This Friday: Manchester openings at Plant Zero

This Friday at Plant Zero, opening receptions for Leigh Anne Chambers' "Unheimlich", Gary Cawood's "Excavation", Jessica Burke's and Jessica Sims's "Vintage Vices", and the Artspace members' exhibition will be held from 7-10 PM at Artspace.

At Art Works, receptions for "A Photographic Pilgrimage: Travels with my Camera and Cane" by Elisabeth Flynn-Chapman, Kathy Yost Benham's "Passing", "Recent Works" by Mark Shively, Terry Lynn Smith's "Art of Survival," Sheila Thomas's "Stop Motion Animation Meets Traditional Art," and the September All Media Show will be held from 7- 10 PM.



And at Russell/Projects, there will be a Fourth Friday reception for Priscila De Carvalho's exhibition, "Slick" from 7- 10 PM.

As always, check out the above venues' links for more images from and information about events.

Imminent Art Events!

Opening reception tonight at Reference Gallery for "MUTE," featuring works by John Henderson and Justin Swinburne- from 7- 11 PM

Closing receptions at Page Bond for Lana Waldrep's "New Paintings" and "Summer Solstice"
Tonight- 6 to 8 PM

Waldrep's "Flats"

"Sponge HQ" opening tonight at Anderson Gallery from 6- 9 PM (check out Ester's new website!). Also opening: "Imaging South Africa: Collection Projects by Siemon Allen"

Plant Zero/Manchester art openings tonight at Artspace, Artworks, and Russell/Projects
Tonight from 7-10 PM

Susan Jamison's work is part of "MISSIVE" currently showing at Russell/Projects

1708's Monster Drawing Rally- tomorrow, Aug. 28th from 2- 7 PM

Drawing by Mark Luetke

Spring Bada Bing- Sunday, April 18th

More info here

Call for Artists: Recycled Art Exhibition at Art Works

Entries will be juried at Art Works in Plant Zero this Friday and Saturday by Russell/Projects' director Heather Russell and Glenda Kotchish of Art Works.

Click here for times and for more information about the exhibition.

Art Openings this Friday

"The Silence of God, The Unbearable Silence of God" at Reference Gallery- with an opening reception from 7- 11 PM. Featuring work by:

Matthew Brett (Richmond)
Andrew Laumann (Baltimore)
Jason Lazarus (Chicago)
Peter Sutherland (New York)
Ann Woo (Hong Kong)
Damon Zucconi (New York)

Selected works from Artspace's National Juried Printmaking and Photography Exhibition

Fourth Friday openings at Artspace and Artworks- Artspace's National Juried Printmaking and Photography Exhibition will have an opening reception from 7- 10 PM, and numerous openings at Artworks, including Beth Nixon's "A Little Bit of Everything" (reception also from 7-10 PM).

Beth Nixon's "A Little Bit of Everything" opens this Friday at Artworks

We Want To See...

Artspace's "Radius 250," on view until August 23rd.
See more images from the show here at Artspace's website.
Artspace also has a blog!

Erin M. Riley, "Mack," Handwoven Tapestry, 46" x 71"

(Riley was also in the most recent issue of New American Paintings)

Jessica Sims, "The Lion & the Lamb," Acrylic on Panel, 3'x4'

Erin Willett, "Pile of Dead Robots," Lythograph, 14" x 18 3/8"


Kate Ambrose, "Life on the Surface of the Pond," Oil on Canvas, 26" x 31"

Also at PlantZero, "A 72 submillimeter banana stuffed kauf drop," until Aug. 28th. More details about that show at RVA Magazine here.

Opening this Friday for A 72 Submillimeter Banana Stuffed Kauf Drop at Project Space, Plant Zero

Dana Frostick

From RVA Magazine:

An exhibit of visionary, macabre, and surreal artwork featuring Dana Frostick, Nutchild, Roman Zelgatas, Ken Jorgensen and Nic DeSantis, Courtney Ford, and Jean-Baptiste.

Project Space, Plant Zero Art Center, Zero East 4th St., Richmond, VA 23224
July 3-August 28, 2009
Opening reception 7-9pm, July 24
Closing reception, 7-9pm, August 28