{"title":"Ode to Richmond Exhibition","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0780\/8101\/files\/Ode_to_Richmond_ad.png?v=1715366366\" width=\"896\" height=\"1160\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExhibition Open House Weekend: Friday, May 17 5pm - 8pm, Saturday May 18, 10am – 5pm \u0026amp; Sunday, May 19, 2024, Noon - 4pm \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFeatured Exhibition Dates: Friday, May 17, 2024 - Sunday, June 30, 2024\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFeatured Exhibition Hours: Tuesdays– Saturdays, 10:00am – 5:00pm, Noon – 4pm Sundays\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis Themed Members-Only show is inspired by the poem \"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOde to Richmond\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby Roscoe Burnems,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e RVA’s First Poet Laureate, 2021\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOne of the first poems Powell\/Burnems published about his hometown was “Ode to Richmond.” “This was around the time when we were starting to see that Richmond had really turned into an art city. They redid the Arts District, and they were opening all these galleries down there, and there were all these beautiful murals that were being placed all across the city,” he says. “I love art. And that’s one of the things that really struck me about the city: how it embraces artists.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRainbows cascading across the ribs of Boulevard.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLost lives on lips of 17th and Main.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHoney bees cycle upon the back of Cary\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eand Davis Ave dances in rain.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe skin of Jackson Ward’s buildings\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003etell the story of legacy.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen the mind does not fit upon the canvas\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eand thirsts for reach,\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eit is not James River that quenches an artist,\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eit is the hunger for feat.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBrick and mortar battle with bustling brushes,\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ehues slain across wall\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis becomes a civil war for creative unrest,\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eanother canvas falls.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA body of tattoos in abstraction and technicolor, of joy, of memories, of hurt.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRichmond is home to some of the greatest art on earth.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA reflection of its people. A tell-tale of its ghosts,\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003efound in the heart of the music,\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ein poetry, and most\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003enever truly appreciate the frame of thought,\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewhen imagination cannot be caught in woven\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ecotton and needs space for anarchy\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eand chaos and craft and desires to be free.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThat is when Richmond becomes a gallery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRead more in Richmond Magazine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/richmondmagazine.com\/news\/sunday-story\/top-bard\/\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/richmondmagazine.com\/news\/sunday-story\/top-bard\/\"\u003eClick Here\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"triplett-adam-title-richmonds-capital-trail","title":"Triplett, Adam Title: Richmond's Capital Trail","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdam Triplett \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRichmond's Capital Trail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOil on Canvas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e14 x 11 x .623\", framed to 15 x 12 x 1.5\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e( was $580 ) - on sale! now\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e$464\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Capital trail into Richmond is picturesque, lonely, well built and maintained, frequented by fitness seekers and scenery buffs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist Statement: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdam Triplett was born in Richmond, Virginia. 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