First Friday and the Art of Recovery

6-10pm First Friday Artwalk

National Art of Recovery Show 2009

Opening Friday, September 4 through Sunday, September 27, 2009


In celebration of National Recovery Month, The Substance Abuse and Addiction Recovery Alliance of Virginia (SAARA) presents its first National Art of Recovery Show at art6 gallery. Juried by Belle Pendleton, professor of art history at Christopher Newport University, the main downstairs gallery is devoted to the art of recovery, with art by prisoners located in the smaller gallery. The McShin Foundation, a partner and member of SAARA, provides art supplies to prisoners. Sales of inmate artwork will be donated to help fund their art.

Check out the calendar for all the great activities at the gallery this month!! Yoga, Comedy, Poetry, Dance!

art6 - Downtown, where there's always something going on!

Tonight at art6- Rattlemouth and fun(d)raising

Honor Marian Hollowell and Theodora Merrey and enjoy the potluck, and to hear and dance to Rattlemouth. $10 at the door. 6 East Broad St.

Rattlemouth is an exhilarating quartet from Richmond, Virginia. Comprised of original members Danny Finney (saxophones) and Robbie Kinter (drums), with Marc S. Langelier (bass) and George M. Lowe (guitar), their music is lush, intricate, exotic, and irresistibly danceable, featuring original compositions and arrangements of music from around the world. Having emerged from the ashes of the legendary Orthotonics, Rattlemouth has advanced to become Richmond’s pre-eminent eclectic and world music based ensemble, thrilling area audiences with their “musical gymnastics for the body and spirit.”

PS - Even if you don't know Theodora or Marian, $10 is a cheap date for a great concert and potluck, plus it's for a great cause!This event is BYOB and benefits go to two dedicated Richmond artists who have breast cancer and no health insurance!
Your support will be appreciated!

Thursday Preview 7-9pm at art6

Come to art6 Thursday night for a special preview!!

From 7-9pm, the gallery will be open to accommodate those going out of town for the 4th.

Join us for the Member's Show downstairs, Poetry in the Small Gallery and three exciting artists upstairs (Justin Gohde-Algebra of the Form, Wynne Creasey- The Poetic Virginia Landscape, and Amanda Cleland- Prints)


new stuff in Shop6, too!!

art6 so ready for First Friday we want you to come early!!

Goings on at the gallery this week: art6

Sunday June 21st- Bend Your Ear- 3-5pm Artists & Writers share work in open salon.

Thursday June 25th- Thursday Laughs 8pm $5 Cash bar Comedy for Grown-ups

Friday June 26th- 9th Pinkney Near Memorial Lecture in Art History at art6. 8pm $5 Introduced by well-known Richmond artist Mitzi Humphrey, come hear Richard Bergen Woodward, Curator of African Art, VMFA, 1977 to present, in a talk correlating with the gallery's Juneteenth exhibition. This series honors the memory of Pinkney Near, first Chief Curator of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (our country's first state-supported art museum).

For more info: art6.org

art6 Downtown, and always busy-

Wall space available for exhibit- no commission

Wall space upstairs available for 6 weeks beginning July 2nd for the First Friday opening (work must be up by this date and removed on or before August 16).
Art 6 Gallery
6 East Broad St.
Richmond, VA 23219.

There is an additional First Friday opening on August 7th for this exhibit. We will publish information about your show(s) on our webpage and in other appropriate media, there is no mailing for this exhibit.

$100 flat fee for 30 ft of wall space, 18 ft tall (approx. 600 sq. ft. available per wall). 3 spaces available. Flat rental fee of $100 per wall, no commission to the gallery, all money made on art sold by the artist goes to the artist. Fee must be paid prior to hanging and is non-refundable after the art is hung.

While there will be no formal review, the gallery reserves the right to refuse any work deemed inappropriate to a gallery open to the general public.

For more information or to set up an appointment for review email shannp (at) gmail (dot) com or leave a message at the gallery Phone: (804) 343-1406

First Friday Art6! First Friday Art6!

Come see our Juneteenth exhibit! Come hear the great music by Soul Fire Recording artists! Come enjoy our cash bar! Come purchase amazing art!


If everyone who came in the door gave us $1, we could maintain the high quality of local and international art we show each month! Please bring a buck for art6!

6 East Broad, just up from Jefferson Pawn, open 6-10pm for First Friday
regular hours 12-4pm Thursday through Sunday

Downtown, with downtown sensibilities- art6!

art6 Junteenth Exhibit opens First Friday

Juneteenth: A Sankofa Celebration of African Freedom!

Opening Friday, June 5 through Sunday, June 28, 2009

This exhibition features paintings, photography, mixed media, sculpture and furniture by international and local artists E-yage, Keith Ramsey, Earle Taylor, Stanley Rayfield, Devon Lawrence, Vreni Michelini, William Miles, Kyle Epps, Julian Green, Devin Fallen, Bolaji Oyrgunie, Helen Butler, Joe Williams, Gene Toutsi, Janine Turner and David Turner.

Artist's statement:
The Akan proverb states "Se wo were fi na wosan kofa a, yenkyi." The term Sankofa comes from the words "san" (return), "ko" (go), and "fa" (look, seek, and take.) The image of the mythological bird with its head bent looking backward has been interpreted and re-interpreted in several different ways. At times, it can symbolize the chief who can see all, even things behind him. It has also been used as a symbol for the Akan idea that the past can help to guide the future or the thought that, if a mistake has been made or something is forgotten, the wrong can be righted and that one can learn from experience.
-E-yage

Come downtown! Celebrate!