Fri, Feb 21 | 6:30–7:30 pm
Leslie Cheek Theater
Join artist Paul Rucker for a discussion of his multidisciplinary practice as a visual artist, composer, and musician. He combines media, live performance, sound, original compositions, and visual art to explore issues related to mass incarceration, racially motivated violence, and the continued impact of policies that sustain inequity. To describe the video installation Proliferation (pictured…
Sun, Nov 17 | 1–3:00 pm
Atrium
Join the VMFA on Nov. 17 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. for the launch of Now Upon A Time, a new storytelling podcast that reimagines classic tales with modern, empowering messages. Kids and parents will hear live music, participate in hands-on activities and listen to the stories of two smart, brave and bold princesses…
with Trent Nicholas, Media Programs Coordinator, VMFA
Tue, Dec 3 | 11:00 –11:30 am
Thu, Dec 5, 6:30–7:00 pm
Meet at Visitor Services
This gallery tour will explore three works in the VMFA’s French Modernist Gallery that have contentious, submerged or even estranged relationships with Surrealism.
Sun, Jan 26 | 2–3:30 pm
Leslie Cheek Theater
*Sold Out* Discover the history of The Negro Motorist Green Book through a screening of the Smithsonian Channel film The Green Book: Guide to Freedom (51 min) followed by a discussion between Melody Short, Director of Operations and Marketing, Akwaaba Bed & Breakfast Inns; Dr. Michael Hall, Assistant Professor of English, VCU; and Neverett Eggleston…
with Jenny Harding, Former VMFA Fellowship Program Coordinator
Tue, Oct 22 | 1–2 pm
Pauley Center 2nd Floor Conference Room
Learn more about the VMFA Fellowship Program with this free discussion open to practicing and aspiring artists and art historians. Former Fellowship Program Coordinator Jenny Harding will provide a history of the program and review the eligibility requirements as well as helpful hints for navigating the application process.
Sun, Jan 12 2020 | 1–4:45 pm
Leslie Cheek Theater
Edward Hopper was known for his love of movies. VMFA recreates the matinee double feature with movies inspired by Hopper’s painting style. Force of Evil (1948; B&W; 79 min) The great John Garfield plays a crooked lawyer who urges his small-time racketeer brother to move up into the hardcore gangster numbers racket. Director Abraham Polonsky…
with guest speakers Trent Nicholas and Jeffrey Allison
Fri, Nov 22 | 2–5 pm
Leslie Cheek Theater
The Searchers (Dir. John Ford; 1956; 119 min; Technicolor) The Searchers is known as one of Hollywood’s biggest, action-packed, epic Westerns. It complicates the Western myth primarily through the hero, Ethan Edwards (John Wayne), whose bouts of extreme racism and anger toward American Indians suggest he is psychologically imbalanced and is operating on a different…
Wed, Oct 30 | 10 am–1 pm
Atrium
People of all abilities are welcome to learn about job opportunities at VMFA and the other participating employers who will be onsite to engage with job seekers. This exciting event reflects VMFA’s own commitment to hiring persons with disabilities, engaging in diverse and inclusive hiring practices, creating an enriching workplace culture, and making a positive…
Fri, Nov 8, 2019 | 6:30–9 pm
Leslie Cheek Theater
This longest-running juried film competition in Virginia spotlights the year’s best short videos/films (20 minutes or less). Finalists are selected from international entrants. A special guest judge chooses the top entries at the screening and awards cash prizes. Many filmmakers will be on-hand for Q&A, and the audience votes for their favorites. Since 1994, the…
Fri, Oct 18 | 6–8 pm
Marble Hall
The Library of Virginia and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts are pleased to announce the winner of the annual Art in Literature: The Mary Lynn Kotz Award. The judges selected Mary Gabriel’s Ninth Street Women: Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler – Five Painters and the Movement That…
