Sun, Feb 2, 2020 | 1–4 pm
Art Education Center
During Open Studio Plus Performance, celebrate family with Richmond artist Hamilton Glass and local African American photographers. Take your digital family portraits onsite at VMFA to become part of a mixed-media public art collaboration. Glass will guide attendees in hands-on participation. You can also capture fun memories in the Family Portrait Photo Booth. Extending the…
Sun, Feb 2 | 1–4 pm
Performances in the Atrium 2 pm & 3 pm
Art Education Center
Join us as we encounter generational lessons from two sisters with remarkable stories to share from the perspective of the African American South. Through song, stories, and signed poetry, we will learn how women have made an impact on culture through practices passed down from family matriarchs. In addition, celebrate family with Richmond artist Hamilton Glass…
Thu, Feb 27, 2020 | 5:30 pm
Atrium
Come see RVA Community Makers—a mixed-media public art mural in VMFA’s Atrium. The completed project will feature portraits of six local leaders who have been selected for their impact on the RVA community. The mixed-media mural of acrylic paint and photography will reflect the creative visions of Richmond artist Hamilton Glass and local photographers Regina…
Fri, Jan 31 | 10 am–9 pm
Evans Court
VMFA members get exclusive access to Working Together: Louis Draper and the Kamoinge Workshop before it opens to the public. This groundbreaking exhibition features 180 photographs by 15 of the New York-based group’s early members, including Richmond native Louis Draper.
Sat, Feb 15 | 7–11:30 pm
Museum wide
Join host Kelli Lemon for a night of art, music, dancing, and love after dark. Catch DJ Lonnie B on the spin in the Marble Hall. Enjoy Legacy Band performing live music in the Atrium. Experience the exhibitions Edward Hopper and the American Hotel and Working Together: Louis Draper and the Kamoinge Workshop. All galleries…
Sat, Feb 29
Art Activity
10–11 am | Atrium
African American Read-In for Families 2020
11 am–12:30 pm | Meet at Rumors of War
Featuring the African American Read Read-In for Families Join VMFA for a community celebration of Kehinde Wiley’s Rumors of War! This special event will offer families a chance to view this new work of art and welcome it to its permanent home through art-making, gallery activities, and readings of children’s literature. Featured on this day…
Sat, Feb 29 | 11 am–12:30pm
Meet at Rumors of War
This program celebrates children’s literature and art created by African and African American artists. Experience these works with your children through discussion, music, movement, and enrichment activities. (Intended audience: children ages 2 1/2–8 years; everyone is welcome). All children’s literature featured in the African American Read-In for Families is available for purchase in the VMFA…
Thu, Feb 27 | 5:30–7:30 pm
Meet at Visitor Services
Literature and fine arts come together with African American Read-In at VMFA. See and hear notable figures from the greater Richmond community as they lend their voices in prose and poetry readings throughout the galleries. In this powerful display of storytelling, experience evocative and poignant pairings of works by African American artists and authors. The…
Tue, Feb 11, 11–11:30 am
Thu, Feb 13, 6:30–7 pm
Meet at Visitor Services
Join Dr. Christopher C. Oliver for an exploration of three objects on view at in VMFA’s American Art galleries and discover their connection with the power of poetry and prose.
Throughout the month of February
COMMUNITY CONVERSATION The Eggleston Family Legacy and Green Book Sun, Jan 26 | 2–3:30 pm Free, tickets required Leslie Cheek Theater Learn the history of The Negro Motorist Green Book through a screening of the Smithsonian Channel film The Green Book: A Guide to Freedom (51 min). The post-screening conversation features Melody Short, Director of Operations…
