Grace Glanden spent the summer of 2017 doing one of her favorite things: making art. Grace loved her time at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond’s ArtVenture summer camp. “Grace was always, always making something,” said her mother, Melissa Glanden. In August 2017, 8-year-old Grace passed away unexpectedly from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a genetic heart condition […]
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The Visual Arts Center of Richmond has announced new, extended hours. Effective June 23, VisArts will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. every day. The center closes on a total of six federally observed holidays per calendar year, including: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. […]
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An exhibition of work by New York City-based artist Elissa Levy titled “Of secrecy, the violet” opens in the True F. Luck Gallery at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond on Friday, September 7, 2018. In this solo exhibition, Levy experiments with a variety of materials and techniques that blur mediums and genres. She will […]
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The Visual Arts Center of Richmond will open its annual “[Work]” exhibition on Friday, June 15. The show features over 60 pieces of art created by VisArts faculty, staff and board members. This year, there are over 15 new participants. “One of the most exciting things about this year’s [Work] show is how many new […]
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Each summer, the Visual Arts Center of Richmond offers ArtVenture, a summer camp program for kids between the ages of 5 and 14. In 2017, Justin Lau was a superstar volunteer, and this summer, he’s back to teach a brand-new class called Think Like a Designer. Lau is back in his hometown of Richmond after […]
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Ingrid Bernhardt started beading and weaving as a young girl. Her mother handed her a Family Circle Magazine and she began making beaded flowers using the patterns she discovered inside. This summer, she’s looking forward to returning to the Visual Arts Center of Richmond, where she’ll continue to share her lifelong love of the craft […]
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Craft + Design, the Visual Arts Center of Richmond’s annual contemporary craft show, won top honors at the Virginia Public Relations Awards on Thursday, May 24 at the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond, Va. Craft + Design was recognized with the top award in the events and observances category. The judges were impressed with VisArts’ aggressive and […]
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Fletcher Johnson, a high school student from Petersburg, took home the top award in the 95th annual Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, the nation’s longest-running and most prestigious recognition program for creative students in grades 7–12. Johnson is one of just 16 students in the country to be recognized with a Gold Medal Portfolio Award, which includes a $10,000 scholarship. […]
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About one third of the ceramic artists on the RVA Clay Tour have a connection to the Visual Arts Center of Richmond. VisArts’ clay studio is among 21 ceramic studios and workshops in Richmond that will open to the public on June 2 and 3 to showcase the work of nearly 100 artists as part […]
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A research paper, titled “Gold nanoparticle colorants as traditional ceramic glaze alternatives” and co-authored by VisArts teacher Ryan Coppage, was accepted by the Journal of the American Ceramic Society. The publication acknowledged VisArts Clay Studio Manager Jeff Vick, the VisArts facility and its staff for the development of nanoparticle color systems in ceramic glazes. Coppage has made pottery […]
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In a May 15 article, Style Weekly featured Rashana Miller, a jewelry Designer, the founder of Free Maiden and a VisArts Student. When a promising job opportunity for her husband suddenly landed her in an unfamiliar city with no connections, she was quick to embrace the uncertainty. She tried to get a job in education, sending […]
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Richmond Magazine featured two Visual Arts Center of Richmond students, Sara Borey and Cesar Sertzen, in a May 15 article. “All it took was one jewelry-making class at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond, and Sara Borey and Cesar Sertzen were hooked. The couple took the class four years ago, wanting to learn the process, not realizing […]
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The Visual Arts Center of Richmond will host its annual spring open house, Play Day, on Saturday, May 19. This year’s theme is printmaking and book arts, so the center is inviting guests to help decorate a collection of handmade Little Free Libraries. The libraries will serve as neighborhood book exchanges where people can take […]
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During the first weekend of June, 21 unique clay studios will open to the public, with nearly 100 clay artisans showing off their work and studio space as part of the third annual RVA Clay Tour. The Visual Arts Center of Richmond is one of the stops on the tour and is proud of the many artists […]
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The Make Space mentoring program at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond gave Courtney Lebow the confidence to pursue middle school art education and the chance to make a new friend. Courtney was paired with her 11-year-old mentee, Danielle, during the 2016-17 cycle of Make Space, a program that brings sixth-grade girls from Anna Julia […]
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For recent VCUarts graduates, the Visual Arts Center of Richmond is an inviting space where they can continue making art. Jonah Hacinas, Austin Miles and Elson Bickford are part of the first wave of studio monitors who VisArts brought on board to help supervise the center’s 15 studios during designated open studio hours. Students have […]
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Yvette Wilson is a friendly and familiar face in the Visual Arts Center of Richmond’s fiber studio and at many of the community art center’s events. This year alone, she’s helped with Trish Tillman’s exhibition opening, Collectors’ Night and the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. In 2017, she devoted time to ArtVenture Summer Camp, the […]
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On March 28, Quirk+VisArts Artist-in-Residence Trish Tillman was featured on CBS6, Virginia This Morning. She talked about the opening of her exhibition, “Remains (to be Seen),” which opened in VisArts’ True F. Luck Gallery on March 30.
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Richmond-based illustrator Cathryn Virginia created the cover of the Visual Arts Center of Richmond’s summer 2018 catalog and used the opportunity to weave together two of her biggest passions. The cover design features a pair of hands embroidering a river scene and is a reference to sewing, Virginia’s creative pursuit when she isn’t busy working […]
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The Visual Arts Center of Richmond will host its annual spring open house, Play Day, on Saturday, May 19. At Play Day, kids and adults make art projects in more than a dozen studios throughout VisArts’ 30,000-square foot facility. The event runs from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and admission is free. Beer and food will be available for […]
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For Jacqueline Sears and her seven-year-old son, Merritt, family studio art classes at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond are a special part of the week. Merritt looks forward to the classes and the weekly stop at Lamplighter Coffee for a treat before class, his mom said. “It’s become our one-on-one quality time and it’s […]
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The Visual Arts Center of Richmond will be closed on Sunday, April 1, for the Easter holiday.
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The Visual Arts Center of Richmond will host six guest artists from the Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina for a series of special workshops on Saturday, May 12 and Sunday, May 13 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Each artist is a studio coordinator at Penland who will take over one of VisArts’ studios and […]
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In the two and a half months that Trish Tillman has been in Richmond as a Quirk+VisArts artist-in-residence, the New York City-based artist has created over 15 new works. An exhibition of this work, titled “Remains (to be seen),” will open in the True F. Luck Gallery at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond on […]
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Letitia Harris credits several Richmond art teachers with inspiring her to become an art educator. On March 17, she got the chance to thank one her teachers in front of a crowd of 350 people at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond. Harris presented Mary McNeil, a longtime VisArts stained glass instructor, with the 2017 […]
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