The Visual Arts Center of Richmond will host its fifth annual chili cook-off, the Art Junction Chili Throwdown, on Friday, Oct. 5 from 6 to 9 p.m. This year’s event will feature the chili of more than 20 Richmond restaurants and music by the Cary Street Ramblers. Tickets are $20 for VisArts members and $25 […]
read moreThe Visual Arts Center of Richmond will be closed on Monday, September 3 for the Labor Day holiday. VisArts will also be closed on Tuesday, September 4 to clean and make improvements to its studios.
read moreThe Visual Arts Center of Richmond has selected ceramicists Kaitlyn and Ryan Lawless, the husband/wife duo behind Corbé, a Detroit-based ceramic design studio, as the featured artists of its 54th annual Craft + Design Show, which will take place Nov. 16-18, 2018 at Main Street Station. Corbé handcrafts porcelain wares for the modern home and […]
read moreThe Visual Arts Center of Richmond is accepting applications for Make Space mentors through September 10. Make Space pairs 12 sixth-grade girls—all of whom attend Anna Julia Cooper Episcopal School—with 12 women for a year of mentorship and art-making. The big/little pairs meet on Thursday evenings from September through May and create art together in VisArts’ […]
read moreThe Visual Arts Center of Richmond has kicked off a construction project that will add an additional art studio to the facility. Construction begins on July 23 and includes: the consolidation of staff offices, the creation of the new Vivian Keasler Letterpress + Books Arts Studio and the transformation of the current letterpress studio into […]
read moreMembers of the Visual Arts Center of Richmond can register for fall classes starting at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, July 11. Registration opens to the general public at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, July 18. VisArts is offering 234 adult art classes and 40 youth and family art classes during the fall session. The center has over […]
read moreThe Visual Arts Center of Richmond will be closed on Wednesday, July 4. VisArts 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. The center announced new, extended hours in June 2018. Effective June 23, VisArts is open from 9 […]
read moreThe 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. […]
read moreAn 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 […]
read moreCraft + 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 […]
read moreFletcher 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. […]
read moreDuring 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 […]
read moreThe 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 […]
read moreThe Visual Arts Center of Richmond will be closed on Sunday, April 1, for the Easter holiday.
read moreThe 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 […]
read moreDue to inclement weather, the Visual Arts Center of Richmond will be closed on Wednesday, March 21. Check our social media platforms for updates about Thursday.
read moreOver 650 student artists and their families gathered at VisArts for a closing reception of the 2018 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. Families explored the Scholastics Exhibition in VisArts’ True F. Luck Gallery and throughout the building, then Gold Key Award winners gathered at Binford Middle School for a closing ceremony. The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards […]
read moreThe Visual Arts Center of Richmond has announced the regional award recipients of the 2018 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Presented by the nonprofit organization the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are the country’s longest-running and most prestigious scholarship and recognition program for creative students in grades 7 […]
read moreVisArts will participate as an exhibiting organization in the inaugural edition of CURRENT Books, a special CURRENT Art Fair event featuring artists, book makers, zine makers and publishers of artists monographs and other book-based arts objects. This year at CURRENT Books, VisArts will highlight local artists by featuring miniature, handmade books and zines, which will be sold out of the center’s Art-o-Mat machine. Artwork sold […]
read moreAn exhibition of work by New York City-based artist Trish Tillman, titled “Remains (to be seen),” will open in the True F. Luck Gallery at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond on March 30, 2018. The opening includes a 5:30 p.m. artist talk, followed by a public reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Tillman created work […]
read moreDue to inclement weather, the Visual Arts Center of Richmond will be closed on Wednesday, January 17th. Please check our website and social media platforms for up-to-date information about our schedule.
read moreDue to weather, the Visual Arts Center of Richmond will be closed on Thursday, January 4. Check our social media platforms for updates about Friday, but we expect to run on a normal schedule.
read moreLong-time VisArts teacher and painter, Tommy Van Auken, will be honored with a Theresa Pollak Prize for Excellence in the Arts on Tuesday, Dec. 19. Richmond Magazine is celebrating 20 years of awarding the Pollak Prize, which honors Richmond artist and educator Theresa Pollak. She started what evolved into the art schools of both Virginia […]
read moreVisArts will be closed on Friday, Dec. 8 due to inclement weather. Check back for updates about Saturday, Dec. 9.
read moreOn Wednesday, December 13 from 5 to 7 p.m., VisArts is hosting an Open Studio Happy Hour to showcase its 15 professional art studios and new open studio access program. Guests are invited to stop by VisArts’ 1812 W. Main Street location to enjoy refreshments, explore the building and learn more about how to get studio access. Starting […]
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