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.