1708 Gallery

1708 Gallery is pleased to announce a new online publication, tentatively titled “The Warhol Project”, made possible by a grant from The Andy Warhol Foundation.

In an effort to expand the opportunities for education and dialogue about contemporary art, the online journal will feature essays, interviews, and other writings, using 1708′s exhibitions as a starting point. A range of writers from graduate students to professionals will be included.

Our first feature was written by Robin Ashworth, a doctoral student in the Media, Art, and Text program at Virginia Commonwealth University. Her article, written in response to Matthew Friday’s Liberty of Empire exhibition, advances Friday’s call to engaged, thoughtful citizenship.

Our publication is still in its beginning stages. We will launch the full version in spring 2011- so stay tuned for further details! If you are interested in writing an article for us in the future, please send a statement of interest to info@1708gallery.org.

Once again, 1708 Gallery thanks the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts for their continued support. Our new online publication is an extension of a print-based project funded by a previous Andy Warhol Grant. By moving our dialogue to the electronic sphere, we hope to create a space that will be highly accessible and free of charge to viewers, as well as easily continued into the future.

1708 Gallery is excited to announce that FEED, our biennial national juried exhibition, will take place on September 2, 2011. This year, our Jurors include Lauren Marinaro, Assistant Director at Zach Feuer Gallery in New York, and Elizabeth Schlatter, Deputy Director and Curator of Exhibitions at the University of Richmond Museums.

The submission process is now open! The deadline is Midnight on March 31, 2011. For more information, visit the submissions page.

To learn more, visit the FEED 2011 website.
To learn about FEED 2009, visit the event page.

February is here, and that means another First Friday! We are pleased to be hosting exhibitions both at our main gallery and at our satellite space at Richmond’s historic Linden Row Inn. Both locations will be hosting receptions open to the public from 6 to 10 p.m. on February 5th.

Opening at Linden Row is Art as the Mother Tongue: A Dialogue between East and West, curated by Richmond artist and 1708 board member Amie Oliver. This exhibition features work from artists from Australia, China, Ireland, and the US, and reflects the universal language of art. For more information, visit the event page.

On view at 1708 gallery is Matthew Friday’s The Liberty of Empire. This show features a site-specific, interactive wall mural. Fill out the questionnaire online or in person at the gallery to become part of the exhibition! To learn more, visit the event page.

We are excited to announce 1708 Gallery’s 21st Annual Art Auction Benefit! Join us on Saturday, April 9th for the opportunity to view and purchase art by some of the area’s most established artists. The event will be held at Try-Me, a gallery space located at 1623 Main St. that houses the collection of Bill and Pam Royall. In addition to our curated live and silent auctions, we are excited to introduce a second silent auction which will feature works from the portfolio “Playing Cards” by this year’s honorary chair, Donald Sultan, whose work is also on display at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Wear your lucky cuff-links and come play in one of Richmond’s biggest benefit events of the year!

For more information, or to purchase your admission, sponsorship, or absentee bid, visit the event page here.

*Works will become available to view at the gallery the prior Friday, April 1st.

1708 Gallery is pleased to announce two exhibitions opening on February 18. Keith Lemley’s Something and Nothing and Kimberly Witham’s Transcendence both ask the viewer to pause and contemplate the underlying beauty of re-contextualized everyday phenomena.

On Friday, February 18 the exhibitions will open with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. The evening will feature talks by both artists beginning at 6:30 p.m. The exhibitions will close on Saturday, April 16 at 4 p.m.

For more information, visit the event page here, or visit the artists’ websites:
www.keithlemley.com
www.kimberlywitham.com

For details on how to participate in 1708 Gallery’s next exhibition, please read the following statement by the artist:

In 2010, the Texas Board of Education passed legislation to remove Thomas Jefferson from history textbooks. Soon after, the board voted to strike the word “democratic” from references to the U.S. government.

The Liberty of Empire is an exhibition that takes the form of a provisional laboratory. The first stage of this project involves interviewing local citizens as to what they think is relevant to the practice of history. I am particularly interested in what students and instructors think should be included in archive of history. History, as we have seen, is a highly contested space. I propose a dialog about this subject and I welcome your participation. Please submit your response via the questionnaire at this website:

http://www.matthewfriday.net/research/?page_id=160

The information submitted will be collected and fed into a specially designed computer program that interprets the future and past tense as a set of fractal attractors/resistors and creates a set of vector diagrams. These diagrams are printed onto sheets of velum and after consulting a randomly oscillating magnetic pulse generator, they will be placed onto a corresponding section of a site specific mural based on Thomas Jefferson’s architectural plans for Monticello. During the course of the exhibition, drawings will slowly accumulate, obscuring the historical image of utopia painted on the wall, replacing it with new maps of potentiality. This project focuses on the co-evolution of a community, which is always conceived of as an emergent public space that exists within and through its relations. To this end, visitors can continue to submit their thoughts regarding utopia via a website or on-location computer, adding to the growing archive of diagrams.

1708 Gallery is pleased to present the following exhibitions that will make up our 2011 season:

Matthew Friday
January 7 – February 12, 2011

Keith Lemley and Kimberly Witham
February 18 – April 16, 2011

21st Annual Art Auction
April 1 – April 16, 2011
For information on previous art auctions, click here.

Kevin Jones and Michael McFalls
April 22 – May 28, 2011

Greg Stewart
June 3 – July 16, 2011

Liz Miller
July 22 – August 27, 2011

Artists selected to participate in the 2011 season use varying media, methods, and artistic practices, and represent the diverse interests of both 1708 and the Richmond community at large. We look forward to seeing you at the gallery in the upcoming months, starting with the Matthew Friday exhibition opening reception and artist talk on January 7! More information on both the exhibition and event to come.

Come to Richmond’s First Fridays this upcoming Friday, December 2nd at 1708 Gallery from 7-10 PM. On view now is our annual holiday invitational, Small Wonder. This show features small works by many local artists and is great way to find holiday gifts for family and friends. For more information, view the exhibition page on our website by clicking here, or read the blog post below.

Also stay tuned for more information on our upcoming 2011 season in the next couple of weeks!

This year, 1708 Gallery’s invitational exhibition, Small Wonder, showcases small works by some of the region’s most well-known artists.

Be sure to attend the Opening Reception on November 19, from 6 to 9 pm for your first chance to purchase the work on display, just in time for the holidays. The event will feature a champagne toast, complimentary hors d’oeuvres, a cash bar, and live music. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 dollars at the door. Reserve your tickets for the event today, by clicking here.

The Closing Reception will be on December 18, from 11 am to 4 pm. Enjoy hot chocolate and baked goods while receiving complimentary gift-wrapping for your purchased artwork. Also at this event, we will announce the winner of the raffle prize. This year’s raffle is the work Ride 4 #2, a piece from local favorite Rob Tarbell’s Smokes series courtesy of Reynolds Gallery (framing by Corporate & Museum Frame). Raffle tickets are $25 each and can be purchased online by clicking here. This closing event is free and open to the public.

The 2010 participating artists include Pam Anderson, Nicole Andreoni, Susanne Arnold, Andras Bality, Nicole Baumann, Gloria Blades, John Henry Blatter, Robin Braun, Daniel Calder, Gregg Carbo, Tom Chenowith, Sara Clark, Don Crow, Diana Detamore, Tim DeVoe, Stacey Evans, Miriam Ewers, Suzanna Fields, Pam Fox, Mari Foster, Carole Garmon, Mim Golub, John Grant, Christine Gray, Chris Gregson, Mike Guyer, Jason Hackett, John Haddad, Kathryn Henry-Choisser, Mary Anne Hensley, Mary Holland, Ann Peyton Hurt, Rosemary Jesionowski, Lindsay Jessee, Aimee Joyaux, Greg Kelley, Erika Koch, Judith Kowler, Andy Kozlowski, Greig Leach, Justin Lincoln, Matthew Lively, Jeffrey Majer, Mary A. Melton, Sarah Mizer, Megan Mueller, Lynn Murphy, Kelly Nelson, Cindy Neuschwander, Eric Norbom, Amie Oliver, Marcie Paper, Charlie Ponticello, Louis Poole, Maruta Racenis, Lynda Ray, Barry Roebuck, Jennifer Rospert, Fiona Ross, Alyssa Salomon, Diego Sanchez, Anne Savedge, Noah Scalin, Chuck Scalin , Mary Scurlock, John-Philip Sheridan, Gordon Stettinius, Jody Symula, Javier Tapia, Grace Teeples, Anne Walker, Jane Ware, Willie Anne Wright, and Aggie Zed.

For the past 32 years, 1708 Gallery has provided the Richmond community with access to exceptional new art by both emerging and established artists. Access to the arts is a vital investment in the future and we hope we can count on you this upcoming holiday season to help 1708 Gallery as it continues to thrive.

Gifts to the Annual Fund nurture 1708 Gallery’s growth by providing unrestricted operating support. Contributions go to exhibition and educational programming and outreach, which is crucial to our ability to inspire and engage the community. All levels of support are meaningful and will have an invaluable impact on the future of the gallery.

Previous gifts to the Annual Fund have helped to fund many exciting projects this past year. Recent highlights include the first annual Monster Drawing Rally, two successful exhibitions to kick-off the 2010-2011 season, Marcie Paper’s Mama Pajama Rolled Out of Bed and The 13th Annual SECAC and MACAA Juried Exhibition, and the public display of light-based work which transformed the city streets of Richmond in the third InLight Richmond. These projects and events were made possible by the generous contributions from our supporters and fellow art enthusiasts who continue to help 1708 maintain its role as one of the  most dynamic arts organizations in Richmond.

Please consider helping to keep 1708 Gallery strong and vibrant. To make a gift today, please click here. We sincerely thank you for your support and look forward to seeing you at 1708 Gallery!