Registration Information
Summer 2024 Classes & Programs
Registration for VMFA Members & Non-members is currently underway online, by phone, and in person.
Explore the Summer 2024 Classes & Programs BrochureFall 2024 Classes & Programs
Registration for VMFA Members
To accommodate the high demand, members-only registration for the following categories will begin as noted:
Studio School and Art History Classes (ages 16+)
Tue, Aug 6 | 8 am (online or by phone) or 10 am (in person)
Teen and All Children’s Classes
Wed, Aug 7 | 8 am (online or by phone) or 10 am (in person)
VMFA members have the first chance to register for classes. Not a member? Join today.
Registration for Nonmembers
Nonmember registration for all classes begins Tue, Aug 13 | 8 am (online or by phone) or 10 am (in person)
Explore the Fall 2024 Classes & Programs Brochure
In need of assistance?
Visitor Services is available by phone 804.340.1405 starting at 8 am or in-person at the museum starting at 10 am on registration days.
Dominion Energy Jazz Café:
After 5 Fridays:
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After 5 Fridays | Summer Breeze with The Salsa Guy
Fri, Sep 27, 2024
5:30–8:30 pm
Free; no registration required
Sculpture Garden
Join us for the last Summer Breeze of 2024! We'll celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a 45-minute dance lesson with The Salsa Guy, followed by Latin music and line dancing. Bring a blanket or lawn chairs and enjoy beer, wine, and snacks available for purchase. In case of rain, join us in the Cochrane Atrium.
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After 5 Fridays | First Friday: Friday Love
Fri, Sep 6, 2024
6–8 pm
Free; no tickets or registration required
Sculpture Garden
Don't miss our last First Friday of the summer! Help us welcome Friday Love and friends to the After 5 Fridays stage. Friday recently hosted Rhythm on the River, celebrating Hispanic heritage, dance, and music. Drink specials from Best Café available beginning at 5:30 pm, and the show starts at 6 pm.
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After 5 Fridays | Dance After Work: Tango
Fri, Sep 20, 2024
6–8 pm
Free; no tickets or registration required
Cochrane Atrium
Join us as welcome back our longtime dance partners from the tango community for an evening of social dancing. Don't know how to tango? No problem! Just bring your dancing shoes and move into the music. Drink specials from Best Café start at 5:30 pm, and the dancing begins at 6 pm.
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After 5 Fridays | Dance After Work: Bachata
Fri, Oct 18, 2024
6–8 pm
Free; no tickets or registration required
Cochrane Atrium
Friday Love returns to the After 5 Fridays stage with the rhythms of Bachata, a music genre from the Dominican Republic that contains elements of Spanish, indigenous Taino and African musical traditions. Come hear the music and dance through the night! Drink Specials from Best Café start at 5:30 pm and the dancing begins at 6 pm.
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After 5 Fridays | Dance After Work: Hip Hop Line Dancing
Fri, Nov 15, 2024
6–8 pm
Free; no tickets or registration required
Cochrane Atrium
Kemel Patton, the King of Line Dancing, returns! New to line dancing? We got you. Patton brings music to inspire movement, and he and his friends teach us the steps. Drink specials from Best Café available beginning at 5:30 pm and the dancing starts at 6 pm.
Music & Performing Arts:
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Sitar Concert | Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan
Thu, Sep 19, 2024
6–7:30 pm
Free; tickets required.
Marble Hall
VMFA welcomes sitar maestro Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan to the Marble Hall for an evening of classical Indian music. Shahid Parvez’s visit coincides with the exhibition Ragamalas: Picturing Music & Emotion, which fills two of VMFA’s South Asian Art galleries with paintings and music. The paintings come from ragamalas, sets of pictures that depict musical structures called ragas, personifying them as heroes and heroines in romantic or devotional settings. Join us while this world-renowned virtuoso of the sitar takes us deeper into the music that has informed this unique Indian visual art form.
Free for General Admission