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“NEW ART NOW” Show at Artworks Center Room, On View Until May 21, 2022
April 22 – May 21, 2022 | An opportunity to view our freshest, most interesting work of the past year. Come see over 30 new works by juried artists in the Metropolitan Richmond Artists Association (MRAA) at Artworks April 22, 2022 to May 21st. Parking has never been easier. Artworks…
MRAA AT FIRST FRIDAY – APR 1, 2022
MRAA represented at First Fridays! Diane Balister, Paul Candido, Susan Fisher, Bart Levy, and Robert Winne exhibited at the Hilton Downtown Richmond.
2021: SUMMERTIME Exhibit on Display at SunTrust Gallery, Reception Aug 12.
Summertime, and the livin's easy... So dive in! Be inspired by ocean waves, beach and sand, umbrella drinks, and splashy swimsuits. Art that makes people dream about warm breezes and the promise of a gentle tropical rain. Imagine the rich greens of a summer landscape, wavering ripples of hot air…
2021: Paint Out! MRAA paints Plein Air
As soon as the weather permits we'll announce new outdoor painting opportunities. From last year: Please come to sketch or paint with fellow MRAA members (August 2021) ...Bring your medium of choice, a snack, plenty of water to hydrate and protection from the sun. We'll meet at Bryan Park. There…
Max Exuberance!! Exhibit at Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen, August 2021
Max Exuberance!! Whether by mark-making, three dimensional intricacy, textural whimsy, interesting shapes and sizes, or dizzying patterns and bright colors...a visual celebration-- we all react to contemporary expressions of MORE. In these perilous times, finding joy and manifesting it in an unqualified explosion of exuberance in art may be a…
MRAA SERENITY EXHIBIT AT GLENMORE YOGA & WELLNESS CENTER, SPRING-SUMMER 2021
To help create an environment that is soothing, you may have been lucky enough to visit our exhibition entitled serenity. There you found calming pieces to enhance your life. A spring-summer show at Glenmore Yoga and Wellness Center (map) opened May 6, 2021 and continued through July 7th. This show,…
The Classical Aesthetic – Paul Candido, Meeting June 12, 2021
From the Van Eyck brothers’ early fifteenth century breathtaking masterpiece, the Ghent altarpiece, up through to the exquisite late nineteenth century salon paintings of Adolphe-William Bouguereau, oil painting followed a relatively uniform pattern of study and execution. It was a time-consuming procedure (DaVinci reportedly took five years to complete the…
Maymont in May! Paint-Out and Gathering for Our Meeting May 8th, 2021
Our May meeting was held on the gorgeous grounds of Maymont, a 100-acre Victorian estate and public park. Members enjoyed chatting in the sunshine and ingesting huge amounts of sugary doughnuts, cookies and strawberries. May 8, 10am Meeting Free admission and continental brunch for all MRAA members. Where to meet:…
Artists as Teachers – Twyla Kitts Zoom Meeting Apr 10th, 2021
Apr 10, 10am-12pm Twyla Kitts “Artists as Teachers” For our April program, Twyla Kitts, artist in her own right, and Teacher Programs Educator at The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts will present “Artists as Teachers”. This virtual tour looks at how artists such as Robert Henri, Thomas Hart Benton, and…
heartspace studios – March 2021 Meeting with Lorraine Meade
Members enjoyed a wonderful virtual tour of Lorraine Meade’s North Chesterfield lakefront studio space, Heartspace Studios. After the tour, Lorraine gave us a demo of her tools, materials, and process of creating mosaics. Watch the video here.