RVA Magazine
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RVA Magazine is a full color publication which focuses on the art, music, events, and culture of the Richmond
, Virginia
area. It was founded in April 2005.
RVA Magazine has also been involved in putting together and sponsoring cultural events including the Falling From Grace
music festival, Halloweek (which included Richmond's first Halloween
parade by puppet theatre troupe All the Saints), and the Carytown NYE Bash (New Year's Eve street event which drew close to 20,000 people—a first of its kind for Richmond). RVA was not involved in the 2008-2009 Carytown NYE Bash, which was a product of the Carytown Merchants Association.
RVA is free to the public, both in print form, and in multiple digital formats on their webpage. Virginia Commonwealth University
's art school sends hundreds of copies of RVA to prospective art students every year to highlight the area's cultural activity.
RVA has won numerous design awards, including two from Graphic Design USA in 2008.
Richmond, Virginia
Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. It is an independent city and not part of any county. Richmond is the center of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Greater Richmond area...
, Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
area. It was founded in April 2005.
RVA Magazine has also been involved in putting together and sponsoring cultural events including the Falling From Grace
Falling from Grace
Falling from Grace is a 1992 drama film, produced by Little B and distributed by Columbia Pictures. Rock singer John Mellencamp makes his acting and directorial debut in this story by Lonesome Dove author Larry McMurtry. The story contains many similarities to Mellencamp's real life...
music festival, Halloweek (which included Richmond's first Halloween
Halloween
Hallowe'en , also known as Halloween or All Hallows' Eve, is a yearly holiday observed around the world on October 31, the night before All Saints' Day...
parade by puppet theatre troupe All the Saints), and the Carytown NYE Bash (New Year's Eve street event which drew close to 20,000 people—a first of its kind for Richmond). RVA was not involved in the 2008-2009 Carytown NYE Bash, which was a product of the Carytown Merchants Association.
RVA is free to the public, both in print form, and in multiple digital formats on their webpage. Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Commonwealth University is a public university located in Richmond, Virginia. It comprises two campuses in the Downtown Richmond area, the product of a merger between the Richmond Professional Institute and the Medical College of Virginia in 1968...
's art school sends hundreds of copies of RVA to prospective art students every year to highlight the area's cultural activity.
RVA has won numerous design awards, including two from Graphic Design USA in 2008.