An exciting concert given by people from around the world, planing instruments from around the world, making music together from around the world. more
Meet the Artist Event: Join us for a Meet the Artist event on Friday, September 2, from 4:30-7pm with Caleb Stine. Caleb is best known as a musician and performer, but dabbles in the visual arts, as well. Come meet Caleb and be the first to view his premier art exhibit “Road to Damascus”. See Caleb’s work with oil, paper, and ink. Refreshments provided. more
Award-winning bluegrass band, The Wildmans, come from the hills of Floyd, Virginia, in the heart of the Appalachian mountain music tradition. Going to miss them at RedWing? See them at Arts Incarnate, Friday, June 3!!! FREE to ALL students and children. All others just $10 at the door or online. Arrive early to see our newest gallery installation and meet the artist, Lauren Vargas. more
Arts Incarnate (formerly the 292 Gallery) is moving to our new location and we want to celebrate with you! Join us for a celebration of art and beauty as we welcome The Gallery artist, Jane Goodman; The Sanctuary artist, Joyce McCarten; stained-glass artist, Zachary Nafziger; and carpentry artist, Zeke Trainum. Food and beverages provided. more
When you see Zaharia Ford-Byrd’s painting, currently housed in the Arts Council of the Valley’s Smith House Gallery, of a Stars and Stripes wrecking ball slamming into a bright, colorful, enlivened house, you might recall artist Hugo Gellert’s image of a strapping, muscular man wielding a sledgehammer over the quaint town beneath him. Gellert’s image, however, was used in a 1946 pamphlet titled “THIS IS IT,” generated by Norfolk’s Redevelopment and Housing Authority to promote the “creative destruction” involved in urban renewal initiatives. The simultaneous resemblance and contrast of these two images highlights an urge to conveniently blur the line between progress and violence. Hearing the voices of the urban residents on the receiving end of the wrecking ball lends the balance needed to understand the consequences of urban renewal and opens a space where it’s possible for healing to begin. more