Art Returns to the Main Richmond Public Library

Art returns to the Richmond Public library after a 19-month long hiatus. This September, the galleries at the Main Public Library will unveil the works of a number of Richmond artists.

Among those showing their work will be Stephanie Trimiew Ruffin in an exhibition titled Real Talk that will be housed in the Dooley Foyer.  This series of acrylic paintings encourages conversations about important topics such as social injustice—starting with the Pullman porter, emerging from slavery; to the hip-hop generation, confronting police brutality.

 The Gellman Room Gallery will feature Welcome to the Universe, a collection of watercolor paintings of galaxies and nebulas by Richmond artist Sandy Nye-Moran that were inspired by the photos taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope 

Gifts from the Sea, watercolors and collages by Emma Lou Martin, will appear in Dooley Hall.

The Second Floor Gallery hosts The Things That Kids Do by Blanton Seward.

The library’s permanent collections include works by Helen & Alvin Hattorf and Anne Newbold Perkins.

An opening-night reception for all the artists will be held, in conjunction with First Fridays, on September 3 from 6:30 till 9:00 pm. All exhibits run through 28.

Richmond Public Library

101 E. Franklin Street

Richmond, VA 23219