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Friday, March 3

Celebrate Women's History Month at VMFA

March is Women’s History Month, and VMFA’s growing collection includes the voices and stories of women artists across time and cultures. Throughout March,...

RVA Arts District , Free
Celebrating Black History Month Through ART!
Crossroads Art Center

Sponsored by Baxter and Elaine Perkinson Crossroads Art Center is excited to announce an Exhibition for African American Artists sponsored by Baxter and...

RVA West End , Free
Creative  Art Time- Shamrock Rings
Richmond Public Library

Learn to make cool Shamrock Rings just in time for St. Patrick's day. This is an ongoing project so just stop by the children's dept. and make your own...

RVA Downtown , Free
First Friday Story & Craft

Join us for a story and related craft in the Art Studio on the first Friday of the month at 2:30. We will be reading classic and contemporary books that are...

Youth Art Month
Richmond Public Library

Stop by any of our Richmond Public Libraries during the month of March to see some amazing art by Richmond Public School Students.

RVA Downtown , Free
James River Art League Exhibit at Glenmore Yoga and Wellness Center
James River Art League
9am

Artists from the James River Art League will exhibit their beautiful artwork created under the show's theme, "Serenity and Mediative Works". Please visit the...

Ashland, Charles City, Chesterfield, Colonial Heights, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Hopewell, New Kent, Petersburg, Powhatan, RVA Arts District, RVA Downtown, RVA East End, RVA Northside, RVA Southside, RVA West End, RVA The Fan, Dinwiddie, Prince George, Fluvanna County , Free
Library of Virginia Exhibition | 200 Years, 200 Stories
Library of Virginia
9am

The Library of Virginia, one of the oldest state libraries and archives in the nation, will mark its bicentennial in 2023 with a free exhibition — 200 Years,...

RVA Downtown , Free
Church Tours
St. John's Church
9:30am

Visit St. John's Church, the location of the Second Virginia Convention, and hear the fascinating story of Patrick Henry and his 'Liberty or Death" speech in...

RVA Downtown, RVA East End , $
Paul Ryan, Sand Bay Drawing 215, 2021, Watercolor and Ink on Moleskine, 16.5 x 11.5”. Image by Carolina Vilcapoma, courtesy of Paul Ryan.
Reynolds Gallery
10am

Reynolds Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of Arrive, a solo presentation of new drawings in ink and watercolor from Paul Ryan. The exhibition opens...

RVA The Fan , Free
FORGING FREEDOM, JUSTICE, and EQUALITY 40th Anniversary Exhibition
Black History Museum and Cultural Center
10am

Forging Freedom, Justice, and Equality is a riveting interactive, multi-themed immersion into the Black experience in the history of the Commonwealth of...

Ashland, Charles City, Chesterfield, Colonial Heights, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Hopewell, New Kent, Petersburg, Powhatan, RVA Arts District, RVA Downtown, RVA East End, RVA Northside, RVA Southside, RVA West End, RVA The Fan, Dinwiddie, Prince George, Fluvanna County , $
Donald Sultan, Black Lantern Flowers, Sept 18, 2013, 2013,  Painted aluminum on polished aluminum base, 18 x 19.5 x 3”. Edition 15/20. Image courtesy of Lococo.
Reynolds Gallery
10am

Reynolds Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of Deep Parts, a group exhibition of artworks employing and exploring negative space. The exhibition...

RVA The Fan , Free
Storied Strings: The Guitar in American Art
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
10am

Storied Strings: The Guitar in American Art is the first exhibition to explore the instrument’s symbolism in American art from the early 19th century to the...

RVA Arts District , $
Baby Artsplay!
Richmond Public Library
10:30am

Join us at the Westover Hills Branch Library for 5 sessions of Baby Artsplay!™ with your little one. Children ages 3 months - 3 years and their...

RVA Southside , Free
Music and Movement
10:30am

Help your preschooler shake, rattle and roll their way to mastering early literacy skills. Registration begins three days before each program.

Chesterfield , Free
Chester Artists Association: Impressions of Spring
Perkinson Center for the Arts & Education
11am

Saturday, February 18, 2023 through Saturday April 1, 2023 Please join us to see this collection of art from the Chester Artists Association. The...

Chesterfield , Free
Cary Loving
Art Works Gallery
11am

Three artists, three mediums, three different styles. In February Cary Loving shows us how to view nature in a different way. Lizzie Brown in her exhibit,...

RVA Downtown, RVA Southside , Free
CROCHET CLASSES @ Ginter Park Library!
Richmond Public Library
1pm, 2pm

Veteran instructor, Marquetta Fisher will be hosting free crochet classes at Ginter Park Branch Library starting on Wednesday December 11th. Classes are in 3...

RVA Northside , Free
CROCHET CLASSES @ Ginter Park Library!
Richmond Public Library
2pm

Veteran instructor, Marquetta Fisher will be hosting free crochet classes at Ginter Park Branch Library starting on Wednesday December 11th. Classes are in 3...

RVA Northside , Free
STEAM Team: Go Fly a Kite!
Richmond Public Library
4pm

Come build and decorate kites with us at the East End Branch this week!

RVA East End , Free
First Fridays Art Walk
RVA First Fridays
5pm

Join us for the Downtown Neighborhood's monthly art walk! Galleries, shops, restaurants, non-profits, and more open their doors in celebration of art and...

RVA Arts District , Free
First Fridays at LVA | Collections
Library of Virginia
5pm

Venture east from Richmond’s Arts District for quarterly First Fridays at the Library of Virginia! Join us to enjoy refreshments and view an art exhibition...

RVA Downtown , Free
Sol Skool at Virginia Museum of History & Culture
5pm

Sol Skool is teaming with Virginia Museum of History and Culture to bring you an eventful First Friday event. We are featuring Musicians, Poets, Singers,...

RVA West End , Free
Hanging Artwork for the Silent Auction
Anne’s Visual Art Studio
6pm

Throughout the pandemic Local Artists Generously Donated their pieces to help the gallery. Please join us for a Gala evening of Art, Live Music &...

RVA Arts District, RVA Downtown , Free
First Friday Opening-Night Reception
Richmond Public Library
6:30pm

Gellman Room—“Theme & Variations - Selected Work”— paintings by fall semester watercolor students of the Visual Arts Department of Brightpoint Community...

RVA Downtown , Free
Paint and Pour
Ashland Theatre
6:30pm

Join us for a night of wine and art with Lindsey Finch Art! Ticket price includes all painting supplies, and a complimentary beverage! Ages 21+ only. Spots...

Ashland , $, $$
THE COCKTAIL HOUR By A.R. Gurney
River City Community Players
7:30pm

In THE COCKTAIL HOUR, John, a playwright, returns to his family’s house, bringing with him a new play which he has written about them. His purpose is to...

$
A Soldier's Play
Swift Creek Mill Theatre
8pm

1982 Pulitzer Prize winner for Drama. In a segregated Louisiana army camp in 1944, the murder of a rancorous Black sergeant stirs deep-seated animosity and...

Chesterfield , $$
AFTER DECEMBER
Virginia Repertory Theatre
8pm

When a particle collider deep beneath the earth’s surface malfunctions, a mysterious woman appears. She cannot say where she’s from or how she got here; she...

$$
HATTheatre presents, LEWISTON
HATTheatre
8pm

HATTheatre presents, as a part of its 30th Season, LEWISTON by Samuel D. Hunter Set next to a rural highway in Idaho at a dilapidated fireworks stand,...

RVA West End , $$, Prices Vary

Friday, March 3