond City Public Jail art exhibition makes news

Monster Drawing Rally at 1708: Call for entries

Head of Visarts retires and is honored

RVA’s Happy the Artist on Virginia Currents

InLight 2010 deadline for entries extended to July 2^nd

ADA Gallery’s John Pollard has a new space going in NYC- check out pics from the opening

Thoughts from a VMFA museum associate

Victory for filmmaking in Virginia

RTD on: artists’ thoughts on Center Stage and on Modlin Center’s new director

New episode of Last Friday up at RVA Magazine (covering June’s First Friday art openings)

More on Triple Stamp Press (printers behind Ryan McLennan's "The Cost of Comfort" and other fine RVA screen printing projects)

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