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.

Link-eroni Supreme Monday

Two of our favorite things: Real Small Art and Paradise Park!

Call for artists (and everyone!): sidewalk kindness project, an offshoot of Guerrilla Goodness

BAM here and here AND The Hat on "Arts In Crisis" talk

The Process: RVA Mag interviews Richmond artist Johnston Foster (we love him!)

News on the admission tax from SLANTblog

Poe's Playground/Linden Row Inn in RTD and images from the show at 1708's blog

Grant money for artists over 40 within 150 miles of DC

Grid on Richmond artist Ed Trask (currently showing at Red Door Gallery)

Don't forget about lantern making workshops at 1708!