Cameron Weston Nicholson (who goes by Weston, he/him) is part of the 2026 Fall/Winter cohort of VisArts’ Studio Access Residents. Weston has been an artist “since he knew what the word felt like.” He has explored multiple media over the years, but a few have stuck with him more than others. Classically trained in Media […]
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Alexandra McGowan (she/they) is a member of VisArts’ Fall/Winter 2025-2026 cohort of Studio Access Residents. She’s an abstract painter and multimedia artist living in Richmond, VA. Most of her work is abstract, taking inspiration from tender moments shared with her partner, and experiences with natural ephemera such as shifting shadows on pavement. When we met […]
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Jake Lahah (he/him) is one of VisArts’ Studio Access Artists-in-Residence in the Fall/Winter 2025-2026 cohort. Born in Wildwood, NJ, living and working in Richmond, VA, Jake is an artist, researcher, and educator whose work examines topics on labor, queerness, and ecology. His work considers how visual culture and data are testimony of the human condition […]
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Aaron Uzzle (he/him) is one of the Visual Arts Center of Richmond’s Fall/Winter 2025–2026 Studio Access Residents. Aaron is a Virginia-born artist who’s conjured expressive, mysterious works for almost a decade. He understood art as a tool for communicating complex feelings and ideas from an early age. Uzzle’s dedication to the craft is unbounded in […]
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Leah Raintree (she/her) is one of the Visual Arts Center of Richmond’s Spring/Summer 2025 Studio Access Residents. Leah Raintree is an artist based in Richmond, VA and Brooklyn, NY. Her practice focuses on the human connection to earth, with an interest in how we frame and experience time, matter, scale, and phenomena. Her work is […]
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Courtney Lebow (she/her) is one of the Visual Arts Center of Richmond’s Spring/Summer 2025 Studio Access Residents. Teaching and utilizing her love for the visual arts as a vehicle for human connection is her ultimate professional goal and passion. Courtney has been working in art education for the last decade. She received her Masters in […]
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Jeffrey Deane Hall (he/him) is one of the Visual Arts Center of Richmond’s Spring/Summer 2025 Studio Access Residents. Born in Richmond, VA, Jeffrey (Jeff to his friends) is an artist and educator whose work blends precise trompe l’oeil technique with layered symbolism. Jeffrey earned his degree in Studio Art, along with minors in Physics and […]
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Lexi Staton (she/her) is one of the Visual Arts Center of Richmond’s Spring/Summer 2025 Studio Access Residents. Lexi is a Virginia-born multimedia artist with interests in ceramics (both functional and sculptural), painting, and illustration. Creative activity has been a huge part of her life since childhood; however in the wake of the pandemic, she found […]
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