Visual Arts Center of Richmond

NOVEMBER 22 – 24

CRAFT + DESIGN

Your favorite craft show is turning 60. From November 22 – 24, Craft + Design is returning to Main Street Station to showcase the works of 160+ makers from across the country. Snag your tickets now for a weekend full of celebrations!

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DECEMBER 2 – 15

HOLIDAY MINI SESSION

Wrap up your year with short classes, intensives, and weekend workshops just in time for the holidays! Registration is open now for VisArts members, and opens for the general public on October 30.

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November 22 – 24

We need volunteers

Craft + Design is our biggest fundraiser of the year, and volunteers are crucial to our success. Can you lend a hand November 22 – 24?

November 13 – January 12

The Shape of Water

Up next in the True F. Luck Gallery is a multi-media group exhibition presented by VisArts and Crafting the Future.

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Meet the Annual Artist Residents

We're excited to welcome our four new Annual Residents for 2024 – 2025: April Sopkin, Doah Lee, Evie Metz, and Luis Vasquez La Roche.
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Support our Community Programs!

We offer hundreds of people free access to art classes through our community and school partnerships.
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Upcoming Event

Second Fridays

Second Friday classes are a great way to spend time with family and friends making art. Registration opens at 9 am on Mondays the week of every second Friday of the month.
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Blog post

A conversation with Veronica Jackson

The artist behind A CONSTELLATION OF BLACKNESS spent several months at VisArts as a Visiting Artist-in-Residence leading up to her exhibition. Learn more about her practice and the work she made in our studios.
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Studio Access

Studio Access

Affordable access to 17 professionally equipped studios designed for a variety of visual art media, including: clay, creative writing, digital media, drawing + painting, fiber, flameworking, glass, letterpress, metals, darkroom photography, printmaking and wood.
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