| 词条 | Visual Arts Center of Richmond | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| name = Visual Arts Center of Richmond | image = | image_size = | type = Non-profit Organization | founded_date = 1963 | tax_id = 54-0721433 | founder = Elisabeth Scott Bocock | location = Richmond, VA | coordinates = | origins = | key_people = Stefanie Fedor, Executive Director; Patty Wilkerson, Board Chair | area_served = Central Virginia | product = Arts Education | mission = The Visual Arts Center of Richmond engages the community in the creative process through the visual arts. | focus = Arts Learning | method = | revenue = | endowment = | num_volunteers = | num_employees = | num_members = | subsid = | owner = | non-profit_slogan = Art for Everyone. Creativity for Life. | former name = Hand Work-Shop | homepage = http://www.visarts.org | dissolved = | footnotes = }}Visual Arts Center of Richmond, also known as VisArts, (formerly called The Hand Workshop) is a not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) arts center in Richmond, VA.[1][2] It is located at 1812 West Main Street in Richmond, VA, and was founded in 1963.[3] The organization serves 40,000 people annually and its core programming includes art classes for adults and children, a free admission gallery (True F. Luck Gallery) with at least 4 exhibitions annually, and multiple outreach programs providing arts learning to children and seniors in need. The Visual Arts Center of Richmond has been awarded funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.[4] and is also supported by The Virginia Commission for the Arts.[5] HistoryThe organization was founded by Elisabeth Scott Bocock and first operated out of a house in Church Hill in Richmond, VA, in The Whitlock House. In 1985, the Center moved to the historic Virginia Dairy building on Main Street. The organization completed renovations to the 30,000 square foot space in 2008, tripling the size of the facility. The Visual Arts Center is one of the largest nongovernmental arts education organizations in Virginia.[6]
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ProgramsClasses and EducationEach year, VisArts offers more than 1,000 visual and creative arts classes in clay, wood, fiber, painting, photography, printmaking, glass, metal, drawing, writing, decorative arts and other visual media. More than 125 instructors teach for the organization. Outreach and Free ProgrammingThe Visual Arts Center of Richmond provides multiple opportunities for the general public to participate in art learning and art making at free events including open houses, First Friday (public event) activities and workshops, and art exhibitions. The organization has extensive outreach programming, in addition to regular tuition-based offerings. 2012-13 outreach partnerships include: Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond, Richmond Public Schools & Communities in Schools, Richmond Public Library, William Byrd Community House, Podium Foundation, Big Brothers Big Sisters, YMCA Growing Younger, The Senior Center, Peter Paul Development Center, Anna Julia Cooper School, Friends Association for Children, Weinstein JCC, School of the Performing Arts in the Richmond Community (SPARC), and The Virginia Home. Outreach programs providing arts learning opportunities include Space of Her Own (SOHO), Art After School, ArtVenture, ENGAGE: Field Trips and Side-By-Side, and Studio S (for seniors).[10] Art After SchoolArt After School is an outreach program that engages over 600 young people annually in multi-week classes in visual and literary arts. More than 70 classes are offered throughout the school year (September–May) at the center and off-site partnership facilities. Current partnerships include: the Richmond City Public Schools, Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond, Binford Middle School, Albert Hill Middle School, William Byrd Community House, Podium Foundation, and School of the Performing Arts in the Richmond Community (SPARC).[10] Space of Her Own (SOHO)SOHO is a partnership between VisArts and Anna Julia Cooper School that brings together 12 pre-teen girls and 12 volunteer professional women from the Richmond region who serve as mentors throughout the school-year program (September – May). Weekly, teaching artists lead activities and workshops that allow young women to create a "space of her own". SOHO is sited as a powerful program in increasing awareness and the strength of both the young girls who participate as well as the professional women who volunteer. SOHO culminates in a bedroom makeover for each girl in the program, utilizing the art and craft items created by the paired teams. SOHO utilizes a leadership and life-skills curricula designed by BOUNCE and follows the National Mentoring Partnerhship's model program guidelines.[10] Studio SStudio S morning classes provide seniors in need with the opportunity to explore and share ideas in a creative and supportive environment. Participating students are ages 65 and up. Studio S program offers a series of visual and literary arts classes designed to enrich minds, bodies, and spirits of seniors in the Richmond community.[10] ScholarshipsThe Visual Arts Center of Richmond regularly solicits and collects donations to support scholarships for students in need. This is supported primarily through individual contributions. The West Cary Group developed a scholarship fund called Scholarship for Creativity in 2012.[11] The VisArts Clay Guild also initiated a fund (Richard McCord Scholarship Fund for Emerging Artists - of all ages) in 2013. The development of scholarship opportunities for students directly ties to the organization's mission to make arts learning accessible for everyone in the region. ENGAGEVisArts provides free ENGAGE: Field Trips to students/teachers from throughout the region, that encourage interaction with the concurrent art exhibit through a hands-on station, a written youth education guide, a docent-led tour, and a relevant studio project. Engage workshops are available to the general public monthly. ENGAGE: Side by Side offers a variety of two-hour workshops related to the concurrent gallery exhibition. Participants are teams of children and adults. There is a small fee to participate for the general public. Big Brothers Big Sisters teams (Bigs and Littles) participate for free as part of the outreach programming of the center. Materials provided and docent tours are written to Virginia state and U.S. national learning standards in the visual arts (Standards of Learning, or SOLs).[12] Craft + Design ShowEach fall in November, the Visual Arts Center of Richmond holds Richmond's annual Craft and Design Show, a show of high-quality craft artisans from throughout the country. The event has been held annually since 1964.[13] The main priority of the Saturday/Sunday show is to present high-quality artisans and craftsmen to the Richmond Community. There are approximately 60 booths and the event is currently held at the Science Museum of Virginia.[14] ExhibitionsThe Visual Arts Center of Richmond houses an 1800 square foot gallery space, the True F. Luck Gallery, which offers at least 5 exhibits annually. The gallery program also includes an extensive field trip program called ENGAGE, which serves hundreds of children each year. In addition, the ENGAGE program includes a Side-By-Side experience/program that brings adults and children together in teams to create art based on the concurrent exhibit on display. Artists of national and local reputation as well as up-and-coming artists are featured, with a focus on exhibiting media which can be learned in the center's studios and classes. In 2012-13, the artist roster has included Oscar Muñoz, Megan Marlatt, Aggie Zed, and Harvey Littleton.[15] Engage:Field TripsVisArts provides free field trips to students/teachers from throughout the region, that encourage interaction with the concurrent art exhibit through a hands-on station, a written youth education guide, a docent-led tour, and a relevant studio project.[12] Engage:Side-By-SideEngage workshops are available to the general public monthly. ENGAGE: Side by Side offers a variety of two-hour workshops related to the concurrent gallery exhibition. Participants are teams of children and adults. There is a small fee to participate for the general public. Big Brothers Big Sisters teams (Bigs and Littles) participate for free as part of the outreach programming of the center. Materials provided and docent tours are written to Virginia state and U.S. national learning standards in the visual arts (Standards of Learning, or SOL).[12] See also
References1. ^ Better Business Bureau 2. ^ Virginia is for Lovers website 3. ^ GuideStar website 4. ^ NEA grant recipient list 5. ^ Virginia Commission for the Arts 6. ^ Visual Arts Center website 7. ^ Old House Diaries website 8. ^{{cite news|last1=Giorello|first1=Sibella G.|title=Guiding Richmond's artistic force: Hand Workshop director finds right fit|publisher=Richmond Times-Dispatch|date=September 23, 1997|pages=D1, D3}} 9. ^[https://patch.com/virginia/arlington-va/arlington-arts-center-director-leaving-new-position]{{cite news|last1=Barton|first1=Mary Ann|title=Arlington Arts Center Director Leaving for New Postition|publisher=Arlington Patch|date=2015-07-17}} 10. ^1 2 3 VisArts outreach programming webpage 11. ^ West Cary Group website 12. ^1 2 VisArts webpage for Engage activities 13. ^ WTVR Antoinette Essa 14. ^ VisArts webpage for C+D 15. ^ VisArts webpage for Gallery programming External links
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