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.
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Over 150 Artists to Exhibit at Craft + Design, October 14 – 16, 2022
Craft + Design is back in person and this year, the Visual Arts Center of Richmond welcomes over 150 artists to Craft + Design 2022. The 58-year-old contemporary craft show takes place at Main Street Station’s train shed on the weekend of Oct. 14-16, 2022. All proceeds from Craft + Design go towards VisArts’ community and […]
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Puppets in Protest: Community Build Exhibition Opens at VisArts
The Visual Arts Center of Richmond opened its Fall 2022 season with Community Build, an exhibition that explores the transformation of the collective through craft. Artists Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo, Lil Lamberta, Valeska Populoh and members of their respective communities were the creatives behind the collaborative exhibition. Community Build opened on September 9, with a performance by […]
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VisArts Hosts Free Public Reading and Q&A Session with Local Author Kathy Davis
The Visual Arts Center of Richmond will host a Free public reading and Q&A with poet and nonfiction writer Katy Davis on September 17 from 5 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. at VisArts. Kathy Davis is a poet and nonfiction writer who lives in Rockville, VA. Her poetry manuscript, Passiflora, won the 2019 Cider Press Review […]
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Community Build Exhibition Opening at VisArts on Friday Sept. 9, Explores Transformation of the Collective through Craft
The Visual Arts Center of Richmond presents, Community Build, an exhibition of work by and with Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo, Lil Lamberta, Valeska Populoh and members of their respective communities. The exhibit will open at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, September 9 and a performance by Open Space Education students, in collaboration with Lil Lamberta & All the Saints […]
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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.
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Susan Hable, the Artist and Designer Behind Hable Construction Design Studio Announced as Craft + Design 2022 Featured Speaker
The Visual Arts Center of Richmond announces designer Susan Hable as the featured speaker of the Rise + Shine Brunch presented by Carole and Marcus Weinstein. The brunch is part of VisArts’ 58th Annual Craft + Design Show which takes place at Main Street Station’s newly renovated train shed the weekend of Oct. 14-16, 2022. Richmond Magazine brings […]
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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 […]
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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.
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New VisArts Annual Residents Announced for 2022-23
Four new artists will start an 11-month annual residency at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond beginning September 1, 2022. Ayana Zaire Cotton, Curtis Newkirk Jr., and Hien Kat Nguyen are the three visual artists in the program. Emily Okamoto-Green rounds out the cohort as the program’s resident writer. The three emerging visual artists and […]
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Fiber Artist Sarah Djarnie-Brown Selected as 2022 CRAFT + DESIGN Featured Artist
The Visual Arts Center of Richmond selects Brooklyn-based doll maker Sarah Djarnie-Brown as the featured artist for its 58th Annual Craft + Design Show, which will take place October 14-16, 2022, at the historic Main Street Station. This will be the first in-person Craft + Design show since the onset of the pandemic in 2019. “We […]
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[Work] Exhibition 2022 Highlighted in Richmond Family Magazine Insider Guide
VisArts’ [Work] Exhibition was highlighted in Richmond Family Magazine’s Insider Guide
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Fall 2022 Marks VisArts’ Best Ever Member Week Registration
The Visual Arts Center of Richmond reached a milestone with the release of its Fall 2022 class catalog. The 58-year-old community arts organization had over 500 class registrations during member week which ran from July 13-20, 2022. Registrations for Fall 2022 surpassed peak pre-pandemic registrations levels during Fall 2019, which until now, held the record. […]
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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.
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Illustrator Erin Jhi Brings Possum Love to VisArts Fall 2022 Class Catalog
Erin Jhi is an illustrator from South Korea who graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University School of Art and completed a 2021-22 Pop Residency at the Visual Arts Center of Virginia. Erin’s studio practice uses traditional drawing and painting to reflect cultural taboos, differences, and experiences which emulate the conflicting emotions of belonging yet simultaneously out of […]
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Application Deadline for VisArts’ Fall + Winter Studio Access Residency Program Announced
The Visual Arts Center of Richmond (VisArts) is currently accepting applications for the 2022-23 Fall/Winter Studio Access Residency program. The application deadline is August 10, 2022. VisArts’ Studio Access Residency is designed to support emerging or established visual artists to develop new ideas and foster artistic exploration by providing free access to VisArts’ 17 communal […]
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Call for Illustrators is Open for VisArts’ Featured Illustrator Program
The Visual Arts Center of Richmond (VisArts) has announced an open call for illustrators to apply for its Featured Illustrator Program. Each year, the Visual Arts Center of Richmond selects four artists to serve as Featured Illustrators. The artists will illustrate a class catalog and a special illustration project for the arts organization. Selected illustrators […]
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Poet Rosa Castellano Joins VisArts Team as Writing Engagement Coordinator
The Visual Arts Center of Richmond hires Poet and Writer Rosa Castellano to be its Writing Engagement Coordinator. This new contracted role is aimed at supporting the creative writing community at VisArts and beyond. Rosa currently teaches at VisArts and was the writer in residence during the first year of the organization’s Annual Residency program. […]
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High Covid Community Levels in Richmond; Mask-Wearing Inside VisArts is Required
As of Friday, July 1, 2022, the Visual Arts Center of Richmond will require mask-wearing within the VisArts building in accordance with high-level transmission levels within Richmond city as defined by the CDC. VisArts follows the VHD and CDC guidelines to define its COVID-19 Safety Policies. Currently, VisArts follows the recommendations based on the CDC […]
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ArtVenture Summer Camp Kicks Off At VisArts With Supersized Fun
The Visual Arts Center of Richmond (VisArts) commenced the 2022 ArtVenture Summer Camp season with a new class that brought larger-than-life puppet making to the classroom taught by the director of All The Saints Theater, Lily Lamberta. Students made a 15-foot high paper-mache puppet named Jerry. “Jerry” pronouns they/them was made as a penguin swamp […]
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Two Richmond-Area Students Celebrated At National Scholastic Art & Writing Award in New York City
In February 2022, the Visual Arts Center of Richmond hosted the Richmond region Scholastics Art & Writing Awards exhibition and displayed work by the region’s burgeoning youth talent. Two Richmond-area gold and silver key-winning students from that exhibition were selected as top portfolio winners and were celebrated at the National Ceremony for Scholastic Art & […]
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VisArts Annual [Work] Exhibition Opens Friday June 17, Showcasing Over 65 New Works by VisArts Faculty, Staff, and Board Members
The Visual Arts Center of Richmond’s annual [Work] Exhibition opens on Friday, June 17, 2022, with an opening reception in VisArts’ True F. Luck Gallery beginning at 5:30 p.m. The exhibit features over 65 pieces of art created by VisArts faculty, staff, and board members. “VisArts hires close to two hundred teaching artists each […]
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VisArts Closed due to Power Outages
On June 2, 2022, the Visual Arts Center of Richmond building will close due to a weather-related power outage. All evening classes and programs are canceled.
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VisArts Welcomes Guests to the Opening of Common Thread Exhibition
The Visual Arts Center of Richmond welcomed guests, family, and friends for the opening of Common Thread, an exhibition featuring works from its Fall/Winter Studio Access residents. The exhibition explored the invisible thread of creativity that wove their works together. The exhibiting residents had the opportunity to speak about their work during the artist talk, […]
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Masks-Wearing Required Inside VisArts Building in Adherence of High Covid Community Levels in Richmond
As of Friday, May 27, 2022, the Visual Arts Center of Richmond will require mask-wearing within the VisArts building in accordance with high-level transmission levels within Richmond city as defined by the CDC. VisArts follows the VHD and CDC guidelines to define its COVID-19 Safety Policies. Currently, VisArts follows the recommendations based on the CDC […]
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