Notice: On Friday, June 19, The ICA Markel Center—including galleries, cafe, and shop—will open at 2:00 PM for the program Black Histories: an Evening of Programs at the ICA, featuring Abigail DeVille Performance / Our Ancestors Were Messy, Live Show. The exhibition FERTILE RESISTANCE: Kadist Collection-in-Residence will be closed June 18 & 19.
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First Friday

Night shot of the ICA from Belvidere street with Cauleen Smith's rainbow-coloured windows.

First Friday

Friday, May 3

4:00 PM–9:00 PM

Join us on the first Friday of each month for extended gallery hours and food & beverages at Ellwood’s Cafe at ICA, plus FREE tours, performances, and other special events. Galleries, shop and cafe open until 9 pm.

4 pm | Provocations Performance: Paul Rucker

5–9 pm | Talk / Tour / Sketch
Drop-in tour with Student Guides and in-gallery sketching opportunity. Supplies provided!

6 pm | 3-in-30
Explore 3 works of art in 30 minutes with an ICA Student Guide.

6:30 pm | Irena Haiduk + Joshua Simon: Tableau Économique Discussion
A conversation about our inaugural Dialogues series exhibition and publication. Co-sponsored by the VCUarts Department of Graphic Design.

7 pm | Provocations Performance: Paul Rucker

7:30 pm | Oration: Yugoexport Articles of In-Corporation
As part of Dialogues, an orator will read aloud from the incorporation documents of Yugoexport, the “blind, non-aligned oral corporation” created by artist Irena Haiduk.

Provocations Performance: Paul Rucker

Free, no tickets required

Friday, May 3 – May 4

performance

Irena Haiduk: Tableau Économique Discussion and Oration

Friday, May 3

6:30 PM–8:00 PM

event

Talk/Tour/Sketch

Saturdays + Sundays 2–4 pm

Saturday, May 4 – May 26

event

 

Cauleen Smith: Give It or Leave It

Saturday, Feb 16 – May 5, 2019

exhibition

Dialogues: Irena Haiduk + Martine Syms

Saturday, Feb 16 – May 12, 2019

exhibition


First Fridays at the ICA are made possible by the generous support of the VCU Foundation.

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