{"id":738,"date":"2016-04-29T18:46:33","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T22:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/walkingrichmond\/?p=738"},"modified":"2016-05-02T11:16:28","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T15:16:28","slug":"the-rva-street-art-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/walkingrichmond\/2016\/04\/29\/the-rva-street-art-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"The RVA Street Art Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

The RVA Street Art Festival<\/p>\n

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The third RVA Street Art Festival took place in Old Manchester, Richmond from Friday, April 22 through Sunday, April 24. It\u2019s not an annual event. It\u2019s random. Unpredictable. Like art, which imitates life. So, the schedule and structure were appropriate.<\/p>\n

For the street art festival, Hamilton Glass collaborated with Matt Lively. The day before the festival began, Glass and Lively invited art enthusiasts to come and paint on their designated wall. Paint was provided and passersby, artists and even children stopped by to participate in the open-wall session.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo one knows what it will look like in the end,\u201d Glass said.<\/p>\n

During the next two days, Glass and Lively turned the collected contributions in to one cohesive masterpiece, \u201cWip.\u201d<\/p>\n

The RVA Street Art Festival is a three-day event that showcases the talent of local muralists and street artists.<\/p>\n

According to RVAStreetArt.com,\u00a0The focus of the RVA Street Art Fest three-fold: supporting youth art education,\u00a0discovering local talent,\u00a0and bringing life to our beautiful city.<\/em><\/p>\n

Artists are invited to participate and assigned a location. Art was scattered all over the manchester area, from old buildings, to storage sheds, to the walls of local businesses and beyond. Every corner you turned, you were greeted by the beautiful creations of the elaborate minds of artistic geniuses.<\/p>\n