Slam Richmond is every Saturday at artspace. Free, doors open at 8PM:

Open mic, guest features, poetry slams for national competition, and competition for youth team (Slam Dominion) to compete at “Brave New Voices”. Spoken Word show and Reading Series. Workshops for writing and performance poetry 5pm-7pm. Watch live web streaming of all poetry workshops and events at www.slamrichmond.tv

HOMEGROWN: plantzero @ artspace, featuring the work of Plant Zero artists curated by Heather Russell (director of Russell Projects), opens this Friday, June 25 from 7-10PM. This show closes on Sunday, July 18th with a gallery talk at 4PM.

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artspace announces an open call to all artists working in any medium to submit entries for Strassen Kunst, an international exhibition of work inspired by graffiti. The exhibition juror, Martin McFadden LRPS, Director and Curator, 12 12 Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, will award up to $1000 and a solo exhibition in artspace’s Helena Davis Gallery.

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Please join artspace on Friday, October 23rd and October 30th, from 7-10PM, for the continuation of bookart@artspace and Colors of Life: International Photography Competition in the Main, Helena Davis, and Frable Galleries. The presentation of artspace members’ work also continues in the Suzanne Foley Gallery, along with an original work by Michael Pierce that is being raffled during the exhibition.

A portion of the funds collected from sales of artists’ works and otherwise at exhibitions will support PANGEA ONLUS, a non-profit organization actively providing and giving assistance to women in need in Afghanistan through PROJECT JAMILA.

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artspace will be hosting a second reception for two exhibitions this Friday, October 2nd, from 7-10PM. Come out and check out bookart@artspace and Colors of Life: International Photography Competition in the Main, Helena Davis, and Frable Galleries. The shows close Sunday, November 1st with a Gallery Talk by exhibiting artists starting at 4PM.

artspace has announced the radius250 2009 award recipients, honoring Erin Riley with Best in Show and Aaron Sizemore, Alexander Grabiec, and Scott Hazard with 2nd, 3rd, and 4th places. radius250 is a juried show of artists working within a 250 mile radius around Richmond. The show runs through Sunday, August 23.

Opening Reception Friday, February 27th, 2009, for The Metamorphosis Project from 7:00 to 10:00pm. Exhibition Runs from Friday, February 27th until Sunday, March 22nd, 2009.

Our Main, Helena Davis and Frable Galleries will feature the work of The Metamorphosis Project… The Metamorphosis Project looks to present work that both “seduces and speaks” to viewers and asserts “that the fundamental communicative nature of visual arts lies in the tension between the emotive and articulate.”

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The inaugural exhibition of the season opens Friday, January 23 at 7:00 pm. The exhibition will feature the works of Shane Booth, Noelle Gray, Martin McFadden, and more!

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Exhibition proposals are now being accepted by the two galleries:

12 12 Gallery: Currently scheduling for 2010, the gallery can exhibit all media with only a few restrictions. Space limitations do not allow for work that is larger than 60″ in length or width, weighs more that 60 lbs, or requires installation. Gallery intends to exhibit the work of at least one photographer per exhibition period, which is approximately 5 weeks. For more information contact Martin McFadden, Director and Curator, at 1212galleryrichmond@gmail.com .

artspace: Currently scheduling for 2009 – 2010, the gallery can exhibit all media and installations, where work or components of the final piece must fit through an 8 ft wide entrance. Gallery opens a new exhibition on the fourth Friday of each Month, with the exception of December. For more information visit artspace or contact Jessica Sims, Co-Chair, Exhibitions Committee at artspaceexhibitions@gmail.com.

The nationally-renowned SlamRichmond will be hosting first a Poetry Workshop (5PM, $5) and then a Poetry Show (8PM, $5) at ArtSpace Gallery (Zero E 4th St, 804-232-6464) this Saturday, August 23rd. [via]

Opening tonight @ArtSpace: new works by Andre Barnett, Heidi Field Alvarez, and Joseph Labate.

Works by over 50 artists, show juried by Brooks Johnson, Curator of Photography and 21st-Century Art, Chrysler Museum of Art for the Artspace National Juried Printmaking and Photography Exhibition 2008. March 28 through April 20.

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Slam Richmond will be hosting an open mic and workshop tonight at Artspace. Poetry Workshop conducted by Nuyorican Poet Kessed, 5PM; Open Minds Open Mic with Urbana Word Champ Kessed, 8PM. [via]

Opening Feb.22 @ Artspace: NEW MEMBERS EXHIBIT. Work in a variety of media from the newest members of artspace: Jingjing Gong, Jo Anna Hickman, Louis Joyner, Dan Mouer, Elaine Rogers, Robin Ryder, and Inge Strack

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