Month of February 2021
Explore the museum’s growing collection of African American art, and take part in virtual experiences that celebrate African American artists, the stories they tell, and the depth and breadth of the museum’s collection. To adapt to ongoing safety concerns related to COVID-19, most of our programs have been reimagined as virtual experiences. Studio classes will…
Feb 5, 2021 | 10 am – 9 pm, 30 minute visits
Evans Court
VMFA presents Virginia Arcadia: The Natural Bridge in American Art. Explore the artistic legacy of an iconic natural wonder. Depicted and celebrated for centuries, the Natural Bridge is the Shenandoah Valley’s breathtaking centerpiece—a towering, primeval witness to human history and timeless muse. The free exhibition examines its image in paintings, prints, decorative arts, photography and…
Wed, Feb 24 | 6–7 pm
Live on Facebook
See the program for the event! RVA Community Makers returns for the third year with a new mixed-media public art mural at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts that celebrates Richmond-area artists. In anticipation of the upcoming exhibition The Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Culture (opens May 22), this year’s project…
Feb 1–28, 2021
Virtual Gallery Program
To adapt to ongoing safety concerns related to COVID-19, VMFA will host this year’s AARI event virtually with prerecorded videos of community readers and educators presenting on our website. This program celebrates children’s literature and art created by African and African American artists. Experience works from the permanent collection by watching engaging videos that will…
VIRTUAL GALLERY PROGRAM | African American Read-In Day 1 Thu, Feb 4 | 6–7 pm Free, Zoom registration required Procession, 2020, Odili Donald Odita, (American, born Nigeria 1966), acrylic latex matte/flat wall paint, acrylic soft gel medium, varnish. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund Literature and fine arts come…
Egypt and Kush: Superpowers of the Nile Valley with Dr. Caroline M. Rocheleau, Egyptologist & Curator of Ancient Art, Project Director, Bacchus Conservation Project, North Carolina Museum of Art Fri, Sep 25, 2020 | 6:30–7:30 pm Join Nubiologist/Egyptologist Caroline Rocheleau as she explores the complex relationship between the two superpowers of the ancient Nile Valley.…
Every Wednesday, Starting Sep 16 | 5–9 pm
Beginning Sep 16, Enjoy a series of special evenings that provide VMFA members the opportunity to view Treasures of Ancient Egypt: Sunken Cities on a night of members-only access to the exhibition. Single-cardholder members may reserve one free guest ticket each week, and dual-cardholder members may reserve two free guest tickets to the exhibition. Dive…
May 2–June 6, 2021
West Rock Art Education Center
On view at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, this exhibition features designer renderings and garments created by 42 Virginia students, in grades six through twelve, who participated in the May 2, 2021, Teen Stylin’: Tempo Runway Show. The works in this exhibition include the winning garments in these categories: Best in Show, Best Use…
with Dr. Christopher Oliver, Assistant Curator of American Art and exhibition curator
Fri, Feb 5 | 6:30–7:30 pm
One of the most famous and frequently depicted sites in American landscape art of the 19th century, the Natural Bridge of Virginia was rendered by some of the nation’s preeminent artists, including Frederic Church, David Johnson, and Edward Hicks. Christopher Oliver will discuss the major themes associated with the site and share some highlights of…
Dec 10–12 | See individual event details for times
Join VMFA for outdoor and virtual celebrations marking the one-year anniversary of the 2019 unveiling of Kehinde Wiley’s Rumors of War. As we approach the close of 2020, an unprecedented and unpredictable year, let’s pay tribute to the sculpture’s power, beauty, and prophetic relevance, reflecting on all that unfolded in our city and the nation…
