In 1492, Columbus sailed the link-y blue Monday

work by Amanda Robinson and Bizhan Khodabandeh in Gallery 5's Carnival of 5 Fires

Really? The RTD commented on October's First Friday situation.

Richmond Greens commented on RTDs comment and Fan District Hub also had something to say about the debacle.

Why isn't Richmond on this list (page 3)?

FYI: Virginia arts and cultural districts blogspot

More work for Trask

Gallery 44 arts and crafts show

Grid on :
African and African American art at VMFA (including some big names like Jacob Lawrence and Romare Bearden)
last month's show at Page Bond Gallery
John Henry Blatter's upcoming show at 1708 (opening October 23rd)

Gallery 5's got images of some of their current work that is part of Carnival of 5 Fires, and you can help them out with their leaky roof.

R.A.G.E. on Theodora Merry's work and survival after breast cancer (work on view at Visual Art Studio)

Quirk and Visart's "Take A Chance on Me" is this week, October 15th!

Creative Change Center (C3) meeting will happen Wednesday, October 14th at Savor Cafe, 6-8pm.

Friday For the Arts in Petersburg, Virginia

Friday For the Arts is held the second Friday of each month in Petersburg, Virginia.

More information about the "Art Under Foot" initiative here:

Christa Kreeger Bowden's "Still Flight: Bringing Death to Life" at Petersburg Area Art League:





















Petersburg Regional Art Center:

(we found Egon!)

(business card as artist signature?)






Britney Diliberto's "Chance Encounters" at Sycamore Rouge:












creepy-cool setup in the entrance of Sycamore Rouge...







More information about Petersburg's Friday For the Arts can be found here.

2009 Pollak Prizes for Excellence In the Arts

It's the 12th year of the Pollak Awards, honoring local greatness in the arts... Click here for more information about this Richmond tradition, and to read excellent articles about each of the winners:

Ensemble: The Taters
Fine Art: Pam Anderson
Photography: Gordon Stettinius
Lifetime Achievement: Jennie and Larry Brown
Words: Dean King
Applied Arts: Brian Korte
Vocalist: Page Wilson
Dance: Rob Petres, Ground Zero Dance
Theater: Ginnie Willard
Emerging Artist: Morgan Herrin
Film: Robert Griffith

Arts Innovator: Michael Gooding

RVA's first Talk 20 at 1708

Artist Tiffany Glass Ferreira of Real Small Art League put together information for RVAAB from the Talk 20 presentation last night at 1708. Apparently, speakers' talks were really filled with information, and Tiffany was kind enough to provide a list of links for those of us who missed out:

Shaun Irving

Shaun Irving

Camera Truck Website: http://cameratruck.net/Site/Landing.html

Camera Truck Project: http://www.cameratruck.es/

Contact: irvings@cameratruck.net

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Shaun-Irving/51613161805

Noah Scalin

Noah Scalin

Skull-a-day: www.skulladay.blogspot.com

Free Skull Font: http://skulladay.blogspot.com/2007/09/free-skull-font.html

Stencil Skull: http://skulladay.blogspot.com/2007/06/9-stencil-skull.html

Papercraft: http://skulladay.blogspot.com/2007/08/72-papercraft-skull-with-articulated.html

SKULLS (Paperback): http://www.amazon.com/SKULLS-Noah-Scalin/dp/1600593755

Twitter: http://twitter.com/ALRdesign

Thea Duskin

Thea Duskin

Artist website: http://www.ghostprint.com

Ghostprint Gallery: http://www.ghostprintgallery.com/

Contact: theaduskin@ghostprint.com

Michael Pellis of Baskervill

Michael Pellis

Baskervill Website: http://baskervill.com/

Cradle to Cradle: http://www.mcdonough.com/cradle_to_cradle.htm

2030 Challenge: http://www.architecture2030.org/

Twitter: http://twitter.com/baskervill

Baskervill Blog: http://baskervill.wordpress.com/

E. B. Kellinger

EB Kellinger

Artist’s Website: www.ebkellinger.com

Reveal/Conceal: http://ebkellinger.com/Asset.asp?AssetID=11589&AKey=23SVCF6S

Artist’s Blog: http://www.ebkellinger.blogspot.com/

Email: reveal-conceal@comcast.net

State of Scout Design

Charley Foley and Angeline Robertson

Website: http://stateofscout.com/

Client Website(Gordon Stettinius) http://www.eyecaramba.com/

Contact: info@stateofscout.com

Matt Lively

Matt Lively

Artist Website: http://mattlively.com/

Artist Website: http://www.matthewlively.com/index.html

Upcoming Children’s Book: The Wind Chill Factory

Short Film with Alex Germanotta: http://www.alexgermanotta.com

1708 Gallery

Website: www.1708gallery.org

Blog: www.1708gallery.org/blog

Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/.../1708-Gallery/61390678668

Twitter: www.twitter.com/1708Gallery

C3, Center for Creative Change

Website: http://www.c3richmond.org

Talk20

Website: http://www.talk20.org/


Link to more event images: http://www.flickr.com/photos/iknowtiffany/3991853620/


BAM also had some coverage of the event here.

1708 says that the next Talk 20 event will likely be in January and anyone interested in presenting or nominating someone else to present should contact them.

Our thanks to Tiffany for all of the great information- we REALLY hope to attend the next one!

RVA Arts Events Happening In the Next Week-ish

"No Hay Banda" opens at Reference Gallery this Friday

Talk 20 is tonight from 6-9 at 1708.

The last in the series of Carlyon lectures will be tomorrow at 8 at Visarts.

Reference is set to open on Friday with a reception from 7-11.


Next week:


Wednesday, October 14th, Collaborative Arts Group C3 will be holding a creative networking event at Savor Cafe from 6-8.

Thursday, October 15th, Quirk and Visarts' Take A Chance On Me fundraiser will take place.

Check out Quirk's #52 RVA project info. here.

Responses to Police Presence at October First Friday

(image from Gallery 5's flickr)

When the mayor attended September's First Friday (you can check him out here in RVATV's video "Last Friday" or read about it here), it seemed a show of good faith on the city's part- an acknowledgment of the exciting things happening in that area of an otherwise questionable part of Richmond.

What does it mean one month later when there is a palpable police presence, First Friday attendees have to wait in line to enter venues due to occupancy limits being strictly enforced, and the police make a show of shutting down a beloved First Friday tradition (Gallery 5's fire performers)?

First Fridays is currently seeking signatures for petitions to create a Downtown Arts District- you can find out where to sign one of those here.

What else can we do to let the city know that their concern for "safety" is not helping the growth of culture in an area of the city that desperately needs it?


Gallery 5 added a comment to their original post here.

Style wrote about the crackdown here and here.

The Hat had some questions about last Friday's events here.

The Richmond Times Dispatch also reports here.

Run This Link Monday

Matthew Damian Ritchie

CAPs at October First Friday

Gallery 5 responds to police presence at First Friday

Richmond Folk Festival this coming weekend

Talk 20 at 1708 October 7th

RVA Mag on Shawn Taylor at Ghostprint Gallery

RVATV's Last Friday

The Whitley Gallery opened October 2nd- info here

Reference Gallery is set to open October 9th with "No Hay Banda"

We like the look of artist Matthew Damian Ritchie's work. Check him out all around town.

Richmond Art Gallery Examiner on "Hand Me Downs" fundraiser at Visual Art Studio

Grid with some questions about Red Door's "Long Gone" and on Stephanie M.T. Krehbiel in Gallery 5's Gallowlily's

Make a place for Quirk/Visart's "Take a Chance On Me" in your calendar for next week

October First Friday Tonight and ADA Gallery

Go out and see some art tonight! Get info on what to see at First Friday's new website here.


We're always excited to see what's on tap at ADA, so we did some digging to find out about the gallery's October artists.


Here's Don Porcella's website. Looks like he does some pretty awesome stuff with pipe cleaners.

Don Porcella, "Going Bananas," pipe cleaners, 24x24x24", 2009

Here's Bryan Zanisnik's website and an image of some of his past work...

Bryan Zanisnik, "Learned and Forgotten," 30" x 40", C-Print, 2008

And here's Carly Haffner's blogsite and an image of her work:

(didn't see work details on the site- sorry)

Go check it out in person!

New First Fridays Website Is Up and Running!

Check it out here.

We Want To See... "Melissa PACA" at Metro Space and "The Peep Show" at Gallery 5

We dug out this old showcard of Mel's work that we had from cerca 2001 or 2002 (?). It will be nice to check out what she's been up to- be sure to check out this show at Metro Space Gallery tomorrow during First Friday.





Also not to be missed: Gallery 5's "The Peep Show," kicking off a busy month for the gallery which will culminate in the Carnival of 5 Fires, with ongoing events from October 30th through Nov. 1st.

We're especially excited about "The Peep Show," because it will feature work by gallery owner/artist Amanda Robinson AND work from a local favorite of ours, painter Amanda Blackmon.

Here's a list of more shows/openings from Style.