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First Friday! 2026 VCUarts MFA Thesis Exhibition Opening (Round 2)

First Friday! 2026 VCUarts MFA Thesis Exhibition Opening (Round 2)

Friday, May 1

5:00 PM–9:00 PM

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Join us for the opening of the second installment of the 2026 VCUarts MFA Thesis Exhibition, featuring works by fourteen artists and designers mastering in the VCUarts departments of Craft/Material Studies, Graphic Design, Kinetic Imaging, Painting + Printmaking, Photography + Film, and Sculpture + Extended Media.

This event will feature Will you let me in? (reading/ performance) by MFA candidate Irene Piazza (Gallery 2/3).

About First Fridays: First Fridays are a Richmond tradition in the Broad Street Arts District. The ICA welcomes all to linger from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. for evening art viewing, food trucks, and other exciting programming.

Studio Ossidiana: Pond Theater

Friday, May 15 – Dec 31

exhibition

Broad Signals

exhibition

Mindful Mornings: Glenstone

Saturday, May 16

12:00 PM–5:00 PM

event

Mend Friend: May

Saturday, May 16

12:00 PM–2:00 PM

event

Bubbles Con: Films by Akino Kondoh and Carlos Gonzalez

Saturday, May 30

7:00 PM–9:00 PM

event

Abigail DeVille: Deo Vindice (Orion’s Cabinet)

Friday, Jun 5 – Aug 18

exhibition

FERTILE RESISTANCE: KADIST Collection-in-Residence

Friday, Jun 5 – Aug 18

exhibition

First Friday! Exhibition Opening: Abigail Deville: Deo Vindice (Orion’s Cabinet) / Kadist Summer films

Friday, Jun 5

5:00 PM–9:00 PM

event

Friday, Jun 26 – Jun 28

event

Tony Cokes: Texts, Tracks, Talks (1992 – 2026)

Friday, Sep 18, 2026 – Feb 21, 2027

exhibition

Cassi Namoda: Life Is The Seamstress of Dreams

Friday, Sep 18, 2026 – Feb 21, 2027

exhibition

Diane Severin Nguyen: WAR SONGS duet

Friday, Sep 18, 2026 – Feb 21, 2027

exhibition