There is an annual art show put on by a non profit. The show is called InLight. This year it was hosted on the grounds of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (see earlier post about Japanese Tattoo art).
Looking down from the hill behind the museum, you can kind of see the crowds. The museum stayed open late, so you can see the lights from the museum cafes.
The front of the museum, crowds milling around
The art show is free. It takes place in the evening, when it gets dark. All of the art uses light as its medium.
Which made it really tough to take photos. We were surprised at how many people were there! And not just hipsters, though they were out in force as well. We really enjoyed it. It got cold, but not too cold, and it was nice and clear.
This was the largest piece of art. It was built around a walkway through the grounds of the museum
This was our favorite. Tanner took a video, but we haven't posted it. This group was playing instruments. These glass bottles, the bottom pops in and out, making a twangy noise. Spotlights were trained on the instruments, so as they played them they moved the reflections around on the screen. So you could see them as they played. It was much more interesting and fun then my description sounds.
This was a giant tube, like a pipeline, that you looked into. This is over the shoulders of two girls in front of us, you an barely see the girl on the right with the black hair.
In the pipeline.
Even though we tried twice, Tanner always looks surprised in selfies!
We liked the show. Some of the pieces really intrigued us. Some were beautiful. Pieces I would love to have in in my yard, and watch while sitting on the deck in the evening, drinking some scotch. Tanner did a good job of talking to me, so we compared what we liked, didn't like, etc.
I was disappointed that more of the exhibits weren't interactive. Also that few of the exhibits really used light as the medium, many of them used it as part of the medium, and enhanced their work with it. Few of them really used light that changed, moved, grew brighter or more faint.
We walked, it was about 45 minutes away. That way we could stop and have a drink on the way home, without worrying about driving.
Those are all hot dog options on the left hand page
The place we stopped was by campus, called City Dogs. It is a college hang out. They had cheap beer and fried snacks. We got a pitcher of Bud Light. Tanner managed to pour a whole glass on himself.
Tater tots with cheese and chili
Green relish that looks like jello, pickle, peppers, tomato, mustard, it was really yummy!
They had live music scheduled, which I was really dubious about. But the band was great. They were playing a variety of music in a funk, slightly psychedelic style. They played a super long and interesting version of a Steve Miller song.
We had a really nice night. It did feel like were "back in college." It was also really inexpensive!
It was nice that Richmond is not very big that night. We could walk everywhere. Both the art show and bar were full, but not packed. There are less opportunities for things like that than in Seattle though. There aren't as many hole in the wall, cheap restaurants. Not as many art shows. So I have to pay attention and make sure we take advantage of the ones that are happening.
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