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The arts are in bloom at RPL! May is packed with opportunities to enjoy the arts at RPL. Read on and don't forget to mark your calendars for any favorite events! |
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Gellman Concert Series: Eliot & Friends
Saturday, May 17, 2:00pm
Main Library - Auditorium
From Rachmaninoff With Love. Eliot and Friends will surprise and delight with performances of repertoire from 1875 to 1955 that ranks among the most beautiful of romantic harmonies and melodies. Dvorak, Saint-Saens, Rachmaninoff, Mahler,Scriabin, Shostakovich and more. Featuring solo piano; art songs; and piano duets, trios and quartets for violin, flute, clarinet and cello.
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Join us on 5/2 at 6:30pm for the opening of exhibits from James River Art League, Metro Richmond Artists' Association, and Evan Sizemore. |
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James River Art League
5/2 - 6/4, 9am - close
Main Library - Dooley Foyer
James River Art League is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization of more than 130 member artists. Our goal is to encourage the creation and appreciation of the visual arts. We provide our member artists with motivation, association, and continuing education through programs that feature qualified artists and art professionals, and we provide opportunities for members to exhibit artwork in venues throughout the Richmond area.
Our juried member artists work in a wide range of art media, including oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastel, graphite, pen and ink, collage, mixed media and more. Information regarding membership and meetings, as well as a members’ art gallery, may be found on our website.
JRAL is one of the oldest art organizations in Richmond and was organized in 1964 by members of a painting class taught by Helen Hull Bailey. Through her persuasion, an art league was formed south of the James River. Noted Richmond artist Chuck Larivey was a charter member of JRAL; over time the League grew through the addition of many artists from the region. Today, JRAL remains anchored in the Greater Richmond area but includes members from throughout Central Virginia.
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Metro Richmond Artists' Association
5/2 - 6/4, 9am - close
Main Library - Gellman Room
MRAA, Richmond's oldest professional artist group, is a not-for-profit association whose purpose is to promote and encourage the creation of the visual arts and to foster information sharing through workshops, programs, and outstanding art exhibitions. Exhibiting members are encouraged to display original artworks at MRAA art shows throughout the Richmond area. Our show, “Paint the World,” invites viewers on a vibrant journey through a myriad of perspectives and experiences that shape our planet. Expect to see a range of styles and mediums, from breathtaking oil paintings to abstract interpretations influenced by the world we inhabit.
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Evan Sizemore
5/2 - 6/4, 9am - close
Main Library - Second Floor Gallery
A gallery that uses abstract collage to express a kinetic relationship between bodies, objects and their surroundings. Evan Sizemore consolidates the repeated practices and gestures of daily existence in search of the basic building blocks of everyday life.
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Gellman Concert Tie-In:
Romanticism in Literature
with Dr. Rachel Gevlin
5/17, 12:30pm
Main Library - Annex
For much of the twentieth century, studies of Romantic-era literature tended to focus on the work of six white male poets—collectively referred to as “The Big Six”—despite the enormous popularity of numerous women writers and writers of color during the period. This talk will focus on the turn toward marginalized Romanticist writers over the past few decades, with a particular emphasis on poems and novels by and about women of color. In a period marked by heated debates about Britain’s slave trade and its eventual abolishment in 1807, writers had much to say about one of the most dominant issues of the day, providing a wealth of literary commentary toward which scholarly attention has only very recently turned. Presented by Dr. Rachel Gevlin.
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 Alice (1989)Dir. Jan Švankmajer When Alice follows the White Rabbit into Wonderland, so begins this dream expedition into the astonishing landscape of childhood, through many dangerous adventures, and ultimately to Alice's trial before the King and Queen of Hearts. Czech animator Jan Švankmajer has created a masterpiece of cinema, a strikingly original interpretation of Lewis Carroll's classic tale. Švankmajer's ALICE remains true to the absurdity of Carroll's original, but bears the stamp of his own distinctive style and obsessions. Combining techniques of animation and live action, he gives a new and fascinating dimension to the classic tale of childhood fantasies. |
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