The Public Art Commission meets every fourth Thursday of the Month in the 5th floor conference room of City Hall at 4 pm unless otherwise noted.
The City of Richmond’s Public Art Program is dedicated to a public art selection process that engages neighborhood residents, artists, community and civic stakeholders in an active and productive dialogue to articulate and represent the community’s shared vision as well as aspirations for the future of Richmond as a thriving creative city. Public Art can influence the quality of life for all of Ri
11/04/2024
Olympian skateboarder and architect Alexis Sablone was commissioned by Richmond's Public Art Commission to create an installation for the Southside Community Center's new skatepark, which is now nearing completion. Please join us on November 12 at 6 p.m. at VCU's ICA for her talk about this project and more!
Richmond's Public Art Commission is seeking a new Secretary. Please see the link below for more information.
Salary $54,229.00 - $97,373.00 Annually
Location Richmond, VA
Job Type Full-Time Permanent
Job Number 05M00000174
Department Planning and Development Review
Opening Date 04/03/2024
Closing Date 4/17/2024 11:59 PM Eastern
09/20/2023
Exciting program coming up at the ICA on October 8! Learn about innovative plans for a new kind of playground in Richmond.
LOOSE PARTS: EXPERIMENTS IN PLAY - Institute for Contemporary Art When children approach artwork created by adults, they are expected to look, not touch. What if instead, they were allowed to play with, and even to transform what they see? What if they didn’t realize the material they were engaging was intended as “art”?
09/18/2023
https://www.styleweekly.com/richmond/rethinking-public-art/Content?oid=20473043
Rethinking Public Art We spoke with two members of Richmond’s Public Art Commission to learn more about its mission and how public art fits into the city’s future.
09/18/2023
New RFQ from the Public Art Commission, Richmond, VA:
permanent public art installation for the Slave Trail entrance,
$300,000 budget.
08/03/2023
Check out this super cool video of world-class skateboarder Alexis Sablone navigating the Guggenheim rotunda and other NYC locations, a promo for her new sneaker design for Converse. Alexis was awarded the PAC commission for the Southside Community Center's new skateboard park, coming soon!
AS-1 Starring Alexis Sablone | Create Next In anticipation of the launch of her signature shoe, skateboarder and designer Alexis Sablone reflects on her career and journeys as both a pro athlete and a...
05/09/2023
Current National Calls-For-Artists
10/26/2022
**CALL TO ARTISTS, RICHMOND PUBLIC ART COMMISSION, $200,000 BUDGET**
10/04/2022
Current national calls for public art proposals in Reno, NV; Erie, Co; and Fort Lauderdale, FL.
09/24/2022
The Devil’s Half Acre – Book Signing & Walking Tour with Kristen Green and Ana Edwards - The Valentine Join the Valentine and American Civil War Museum for a special evening discovering stories of one of Richmond’s most important historic sites – the Devil’s Half Acre and African Burial Ground.
08/31/2022
Richmond’s Confederate monuments headed to Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles next year Four of Richmond’s fallen Confederate monuments are headed to California’s Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles for an art exhibition called “Monuments” next year.
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