Deadstock Apron
We couldn’t be more excited about our latest collaboration with Shockoe Atelier and JM Stock Provisions. This no-nonsense grill apron was made from denim found in an abandoned factory in Petersburg, VA. The denim is a coarse-grain, with a retro, true indigo shade made in the late ‘60s / early ‘70s by Cone Mills, the […]
Väsen Brewing Company Opening Soon
Väsen Brewing Company, opening soon in Scott’s Addition, believes that brewing is about creating and appreciating something greater than yourself. The Swedish word “Väsen” translates to one’s way of being…their inner essence. True to their name, the Väsen Brewing team has created a brewery that will inspire others and along the way show their steadfast […]
Making It in Shockoe Valley
Making It in Shockoe Valley An old brick warehouse, tucked under I-64, sits proudly at a sharp bend in Shockoe Valley Road. It has a fully working dock door Richmond, plenty of space, and easy accessibility. Nearby, train tracks hug the curve, barbed wire outlines large chunks of industrial property, and trucks dodge potholes along […]
Building the New American Barn
By Paul Spicer Jonathan Frey wants you to rethink the role of the barn. Within the doors of this classic wooden structure is the possibility of rebirth. An accomplished inventor and scientist, Frey sees the barn as “the birthplace of invention.” Designed as a common ground, the American barn was a place where people came […]
Väsen Brewing Co. Makes Scott’s Addition Home
By Robey Martin It was less of a conversation and more like an ambush. I first spoke to the founders of Väsen Brewing Company at a Fan house-turned-makeshift brewery over a year ago. The setting resembled a fraternity house, except with whiteboards filled with multiple beer formulas. And there was gear, lots of it. Both […]
One Love: LGBT Families
Families are just families, regardless of who comprises the family unit. That’s the message of One Love: LGBT Families, which is on view until September 4, 2017 on the Valentine’s Lower Level. Developed in collaboration with Richmond Region Tourism’s OutRVA campaign, One Love: LGBT Families features photographic portraits by Michael Simon of lesbian, gay, bisexual […]
Double Vision at the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia
By Cameron McPherson “These are not the type of pieces you can just look at and walk away from,” explains Richard Woodward, a board member of the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia. Woodward serves as co-curator of the museum’s latest Murry DePillars: Double Vision exhibition. The original exhibition organized by Richmond’s Black […]
This is Major
Communities are built through stories. When we tell stories that inspire and engage us, we inevitably build stronger communities. But it also takes dedicated people to share narratives that have the power to change. At the intersection of powerful stories and community engagement live two men: Mike Kemetic and Marshall “Major” Taylor. A Powerful Story […]
Beauty Matters
It was 5:30 a.m. and 88 oversized, cast stone planters had just been delivered to a stretch of Jackson Ward between 3rd and 5th Streets. Lucy Meade, executive director of Venture Richmond, and Sharon Baum of Kirby’s Landscaping walked the site with a long punch list in preparation for the day ahead. This was the […]
RVA Look Book
The 2013 RVA Look Book is a 228-page, locally produced tribute to the entrepreneurs, artists, visionaries and doers that make the Richmond region a place for creative people and organizations to grow and thrive. Designed for both the RVA-initiated and the RVA-curious, the book cracks open the region’s personality, brainpower and lifestyle in vivid photography, […]