Local Arts

The eerie music of Marilyn Manson’s This is Halloween featured in Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas could be heard emanating from a small studio next to Richmond Public Market earlier this week.

Singing at community events was all the same for Richmond resident Emelia Lupynis until she performed at an event where she was touched in a way she didn’t expect.

Winning the city’s Arts Education award has helped propelled the Richmond Music School forward in the midst of the pandemic, according to board president Ginna Ng.

When Richmond recording artist Cole James releases his latest song, his best friend’s late brother will be very much top of mind.

A Richmond artist has published a book to help others take pencil to paper and capture the beauty of Richmond’s natural and urban landscape. Joe Larano, Jr.

Richmond artist Rotem Levy almost forgot about the cookies in her oven when she received a call about her winning the Youth Richmond Arts Award.

Tackling societal norms through music is what one Richmond resident is doing to push through the challenging times of COVID-19.

Direct Theatre Collective’s (DTC) founder and artistic director Jill Raymond was in so much shock about winning the Artistic Innovation Award, that the only sound that came out of her mouth was a non-stop scream.

Richmond resident Dawn Lo found drawing to be a great pass time in her home city of Hong Kong. That is, until she immigrated to Canada and found her passion in communicating about diversity through art.

Richmond Art Gallery has re-opened its doors with its first exhibit addressing Indigenous and Black identities.