Recent Press

StyleWeekly Names VisArts’ Jordan Brown, Top 40 Under 40

VisArts’ Interim Executive Director, Jordan Brown, was named one of Style Weekly’s Top 40 Under 40 in the Summer 2023, special print edition of Style Weekly Magazine. 

VisArts Residency Program Highlighted in RVA Magazine

RVA Magazine highlights VisArts’ residency program in its coverage of VisArts Studio Access Resident, Shane McFadden.  https://rvamag.com/art/artist-shane-mcfadden-is-finding-his-way.html

Richmond Magazine Highlights RVA Poetry Fest

Richmon Magzine highlights the inaugural Richmond Poetry Fest hosted at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond. https://richmondmagazine.com/arts-entertainment/richmond-poetry-festival-2023/

Richmond Poetry Festival Listed in Richmond Times Dispatch’s Top 5 Events

Richmond Times Dispatch’s top 5 events for the weekend include the inaugural Richmond Poetry Festival being held at VisArts. Read more here: https://richmond.com/entertainment/books/first-richmond-poetry-fest-to-be-held-at-visual-arts-center-of-richmond-this-weekend/article_cb643d80-d971-11ed-9c06-8b11ab4cf9ff.html#tracking-source=home-top-story

Interview with Asa Jackson, Guest Curator of VisArts’ 2022-23 Resident Exhibition, Time Machines, Interviewed in RVAMag

“Time Machines,” an exhibition of work by the VisArts’ Annual Resident Artists for the 2022-2023 year: Ayana Zaire Cotton, Curtis Newkirk Jr., Hien Kat Nguyen and Emily Okamoto-Green was featured in RVAMag.

WTVR Virginia This Morning Highlights Jesse Vaughn’s 2-Day Film Master Class Taking Place at ICA and VisArts

Award Winning film director Jesse Vaughn talks about the two-day film masterclass taking place at the ICA and at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond on CBS6 Virginia This Morning. https://www.wtvr.com/on-air/virginia-this-morning/2-day-film-master-class-with-richard-bland-college-and-the-ica?_amp=true

Interim Executive Director Announcement Appears in Style Weekly Magazine

VisArts’ recent announcement about Jordan Brown’s appointment as interim Executive Director was picked up in the Studio Blog by Style Weekly Magazine: https://www.styleweekly.com/Studi/archives/2023/01/13/visual-arts-center-of-richmond-appoints-interim-director

Burnaway Magazine takes Close Look at Curtis Patterson: Journey Through Exhibition at VisArts

Burnaway Magazine takes Close Look at Curtis Patterson:Journey Through exhibition at VisArts True F. Luck Gallery.

VisArts Sewing Classes Featured in Nov. 2022 Issue of Richmond Magazine

Sewing classes offered at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond was the theme of a lifestyle article in the November 2022 issue of Richmond Magazine titled, “Try This Alter your skill set with a sewing class”

Oura Sananikone on Illustrating VisArts’ Winter 2023 Class Catalog

Oura Sananikone (he/him/his) is the brilliant illustrator behind VisArts’ Winter 2023 Catalog and Holiday Mini Catalog. He is a former VisArts Resident (2021).  According to Oura, he has been making strange things for a very long time. His work includes (but is not limited to) painting, comics, zines, action figures, plush art, animation and music. […]

Photos from the 58th Annual Craft + Design is Live on RVAHub

RVAHub shares images from the 2022 Craft & Design show at Main Street Station last week, including First Lady Suzanne Youngkin, who enjoyed perusing all the event had to offer. See photos here.   

VCU Commonwealth Times Covers VisArts’ 58th Craft + Design Show

VCU Commonwealth Times wrote an article about the 58th Annual Craft + Design Show held at Main Street Station October 14-16.

Richmond Times Dispatch says, “Craft + Design show brings a sense of wonder to Richmond’s Main Street Station.”

The Richmond Times Dispatch published an article describing the 58th Annual Craft + Design Show as bringing “a sense of wonder to Richmond’s Main Street Station.” https://richmond.com/news/local/craft-design-show-brings-a-sense-of-wonder-to-richmonds-main-street-station/article_093e83d2-3818-5547-881c-ba24e2da8785.html

ABC 8News Highlights Craft + Design on “Positively Richmond” Segment

Style Weekly Calls Patrons’ Preview Party “A Feast for the Eyes”

Style Weekly calls the Patrons’ Preview Party at Craft + Design a “Feast for the eyes.” Read more about Craft + Design and the party of the year it hosts as part of Craft + Design Weekend in the Style Weekly article linked here.  

VisArts’ Executive Director, Stefanie Fedor and Craft + Design 2022 Artist Summer Balcom Appear on NBC12’s ’12 About Town’

VisArts Executive Director, Stefanie Fedor, appeared on ‘12 About Town‘ with host Candace Owens on NBC12 to talk about Craft + Design 2022. VCU student and Craft + Design 2022 participating artist, Summer Balcom was also featured on the segment.

VisArts’ Craft + Design Featured on Virginia This Morning on CBS6

VisArts’ Executive Director, Stefanie Fedor was featured on Virginia This Morning to talk about the 58th Annual Craft + Design.

Community Build Exhibition Highlighted in Richmond Magazine “Fall Arts Preview”

VisArts’ Community Build Exhibition features works from a group of multidisciplinary artists, Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo, Valeska Populoh, and Lil Lamberta and All the Saints Theater Company is highlighted in the “Fall Arts Preview” of the magazine’s September 2022 Issue.

VisArts Executive Director, Stefanie Fedor, featured in En Forme Magazine Article, “Everyday Collectors”

The Visual Arts Center’s executive director, Stefanie Fedor featured in the “Everyday Collectors” article published by En Forme Magazine. Fedor appears alongside VisArts board member Karen Kelly, former VisArts Executive Director and Distinguished Service Award Recipient Patty Wilkerson and local artist Hamilton Glass and his wife Taekia Glass in an article about the personal collections […]

VisArts Awarded “Best Adult Art Classes” in Richmond Magazine Best & Worst List

VisArts awarded “Best Adult Art Classes” in Richmond Magazine’s annual Best & Worst list.

[Work] Exhibition 2022 Highlighted in Richmond Family Magazine Insider Guide

VisArts’ [Work] Exhibition was highlighted in Richmond Family Magazine’s Insider Guide 

RICtoday Highlights VisArts Classes Ahead of Fall 2022 Open Registration

RICtoday highlights some exciting classes being offered at VisArts as registration for Fall 2022 opens up to the public. Click here to access the full article.  

Art Papers mentions VisArts’ Upcoming Exhibition with Curtis Patterson

Art Papers mentions VisArts’ upcoming exhibition with sculptor Curtis Patterson’s work in an interview with curator Melissa Messina. Curtis Patterson: A Monument Maker Gets His Due

Richmond Magazine Highlights VisArts’ New Artist Residence, Granby House

Richmond Magazine featured the Visual Arts Center of Richmond’s new artist residence: the Granby House. https://richmondmagazine.com/arts-entertainment/growing-arts/    

Virginia This Morning Features Craft + Design

Virginia This Morning invites VisArts Executive Director Stefanie Fedor on air to discuss the 57th Annual Craft + Design Show.