Current Exhibition
Image by Steven Warwick.
The annual Carnival of 5 Fires returns to bring in the spooky season on First Friday, October 2nd here in Historic Jackson Ward as part of the Richmond Arts District’s 25th Anniversary of the First Fridays Art Walk! Richmond Moon Market will be on the usual two blocks of Brook Rd from 5-10pm with local vendors, artisans, performances, tarot readers, food trucks, and more!
This year we are also celebrating 20 YEARS of PLF with an extra fiery Pyro Circus on the street, complete with fire performances of all kinds, DJs to make you move n’ groove, fire sculptures, and more surprises to light up your night! Inside Gallery5 you’ll find a multi-media PLF group art exhibit with 16 artists, special performances, bands, and a PLF Variety Show with plenty of shenanigans you’ll want to witness. Visit our libation station for all the tasty bevs And if you travel to the second floor above G5, Virago Alley HQ will be spotlighting Richmond Ren Faire’s Fire Guild which is (you guessed correctly) PLF and friends (stairs on to the left of the G5 entrance). On the top floor their will be an installation of video projections by Todd Raviotta showcasing PLF’s two decades of dedication to participating in Richmond’s arts and culture with countless performances, workshops, events (including Decemberween, one of the biggest NYE celebration in the city)! Blue Bee Cider will also be on the top floor serving an array of options for you to enjoy as you check out photography of the Fire Guild from the inaugural Richmond Ren Faire by Dennis Garnett.
FULL SCHEDULE & LINEUP
First Friday | October 2nd | 5 — 11 PM
INSIDE STAGE
Athanor Dance Collective — 7:30 PM
Blair Mountain — 8 PM
The Embalmers — 9 PM
PLF Variety Show — 10PM
Starring:
Bunny Senpai (MC)
Madame Spinsei
Dragon Dryad
Leila Lovely
Lexi
TinTin
Sevyn and Mystique of Bandits Troupe
PLF GROUP ART SHOW
Curated by: Katie Kat
Artwork by:
Anna Bowden
Molly Chopin
Josh Cromwell
Parker Galore
Katie Kat
Emily Legge
Aube Myrr
Kevin Murphy
Todd Raviotta
Lana Reinhold
Steven Warrick
Liam Ward
Jenny Wolf
Courtney Zeitler
Mariyam Zamorski
Justin Zamorski
PLF PYRO CIRCUS
Music 5PM | Fire 7 — 11 PM
DJs
Danny Boy — 5 PM
T RAV — 6 PM
Reinhold — 7 PM
Akasha — 9 PM
Gon — 10 PM
Visuals by Imocean and Squash
Photo by David Morton
Upcoming Exhibition
THE ART OF THE PICKLE: EXHIBITION
First Friday | November 6th | 5 — 11 PM
We’re celebrating the pickle in all its forms and inviting submissions for both 2-D and 3-D artwork and our Best Pickles in Richmond jarred-pickle competition!
Born of preservation and transformed by time, the pickle is at once food, process, object, tradition, memory, and cultural artifact. It can be crisp or soft, sour or sweet, humble or magnificent. It lives in jars, on plates, in family recipes, at county fairs, and in the curious space between the everyday and the extraordinary.
This work is inspired by the pickle, pickling, fermentation, preservation, recipes, food traditions, history, and all the strange and wonderful places the humble pickle can take us.
Submissions are open for artwork and pickle entries until October 10th.
Calls for Entries
Past Exhibitions
For over 20 years, Gallery5 has been host to work from hundreds of artists, from established, internationally recognized creators, to burgeoning talent.
Our mission is to make art accessible to the community, and to make opportunities to show work accessible to artists.
Every month Gallery5 hosts a new show, opening in conjunction with Richmond Arts District’s First Fridays art walk. Our shows feature local and regional talent, and our commitment to working with a variety of artists means that the work is diverse, and ranges from printmaking, to photography, to sculpture, to sequential art (and more), sometimes all in the same show.
Special thanks to our Arts for All supporters!
