“Virginia Pride works to make the Richmond Region a better place for LGBTQ people to live, work and visit through community advocacy and dozens of events including an annual Pridefest that is attended by more than 40,000 people.   In April of 2021, Virginia Pride merged with Diversity Richmond in a historic move intended to increase the capacity of both organizations to better serve the LGBTQ community.   Its work is guided by an all-volunteer committee of LGBTQ and allied community members and is supported by some of the region’s most recognizable companies including Capitol One, CarMax, Altria and Wells Fargo and national sponsors Nissan North America, Tito’s Handmade Vodka and Jack Daniel’s.”

  May 2021 Featured Exhibitions

Crossroads Art Center has the privilege of hosting the opening reception for the following featured exhibitions:

Juror: Dr. Craig A. Reynolds is an art historian.  He is an educator, curator, writer, lecturer, collector−and a proud cancer survivor.  Currently, Dr. Reynolds serves as Chief Administrative Officer of the Capitol Square Preservation Council and Curator of the Virginia State Capitol.  Additionally, he teaches art history courses at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, where he offers a variety of topics on American art, and as adjunct professor in the Virginia Community College System, where Dr. Reynolds has taught art history for the past 15 years.  He has received numerous awards in support of his research and teaching, led multiple study abroad programs in Europe, given hundreds of public programs and lectures, and curated or co-curated dozens of exhibitions in the United States and Italy.  His students have received scholarships from top-tier graduate programs, including Notre Dame, Northwestern, UCLA, and the University of Virginia.  Before arriving at the Virginia State Capitol, Dr. Reynolds worked in the curatorial department in the Office of the Architect of the United States Capitol.  His current research efforts are focused on bringing to light the artistic legacies of enslaved peoples in Central Virginia, particularly those who labored in and around Virginia’s historic Capitol Square.

Photography Award Winners

First Place: Kevin O’Farrell “First Morning”

Second Place: Darron Franta “Eredor’s Door”

Third Place: Tom Hennessy ”Lily of the Valley”

2D Award Winners

First Place: Beverley Ulrich “Sempiternity”

Second Place: Lee H. Rettig “ Cityscape”

Third Place: Kristy Severin “Spring Violet, Moss + Columg”

3D Award Winners

First Place: Wendy Van Boxtel “Patiently Waiting”

Second Place: David Bushman “Helgafell”

Third Place: Charles Sthreshley “Rushdie”