Shannon Wright, a 1991 Sculpture BFA graduate, recently completed an installation in West Rutland, Vermont. The piece, titled Feral Fence, is located along an inactive marble quarry at the Carving Studio & Sculpture Center.

Kinetic Imaging faculty member Stephen Vitiello will have his piece, Smallest of Wings, featured in the October 22nd issue of The New Yorker magazine in an article entitled “United Technologies’ Support for the Arts.” The project was a commisioned multi-channel sound installation presented at Broadgate Arena, London.

Stephen Vitiello, Smallest of Wings. Photo by Saul Becker. Courtesy of The Project, NY.

VCU Department of Dance and Choreography presents Tania Isaac Dance, Friday & Saturday, October 12 & 13, 2007 at 8:00 pm at the Grace Street Theater, 934 West Grace Street, in Richmond. Tickets are $20 general / $5 to VCU students with a valid ID. Rambucks accepted. Tickets may be reserved beginning October 1, 2007 by calling 804-828-2020.

Tania Isaac Dance is a physically explosive, sensual marriage of Modern and Caribbean esthetics: part personal documentary and part social commentary. The New York Times praised Isaac for “holding the stage with complete command.” A former dancer with Urban Bush Women, her work now holds a place in their repertory.

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On Thursday, September 20 at 8:00 pm VCU Jazz presents Mark Feldman (violin) and Ayman Fanous (guitar and bouzoukee) in solo and duo sets of improvisational music. Admission to the Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Center concert is $15, $10 with VCU Student or MCV Housestaff ID (free to VCU Music Students who sign up in advance).

Mark Feldman has been a soloist on over 150 jazz recordings, including his own releases “Music for Violin Alone” (Tzadik) and “What Exit” (ECM), the latter featuring Neal Kirkwood, Drew Gress, and Tom Rainey. As a composer he has been commissioned and performed by the Kronos Quartet and the WDR Radio Orchestra. He received a Grammy Certificate for his role as concertmaster on the Michael Brecker Recording “Wide Angles” in 2003 and is the 2007 recipient of the Alpert Award in the Arts.

Ayman Fanous brings classical and flamenco guitar technique deeply into contemporary free improvisation. He began classical violin studies at age seven and switched to the guitar at twelve. Mostly self-taught, he was first exposed to flamenco at age fifteen and absorbed as much from the great players as he could, especially Paco de Lucia. A chance encounter with Ornette Coleman’s playing in high school led him on a path of discovery which has included serialism, free jazz, and several of the world’s great improvisational music traditions. He counts as influences Cecil Taylor, Eric Dolphy, Derek Bailey, and Ornette Coleman along with classical composers Anton Webern, Morton Feldman, Elliott Carter, Leo Brouwer, and Stepan Rak. In addition, he reaches back into his Egyptian ancestry in improvisations on the bouzoukee.

Jessica Langley, a graduate student with VCU’s Painting & Printmaking department, took part in the third annual Art Parade in SoHo, New York. Over 800 artists particpated creating 82 mobile works of art, including Thu Tran’s Food Party, of which Langley was part.

A Community Art Show for Community Radio Local artists, WRIR needs your work! As a special event for our Fall Fund Drive, WRIR is hosting an art show on October 5th, 6–11 pm at Metro Space Gallery (119 W Broad St.). This is your chance to show your artwork (if you haven’t already) during First Fridays. The only requirement: a percentage (tbd) of any sale from this show must be donated to WRIR. If you are interested in showing a piece (or two), email Emily McHenry at mylime50@hotmail.com or Mike Rutz at activate@wrir.org with “Art Show” in the subject line.

VCU Department of Music professor Rex Richardson was recently featured in an article on the website All About Jazz.

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=26895

Opening Monday, September 10th at the Student Commons Gallery: Myeong Soo Kim’s Outspoken, an exhibition of photographs taken in Europe 2006. All are invited to Myeong’s opening reception, which will take place on September 14th from 5:00–7:00 in the evening.

Paul Dipasquale, 1977 Sculpture MFA, created the Neptune statue in Virginia Beach, which will be the subject of a new documentary film.

The China America Festival of Film and Culture is hosting the program Neptune: The Making of the Myth, which will include a screening of ‘Neptune,’ a documentary showcasing how the colossal statue in Virginia Beach came to be made in China, and the journey it took between China and Virginia. Following the screening will be a panel discussion with sculptor Paul DiPasquale, Paul Michels, the film maker and board member of the Neptune Festival in Virginia Beach, and James Xu who coordinated the Chinese construction of the Neptune sculpture.

Amie Oliver exhibits “Walk the Walk” at Plant Zero, Richmond, VA

“Walk the Walk” is an exhibition in three acts by Virginia Artist Amie Oliver. Her most recent paintings, drawings and bookworks will be on view in the Project Space Gallery at Plant Zero from September 28 to December 23. The inspiration for the body of work originated in France during her 2006 residency at the Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris and Moulin a Nef in Auvillar, France where she discovered a parallel between in interest in figurative work and the French landscape.

This exhibition opens on September 28 from 7-10pm and is part of the Fourth Friday Artwalk, located at 0 E. 4th Street in Manchester, which is free and open to the public. Oliver’s exhibition will be underscored by a performance/reading on Friday, Oct 26 at 7:30pm and the premiere of her latest video work on Nov 2. Oliver has maintained a studio in Richmond since 1988. She has studied or worked in artist residencies in Paris, Germany, S. Korea, Virginia and Vermont. Her work has been exhibited from Maine to New Orleans and internationally in France, Turkey, Germany and Scotland. For more information on “Walk the Walk” please visit http://amieoliver.blogspot.com or Amie Oliver’s art: http://amieoliver.net