InLight ignites Richmond at VMFA
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Diverting the school-to-prison pipeline with art
Community members gathered at Art 180 gallery for the opening of “Performing Statistics,” an installation of interactive art created by ten incarcerated youths, meant to foster meaningful dialogue about the U.S. prison system, school-to-prison pipeline, mass incarceration and youth incarceration in Virginia. VCU alum Mark Strandquist and members from Rise for Youth, a bipartisan campaign […]
VCU Department of History Presents the Sixth Annual Southern Film Festival
From Sept. 10 through Sept. 12, the VCU Department of History sponsored the sixth annual Southern Film Festival.
Visual art seniors show off their stuff in senior shows
The end of the semester means another graduating class of seniors, many of whom have spent four years perfecting their skills in order to better express their vision to the rest of the world.
Impressionist art blooms at latest VMFA exhibit
Bold brush strokes, colors and the elements of nature made up the famous paintings of the impressionist era.
Refused to Move
An iconic photograph that dramatically contradicted Richmond’s genteel segregationist reputation during the Civil Rights demonstrations of 1960 was snapped not by an Associated Press photojournalist, as widely believed, but by a little-known Richmond Professional Institute (now VCU) student named Malcolm Carpenter.
Forbidden City extends stay at VMFA, Fusion opens
With the new year comes a few changes for the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, in terms of both new and old collections.
VCU affiliates receive VMFA Fellowship Awards
Janeal Downs Staff Writer The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts has awarded multiple VCU students, faculty members and alumni with generous fellowships for rent, art supplies, traveling expenses or funding for school. Operations Manager in the Department of Kinetic Imaging at VCU, John Dombroski, was one of 12 people to receive the Professional Artist Fellowship […]
Two arts students win VMFA fellowships
Two communications arts majors beat out more than 700 applicants to win a $4,000 Fellowship Award from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
‘Hollywood Costume’ on display at VMFA
Richmond’s film buffs now have a chance to see their favorite character’s costumes up close.