Finally Feels Like Fall Link Monday

Now showing at Main Art: "Limited Reading Required"

Lots of great coverage last week for First Fridays:

Style Weekly on First Fridays’ 10^th season

Richmond.com on new additions to First Fridays programming

First Fridays’ Season 10 Free Parking sponsor

First Fridays' new website is up and running- see how you can help support Richmond culture (VOLUNTEERS WANTED!)

Other good stuff around town:

RVA Magazine on Joan Gaustad at ADA

Bill Fischer is currently showing paintings at the Pauley Center

New Richmond Art Space/Organization: The Highpoint-Project

Check out the Highpoint-Project's "Yet Another Roadside Attraction"- did you get to see it this past weekend? (scroll over to page 2 of videos and click on "Billboard Art Project Coming to Richmond")

If you missed Chuck Close's talk at VMFA last Friday, be on the lookout for a YouTube video in the near future from VCU MATX dept (via VMFA's twitter)

Close’s show at VMFA closes Nov. 14^th

Recently opened at Main Art

Susan Singer (and more) now showing at Visual Art Studio

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)

You Say Tomato Link Monday

Keith Ramsey

RTD: "Darkroom: Photography and New Media in South Africa since 1960" at VMFA and Visarts and "Imaging South Africa: Collecting Projects by Siemon Allen" at Anderson Gallery, video from Art 180's "Paint Outside the Box" event

... and with some ideas for continuing revitalization of the area around downtown's Convention Center

Grid: Cathyann Burgess, Dan Rhett, Michael Mancuso, and Greg Lewis's "Pamlico" now on view at Visual Art Studio, "Wretched Glory" now at Ghostprint Gallery, and upcoming arts events "Monster Drawing Rally" at 1708 and "Band Together for the Well" at Capital Ale House

RVA Mag: The Process with Christian Breeden, Cynthia Camlin's "Glacial Speed" at 1708

Style: 1000 Strong Project's call for artists, on Keith Ramsey's "Diluted Loss" at the Black History Museum and Cultural Center

Richmond.com: Lost Cats Project- social art for RVA

Courtesy of VA Commision for the Arts: Norfolk emphasizes importance of public art to downtown revitilization (video)

Checking in with RVA's Creative Change Center

RVA Artist Dana Frostick on CBS (courtesy of Frame Nation)

CultureWorks' John Bryan comments on Jonathan Weston's show "Human," up now at the Glen Allen Cultural Arts Center (check out CultureWorks' August Monthly Report, too)

Saturday Stroll is happening this Saturday...

11 AM to 4 PM- check out their facebook page for more details.

And... while you're in the area, check out some awesome art for a good cause at Visual Art Studio. Elizabeth King, Heide Trepanier, and Kendall Buster are just a few of the big names attached to "Help4Theo," a raffle to support local artist Theodora Merry in her fight against breast cancer and other medical issues. "Help4Theo"'s website is here, and they have a facebook page here.

Big Link Monday

Lots of love for First Fridays/Curated Culture this past week (it's about time, too):

* Style's Richmonder of 2009
* Curated Culture Commentary on the Style article
* NBC12 interviews Style ed. about Richmonder of the Year

Richmond.com's First Friday site- picks for 2010

AND Richmond.com has photos from Gallery 5's "Say Love" AND info about Josephine Durkin (currently showing at Metro Space)

VA Commission for the Arts offers workshops for artists and organizations interested in grants

Art 180's Open Studios, Jan. 12 (tomorrow)- 14th

Know someone who would provide a great home for Real Small Art? Nominate them here.

Art After Hours this Thursday at VMFA

Oh, my! Art criticism in RVA!

December's First Friday (Last Friday) from RVATV

RTD on Bernard Martin at ADA and Crossroads Art Center works at Bonvenu

VMFA blogs about "The Constructed Image: Christa Bowden and Robert Sulkin"

R.A.G.E. on shows at Visual Art Studio and Gallery 5

GREAT ARTICLE- What is RVA doing to keep its creatives here?

Winter Wonderland '09 Link Monday

Josephine Durkin's "Relocation- 6M"

Grid on Chris Semtner at Visual Art Studio and Josephine Durkin at Metro Space

RAGE on Gallery 5's Sleight of Hand

RTD on Hauft's Counter Re-Formation at Anderson Gallery

A new home for Transmission

Artists Anonymous meeting January 9th at Cafe Gutenberg

ATR notes guerilla art downtown

New news on CultureWorks site: "CultureWorks Happenings" and more

Curated Culture news: Richmond.com now official online sponsor for First Fridays AND Curated Culture will have a new base of operations soon.

Elsewhere: The NYT on 94 year old Carmen Herrera's long-in-the-making success

See- and Buy- A Lot of Art!

Susan Jamison's "See Me" will be featured in Think Small 5

There are several upcoming opportunities to view (and purchase) A LOT of art around Richmond...

Richmond Zine Fest- November 6th and 7th

Visual Art Studio's Artistic Gifts Featuring Hang Ups- November 6th- January 29th (artists are invited to participate- read more from Grid, too)

Artspace and Art 6's Think Small 5- International Biennial Miniature Art Invitational- November 6th- December 20th

Visarts' Craft + Design Show- November 21st-22nd

1708's Small Wonder- December 3rd- December 17th, 2009

Art 180's Karma 180- December 3rd

Click the links for information about locations, event times, participants, tickets, etc. And please feel free to share information about other upcoming visual arts events in the comments!

More Upcoming Openings: Henry, Metrospace, Visual Art Studio, Quirk, and 1708

Opening this First Friday, September 4th

Henry Gallery- Medium Format Photography by Kate Fowler

Film Photography by Mar Makay
Fashion Design by Timothy Marable
Music by Robert Scott




Metrospace Gallery- Marius Valdes




Visual Art Studio





Benjamin Jones

Quirk Gallery- Main Gallery- Small Works by Benjamin Jones
Shop Show- Don't Ask Me What You Know Is True by Nicole Licht
Vault- Elizabeth Kendall (until September 12th)






1708 will be hosting a lantern making fest during First Friday, so we can all get ready for InLight 2009!

First Fridays alive and kicking in RVA!!!

Pics from August's First Friday...


The Bridge Club's "The Observation Room" at 1708 Gallery:

Permanent light installation from InLight 2008 (with Roller Girls!!!)

Quirk (Click here for our previous post on Noah Scalin's "After life" and Nicote's "Small Story"):

Nathan Tersteeg, Tate Pray, and Jess Van Der Ahe at ADA Gallery:

"Paper Politics" at Ghostprint Gallery:

Bryan Woodland at Henry Gallery:

Visual Arts Studio:

Melody Gulick at Metrospace Gallery:

ISHQ Gallery:

"Elivis Studio" at Thankyspace:

thanky-store (!!!):