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Anderson Gallery presents Environment and Object, Recent African Art.Organized by the Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, this exhibition examines recent African art according to two fluid and often intertwined aesthetic and conceptual frameworks: the impact of the environment on contemporary African life, and the use of found objects and appropriated materials as a recurring presence in current African art. Gallery Hours: Tuesday, Thursday-Sunday, noon-5; Wednesday, noon-7; closed Monday Anderson Gallery, 907 1/2 W. Franklin St. |
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| BEGINSNovember 4
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Page Bond Gallery presents New Works: an exhibition of paintings by Will Berry, in conjunction with “it is what it is” : an exhibition of recent paintings by Painting and Printmakingalumni ERIK GONZALEZ.Erik Gonzalez’s recent work investigates imagemaking via a number of cultural, historical and material lenses. Utilizing forms such as tracings, mirrors, blob-shaped paintings, etchings, zig-zags, expansive grids and monochromes, Gonzalez deals in elements ranging from color, language and Pop imagery to minimalism, classicism and taste.Page Bond Gallery, 1625 West Main Street |
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Painting and Printmaking Presents: Interaction 39Twenty graduating seniors from the Painting and Printmaking Department will be exhibiting works on paper. These works are created from a variety of media, including lithography, etching, silkscreen, oil, charcoal, and digital based imagery, as well as representing a large range of ideas, from social commentary to personal iconography. The public reception will be held on Tuesday, November 22 from 5-6:30 pm.
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Craft/Material Studies presents Four Play: new works by Ariel Brice, Emily Hermant, Christopher McElroy, and Stephanie Voegele. Four new voices in Craft/Material Studies.Fine Arts Building and Gallery
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| BEGINSNovember 4
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1708 Gallery presents ISO Peace, 1708 Gallery’s latest satellite exhibition at the historic Linden Row Inn.The show will feature many artists with ties to VCUarts. Curated by artist and 1708 Gallery Board Member Amie Oliver, ISO Peace will be on view through January 24, 2012. The proceeds from all art sales benefit the artist and the exhibition programs of 1708 Gallery.Linden Row Inn, 100 E. Franklin Street Richmond, VA 23219 |
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| BEGINSDecember 9
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Page Bond Gallery presents ILLUMINATE: A December Group Exhibition of painting, photography, ceramics, and sculpture. The show will feature many with ties to VCUarts, including Holly Morrison, Painting and Printmaking Chair. 7-9PMAn opening reception for the artists will take place at the Page Bond Gallery on Friday, December 9 from 7 to 9 pm.Page Bond Gallery, 1625 West Main Street |
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| BEGINSNovember 11
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Rick’s Custom Frame and Gallery presents Remember Me featuring the work of two Undergraduate Research Grant Winners, Mandy Fitzgerald and Virginia Wood, Painting and Printmaking students. With the grant money they received the’ve created an installation of 84 portraits in a living room setting, all portraits for sale with proceeds going to Alzheimer’s Foundation. 6-9PMPage Bond Gallery, 1625 West Main Street |
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| BEGINSNovember 4
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Theatre presents Grease!. Written and Arranged by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey; directed by Patti D’Beck. After an 8 year run on Broadway and 7 Tony Awards, Grease is one of the world’s most popular musicals. Our production is brought to life by Patti D’Beck, assistant director of the longest running Broadway revival of Grease. General Admission: $25, Seniors/VCU Faculty & Staff: $20, VCU Students with valid ID: $10. Buy tickets online.Nov. 4,5 – 7:30 pm • Nov. 6 – 3:00 pm • Nov. 10-12 – 7:30 pm • Nov. 13 – 3:00 pm • Nov. 17-19 – 7:30 pm • Nov. 20 – 3:00 pm. High School Matinees – Nov. 8, 9, 15, 16 – 10 amSingleton Performing Arts Center, 922 Park Ave, Raymond Hodges Theatre. |
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| BEGINSNovember 9
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Music presents Low Brass Studio Recital.VCU’s low brass players come together to perform solos from classical repertoire. This event is free and no tickets are required. 6-7:30PMSingleton Center for the Performing Arts, Sonia Vlahcevic Concert Hall, 922 Park Avenue. |
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| BEGINSNovember 10
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Music presents Junior Recital: Joshua Wright, Euphonium.Joshua Wright presents his junior recital. This event is free and no tickets are required. 7-8PMJames W. Black Music Center, Recital Hall, 1015 Grove Ave. |
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| BEGINSNovember 10
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Music presents VCU Jazz Orchestra I.VCU’s top-notch jazz performers show their stuff in an evening of big band classics. Tickets are $5 for the general public and free for VCU students with ID. 8-9PMSingleton Center for the Performing Arts, Sonia Vlahcevic Concert Hall, 922 Park Avenue. |
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| BEGINSNovember 11
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Music presents Piano Area Performance.Talented student pianists tickle the ivories in this performance of classical repertoire. This event is free and no tickets are required. 5-6PMSingleton Center for the Performing Arts, Sonia Vlahcevic Concert Hall, 922 Park Avenue. |
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Music presents Junior Recital: Marcus Redden, Horn. Marcus Redden will present a recital in partial fulfillment of the Bachelor’s of Music degree. This event is free and no tickets are required. 6-7PMJames W. Black Music Center, Recital Hall, 1015 Grove Ave. |
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| BEGINSNovember 11
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Music presents Junior Recital: Amanda Price, Voice.Amanda Price will present a recital in partial fulfillment of the Bachelor’s of Music degree. This event is free and no tickets are required. 8-9PMJames W. Black Music Center, Recital Hall, 1015 Grove Ave. |
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| BEGINSNovember 11
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Media Art + Text Student Guild Presents: MATX MIXTAPES v.2.1 Backscatter 03 (Gamma) a performance by Mark Cetilia Backscatter 03 (Gamma) is an improvisational performance that uses shortwave radio transmissions and analogue modular synthesis as the sole source material for realtime processing. This piece utilizes Gnu Radio software in conjunction with Ettus Research LLC’s Universal Software Radio Peripheral for realtime data acquisition and demodulation, as well as custom software built in Supercollider and Max/MSP and live modular synthesis patching for realtime signal generation and manipulation. It is an exploration of architectural space through the use of site- and time-specific information found in regions of the electromagnetic spectrum outside of the reaches of the human sensory apparatus. |
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| BEGINSNovember 14
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Music presents Junior Recital: Allison Cobwell, Viola.Allison Cobwell will present a recital in partial fulfillment of the Bachelor’s of Music degree. This event is free and no tickets are required. 7-8:30PMJames W. Black Music Center, Recital Hall, 1015 Grove Ave. |
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| BEGINSNovember 15
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Music presents Flute Studio Recital. Student performers present accompanied and unaccompanied repertoire from the flute literature. This event is free and no tickets are required. 7-8:30PMJames W. Black Music Center, Recital Hall, 1015 Grove Ave. |
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| BEGINSNovember 16
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Music presents Guitar Studio Recital.An evening of music presented by students studying guitar at VCU. This event is free and no tickets are required to attend. 7-8:30PMJames W. Black Music Center, Recital Hall, 1015 Grove Ave. |
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| BEGINSNovember 17
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Music presents Saxophone Studio Recital.This event is free and no tickets are required to attend. 5-6:30PMJames W. Black Music Center, Recital Hall, 1015 Grove Ave. |
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| BEGINSNovember 17
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Music presents Guitar Studio Recital.An evening of music presented by students studying guitar at VCU. This event is free and no tickets are required to attend. 7-8:30PMJames W. Black Music Center, Recital Hall, 1015 Grove Ave. |
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| BEGINSNovember 17
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Dance presents Fall Senior Project 2011: femiNINE.The Senior Project concert serves as a capstone experience in both performance and choreography for graduating Dance majors. Tickets $15/ $10 student. Buy tickets online. Thursday, Friday, Saturday, November 17, 18, 19, 2011. 8:00 PMVCU’s Grace Street Theater, 934 W. Grace Street. |
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Music presents Junior Recital: Sallie Penn Turner, Violin.Sallie Penn Turner will present a recital in partial fulfillment of the Bachelor’s of Music degree. This event is free and no tickets are required to attend. 7-8PMJames W. Black Music Center, Recital Hall, 1015 Grove Ave. |
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| BEGINSNovember 10
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CANCELED Photography and Film presents a lecture by Tim Davis, a Malawi-born American visual artist and poet.Tim Davis’ photographic work often delves into more formal aspects of light and abstraction, as well as socially-engaged documentary. He is the author of several books, including Lots, Permanent Collection, and My Life in Politics. Davis teaches in the Photography Department at Bard College. 5 P.MGrace Street Theater, 934 West Grace Street. |
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Craft/Material Studies presents a lecture by Anne Wilson.Anne Wilson is a Chicago-based visual artist who creates sculpture, drawings, performances and video animations that explore themes of time, loss, private and social rituals. Her artwork embraces conceptual strategies and and work using everyday materials — table linen, bed sheets, human hair, lace, thread, glass, and wire. 11AMVCU University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Avenue. |
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1708 Gallery presents Assembler,a discussion around 1708 latest exhibition Push, Pull, Resist, featuring sculptures by Christian Benefiel.Matt King, artist and Assistant Professor of Art Foundation and Sculpture + Extended Media at VCU will lead the conversation. Assembler is a series of conversations that occur in conjunction with 1708′s exhibitions. Artists, curators, and art and art history professors engage the audience in the process of examining content in Contemporary art. 6PM1708 Gallery, 319 West Broad St. (at Madison Street) |
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Graphic Design presents Charlotte Cheetham: Manystuff Blog, curating/publishing about graphic design. Manystuff, founded and run by Charlotte Cheetham, is a blog that promotes the culture of graphic design. Every day between 3,000-4,000 visitors – from Paris to London, New York to Berlin, Seoul to Zurich to Amsterdam – are guided by Cheetham’s selection of designers and international events holding up a mirror to contemporary practice. Cheetham endeavors to provide the frame from which to view the landscape of design innovation and experimentation. 4:30-6PMGrace Street Theater, 934 West Grace Street. |
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| BEGINSNovember 3
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Ground Zero Dance presents ONLY CONNECT,new and re-staged works in two programs, by company choreographers Pam England and Rob Petres, guest artists MBDance/Maria Bauman, and VON HOWARDPROJECT/Christian von Howard. Tickets $20/$10 students, available at the door (cash or check only) or online. TWO WEEKENDS – Thursday, Friday, Saturday, November 3-5 and 10-12, 2011 . Performances 8:00 pm nightly, with 2:00 pm Saturday matinees. Dogtown Dance Theatre, 109 West 15 th Street (Old Manchester). |
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| BEGINSNovember 18
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In association with the First Decade Celebration: Tenth Anniversary of the Joel and Lila Harnett Print Study Center exhibition, University of Richmond Museums presents James Goodfriend, an art dealer from C&J Goodfriend Drawing and Prints, New York, who will discuss how to examine works on papers in his talk “Connoisseurship: Looking at Old Master Prints.” This presentation will be followed by a benefit print sale.2 – 4 pm: Connoisseurship Workshop: Looking at Old Master Prints – James Goodfriend, C & J Goodfriend Drawings and Prints, New York
4 – 6 pm: Benefit Print Sale Joel and Lila Harnett Print Study Center, University of Richmond Museums, Modlin Center for the Arts. |
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| Richmond.comFirst Fridays Artwalk – list of openings1708 Gallery319 West Broad St. (at Madison Street), 804-643-1708 1212 Gallery Art12 E. 12th Street, 804-233-995743rd Street Gallery
1412 W. 43rd Street, 804-233-1758 228 W. Broad Street (between Madison & Jefferson), 804-644-0100 907 1/2 W. Franklin St. (at Shafer Street), 804-828-1522 6 East Broad St. (at Foushee Street), 804-343-1406 E 4th Street, 804.232.6464 320 Hull Street, 804 291.1400 1601 West Main Street, 804 254-1755 301 W. Broad Street, 804.643.6858 1317 W. Cary Street, 804-422-8066 Contemporary Art Center of Virginia 2200 Parks Avenue Virginia Beach, VA 23451 757-425-0000 Curated Culture/Cornerstone 23 W. Broad Street, 804-353-3051 101 E. Broad Street, 804-644-3900 2000 E Cary Street, 804-355-2001 Gallery 5 – Virginia Fire and Police Museum 200 W. Marshall Street (at N. Jefferson Street), 804-644-0005 5800 Grove Avenue, 804-285-0774 220 West Broad Street 1620 W. Main Street, 888.358.1990 209 West Broad Street, 804.929.7018 Jennifer Young Studio and Gallery 16 E. Main Street, 804-677-6559 Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens 1800 Lakeside Avenue, 804-262-9887 1000 W. Broad Street, 3rd Floor, 804.828.1113 1537 West Main Street, 804-355-6151 Metro Space Gallery 119 W. Broad Street, 804-643-7125 The Montpelier Center for Arts and Education 17205 Mountain Road Montpelier, VA 23192 804-883-7378 918 W. Grace St. (between Harrison and Shafer), 804-649-4069 1625 West Main Street, 804-359-3633 0 East Fourth Street (Hull and Fourth Street), 804-726-4442 Pine Camp Cultural Arts and Community Center 4901 Old Brook Road, 804-646-3677 311 W. Broad Street (at Madison Street), 804-644-5450 Raymond Hodges Theater, Singleton Center for Performing Arts 922 Park Ave (at Grove Avenue), Theatre VCU Box Office: 804-828-6026 1607 W. Main Street (at Lombardy and Main) 216 E. Main Street 1514 West Main Street (at Plum Street) 407 E. Canal St. (at S. 4th Richmond Public Library, Main Branch 101 E. Franklin Street Solvent Space – Plant Zero Arts Center E 4th Street (between Hull and Decatur Street) University of Richmond Museums 28 Westhampton Way, University of Richmond, 804.289.8276 609 Bowe Street (at W. Broad Street), 804-828-1129 VCU School of Business Auditorium 1015 Floyd Avenue 10 N. Brunswick Street (at Floyd Avenue), 804-828-1711 934 W. Grace Street (between Harrison and Shafer), 804-828-2020 VCU 1000 W. Broad Street (between Hancock and Shafer), 1st floor lobby. 1015 Grove Avenue VCU University Student Commons 907 Floyd Avenue 901 W. Main Street Virginia 2501 Monument Avenue 428 N. Boulevard (between Kensington and 200 N. Boulevard Visual Arts Center of Richmond (formerly the Hand Workshop) 1812 West Main Street (at Allen Street), 804-353-0094 208 W. Broad Street W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts 922 Park Avenue (Park and Harrison streets), VCU Music Box Office: 804-828-6776 The Whitley Gallery 29 N. 17th Street, 804-343-0027 |
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