Clock Ticking on Two Great Exhibits; Who Rescues Whom?; 125 Years and Counting; A Little Bit of Swagger; Sugar On The Sidewalk.

RVA 5x5 - August 7, 2023

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You can find the 5 main stories from Friday’s edition here, and today features the “ALT 5” stories for a nice, leisurely, read. Enjoy!

This week check out our five stories on:

• Time is running out to check out two great exhibits at VMFA (close Sept. 10th) that are two different installations but have an interesting connecting theme and both artists have connections to Richmond.

• A great quote from one of the organizers of the Great Beagle Rescue one year later as shelters and people across the country rallied to save 4,000 mistreated beagles and find them homes.

• The Valentine Museum is the artistic conscience of Richmond and is celebrating 125 great years with a new exhibit about the evolution and growth of their institution and our city.

• A school that opened their doors only four years ago is sending the entire senior class to college.

• After three years of sidewalk service, one of the best pastry joints in town is expanding and welcoming you back inside (soon).

THE ALT 5

ALT #1 — OFF THE BEATEN PATH: Clock Ticking on Two Great Exhibits
Summer is almost gone (how did that happen??) and before you know it, September will be here and things tend to get real crazy, real fast. So make sure you take a little time in the remaining hot and humid days of summer to head over to the well air-conditioned VMFA and see two great exhibits before they close on September 10th.

“Benjamin Wigfall and Communications Village” explores the life and legacy of the Richmonder who grew up in Church Hill and went to Hampton University and then Yale and lived in Kingston, New York for decades. Wigfall was a VMFA Fellowship recipient who art educators and museum leaders regarded highly for his artistry and personal character and the youngest artist to have his work acquired by VMFA.

“In this first retrospective of his pioneering career, the exhibition highlights the period from his early years in Virginia in the 1950s to his founding of Communications Village, a community art space in Kingston, New York, in the 1970s.”