This Weekend: The Whitley Gallery, Reference, and the Folk Festival

(detail of collaborative work by Hamilton Glass and inmates)

"Creative Freedom: In conjunction with the Minority Art Exhibition" opens at the Whitley Gallery this Friday from 6-9 PM.

"Star Map" opens at Reference- this is serious.
After you've checked that out, take a look at a video walk through of MUTE, their most recent exhibition.

The Folk Festival will also be going from Friday through Sunday.

Oldies, goodies, and newbies link Tuesday

MAE exhibitions opening Sep. 30th at Metro Space and Oct. 8th at the Whitley Gallery

Donald Shrader opened Sep. 10^th at Chop Suey

Artemis Gallery opened trompe l’oiel show Sep. 10

Stephen Lewis opened Sep. 10th at the Gallery at Frame Nation

Christopher Stephens opened Sep. 17th at Red Door Gallery

Richmond.com’s First Fridays Sep. picks (check 'em out while you still can)

Old but good write-up on C’est La Vin (wine and art, y'all)

Grid on October shows at Page Bond

Minority Art Exhibition and Whitley Gallery (up now!)

Priscila de Carvalho at Russell/Projects

Style’s Fall Arts Guide and on "Mute" at Reference

Fall exhibitions and events at UR

Check out Whitley Gallery’s new website

1708 Monster Drawing Rally follow-up

CultureWorks’ August report: arts calendar under way!

RAGE on Susan Lamson's show at Visual Art Studio and Tina Palmer's show at Chasen Galleries

Calls for entries:

2011 New Waves: Call for entries, deadline Nov. 5

VMFA Fellowship, deadline November 12th

1708 InLight Wearable Art, deadline Sep. 27th (calls for artists: students and professional)

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

Back to Reality Link Monday

Gallery 5's "Self Titled" will include this work by James Callahan and Nick Kuszyk

Teachers learn to incorporate arts in general classrooms at UR

RVA Mag on "Self Titled" at Gallery 5, opening Sep. 3rd

Studio Two Three garage sale Aug. 28th- help them get ready for their big move!

Steve Hedberg- opening at Glave Kocen Sep. 3rd

Nice write-up in Style about Richmond Renaissance man Ward Tefft and the many faces of Chop Suey

Style reports on "Strassen Kunst" at Artspace

Edwin Slipek on “Historic Photos of Richmond” book

Reference noted in Art Fag City June post (the "rise of the online gallery")

Congrats to RVA artist Katie Baines on show at UVA

Dr. Sketchy’s Richmond branch

VMFA show tapped by FT of London as must-see

Richmond Sightseeing Examiner on VMFA

Aug. 27th: Sponge opens at Anderson Gallery


Fall CLASSES!!:

At VMFA

At Visarts

At Petersburg Area Art League

Opening this Saturday at Reference

zu täuschen den Schutzhund


From Reference's website:

REFERENCE Art Gallery is pleased to announce a show featuring works by AIDS-3D (Berlin), Ben Schumacher (NYC) and Victor Vaughn (Baltimore), curated by James Shaeffer.

As the Internet has increasingly become a source for not only the exhibition of art but also the transfer of artworks so has ideas of dematerialization and issues of originality in artwork come into question again. Now artworks can be created on a computer and sent to multiple participants simultaneously while also exhibited online. Images, 3D models, and videos can all be reproduced ad infinitum and exhibited endlessly. Featuring works by AIDS-3D, Ben Schumacher, and Victor Vaughn; each artist presents pieces that address concurrent issues of originality, distance, immaterialism and reproduction – a theme attended to with the actual exhibition itself. Concomitantly with the exhibition at P·P·O·W, all the work will be available for free download off the Internet and simultaneously shown at REFERENCE Art Gallery in Richmond, VA.

An opening reception will be held from 7- 11 pm- more event details may be found here.

Recently Opened

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At VMFA: (opened July 10th) Chuck Close's "People Who Matter To Me" and work by Jun Kaneko (opened July 17th)

At Crossroads Art Center: (opened July 16th) The Art of Business Throwdown featuring work by Real Small Art League artists and the Richmond Craft Mafia





At Reference Gallery: (opened July 16th) Space Slave Trade Presents New Work by Seychelle Obsidian Digiomi Allah and Chinonyeelu Uchechi Amobi





At ADA Gallery: (opened July 13) Kristin Beal-DeGrandmont's "Indigenous Territory"

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

Tonight- Art Exchange at Visarts and Movie Night at Reference

5-10 pm- Check out the details at Visarts' website, here.

Starts at 9 pm- details here...

First Friday Tomorrow Night- May 7th

The First Fridays website has been updated with exhibition info for tomorrow night's First Friday, and there's a new map of First Friday's venues here.

Also, Christina Newton of Curated Culture/First Fridays has compiled a list of additional events happening during tomorrow's First Friday (music and more) for Richmond.com here.

AND there are even more arts exhibitions with openings or receptions tomorrow night, slightly outside the realm of where you might usually spend your First Friday, but definitely worth a couple of drives around the city...

Linden Row Inn- "Reflecting and Collecting" (opening reception from 6-10 pm, live music and more- Linden Row Inn is included on the above map of First Fridays venues)

Reference Gallery- "Exit Light" (opening reception from 7-11 pm, also featuring live music-more info at their website)

Page Bond Gallery- First Friday reception for Michael Berringer and Amber George from 6-8 pm

Main Art Gallery- Jim Sconyers' "Contingency"- opening reception from 7-9 pm

VCU MFA Exhibitions, Round 2 (and more student exhibitions)- opening reception at Anderson Gallery from 5-7 pm

VCU is blowin' up Richmond in a big way tomorrow night with openings all over the place- be sure to click the links for more information, such as locations, etc.:

Six- VCU Sculpture + Extended Media MFA candidacy show- opening reception(s) 7-9/10 pm

Liverwurst- work by Ella B. Watson, VCU Sculpture + Extended Media student shows "work made at the onset of end stage liver failure and until live donor organ transplantation"- opening 5-8pm

Whichcraft- VCU first year grad students in Department of Craft/Material Studies- opening 7-10 pm (and opening May 8, too)

Breaking the Surface- VCU students in Naomi McCavitt's Surface Research class- opening reception 4-8 pm

Dept. of Photography and Film senior thesis exhibition- opening 6-9 pm

Graphic Design MFA exhibition- opening at 6 pm

Annual Juried Fashion Show at VMFA for VCU Dept. of Fashion Design and Merchandising- starts at 7:30

Last Day to See Rhys Himsworth at Reference Gallery

Get more info about Himsworth's show "Enquire Within Upon Everything"-closing TODAY- at Reference's website here. And check out info about their next exhibition "Exit Light," opening this Friday, May 7th.

(the viewer's motion/presence triggers a mechanism that creates the drawing)

(the birds' movements create the drawing in this piece)

(super-creepy-social-networking-obituary-picture-printer-machine? *)

(*not its actual title- unfortunately, I didn't write down actual titles)

Good stuff- get over there and check it out TODAY!

May Flowers Link Monday

Francisco Amaya at Ghostprint Gallery

Grid on Francisco Amaya at Ghostprint (opening May 7) and on "Repressed V: Free to Speak" at Gallery 5 (also opening May 7)

Michael Berringer and Amber George opening this Wednesday at Page Bond

RAGE on Women's International Juried Photography Exhibition at 1212 Gallery

Community Art Show at Cafe Gutenberg- call for artists

Check out Reference Gallery flickr page- lots of pics from their shows and events!

"Exit Light" opens this Friday, May 7th at Reference

Next exhibition up at Gallery 5

Visarts Art Exchange May 13th- Visarts has a blog now, too!

First Friday this Friday, May 7th

Grants from CultureWorks???

Metric ton of VCU student shows opening in the next week (click the link and scroll down, and down, and down some more...)


VMFA coverage:

VMFA now open 7 days a week

The dress that launched some news blurbs (RTD covers it here)

Style on VMFA

WaPo on VMFA- "Mather's addition elevates dour 1930s museum"

RTD video from and coverage of VMFA reopening

VMFA Is Reopening This Weekend Link Monday

Cheers to Art! At Lewis Ginter Thursday April 29

Todd Raviotta reports on “The Taint” for RVA Mag (btw, the film's getting some comments over at our previous post about its debut)

Grid on Joe Deroche at Eric Schindler Gallery

Commonwealth Times on Reference Gallery

RVA Mag on Chalk up the Town

VCU Prof Michael Jones McKean wins Guggenheium Fellowship

RAGE on Thea Augustine Eck opening at 1708

The Hat on Charles McGill’s golf-bag artworks at Russell/Projects

Style on Neal Iwan showing at Ghostprint Gallery

VanGogh: Brush With Genius showing Sat. May 1-Sun. June 18 at Science Museum of VA

VA artful districts conference in Norfolk, May 27- 28

Pics from First Fridays east at St Pauls Episcopal Church/Gallery


More on VMFA...

Richmond.com on things to see at VMFA grand opening

Tons of VMFA coverage from Richmond Magazine

RVA News on VMFA

Boulevardizen’s sneak peak at VMFA

Richmond.com on German expressionism exhibition

VMFA’s reopening will spark tourism and business in VA

Curated Culture Commentary with reflections on VMFA and Lewis Ginter, too

RTD on Rockefeller bedroom at VMFA and here, too

Opening this Friday: Rhys Himsworth at Reference

Enquire Within Upon Everything : New Work by Rhys Himsworth

April 23rd-May 2nd 2010

Opening Reception Friday April 23rd 7-10pm

more info at Reference's website

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)

Friday and Saturday: RVA Art Events

Opening Friday night:

UR Senior Thesis Exhibition "Feed Me Art" at Harnett Museum of Art
and Russell/Projects Annex
8 pm- click here for more info and here for the press release




New Work by Joe DeRoche at Eric Schindler Gallery
7-10 pm- more info here




Punishing Prints at Reference Gallery
FRIDAY NIGHT ONLY- 7-11 pm- Reference's website here



Saturday:

The Taint at the Byrd, 2 pm

Saturday Stroll, 11 am-4 pm

Painted Collage workshops/classes at Visarts (Saturday and Sunday)

1708's Auction Benefit "Home is Where the Art Is" 7-10 pm


What else?

Spring Fever Link Monday

"Sky Was Yellow, Sun Was Blue" with work by Claire Stigliani (above), will open Fourth Friday April 23rd at Russell/Projects

Heather Russell (Russell/Projects) writes about "Sky Was Yellow, Sun Was Blue" in Grid

VMFA's Insight Symposium for college students in the arts was this last weekend (Did anyone go? How was it?)

"Home is Where the Art Is" coming up this week at 1708

RAGE on Reference Gallery

Style on VA Arts Festival

Should creativity be Richmond's new history?

I could go on and on on First Fridays and Michelangelo drawings at the Muscarelle Museum in Williamsburg

Check out this list of arts getaways in VA (Minds Wide Open is sponsoring a travel contest)

RVA Mag reports on J. Ferguson's latest show

RTD on Eve Plumb (aka Jan Brady) showing at Chasen Galleries (opens April 15th) and "Every Child Deserves a Home" at Library of Virginia

Arlington Arts Center's call for proposals- SOLOS 2011 (deadline July 1st)

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

RVAAB asks some questions of... Reference Gallery

How did “Reference Gallery” happen?

Reference unofficially started in Conor Backman’s apartment on Monument Ave. in November 2008 when he along with friends had the first of two house shows in the eponymously titled “Monumental Gallery”. The four current owners of REFERENCE, Ross Iannatti, James Shaeffer, Conor Backman, and Edward Shenk met through working on these shows.

Check out the website for "Monumental Gallery" here

How did you find and acquire your space?

After several trials and errors with vacant retail spaces on Broad St, including instances of realtors literally laughing our plans off, we finally found a retail space available for cheap with an apartment upstairs.

From your statement: “Our mission is to introduce up-and-coming artists from around the world to Richmond, as well as promote artists in our city.” How are you selecting your artists, both from Richmond and from outside of Richmond?

It is a mixture of us finding and scouting out artists and people approaching us for shows. We are extremely interested in finding artists outside of Richmond to both bring attention locally and showcase a variety of art in our city.

Work by Ryan Crowley- his show "Scouting Foul" was up at Reference from Feb. 12th to March 6th

Has running a gallery changed the way you think about your own work? (Assuming that you are an artist/artists.)

Absolutely! It has given us a chance to realize how our individual pieces would be seen inside of gallery walls. Also, being able to look at a wide variety of work from all over has inspired us to create more.

3.5's drawing night at Reference

If you could work with ANY artist(s), who would it (they) be?

VAN HALEN OR ICE CUBE

What has surprised you in your experience of running a gallery thus far (what advice would you give to others considering starting a gallery)?

Probably getting the business license was the most surprising thing. Getting an official business in the city is tough to do, we talk about how if we would have know how much it would have been how we would have been discouraged from the very beginning. However, it has exposed us to what it’s like to be on the other end of a gallery/artist relationship.

What is unique about Reference within the scope of Richmond’s art scene?

We like to think that we’re showing art that isn’t seen in galleries here in Richmond. Part of our feeling in starting this gallery was that there weren’t enough spaces representing emerging artists.

Michael Muelhaupt's work was part of Reference's inaugural show, "No Promo"

What was the best non-Reference art show you saw in Richmond in the past year? (What made it the best?)

There have been a lot of people organizing independent shows around town this year, which we are excited to see happening, such as ‘taut’ and PDF blast. The Panera Bread in Church Hill also has a really good collection, including but not limited to early work by Matthew Brett. They also have very clean bathrooms.

What is your favorite aspect of Richmond and/or the RVA art scene?

Richmond has been a good place for us to start a gallery because it has a strong art scene that is also accessible. If we were to try doing this in New York it wouldn’t be feasible and the other galleries there would easily overshadow us. The city is also not so small that we’re off the map. It’s a good mix of the two.

What is one aspect of Richmond and/or the RVA art scene you would like to see change?

It would be great if more people could get involved, it’s easy and a great thing to do.

Get involved- sponsor a part of Reference! Click here for more info.

What can we look forward to seeing at Reference in the near future?

We’re hoping to host more music events, movie screenings, and community events in addition to the art shows that will be continuing to present. People can check out our websites for up to date info on everything happening at our space.

Thanks to Reference for taking the time to answer our questions- check out their website and facebook for info on upcoming shows and events at the gallery. And sponsor a part of the gallery! Ice Cube would want you to...