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Author: Amanda Eicher

Call for Artists: Art in Windows 2021

Posted onMarch 24, 2021March 24, 2021AuthorAmanda Eicher

NIAD Art Center and Richmond Main Street Initiative (RMSI) are excited to announce a new collaboration to raise visibility for Richmond-based artists and bring art into public spaces along 23rd Street and Macdonald Avenues in Downtown Richmond.  Who: Established and Read More …

Online Exhibition: Kiss—-Kiss, selected By Fanny Singer

Posted onMarch 24, 2021April 1, 2021AuthorAmanda Eicher

About the exhibition Maybe it’s just this strange moment in time—in which isolation has made physical intimacy of any variety seem so dear—but the idea of a kiss, of a hug, of a lengthy embrace (especially with an acquaintance, or, better yet, Read More …

Untitled (D7536), Christina Saavedra

Online Exhibition: True Identity, selected by Patricia Iglesias Peco

Posted onMarch 18, 2021April 9, 2021AuthorAmanda Eicher

About the exhibition Memory is the thread that weaves these portraits together. One of the most fascinating and intriguing aspects of our psyche, memory is constantly being measured in relation to the truth. How “accurately” do we remember something? But Read More …

Jean McElvane’s Playlist: Door to Door / Let Us In

Posted onMarch 17, 2021March 18, 2021AuthorAmanda Eicher

NIAD artist, Jean McElvane, has created a playlist of songs and cartoons for us: Door to Door / Let Us In. “An idea for this playlist came for various home deliveries to our doors,” says Jean. You can listen to Read More …

Screengrab of Thirsty Thursday with Raven Harper and Shawna Kinard

Video: Thirsty Thursday with Raven Harper and Shawna Kinard

Posted onMarch 11, 2021March 18, 2021AuthorAmanda Eicher

During February’s Thirsty Thursday, NIAD artists Raven Harper and Shawna Kinard discussed the Windows show they organized, “History in the Making.” Hear about their thinking behind the show and learn about Raven and Shawna’s art practices. Click to watch the Read More …

Online Exhibition: Costume Store selected by Ari Banias

Posted onMarch 11, 2021April 1, 2021AuthorAmanda Eicher

About the exhibition Not exactly pretend, but the shimmering parallel worlds right beside this one. Inside it, even.  About the selector Ari Banias is a poet, and the author of Anybody (2016) and the forthcoming A Symmetry (W. W. Norton, 2021). His recent work appears Read More …

Untitled (D4488) Jonathan Velasquez. marker on digital print 24 x 8” unique 2015

Online Exhibition: NIAD Windows: Win Win 9

Posted onMarch 4, 2021March 24, 2021AuthorAmanda Eicher

NIAD’s annual fundraiser, Win Win 9, is Saturday March 6, 2021. It’s called Win Win because everyone has a chance to take home fantastic art! Anyone who attends Win Win 9 can bid on silent auction and live auction artworks Read More …

Untitled (D8353) by Heather Copus

Online Exhibition: Draw Your Letters selected by Danny Floyd

Posted onFebruary 24, 2021March 18, 2021AuthorAmanda Eicher

About the exhibition When I was in elementary school, we had to take handwriting as a class. The teacher would hand out lined newsprint and these special pens that were in an odd shape ostensibly to make them easier for Read More …

Online Exhibition: Artist of the Month Series: We Are Creating Our History curated by Deatra Colbert, Felicia Griffin, and Dorrie Reid

Posted onFebruary 18, 2021March 18, 2021AuthorAmanda Eicher

About the exhibition “Black History Month is a time when I like to think about how we talk about our history together at NIAD. We learn about reading and cooking and printmaking and sewing. I’ve been thinking about how I’ve been coming Read More …

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