Tonight and Thursday: Collectors Night Preview and Friday: Collectors Night at Visual Art Center- more info here
Friday: Opening reception for Charles McGill's "Baggage" and Saturday: artist talk at Russell/Projects- more info here
Showing posts with label richmond art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label richmond art. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Monday, February 15, 2010
Hubba Bubba Clucker Link Monday
Artists Anonymous meeting Tuesday, Feb. 16th
1212 Gallery's Women's International Juried Photography Exhibition deadline: March 5th
Grid on: "The Constructed Image" at the Pauley Center and "Phono/Graph" at Artworks' Skylight Gallery
Style's midseason arts issue (great articles on Main Street art galleries and continued talks about a potential Arts and Culture district for RVA)
Adam Juresko showing at Chop Suey
1708/C3's Talk20 has been rescheduled for March 16th, 6- 8 PM
Richmond Magazine's mindboggling list of things to do/places to go in Richmond- including an exhaustive visual arts venue list
More from Grid on Daniel Calder's show at Main Art (opens March 5th), Matthew Damian Ritchie currently showing at the Listening Room Gallery, Gallery 5's Sleight of Hand, and on the John Brown exhibition and gallery walk (Feb. 17th) at VHS
RTD on Ben Barnes at Chasen Gallery and on "Slightly Unbalanced" at UR Museums
RAGE on rescheduled gallery openings (to occur this week)
Elsewhere:
Northern VA also has art- better yet, they have some potential art gossip...
Friday, February 12, 2010
Stuff Happening Today and in the Near Future
"Variations in Red: Recent Paintings" opens at the VMFA Studio School Friday, Feb. 12th at 5 PM(painting by Margaret O'Brien)
VCA's workshop for grant application assistance is being held today at Richmond Triangle Players from 10 AM- 12 PM. More information about this may be found at VALAA's blog here.
Sally Bowring is giving a 12 PM talk at VMFA Studio School, answering the question, "How... do you curate?" in reference to the Studio School's current show "Variations in Red: Recent Paintings," which will open this evening at 5 PM. More info about this can be found on VMFA's facebook page.
Quite a few rescheduled First Friday openings are happening tonight- we posted about some of those before. In addition to that list, add Frame Nation's opening of their first show, Chad Andrews' "A Quick Visit to Anytowne, U.S.A." with a reception from 5-9 PM.
On Saturday, Barbara Campbell Thomas will give a talk at 1708 at 1 PM about her show "Painting in Part and in Pieces." (Our past post about that show is here.) Get more info at 1708's blog here.
AND "What is Your Heart Made of?" (VCU Crafts'/Quirk's team effort to benefit Haiti) continues until 4 pm this Saturday. (Our previous post about this is here and below this post.)
Opening receptions for Gallery 5's "Sleight of Hand" and "Let Go" will be held Saturday, Feb. 13th from 7 PM to 11 PM- read more here.
What else?
Friday, February 5, 2010
Reel Pride: RVA's First Annual LGBT Film Festival
Still on for tonight and tomorrow at the Firehouse Theatre:
Check out the Reel Pride website here for film schedules, images, etc.
Check out the Reel Pride website here for film schedules, images, etc.
February's First Friday Closures and Upcoming Events
Check out the list of First Friday venues over at Curated Culture Commentary to see who will be open this evening.
One show in particular we have been looking forward to is Tin Salamunic's "Pictural Colloquy," which will open at the Richmond Public Library Feb. 12th. Check out Salamunic's blog (with lots of images of his work) here.
Other upcoming events (which may or may not be rescheduled): Talk20 at 1708, currently set to happen Wed. Feb. 10th at 6 PM. More info/free registration here.
Also, the Virginia Commission for the Arts Grant Assistance workshop scheduled to take place in Richmond is coming up Fri. Feb. 12th, 10 AM -12 PM, at Richmond Triangle Players- more info can be found on VCA's facebook and on their website. Just read the "Funding Guideline Changes for 2010-2011"- major bummer.
Hey, on a sidenote, is there any kind of workshop for artists (happening in Richmond) about record-keeping for taxes, or about tax information for artists in general? Something like this, but in RVA?
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Pics from "Cold Press" at Page Bond- Also "Love Text" and "Night Light" opening this Friday
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Pics from "Fragments of Our Imagination" at Visarts
works by Robin Kranitzky and Kim Overstreet
on view until March 21st
(detail of the above work)These images represent only a fraction of the work on view in the show- go check it out! Kranitzky's and Overstreet's pieces provide a testament to the power of intimately scaled work.
See Visarts' website for more information- the artists will present a talk and book signing Feb. 23rd from 9:30 am- 10:30 am (as part of Visarts' Art and Coffee sessions).
Friday, January 29, 2010
Maxwell Perry Asks Some Questions of... Transmission's Bret Payne
When word of a potential new space for Transmission broke last month, we were excited and curious. Who is Bret Payne, what's he been up to, and what's the deal with Transmission past and present? The plot thickened when friend/associate/artist/past RVAAB interviewee Maxwell Perry agreed to ask Bret some questions...
TRANSMISSION first opened in 2007. What was it that inspired you to open a gallery?
I was working for Mrs. Rachel (Bunny) Mellon a few years ago in her private library in Upperville, Virginia, and she had talked to me about building a gallery on her property for her art collection. Her tentative plan was to ask me to be its curator. I made my way back to VCU to get a degree in Museum Studies, thinking that she was going to begin building the actual gallery. At this point, I had six years of experience as an assistant librarian and project manager for Mrs. Mellon's rare book and art collection. When her plans changed, mine did as well. I decided to get a degree in VCU's sculpture program and eventually open my own gallery.
How did you make that happen?
The timing was odd. I was still in school when someone told me about a space that was available to rent in the part of town (near the other "First Friday" galleries) in which I ideally wanted to be. I was in my last semester and knew from past experience that I should just jump in and figure things out on my own. Transmission became a large part of what I started doing in school, and I was making more friends with faculty and students in the painting and printmaking department at VCU.
Transmission's first home at 321 Brook RoadYou were able to maintain a strong connection to VCU, and area artists, as well as featuring national/international artists. How did you find them all?
Transmission's mission in its early existence was to mainly host two-person shows. One artist would be local and the other would be from out-of-town. This would potentially make opportunities for both artists to make lasting connections with each other. It would keep things fresh, here in town, and promote our local talent elsewhere. Finding the out-of-town artists is a trade secret, as silly as that may seem. The local artists were friends, colleagues, surprise meetings, etc. I've been fortunate that many of the out-of-town artists were willing to take a gamble on me. They may feel the same about me.
Transmission's first opening featured work by Oura and David Cook in September 2007.What happened to the old space?
Transmission had operated for a year and a half at that location (321 Brook Road), and I had come to a financial crossroads. I could either starve and try to get through a few winter months and hope that the next spring would be fruitful, or I could do what I decided to do. I closed shop with the intention of opening at a new location when things were supposed to work out for me. I was never really happy with the physical location of the old space, but I loved its size and character. I wanted to find a larger space and get away from the gravity of First Friday. That was no longer as important to me in the end.
How did the new space come to be?
A friend of mine has his studio above where the gallery is temporarily located. He offered to let me use the space for Transmission. I am currently thinking of this as a temporary home for the gallery, and I think there may be at least another before I settle and feel like moving the flat files in.
Transmission's most recent iteration has been located at 517 W 7th St., Richmond, VA 23234
Tell me about the most recent show.
The show I had up in December consisted of artists who had shown at Transmission in the past, as well as a few new artists with whom I will work in the future. The artists included Joe Deroche, Dave Moore, Seth Ganz, Bill Donovan, Jamie Boling, Cece Cole, David Cook, and Travis Robertson. There was no cohesive theme. They are all artists I like personally and appreciate my hunger to continue. Joe Deroche is one artist I am working more closely with. He is allowing me to represent him. I am slowly asking a few others to be a part of Transmission more intimately.
Joe DerocheWill there be regular hours?
There are currently no regular hours. Hours will be made available for upcoming shows. I work full time right now for a company and put much of my other time into trying to make Transmission what I want it to be.
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