Something-or-other Link Tuesday

Eleanor Rufty

Alyssa Salomon
(Salomon and Rufty's exhibitions open this Friday at Page Bond)

Nov 6th- Check out the unveiling of Connecticut's new home

This Friday- Connecticut's arm comes to Gallery 5 (and lots more First Friday happenings, too)

First Fridays website update coming soon!

Style on Eric Yevak at Eric Schindler

RVA Mag on Alyssa Salomon upcoming at Page Bond and on Ben Keys (up ‘til Sep. 30^th) at J. Fergeson

Artist meeting at Studio Two Three Oct. 4^th :find out about using their printmaking facilities

Talk20 tonight at 1708

Lantern making workshops at 1708- get ready for InLight 2010!

Great things about Richmond and ways to improve upon them (lots of arts mentions)

Artists- Contact 9WG Studios/Gallery if you are interested in exhibiting your work in their space in November

New businesses added to First Friday area

This Thursday- preview and artist talk by Eleanor Rufty and Alyssa Salomon at Page Bond for both artists' Friday opening

Continued notes on Richmond's love/hate relationship with grafitti from Style and RVA Mag

Pics from last Friday's openings at Artspace

(All shows are on view until October 17th.)

Gary Cawood's "Excavation":

Members' Exhibition:

Leigh Anne Chambers's "Unheimlich":

Jessica Sims's and Jessica Burke's "Vintage Vices":

(first five images are Sims's)

(next five images are Burke's)

More information about the artists and their work is on Artspace's website, here.

Tomorrow: 43rd Street Festival of the Arts

(via WeeklyRant.com)

Get more info at Weekly Rant's website and at 43rd Street Gallery's site.

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.

This Thursday at VisArts: Luck of the Draw II

Ann Bradshaw's "Wildly Unexpected," a 24" x 32" photograph will be up for grabs during a special Luck of the Draw II raffle.

From 6-8 PM this Thursday at the Visual Arts Center, purchase a ticket for a chance to win a work donated by a local artist. Check out VisArts' website for details on participating artists, event details, and more information.

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)

Opening tonight at VMFA Studio School

detail of Sara Clark's "Gyroid"

An opening reception will be held tonight from 5-7 PM for this exhibition featuring work by the following VMFA Studio School faculty members:

Jeffrey Allison, Jessica Bauserman, Jodi Bock, Sally Bowring, Ann Chenoweth, Sara Clark, Diana Detamore, Karen Eide, Joan Elliott, Dawn Flores, Jennifer Foley, Regi Franz, Steven Glass, Mim Golub, Andrew Hess, Mary Holland, Shelley Jones, Greig Leach, Matt Lively, Jeanne Minnix, Phil Nesmith, Piper Nichole, Chris Palmer, Marjorie Perrin, Julia Pfaff, Alyssa Salomon, Diego Sanchez, Frank Saunders, Chuck Scalin, Jude Schlotzhauer, Georgianne Stinnett, Susan Svendsen, David Tanner, Kendra Dawn Wadsworth, Rudi Winebrenner

Openings tonight at Reynolds

An opening reception for the artists will be held tonight from 7-9 PM.

Carlton Newton- New Work

Sally Bowring- Patina

Reynolds' website has more images from these artists and information about past exhibitions.

Talk20 next NEXT Tuesday, Sept. 28th

(from 1708's website)

Talk 20 is not a lecture but a gathering, an open forum for the dissemination of ideas in art, architecture and design. Produced in cities around the world, 1708 Gallery together with C3: the Creative Change Center, are the organizers of Talk 20 in Richmond. Presenters will have up to 20 slides and 20 seconds for each slide, to talk about their work.

Please join us for the next Talk 20 on Tuesday, September 28, 2010 from 6 to 8 p.m. The event is free, open to the public and will include food and a cash bar. Please register for the event HERE.

PARTICIPANTS:
Slash Coleman, nationally reknowed storyteller, best known for his award-winning PBS special and Off-Broadway one-man show, "The Neon Man and Me."

Mike Keeling, Abstract Artist and Metal Sculptor

Emilia Lanwehr, Curator and Manager of The Whitley Gallery

Phil Nesmith, Photographic Artist, combining early photographic methods with contemporary events

Scott Putman, Artistic Director for Amaranth Contemporary Dance

Patience Salgado, photographer and creative kindness worker

Francis Thompson, STEPS: Mountain Lake Workshop with John Cage 1989 / Stephen Addiss 2008 / Merce Cunningham 2009

Pics from long gone summer shows at Page Bond

(Both shows closed August 27th.)

Lana Waldrep:

(sculpture in foreground by Sandy Bond)

Summer Solstice:

Robert Walz

Sarah Rebekah Byrd Mizer

Catherine Brooks

Michael Jones McKean

left: James Stroud, right: Ruby Palmer

Ann Lyne

Ruby Palmer

Reni Gower

Tanja Softic

Amber George

B. Millner

Sarah Irvin

Alyssa Salomon

Currently on view at Page Bond: Barbara Crawford and Lee Saloutos. Check out Page Bond's website for more information and images about this and upcoming exhibitions.