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Upcoming Meeting – February 10, 2024 – Diego Sanchez
"This body of work continues to reflect my interest in finding a comfortable place between representational and non-representational elements in the picture plane. Initially, my approach to painting is purely intuitive." Our February meeting will feature a talk by artist Diego Sanchez. Diego was born in Bogota, Columbia, South America…
Upcoming Meeting – January 13, 2024 – Robin Caspari and a Field Trip!
Our January 13th meeting will be a field trip out to Running Mare Farm in Maidens, VA to visit the studio of award-winning artist, Robin Caspari. Robin is an oil painter who uses a combination of tradition and abstract techniques to create each piece. She will be demonstrating the use…
Annual Member’s Show 2023 Continues Through Dec 29th
Our annual member's show is now on display! View members' artwork at one of Richmond's premier galleries, Crossroads Art Center. Our judge, Diego Sanchez, selected the following for awards: AWARDS: 1st Place Ribbon: “Peonies Abound” by Amy Myers 2nd Place Ribbon: “Group Portrait“ by Paul Candido 3rd Place Ribbon: “A…
Upcoming Meeting – December 9, 2023 – Holiday Party
We hope that you have had a safe, fulfilling, and creative 2023. Come celebrate the end of the year with MRAA! Enjoy conversation and refreshments with other MRAA members during this holiday season. During the meeting we'll be doing an art swap. For those interested in participating, bring a wrapped…
Upcoming Meeting – November 11, 2023 – Member Share
What have you been working on? Share your artwork with other MRAA members at our November meeting!
Monthly Meeting – October 14, 2023 – Asian Brush Painting with Minh Chau Truong
One of our own members, Minh Chau Truong, will do a presentation entitled, "Bamboo and Pine in Asian Brush Painting”. She will discuss how these two evergreens are represented in Asian Brush Painting (or sumi-e in Japanese). After her talk she will demonstrate bamboo painting. Join us to learn and…
Monthly Meeting – September 9, 2023 – Acrylic Ink Demo/Talk With Monica Rao
We hope you've had a relaxing and creative summer! We're excited to start again our monthly meeting series. To kick things off Monica Rao will be giving a demo and talk about acrylic ink. Monica Rao joins us for our first meeting of the MRAA year to tell us of…
Participate in Art for the Journey’s upcoming annual gala!
Art for the Journey is a local nonprofit that promotes healing and well-being through art and community. During our May 2023 monthly meeting members Cindy Paullin & Lauren Paullin, Ed.M. gave a great presentation about the organization and the work they are doing. Art of the Journey is having their…
See you in September! Meeting News.
We'll be back at Crossroads Art Center starting September 9th! In 2023 we'll meet at Crossroads, and starting in 2024 we'll transition to the Richmond Main Library for our meetings.
Meet the Artists at The Hilton!
MRAA artists will be having a pop-up exhibition at the Hilton Richmond Downtown on Friday, July 28th. Meet our artists James Green, Carl Patow, Trish Poupore, and Ed Tapper, and view their paintings from 4:30-7:00PM. Come on out and support these Richmond artists!