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“First Fridays East” Spring Feature

Richmond, VA - Richmond's popular arts and cultural program, First Fridays Art Walk, makes a special expansion east this spring to connect with Library of Virginia, Richmond CenterStage, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, and University of Richmond Downtown. This exciting partnership with First Fridays coordinators, Curated Culture, will bridge the heart of the First Fridays program area that encompasses Belvidere to 1st Streets to four of Downtown's renowned cultural anchor sites that lie just east between 6th and 9th Streets.

On March 5, April 2, and May 7 between 5:00pm-8:00pm "First Fridays East" will be a special spring feature of Richmond's popular First Fridays Art Walk. These culturally rewarding evenings will offer visitors exciting activities such as food and wine tastings of Virginia made products, live music, diverse exhibitions, and art during the early hours of the evening at the Library of Virginia, St. Paul's, and UR Downtown, while CenterStage will top off the night with free performances at 8:00pm at their dynamic new facilities.

All activities are free and open to the public. Free parking available at the Library of Virginia's underground parking deck from 5:30pm-8:00pm and at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, where First Fridays visitors can enter St. Paul's parking deck at 8th Street between 5:30pm-8:30pm and exit anytime, making visiting downtown even easier and convenient.

"First Fridays East" Events for March 5, 2010

Library of Virginia (800 E. Broad St.) will host an artist demonstration and a free wine-and-cheese reception in The Library Shop gift shop from 5:00-8:00pm. And on view in the Library's beautiful gallery will be, The Land We Live in, The Land We Left: Virginia's People an exhibition exploring the lives of immigrants from a wide variety of homelands who settled in every part of the state. Free parking will be available in the Library's convenient underground Parking Deck from 5:00pm-8:00pm. 

Richmond CenterStage (600 E. Grace St.) will present a free performance of Richmond Shakespeare's Othello at the Gottwald Playhouse at 8:00pm (production co-produced by African-American Repertory Theatre.) ** Tickets update: At present, NO tickets remain for this show and it is listed as sold out. To contact the Richmond CenterStage Box Office in case some become available, call (804) 592-3400. Box office hours are Monday - Friday, 11 am - 5 pm. 

St. Paul's Episcopal Church (815 E. Grace St.) will feature its well-known Annual Lenten Lunch Silent Art Auction, along with a Lenten Lunch desserts and coffee reception and tours of the historic Church, from 5:00pm-8:00pm. The art action features an array of artwork, handcrafts, books, prints and photography, jewelry and much more; proceeds from the silent auction support charity. While the art auction is a more recent endeavor, St. Paul's popular Lenten Lunch Series has been a Richmond tradition for over 100 years. St Paul's provides free parking during First Fridays Art Walk at its 8th Street Parking Deck where First Fridays guests may enter to park from 5:30pm-8:30pm and can exit at their leisure as the exit gates remain open all evening. 

UR Downtown will present artwork inspired by, "Surface Tension: Pattern, Texture and Rhythm in Art" from the Collection (an exhibition organized by University of Richmond Museums) and light refreshments and live music by the band, Shake & Howdy. The musical duo "Shake & Howdy" performs Bluegrass and Roots Music and is comprised of University of Richmond professor Dr. Barry Lawson and bandmate, Dave Kuo.

University of Richmond design students present collages based on ideas about how personal identity is created by one's environment. Each student's collage presents clues as to how they define themselves and how they've been shaped by where they live, grew up, and traveled. Students from the elementary schools Overby-Sheppard, G.W. Carver, and William H. Fox elementary created collages based on 2 and 3-dimensional objects, stamp paintings, and abstract patterns drawn from textiles and ceramics, still life paintings, and Pop art.

Contacts

For information on Richmond's First Fridays Art Walk or "First Fridays East" special project, contact:

Christina Newton, Director, Curated Culture; 804.304.1554 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

For specific information on the participating "First Fridays East" venues and events, contact:

Library of Virginia - Katarina Spears, Library Shop Manager; 804.692.3524
Richmond CenterStage - Erin Rodman, Marketing Manager; 804.565.9671
St. Paul's Episcopal Church - Kimberly Allen, Communications Director; 804.545.5405
University of Richmond Downtown - Liz Riggs, Coordinator UR Downtown; 804.955.4010

Curated Culture's First Fridays Art Walk program is generously Presented by the University of Richmond
with additional support by:
Venture Richmond and CenterStage Foundation
Style Weekly, Richmond.com, Community Idea Stations, MetroRMedia

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Updated: March 1, 2010

Originally posted February 18, 2010

 

 

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