Rachael Arauz Visiting Speaker Lecture

Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU 601 W Broad St, Richmond, VA

The Department of Craft/Material Studies presents a visiting speaker lecture by Rachael Arauz entitled "The Craft & Materials of Curatorial Thinking" on Wednesday, October 25 at 12:30 P.M. at the Institute for Contemporary Art’s auditorium (601 W Broad St, Richmond, VA 23220).   ABOUT THE SPEAKER-- M. Rachael Arauz is an independent curator of modern ...

BlackGrounds: Dispatches from the Extreme Middle by Thomas Lax

Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU 601 W Broad St, Richmond, VA

BlackGrounds is a lecture series co-presented by VCUarts’s Department of Art History and the ICA at VCU. The series will feature innovative art historical scholarship on the many ways in which artists from Africa and its diasporas explore the dialogue between the global and the local. BlackGrounds seeks to offer critical and historical context to ...

Meet the Composer: Domenic Salerni Piano Trio

W. E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts 922 Park Avenue, Richmond, VA

Meet the Composer: Domenic Salerni Piano Trio Program: Salerni Seven Meditations for Piano Trio Program Length: 50 minutes Meet the Composer is both a talk and a concert in one, with the composer leading the conversation. ‘Seven Meditations’ was written by Mr. Salerni in response to the New York Times article, ‘Three Women of Bucha’, ...

Certified Body Mapping Workshop with Angela Kelly

W. E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts 922 Park Avenue, Richmond, VA

Certified Body Mapping Instructor Angela Kelly will be visiting campus this fall giving a series of free workshops, sponsored by the Music department. She will be offering a 6-hour course, which she will present in 2-hour increments over the course of the semester. The dates and topics are as follows in the Singleton Center for ...

Marilyn Boror Bor Visiting Artist Lecture

Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU 601 W Broad St, Richmond, VA

The Department of Sculpture + Extended Media presents a visiting artist lecture by Marilyn Boror Bor on Tuesday, January 23 at 12:15 P.M. at the Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU (601 W Broad St, Richmond, VA 23220).   ABOUT THE ARTIST-- Marilyn Boror Bor is a Maya-Kaqchiquel indigenous artist whose body of work covers ...

Catalina Ouyang Visiting Artist Lecture

Murry N. DePillars Building 1000 West Broad St, Richmond, VA

The Department of Painting + Printmaking presents a visiting artist lecture by Catalina Ouyang on Tuesday, January 30 at 12:00 P.M. at the Murry N. DePillars Building, Fishbowl Room 301 (1000 West Broad St., Richmond, VA, 23220).   ABOUT THE ARTIST Catalina Ouyang is a sculptor, writer, and interdisciplinary artist whose practice spans themes of ...

Alex Tatarsky Visiting Artist Lecture

Grace Street Theater 934 W. Grace St., Richmond, VA

The Department of Sculpture + Extended Media presents a visiting artist lecture and performance by Alex Tatarsky on Monday, February 5 at 3:30 P.M. at the Grace Street Theater (934 W Grace St, Richmond, VA 23220).   ABOUT THE ARTIST Called “a hilarious, finely tuned absurdist” (Theatre Jones), Alex Tatarsky makes performances in the uncomfortable ...

Jina Seo Visiting Artist Lecture

Bowe Street Parking Deck, Room 535 609 Bowe Street, Richmond, VA

The Department of Craft/Material Studies presents a visiting artist lecture by Jina Seo on Tuesday, February 6 at 12:30 P.M. at the Bowe Street Parking Deck, Room 535 (609 Bowe St, Richmond, VA). ABOUT THE ARTIST-- Jina Seo is an artist known for her body adornment and material exploration. Her practice explores the relationship between ...

John Hadfield Percussion Masterclass

W. E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts 922 Park Avenue, Richmond, VA

VCU Music is excited to host John Hadfield for a masterclass on Thursday, Feb. 15th from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in room B40 of the Singleton Center for the Performing Arts. As a composer, drummer and percussionist, John Hadfield’s dedication to music has taken him from his native Missouri to concert halls and clubs across the world. ...

Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Wind Ensemble

W. E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts 922 Park Avenue, Richmond, VA

As part of VCU Music’s Mary Anne Rennolds Chamber Concert Series, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Wind Ensemble will perform on Sunday, Feburary 18, 2024 at 3:00pm in the Sonia Vlahcevic Concert Hall in the Singleton Center for Performing Arts. Formed in 1958, the Academy has a discography of over 500 ...

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Yuri Kobayashi Visiting Artist Lecture

Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU 601 W Broad St, Richmond, VA

The Department of Craft/Material Studies presents a visiting artist lecture by Yuri Kobayashi on Tuesday, February 27 at 12:30 P.M. at the Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU (601 W Broad St, Richmond, VA 23220).   About the Artist-- Yuri Kobayashi, a sculptor and furniture maker based in Rockport, Maine, brings a wealth of expertise ...

Communication Arts Forum Speaker Series: Game Development – Feat. Ben Greene and Marcus Dublin

VCU Student Commons Theater 907 Floyd Ave., Richmond, VA

The Department of Communication Arts invites all Communication Arts Students and Faculty - as well as those in the larger VCU community - to a special guest lecture forum discussion on March 14th, in person, in the VCU Student Commons Theater from 1pm - 3pm! We are hosting Art Directors from the AAA gaming industry: ...

Diana Adamyan, violinist

W. E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts 922 Park Avenue, Richmond, VA

As part of VCU Music’s Mary Anne Rennolds Chamber Concert Series, violinist Diana Adamyan will perform on Saturday, March 23, 2024 at 7:00pm in the Sonia Vlahcevic Concert Hall in the Singleton Center for Performing Arts. Diana Adamyan won the First Prize in the 2018 Yehudi Menuhin International Competition and in the 2020 Khachaturian Violin ...

$35

Jenni Sorkin Visiting Scholar Lecture

Murry N. DePillars Building 1000 West Broad St, Richmond, VA

The Department of Painting + Printmaking presents a visiting scholar lecture by Jenni Sorkin on Thursday, March 28th at 12:15 P.M. at the Murry N. DePillars Building, Fishbowl Room 301 (1000 W Broad St, Richmond, VA 23220). Jenni Sorkin, Ph.D., is a Professor of History of Art & Architecture at the University of California, Santa ...

It’s Giving: New Directions in Dance ft. Jason Rodriguez

Dance Center 10 N. Brunswick St, Richmond, VA

VCUarts Dance is excited to host "It's Giving: New Directions in Dance ft. Jason Rodriguez" as a movement-based workshop on Friday, April 5th at 9:00 in Studio 203 at the Dance Center (10 N. Brunswick). This is a hybrid event so attendees may attend either in person or over zoom.  After the movement portion of ...

Jayson Musson Visiting Artist Lecture

Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU 601 W Broad St, Richmond, VA

**UPDATE AS OF 4/17/24** THIS LECTURE HAS BEEN POSTPONED FOR THE 2024 FALL SEMESTER. The Department of Sculpture + Extended Media presents a visiting artist lecture by Jayson Musson on Wednesday, April 17th at 2:30 P.M. at the Institute of Contemporary Art at VCU (601 W Broad St, Richmond, VA 23220). Jayson Musson (b.1977) lives ...