Open Studio

February 2

5:00 pm – 9:00 pm

ART 180 -- 114 W Marshall St.

Young artists from ART 180’s fall 2017 community programs will be celebrated in January as they share their art, music, dance, and poetry with the public.

Open Studio highlights visual & performance art projects by young people at partner locations throughout the city and offers the chance to hear youth voices. Join us to support these young people and be inspired! This event is FREE and open to the public. Children are welcome, and refreshments are provided.

Please join us and bring a friend or neighbor. Led by local professional artists, the creative projects to be featured at Open Studio are:

Moving Through Emotion - Charterhouse School Poetry
Inside Out - St. Joseph's Villa (Richmond, VA)
Exploring Wellness - Fairfield Middle /CIS
Trickster Tales and Bookmaking - Elizabeth D. ReddElementary /CIS
Deep Listening Through Movement and Rhythm - St. Andrew's School
Cycle Animation Project - RJDC
Handcrafted Letters & Positive Messages - Northstar Academy
Vantage Point: Page Turner - Bon Air
Art Life: The Portrait Edition - The Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club
ART 180 Zine Library - Binford Middle /CIS
Lyrical Paper Collage & Weaving Traditions: Higher Achievement - Binford Middle
Visual Time Capsules - L. Douglas Wilder Middle
DJ Academy - Six Points Innovation Center

We Believe in Young People

Each young person is a valuable part of our community. We promise to offer a supportive and nurturing environment, which allows our young people an opportunity to bring into being the beauty that exists within their creative spirits.

We Believe in Creative Expression

Everyone will be free to be an artist who can give birth to a masterpiece, because we recognize that innovation is the heartbeat of growth.

We Believe in Communication

We seek to provoke ideas and stimulate conversation that encourages self-awareness and expression of diverse perspectives, remove barriers of fear, create a better understanding of humanity, and illuminate hope.

We Believe in Compassion

We advocate kindness to heal division and resolve conflicts, because everyone has a right to be heard, to experience love, and to be treated with dignity and mutual respect.

We Believe in Community

We value the importance of collaborative relationships, which celebrate diversity. We recognize that by sharing together we're capable of making even greater creative contributions that can enhance the well-being and quality of life for the whole.

We Believe in Change

We embrace change as a gift that empowers young people to transform our world through creative expression. It provides opportunities to be passionately engaged in a natural process of learning, challenging complacency and discovering opportunities to live a meaningful life.