The art component of the new Cary Street Fire Station 12 may include art glass of a photo of Oregon Hill Fire Station 6.
This will be heard today at the City’s Planning Commission as well as a “discussion” of the proposed Richmond 300 amendment for Oregon Hill.
A “ladder chandelier “ is proposed for the open tower space, though some were hoping the plans would include an original, antique bell.
Artist Jenna Guthrie has a new “Oregon Hill’ print. It is available for purchase at the Rest In Pieces store or on her website, www.jguthrieworks.com.
From Open High’s newsletter:
Please support our Fine Arts Department by visiting our online Art Expo Auction! Just scan the QR code above or visit: https://m.charityauctionstoday.com/m/auctions/31000. This year’s goal is to raise $5,000 to purchase art supplies for all art classes in school year 2022-23. See below for images of the annual AP Art & Design Show held on Friday. Under the guidance of art teacher Brigette Newberry, these amazing artists develop substantive portfolios that showcase their ideas and skills with different materials and processes.
This abandoned bulletin board at the bottom of Oregon Hill Parkway receive some attention this morning as someone added a yarn lattice to it. This artist was different from the one who had originally made and put the bulletin board in place.
Though All the Saints Theater Company may be best known for founding the annual Halloween Parade that goes through Oregon Hill, they are Richmond’s one and only premiere subversive puppet theater.
On Monday, September 13th, they will performing with Rumput, a local group, at the Firehouse Theater, on Broad Street.
The Rumput performance will include traditional and experimental stringband music by Indonesian composers, newly commissioned scrolling artwork by Javanese artists, and original cinematic shadow theater.
Using their larger than life puppets blessed by the paper mache gods, All the Saints will perform their “Moon Shadow Cabaret,” an exploration of the darkness that seeks the light of the sun. This performance is for all ages, made with adults in mind.
All proceeds go to supporting artists in Indonesia, now the epicenter of the COVID pandemic.
Neighbor Todd Woodson shared this sketch of Pine Street, done by his late family friend, mentor, and fellow music educator, Hunter Purdie. Woodson says Purdie grew up in Oregon Hill, taught at Freeman High School for decades, and contributed singificantly to the VCU Jazz Department.
Excerpt from Virginia Living magazine article:
A documentary about Richmond’s thriving art scene was the winner in the Best Special Interest Film category at the 2020 Art is Alive Film Festival. The Builder is a story about friendship and the powerful way the interconnectivity of people living and moving throughout a city can help to build culture, with a focus on Oregon Hill native and contractor Don Childress, curator of an incredible contemporary art collection, including work from Francesco Clemente, Ron Johnson, Heidi Trepaneir, and Bill Fisher.
The film was produced by Shockoe Artspace, a community supported, artist-run, large-scale, nonprofit gallery founded in 2011 in Richmond. “It really is an honor to win this award in a field of such fantastic films as the ones we saw at the festival,” says Ryan Lauterio, the director of Shockoe Artspace and one of the co-directors of the film, alongside Nicholas Seitz. “We thought we had a great story to tell, and this award is an affirmation of all of the people, relationships, and hard work that made this possible.”
Trailer:
The Builder from Shockoe Artspace on Vimeo.
Click here for film website.
Oregon Hill neighbors have known for a while, but the Walking Dead is here in the neighborhood, filming beneath the Lee Bridge.
If you need to catch up on the show, click here for link.
The angel in middle left is from the tomb of the uncle of Grace Arents, Lewis Ginter.