Screening: Memoria
VCU institute for Contemporary Art 601 W Broad St, Richmond, VAA First Friday screening of MEMORIA from the extraordinary mind of Palme D’or winning director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, and starring Academy Award winner Tilda Swinton.
ICA 5th Anniversary
VCU institute for Contemporary Art 601 W Broad St, Richmond, VAA night of performances, artist talks, the final iteration of MURRMUR, as well as new works from Tricky Walsh and Sharon Mashihi. Internationally acclaimed architect Steven Holl, designer of the ICA’s LEED-Gold certified building, will also be making remarks at the event.
Test Pattern 07: Holland Andrews
VCU institute for Contemporary Art 601 W Broad St, Richmond, VATest Pattern returns to the ICA auditorium, with a performance by vocalist, composer, and performance artist Holland Andrews. Their work focuses on the abstraction of operatic and extended-technique voice to build cathartic and dissonant soundscapes.
Holiday Powers
VCU institute for Contemporary Art 601 W Broad St, Richmond, VAMoroccan Modernism 1956-1978 focuses on the artists of the Casablanca school and the modernism movement in post-colonial Morocco. The in-person lecture will be held a the ICA auditorium.
Murrmur: [Name] Inevitable Objects Workshop
VCU institute for Contemporary Art 601 W Broad St, Richmond, VAThis workshop aims to use Rafael Domenech’s exhibition The Medium is the Massage as an invitation to local artists and students to explore the ways in which writing can be generative to production of artworks. Day 1: Collective Worldbuilding | March 29 6-8PM Day 2: Artifact making and post-workshop phases March 30 | 5-9PM
Making Sense of the Art World: How Did Art Get Mixed Up in Politics?
VCU institute for Contemporary Art 601 W Broad St, Richmond, VAA series of classes at the ICA at VCU that will explore how to see and understand contemporary art. Explore the intersection of politics and contemporary art in this second course.
Making Sense of Contemporary Art: Can Art Be Anything?
VCU institute for Contemporary Art 601 W Broad St, Richmond, VAJoin the first session included in a series of classes at the ICA at VCU where they will explore together how to see and understand contemporary art.
Season Premiere: So It Appears
VCU institute for Contemporary Art 601 W Broad St, Richmond, VAFeaturing over 40 works by 19 international artists on abstraction (or so it appears at first sight).
Growing Kale, Shifting Power, and Building Food Sovereignty
VCU institute for Contemporary Art 601 W Broad St, Richmond, VAMalik Yakini will share some of his experiences and lessons learned in co-founding and leading the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network. He will share his thinking about America’s colonial legacy, the country’s ongoing racial oppression and how those factors shape land ownership, food, agriculture, and economics.
Film Workshop with Jesse Vaughan: the Actor and the Director on Set
VCU institute for Contemporary Art 601 W Broad St, Richmond, VAThe Community Media Center presents a film master class with director Jesse Vaughan who will explore the relationship between actor and director and deepen connections made on set.
