InSight: Louviere + Vanessa

  Right now till June 22nd at Candela Books + Gallery (where I work) there is an exhibition of multimedia works called Counterfeit, by New Orleans-based creative couple Louviere + Vanessa. These are photographs of graphic imagery from world currency

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InSight: Louviere + Vanessa

  Right now till June 22nd at Candela Books + Gallery (where I work) there is an exhibition of multimedia works called Counterfeit, by New Orleans-based creative couple Louviere + Vanessa. These are photographs of graphic imagery from world currency

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ACTING STILL

BY MARK HARLEY In the first decade of its existence, photographic technology immediately began adopting numerous roles within both art and science, and was known in popular newspapers and magazines during these early years as an “art-science”. Still Action!, a

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ACTING STILL

BY MARK HARLEY In the first decade of its existence, photographic technology immediately began adopting numerous roles within both art and science, and was known in popular newspapers and magazines during these early years as an “art-science”. Still Action!, a

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GROUP STRENGTH

BY DAVID R. WHITE “Sow a thought and you reap an action; sow an act and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character; sow a character and you reap a destiny.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson   In

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GROUP STRENGTH

BY DAVID R. WHITE “Sow a thought and you reap an action; sow an act and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character; sow a character and you reap a destiny.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson   In

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REMEMBERING SPACE

BY MEGAN ZALECKI   How does space in painting affect a viewer? Space as a visual structure is much different from its physical definition. Is it a place filled and explored individually or is it something observed from a distance?

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REMEMBERING SPACE

BY MEGAN ZALECKI   How does space in painting affect a viewer? Space as a visual structure is much different from its physical definition. Is it a place filled and explored individually or is it something observed from a distance?

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TO BUILD A PALACE

BY MARK HARLEY Opening with a scene of a small, one-story home in Middletown, Delaware, Kendall Messick’s short film, The Projectionist, introduces us to Gordon Brinckle, the owner and operator of The Shalimar, “Delaware’s Last Palace Theatre”. Gordon Brinckle started

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TO BUILD A PALACE

BY MARK HARLEY Opening with a scene of a small, one-story home in Middletown, Delaware, Kendall Messick’s short film, The Projectionist, introduces us to Gordon Brinckle, the owner and operator of The Shalimar, “Delaware’s Last Palace Theatre”. Gordon Brinckle started

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DANCE WITH STARRENE FOSTER

Richmond Ballet‘s New Works Festival is starting its second and final week! It runs through this Sunday, April 14th. The festival brings new dance works from four innovative contemporary choreographers: Starrene Foster, Sasha Janes, Darrell Moultrie, and Amy Seiwert. Richmond Arts Review

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DANCE WITH STARRENE FOSTER

Richmond Ballet‘s New Works Festival is starting its second and final week! It runs through this Sunday, April 14th. The festival brings new dance works from four innovative contemporary choreographers: Starrene Foster, Sasha Janes, Darrell Moultrie, and Amy Seiwert. Richmond Arts Review

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OLD BECOMES NEW

BY MEGAN ZALECKI Before anything else, a brief run-down on Sterling Hundley: he is a Communication Arts professor at VCU, a core instructor at the Illustration Academy at Ringling College of Art and Design, a professional—some would even say veteran—illustrator,

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OLD BECOMES NEW

BY MEGAN ZALECKI Before anything else, a brief run-down on Sterling Hundley: he is a Communication Arts professor at VCU, a core instructor at the Illustration Academy at Ringling College of Art and Design, a professional—some would even say veteran—illustrator,

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DANCE WITH AMY SEIWERT

Richmond Ballet‘s New Works Festival just opened this past Thursday, April 4th and will run through April 14th. The festival brings new dance works from four innovative contemporary choreographers: Starrene Foster, Sasha Janes, Darrell Moultrie, and Amy Seiwert. Richmond Arts Review asked each

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DANCE WITH AMY SEIWERT

Richmond Ballet‘s New Works Festival just opened this past Thursday, April 4th and will run through April 14th. The festival brings new dance works from four innovative contemporary choreographers: Starrene Foster, Sasha Janes, Darrell Moultrie, and Amy Seiwert. Richmond Arts Review asked each

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DANCE WITH SASHA JANES

Richmond Ballet‘s New Works Festival opens this Thursday, April 4th (through April 14th) and brings new dance works from four innovative contemporary choreographers: Starrene Foster, Sasha Janes, Darrell Moultrie, and Amy Seiwert. Richmond Arts Review asked each choreographer to answer a few questions.

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DANCE WITH SASHA JANES

Richmond Ballet‘s New Works Festival opens this Thursday, April 4th (through April 14th) and brings new dance works from four innovative contemporary choreographers: Starrene Foster, Sasha Janes, Darrell Moultrie, and Amy Seiwert. Richmond Arts Review asked each choreographer to answer a few questions.

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2013 VCU Undergraduate Exhibitions

Anderson Gallery is hosting the Undergraduate Juried Fine Arts, Design & Kinetic Imaging Exhibitions, March 28 to April 14. The exhibition covers all mediums, from painting and photography to graphic design and fashion. And though undergraduate shows can sometimes be underwhelming; this

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2013 VCU Undergraduate Exhibitions

Anderson Gallery is hosting the Undergraduate Juried Fine Arts, Design & Kinetic Imaging Exhibitions, March 28 to April 14. The exhibition covers all mediums, from painting and photography to graphic design and fashion. And though undergraduate shows can sometimes be underwhelming; this

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DANCE WITH DARRELL MOULTRIE

Richmond Ballet‘s New Works Festival opens this Thursday, April 4th (through April 14th) and brings new dance works from four innovative contemporary choreographers: Starrene Foster, Sasha Janes, Darrell Moultrie, and Amy Seiwert. Richmond Arts Review asked each choreographer to answer a

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DANCE WITH DARRELL MOULTRIE

Richmond Ballet‘s New Works Festival opens this Thursday, April 4th (through April 14th) and brings new dance works from four innovative contemporary choreographers: Starrene Foster, Sasha Janes, Darrell Moultrie, and Amy Seiwert. Richmond Arts Review asked each choreographer to answer a

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SIMPLY EXPERIENCE

Myron Helfgott writes in his artist statement, “Trying to harness the diverse content and materials in these sculptures is like trying to organize debris at a picnic on a windy day.” In other words, you can try, but if you

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SIMPLY EXPERIENCE

Myron Helfgott writes in his artist statement, “Trying to harness the diverse content and materials in these sculptures is like trying to organize debris at a picnic on a windy day.” In other words, you can try, but if you

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InSight: Amy Feldman

Go see Amy Feldman‘s paintings, on view at Reynolds Gallery now till March 30th. They are simple, sturdy, and full of surprises. With height and breadth and unconfined markings, these paintings lure you in and push you back out in a

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InSight: Amy Feldman

Go see Amy Feldman‘s paintings, on view at Reynolds Gallery now till March 30th. They are simple, sturdy, and full of surprises. With height and breadth and unconfined markings, these paintings lure you in and push you back out in a

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REFLECTIONS ON YOUTH ART MONTH

BY DAVID R. WHITE   “It took me four years to paint like Raphael but a lifetime to paint like a child.”—Picasso     Many years ago I received a card with the following quote: “If you want to know

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REFLECTIONS ON YOUTH ART MONTH

BY DAVID R. WHITE   “It took me four years to paint like Raphael but a lifetime to paint like a child.”—Picasso     Many years ago I received a card with the following quote: “If you want to know

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ARTIST AS WOMAN

Building Upon the Past: A Group Exhibition of 10 Emerging Women Artists, now on view at Page Bond Gallery, does the very thing it intends to do: “engage directly or indirectly with various roles, symbols, and activities that female artists

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ARTIST AS WOMAN

Building Upon the Past: A Group Exhibition of 10 Emerging Women Artists, now on view at Page Bond Gallery, does the very thing it intends to do: “engage directly or indirectly with various roles, symbols, and activities that female artists

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