June 16th, 2011
Come out and support 1708 Gallery at CultureWorks’ CultshaXpo at the Science Museum of Virginia on Saturday, June 25th from 10 AM – 5 PM!
In preparation for InLight Richmond 2011, we will be hosting an all-day, hands-on lantern-making workshop at CultshaXpo. Bring your family and friends and join us! Produced by CultureWorks, CultshaXpo offers Richmond the opportunity to learn more about and support area non-profits like 1708 Gallery AT NO EXPENSE TO YOU.
Visitors to CultshaXpo will register as Cultural Shareholders. (We recommend that you register in advance – http://www.richmondcultureworks.org/cultsha). Cultural Shareholders receive FREE CultshaBucks. Up to $50,000 in CultshaBucks will be distributed in envelopes with various amounts from $10-$100 inside. This is FREE money to use and we hope that you will spend it with 1708 Gallery! At the end of the event, all participating organizations will trade in the CultshaBucks that they have received for REAL dollars.
This is the first in a series of lantern making workshops organized by 1708 Gallery. Workshops will take place throughout the summer and fall in preparation for the Community Lantern Parade that kicks off InLight Richmond 2011. InLight Richmond 2011 will take place along the downtown river front on a site that stretches from the Belle Isle parking lot to MeadWestvaco and includes the American Civil War Center at Tredegar.
PUT THIS ON YOUR CALENDARS AND REGISTER TODAY. This is an easy way to support 1708 Gallery without pulling out your checkbook and is a great way to learn more about how 1708 Gallery and other area non-profits contribute to the rich cultural life of Richmond.
InLight 2011 and the lantern making workshops and parade are generously sponsored by Altria, MeadWestvaco and Dominion Resources.
More about CultshaXpo
Produced by CultureWorks, CultshaXpo will take place at the Science Museum of Virginia on Saturday, June 25th from 10 AM – 5 PM. Dance, sing, draw, paint, listen, learn and enjoy FREE admission to the Science Museum. More than 50 of the Richmond Region’s arts and cultural organizations will perform and distribute information about all of their wonderful programs.
For more information or to register visit http://www.richmondcultureworks.org/cultsha.
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June 15th, 2011
Attention All Artists:
Due to a glitch in the on-line submission process, we are extending the deadline for submissions to InLight Richmond 2011 to NEXT Wednesday, June 22 at midnight. We apologize for any inconvenience but the form is now up and running and we will gladly accept your submissions!
For more information and to apply, please visit: http://www.1708gallery.org/enter-inlight/
We look forward to receiving your entry!
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May 19th, 2011
The gallery received 338 entries from 37 states and 8 countries this year for our juried biennial, FEED2011. The jurors, Lauren Marinaro and Elizabeth Schlatter, were honored to have the opportunity to review so much dynamic work from all across the country and the world. After a great deal of deliberation, the field has been narrowed down to 30 semi-finalists.
Congratulations to the following FEED2011 Semi-Finalists!
Lindsey Beal, Iowa City, IA
Kyan Bishop, Washington, DC
Melody Boone, Chesapeake, VA
Larissa Borteh, Brooklyn, NY
Caryl Burtner, Richmond, VA 
Celia Butler, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Irene Clouthier, Fairfax, VA
Michelle Given Murray, KY
Dominic Guarnaschelli, Louisville, KY
Kate Hampel, Chicago, IL
Llewellyn Hensley, Richmond, VA
Shawn Huckins, Middletown, CT
Will Hutnick, Brooklyn, NY
Juan Juarez, Syracuse, NY
Andrew Kozlowski, Richmond, VA
Alma Leiva, Richmond, VA
Erika Mahr, Astoria, NY
Michael May, Dublin, OH
Guy Nelson, Brooklyn, NY
Carrie Patterson, Leonardtown, MD
Suzanne Proulx, Erie, PA
Stefan Riebel, Berlin, Germany
Sandra Stephens, New Hartford, NY
Tracy Stuckey, Morgantown, WV
Corinne Ulmann, Brooklyn, NY
Keith J. Varadi, Richmond, VA
Lana Waldrep, Austin, TX
Kristyn Weaver, Round Rock, TX
Ruby Wescoat, Greensboro, NC
Chase Westfall, Athens, GA
From this list, the jurors will select five finalists for the exhibition. Each of the five finalists will be invited to exhibit multiple works and will receive an honorarium of $1000. The finalists will be announced on August 1, 2011 and the exhibition will open at 1708 Gallery on Friday, September 2 and will be on view through Saturday, October 15. For more information about FEED2001, please visit: www.1708feed.org.
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May 16th, 2011
ATTENTION: Virginia Undergraduate, Graduate and Professional Artists
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is now accepting applications for 2012-13 Visual Arts Fellowships!
$8,000 Professional
$6,000 Graduate (includes art history)
$4,000 Undergraduate (includes college-bound high school seniors)
The application deadline is: Thursday, November 10, 2011.
More information, the application, and a printable PDF flyer are available at: http://www.vmfa.museum/fellowships
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May 11th, 2011
1708 Gallery’s next exhibition will open during the First Friday Art Walk on June 3. Meet Greg Stewart and view his show, Engine of Bones Man the Handyman, during our open reception from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., featuring complementary appetizers and a cash bar. An artist’s talk will take place on the following first Friday, July 1st, at 7 p.m.
Engine of Bones Man the Handyman is inspired by the role of humans in a partially imaginary world dominated by migration and survival. Stewart’s portable structures—small fruit trees emerging from the bodies of deer-like forms—are part migrating herd, part sustenance-providing orchard and suggest mutation and movement as a form of adaptability. Also on display will be tools and accessories created from the “hides” of these animals, as well as digital prints documenting them in an urban environment.
For more information about this exhibition, read the press release.
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May 3rd, 2011
Springtime is here and there are plenty of things to do! Richmond’s lovely First Friday Art Walk is May 6th which includes 40 venues offering great food, art, and entertainment.
Here at 1708 Gallery, we are showcasing the exhibitions of Michael McFalls’ Recent Work and Kevin Jones’ Chemtrail. These highly sculptural exhibitions inspire us to investigate the objects that make up our world and the cultural significance of these objects. Jones’ work examines the base elements derived from scientific research and what, if any, meaning that holds. McFalls’ work investigates the dualities that exist between the natural and the man-made, and pushes the viewer to contemplate the societal implications of both. For further information regarding these exhibitions please visit the event page. There will be a First Friday Reception including food and beverages from 6 to 10pm on May 6th.
Also, don’t forget to check out the current exhibition at our satellite space, Richmond’s historic Linden Row Inn, Art as the Mother Tongue: A Dialogue between East and West, curated by Richmond artist and 1708 board member Amie Oliver. This exhibition explores the universality of art over obstacles like language barriers and cultural diversities. For more information and location, visit the event page.
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April 20th, 2011
1708 Gallery invites artists working in all media and disciplines, including performance, to submit proposals for InLight Richmond 2011, 1708 Gallery’s fourth annual one-night, public, light-based art exhibition. InLight Richmond 2011 will take place on Friday, October 21 along the James River on a site that features the American Civil War Center at Tredegar Iron Works. Proposals should involve, be inspired by, investigate, or interpret themes of light, from light as medium to light as concept. Existing work, as well as proposals for new projects, will be considered. However, preference will be given to site-specific projects that engage this particular location. An honorarium will be given to each project. All entries are eligible for the Best in Show award ($1500) and the People’s Choice Award ($500). All green entries are also eligible for a Best in Green award ($1500).
The juror for InLight 2011 is Matthew Lyons, Curator at The Kitchen in New York. The deadline for submission is midnight on June 15, 2011.
Visit www.1708gallery.org/enter-inlight for more information and to submit a proposal.
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April 13th, 2011
Saturday, April 23, 2011
6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
FREE and open to the public
1708 Gallery is pleased to host THE FORUM 2011, an invitational program for currently enrolled college students. Each year, students are nominated by their departments and invited to present their most recent work for critique by their peers, professional artists, curators and community members. These presentations are highlighted by a dialog between the artist and the audience providing unique and informed feedback and perspective. This year’s critic is Erling Sjovold, Associate Professor of Art at the University of Richmond.
For more information, visit the event page here.
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April 13th, 2011
1708 Gallery invites you to experience our two latest exhibitions opening on April 22. Michael McFalls’ “Recent Works” and Kevin Jones’ “Chemtrail” encourage us to take a closer look at our environments and the objects within them. An opening reception will be held on Friday, April 22, 2011, from 6 to 8 p.m. and will include a talk by the artists at 6:30 p.m., complimentary hors d’oeuvres, and a cash bar. The exhibitions will be on view through Saturday, May 28, 2011.
Michael McFalls’ sculptures combine natural materials and the man-made. He invites the viewer to consider the lingering, or potentially novel, significance of materials that are often taken for granted.
Through digitally produced images and a video installation, Kevin Jones examines systems found in scientific investigation. Jones “seeks to question our understanding of the physical world and to test and undermine scientific authority.”
For more information, visit the event page here.
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March 11th, 2011
talk20 is not a lecture but a gathering, an open forum for the dissemination of ideas in art, architecture and design. Participants will present up to 20 slides of their work with 20 seconds to discuss each slide.
Join 1708 Gallery and C3 (The Creative Change Center) as we present Richmond’s 4th Edition of talk20.
Tuesday, March 22nd, 6 to 8 p.m.
The Corrugated Box Building
201 West 7th Street, Richmond, VA
This round of talented presenters includes:
Ellie Basch, chef and caterer of Savor/The Lunch Porter cafe. www.ChefEllie.com and www.TheLunchPorter.com
Bentley Boyd, creator of history comic books www.chestercomix.com
Arthur E Chadwick, president of Chadwick & Son Orchids Inc and co-author of ‘The Classic Cattleyas’ book www.chadwickorchids.com
Suzanna Fields, abstract artist, www.suzannafields.com
Margaret Hancock, art and design educator, www.margarethancockstudio.com
Amanda Robinson, founder and and current Executive Director of Gallery5 (NFP) www.gallery5arts.org
Ed Trask, Visual Artist www.edwardtrask.com
This is a FREE event, but please register HERE. The event will include complimentary appetizers and a cash bar.
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