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Visual Arts Center of Richmond The Visual Arts Center of Richmond celebrates and supports the creative life of all people through art-making, exhibitions, and community programs.
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Art for everyone. Creativity for life.

🐻🧵 Don't have time for a multi-week art class? Our Holiday Workshops are juuuust right!With most classes taking place ov...
10/16/2026

🐻🧵 Don't have time for a multi-week art class? Our Holiday Workshops are juuuust right!

With most classes taking place over 1–2 days and tuition starting as low as $25, Holiday Workshops are a good opportunity to try your hand at a new skill or practice an old one.

Registration opens for VisArts members on Oct 21, and to the public on Oct 28. Browse the new Holiday Mini catalog now at visarts.org/classes

🪡 Illustration by Jess Kingswell

A special thank you to our Craft + Design committee members! Check out some of their finds from past + current Craft + D...
10/15/2026

A special thank you to our Craft + Design committee members! Check out some of their finds from past + current Craft + Design artists.

Find a full list of the artists that will be featured at the beautiful Main Street Station from November 20–22 at https://craftanddesignrva.com/?utm_source=visarts_social&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=2026_craft_and_design

(Behind the committee: "Out of Many, One," 2026, Ambrose Hernandez Godoy and Davi Leventhal, part of "Memorias del Futuro," on view in the VisArts Dominion Room through today, Oct 15.)

It's your last chance to catch "Kei Ito: Everything Time Touches" before it closes on Oct 18 🔲This exhibition brings tog...
10/14/2026

It's your last chance to catch "Kei Ito: Everything Time Touches" before it closes on Oct 18 🔲

This exhibition brings together recent works by Kei Ito that further his ongoing investigation into inherited trauma, bodily memory, and the material traces of history.

His photographic practice unfolds as a durational and environmental process, shaped as much by time and contingency as by intention. Ito approaches his work as a performance, prioritizing the process over the completed image.

Across the exhibition, light, shadow, and exposure are joined by less conventional elements ––organic materials, chemical reactions, language, and sound–– each contributing to a practice that resists simple permanence. Images emerge and dissolve; words repeat and reconfigure; signals overlap and interfere.

Curated by Fabiola R. Delgado. Free + open to the public through Oct 18. https://www.visarts.org/exhibition/everything-time-touches/?utm_source=visarts_social&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=exhibitions

(Photos 3–5 courtesy of Kei Ito.)

10/14/2026

Cost: Free How far will a family go to ensure their daughter’s skin never darkens? The Girl Who was the Color of Nothing: A Children's Story for Adults (2026) explores colorism, using the concept of an illustrated children’s book to engage adult readers and young ones, too. Join us for a reading

Less than 2 weeks left to catch our current exhibition, "Kei Ito: Everything Time Touches."Kei Ito is an interdisciplina...
10/07/2026

Less than 2 weeks left to catch our current exhibition, "Kei Ito: Everything Time Touches."

Kei Ito is an interdisciplinary artist whose work centers on utilizing the conceptual framework of photography to visualize the invisible. Primarily employing camera-less photographic techniques, performance, and artifacts—including c-print sunlight exposures, material-based processes, and site-responsive interventions—Ito creates large-scale installations that excavate hidden histories.

This exhibition brings together recent works by Kei Ito that further his ongoing investigation into inherited trauma, bodily memory, and the material traces of history.

Curated by Fabiola R. Delgado. Free + open to the public through Oct 18. https://www.visarts.org/exhibition/everything-time-touches/?utm_source=visarts_social&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=exhibitions

Second Fridays: Special artoberVA Edition!Second Fridays classes are usually $15/per person, but this month, VisArts is ...
10/06/2026

Second Fridays: Special artoberVA Edition!

Second Fridays classes are usually $15/per person, but this month, VisArts is proud to partner with CultureWorks Richmond and offer Pay-What-You-Will (PWYW) admission in celebration of Artober.

Bring friends, fam, or a date to one of these make-and-take art classes. No previous experience necessary.

🍁 Nature-Inspired Needle Felting with Claudia Meyer
🕯️ Hand Building: Autumnal Candle Holders with Elizabeth Schlatter
🖌️ Tiny Watercolor Techniques with Alicia Strum
🪡 Slow Stitch Sampler with Lora Hart
🔥 Raku with Abby Lee

Sign up now at https://www.visarts.org/secondfridays/?utm_source=visarts_social&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=second_fridays. And be sure to check out all the other awesome artoberVA events that CultureWorks has coming up!

10/05/2026

🎟️ Tickets for Craft + Design are NOW LIVE!

Craft + Design is VisArts' annual contemporary craft show that has garnered a reputation for showcasing the finest in museum-quality craft. The show will be held in the historic Main Street Station from Nov 20 – 22.

Tickets start at just $15 + fees. If you're planning to attend the McKinnon and Harris Patrons' Preview Party on Fri, Nov 20, be sure to snag an all-access Patron's Pass! Early bird ticket pricing available now through Oct 31.

Get tickets and preview the 160+ exhibiting artists at https://craftanddesignrva.com/?utm_source=visarts_social&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=2026_craft_and_design

VISARTS MEMBERS: you should have received your unique promo code in your email. If you don't see it in your inbox or spam/junk folder, send us an email at [email protected].

Merch so fire it makes kilns look chilly 🌶️🔥Chili Throwdown presented by TowneBank kicks off at 5:30pm tonight, and we'v...
10/02/2026

Merch so fire it makes kilns look chilly 🌶️🔥

Chili Throwdown presented by TowneBank kicks off at 5:30pm tonight, and we've got some exclusive merch for sale! Tall boy koozies to keep your Bingo B**r Co brews frosty, and limited-run prints of the 2026 Chili Throwdown poster by Raan M. Brown.

Reminder: Chili Throwdown is SOLD OUT! No tickets will be available at the door. We can't wait to see you all tonight for some locally made chili, bowls, & brews 🍻🥣

Swipe to the end for a sneak peek at the Chili Champ trophies by Featured Clay Artist Blue Clements 🌶️Know Before You Go...
10/01/2026

Swipe to the end for a sneak peek at the Chili Champ trophies by Featured Clay Artist Blue Clements 🌶️

Know Before You Go: VisArts Chili Throwdown presented by TowneBank on Fri, Oct 2!

📍 Visual Arts Center of Richmond (1812 W Main St, Richmond, VA 23220)
🕠 5:30 – 8pm
🎟️ SOLD OUT

Swipe for parking, schedule, and restaurant info.

Ticket holders: check your email for tickets and additional info! Did we miss anything? Ask us in the comments or send us a DM!

Just 2 more weeks to catch "Kei Ito: Everything Time Touches" in the True F. Luck Gallery at VisArts.This exhibition, cu...
09/29/2026

Just 2 more weeks to catch "Kei Ito: Everything Time Touches" in the True F. Luck Gallery at VisArts.

This exhibition, curated by Fabiola R. Delgado, brings together recent works by Kei Ito that further his ongoing investigation into inherited trauma, bodily memory, and the material traces of history.

As a third-generation atomic bomb survivor living in the United States, Ito draws on his generational history as a series of case studies, addressing nuclear history, intergenerational memory, and environmental trauma. His work often engages the language of monuments and memorials, initiating a process of healing while inviting audiences to confront complex social and historical conditions.

Free + open to the public, 9am–9pm daily. https://www.visarts.org/exhibition/everything-time-touches/?utm_source=visarts_social&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=exhibitions

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