1212 Gallery | Continuing through July 27. Gallery hosts “The Human Form.” Local artists Joelle Francht and Mike Keeling join New York’s Nancy Fairchild and Cleveland’s Nancy McEntee to interpret The Human Form.  The exhibition starts Sunday, June 22, with an artists’ reception that afternoon from 2-5 pm. 12 E. 12th St. 233-9957. http://www.1212galleryrichmond.com

1708 Gallery | Continuing through August 2. SQUIRREL O RAMA: Communal Art Event and Installation featuring James Busby, Melanie Christian, Sandra Luckett and Katie Shaw Sweeney. 319 W. Broad St. 643.1708. http://www.1708gallery.org

ADA Gallery | Continuing through Sunday, July 20. Skate Show featuring James Wainscott, Anthony Pappalardo, Jerry Hsu, Jonathan Mehring, Josh Bennett, Adrian Meyer, Jim Callhan, Joey Slaughter, Spahr Bros., Randy Hess, Rob Lee, Mickael Broth. New drawings by Fiona Ross. 5-9 pm. 228 W. Broad St. 644.0100.
http://www.adagallery.com

Anderson Gallery | Opening June 20 through August 2. Artists Rob Matthews: “Knoxville Girl,” Fiona Ross: “The Thread in the Labyrinth” and Portraits: “More Than Just a Pretty Face” including David Wurtzel. Opening reception June 20 from 7-9pm. 907 ½ W. Franklin St. 828.1522. http://www.vcu.edu/arts/gallery

Art Space | Continuing through July 20. Main Gallery: Nathaniel Hester “Animal Farm,” silkscreen prints. Davis Gallery: Mary Anne Hensley “Mixing Metaphors,” mixed media. Frable Gallery: Catherine Johnson “Observations,” photography Opening reception is on Friday, June 27. 7-10pm. Zero East 4th Street. 232.6464.

Art Works | Continuing through July 20: “June All Media Show”, “Conversations in Cloth: Art Quilts that Speak to the Soul” by Myrah Brown Green, “Windows To Richmond’s Gay Community”, “Recent Works” by Marti Fann, “Minds And Colors ” by Daniel Rettinger, and “The New Horizons ” by Janet Visser. 320 Hull St. 291.1400.
http://www.artworksrichmond.com

Contract Associates, Inc. | Continuing through September 15: Contemporary landscapes by Greg Osterhaus and Ruth Buhrman. 5:30-8:30pm. 1519 West Main St. at Main and Lombardy.
http://www.gingerlevit.com.

The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen | Continuing through Saturday, August 9. “Looking Forward – A New Generation of Work by Lee Baskerville.” The opening reception will take place Thursday, June 19 from 7-9pm.  The public is invited to attend. 2880 Mountain Road. (804) 261-ARTS (2787). http://www.artsglenallen.com

The Gallery | “Are you afraid of being beautiful” by Massimo Catalani. 16 S Dooley Ave. 355.0102.
http://www.the-gallery.it

Ghostprint Gallery | Opening Thursday July 3 through July 26. ‘Drawing Blood’
Art by local, national and international tattoo artists working in media other than skin. Special Reception 7-10 p.m. Friday, July 18 220 W. Broad St., 344-1557. http://www.ghostprintgallery.com

Main Art Gallery | Opening July 11 through August 30. “The Spore Collective,” featuring 10 sculpture students from the University of Mary Washington. Opening reception Friday, July 11 from 7-9pm.
1537 W. Main St. 355.6151.
http://www.mainartsupply.com

Quirk Gallery | Opening July 3: “Tango y Reencuentro” by Fabian Ramirez and Elie Piña. “Vault Project 2008” by Tim Lazure. “Color Vision” by Vicki Bruner. 311 Broad St. 644.5450.
http://www.quirkgallery.com

Red Door Gallery | June 27 - Aug. 3: “Mysteries” paintings by Shiela Gioilitti 1607 W. Main St. 358.0211.
http://www.reddoorgalleryrichmond.com

University of Richmond | Continuing:  “The Georganna Yeager Johns Collection of Royal Doulton Character Jugs,” on view at the Lora Robins Gallery of Design from Nature, University of Richmond Museums.  “The Sacred and The Sensuous: Hindu Art from the Collection,” On view at the Lora Robins Gallery of Design from Nature. http://www.museums.richmond.edu

Transmission | Opening July 3. “There’s a Name for This” featuring Erik Gonzalez and Joseph McCorkle. 7-10 pm. 321 Brook Rd. 200.9985. http://transmissionrva.blogspot.com/.

Virginia Center for Architecture | Continuing through Oct. 5: “Italian Dressing: Palladio and American Classicism.” What does an Italian who lived 500 years ago have to do with homes in America today? 2501 Monument Avenue. 644.3041.
http://www.virginiaarchitecture.org

Virginia Historical Society | Continuing through Sepember 22: “Moonshining in the Blue Ridge,” This exhibition, organized by the Blue Ridge Institute of Ferrum College, is believed to be the largest exhibit ever mounted on moonshining in the United States. Covering more than a century of moonshining in the mountains of Virginia, it tells the story of illegal alcohol distilling in defiance of the federal government’s excise tax. 428 N. Boulevard. http://www.vahistorical.org

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts | Continuing:  “AN ENDURING LEGACY: Paintings Acquired Through the J. Harwood and Louise B. Cochrane Fund for American Art,” 200 N. Boulevard. 340.1400. http://www.vmfa.museum

Visual Arts Studio | Opening Friday, July 3: As the Wood Turns, Richmond Chapter of the National Association of WoodTurners Member’s Juried and Invitational Exhibition. Shellion, paintings of scenes cast with coastal creatures by artist Dan Rhett continues thru August 1. 208 W. Broad St. 644.1368.  http://www.visualartstudio.org

White Canvas Gallery | Opening July 11 through August 6: “Chronicles of the South” Local, well-known folk artist, Eldridge Bagley, will exhibit 17 new works in his annual one-man show.  *White Canvas is closing August 6.  This will be the last show at White Canvas Gallery!* Open house reception from 5:30 pm - 8 pm. Music provided by Super64. 111 South 14th St. 782.1776. http://www.whitecanvasgallery.com.

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I also hope that everyone gets to see the companion show to the Art Works exhibition. It is at the Gay Community Center of Richmond (GCCR Gallery). Entitled “Refections on Richmond Windows”, it features photography by John MacLellan, Kathy Benham and Martin McFadden with paintings by Kerri Douthat and other works by the ROSMY Youth Artists. On display through September 12th at 1407 Sherwood Avenue, behind the Diamond.

First, it was great to see that all the galleries are represented here on the Brick.  I hope that Fenny got to see the show at Art Works entitled:  Windows To Richmond’s Gay Community.  It will be on display through July 20, 2008.  Five artists used windows to represent a view of their lives and artwork as GLBT.  It is a thoughtful and moving exhibit.

It’s very hard to be openly gay, lesbian or bisexual. They usually got harassed, beaten up, pushed around and called all kinds of slurs. They would say all sorts of horrible things for the wrong reasons.

So I think for GLBT, they’d better find some online community or something like that, to come out first, where they may feel support, happy, free. Actually, they are usually under great pressure. If they don’t find some place to release themselves, they may live very hard. I think the one BisexualMingle is a good place for them. After that, I think they may choose some ppl who they believe very well to come out. Like this, step by step.

art6 has a member’s show through August 10th with a wide variety of works including a special POETRY gallery for the member poets!

REMEMBER, FIRST FRIDAY is THURSDAY JULY 3rd because of the holiday- of you come down Friday night- you’ll find dark buildings and nobody there!!