VCUarts Art Foundation Car Debuts at East Carolina Motor Speedway
The VCUarts AFO #03 car will be unveiled at the East Carolina Motor Speedway on Saturday, June 11. Pro6 driver Justin Fuller will be behind the wheel of the AFO car, designed by Agata Blaszkow, B.F.A....
View ArticleVirginia Museum of Fine Arts Visual Arts Fellowships 2017-18
Applications are now open for the VMFA Fellowship program! The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship program is a vital source of funding for the visual arts and art history in Virginia. VMFA is...
View ArticleVCUarts Artists Take Over 1708 Gallery “5 x 5” Series
1708 Gallery is hosting a summer studio exhibition series entitled 5 x 5, and of the five exhibitions taking place between June 13 – August 20, all of them feature VCUarts faculty, students and alumni....
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VCUarts Community Celebrates Seipel Retirement With Custom Arcade
“Hey, wouldn’t it be cool if we built an arcade and kept it at the Depot?” “Yeah, that’d be pretty cool.” “It should have Joe’s* face on it.” And that’s pretty much how Joecade came to be. Christopher...
View Article“MACBETH: UNHINGED” to Screen at the 70th Edinburgh’s International Film...
“Macbeth: Unhinged” will make its international festival world premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, June 15-26, 2016. This year, the Edinburgh International Film Festival, which is...
View ArticleVCUarts Artists Selected for Prestigious Skowhegan Fellowships
Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts is pleased to announce that five alumni will attend the Skowhegan summer residency. VCUarts alumni Perrin Turner (B.F.A. ’16), Levester Williams...
View ArticleHonorable Mention Goes to VCUarts Alumni for Contemporary Sculpture Award
Levester Williams (M.F.A. ’16) received an Honorable Mention in International Sculpture Center’s 2016 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award program. This year, over 370...
View ArticleGraduate Students Selected for Mildred’s Lane Fellowships
VCUarts is pleased to announce that four of its graduate students have been selected for the Mildred’s Lane Fellowship, a working-living-researching artists residency in northeastern Pennsylvania....
View ArticleTen Things to do in Richmond This Summer
Richmond has been named “Best River Town” by Outside Magazine and one of the happiest cities in the country by the U.S. National Bureau of Economic Research. Needless to say, people love it here. If...
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VCUarts Faculty Exhibit at UCF Art Gallery
A Cold and Overcast Day is a two-man show running at the UCF Art Gallery featuring Kinetic Imaging Associate Professor Bob Kaputof and John Henry Blatter (M.F.A. ’09), an interdisciplinary technologist...
View ArticleLaying Down the Law
People usually stop believing Helsinki-based lawyer Lauren Turner (B.A. ’03) when she explains her trajectory from dancer to lawyer with fashion merchandiser, online furniture sales, the criminal...
View ArticleVCUarts Alumnus Taking Part in Richmond Mural Project
The Richmond Mural Project is back for its fifth year. A couple dozen artists from around the world will set-up shop in front of a blank canvas, or in this case, a blank wall facade, and will work on...
View ArticleVCUarts Craft Chair Discusses “Untitled” on Public Radio
Sonya Clark, chair of the Department of Craft/Material Studies, completed a follow-up interview with WFAE, the NPR affiliate in Charlotte, about the evolution of her work with the confederate flag over...
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Design Eases Pain: Students Develop a Seat Belt Cover for Cancer Patients
“Rethink the experience of a cancer patient.” That’s not what most people would expect as an assignment for an art student. But that has been one of the challenges at VCUarts’ middle Of broad for more...
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Graduate Music Alumnus Jams Out on Lake Winnipesaukee
Adam Larrabee (M.M. ’98) shouldn’t fret over his summer schedule, he’s been a banjo-playing rockstar! This summer, he took his skills to the Miles of Music Island Camp, a week-long retreat exploring...
View ArticleQuestions You Didn’t Think to Ask on Tour
When you come to tour VCUarts, you are getting access to one of the most untapped resources on campus – our tour guides! Current undergraduate students lead most tours, and these are the questions...
View ArticlePainter Stanley Rayfield: Purity in Art
Stanley Rayfield (B.F.A. ’09) creates powerful portraits, capturing the inner core of his subjects. He paints from the heart and wants his artwork to bring others joy. His Christian faith is a driving...
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Seipel Appears in Weekend Edition of Richmond Times-Dispatch
The Richmond Times-Dispatch profiled Joe Seipel in the weekend edition of the paper. Here is a quick excerpt: Rabbits, beware. Joseph Seipel is headed back to the studio. After a decades-long foray...
View ArticleMaking Home: Improving Living Conditions for Migrant Workers
Migrant labor is a fact of life in the rapid modernization that is transforming Doha, Qatar. As the country prepares to host the World Cup in 2022, the Qatar Foundation has implemented new national...
View ArticleInterior Design Magnate Pays It Forward
“I wanted to support VCUarts because it gave me the step I needed for a career I loved,” says C. Larry Horne (B.F.A. ’69), who founded Horne International Designs in 1982. His partner and the firm’s...
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