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
October 31st- November 24th “Conceptual Pigments”: more
ARE YOU READY TO HAVE THE BEST.WEEKEND.EVER.?! more
Join us in celebrating our 3 Year Anniversary at Las Traumadas! We're honored to feature the following bands at Pale Fire: more
Rocktown School of the Arts Presents a Pop-Up Summer Arts Camp in 2021 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