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Cultures Unite in Creation of Mural - Richmond Times Dispatch 6/10
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Tree of Life: ART 180’s Mural Project Grows in Manchester - Richmond Magazine 6/10
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A Mural In Need of A Home - Richmond Times Dispatch 3/30/10
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Local Life: ART 180 Part 4 - VCU TV/HD
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Local Life: ART 180 Part 3 - VCU TV/HD
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The Life and Death of Jonny Z - RVA Magazine 8/12/2009
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Word & Image - Jackson Meyer article - Style Weekly 7/21/2009
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Video: Style Weekly's Art Party 2009 - Style Weekly 2/17/2009
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Chocolate bars help support art project - Richmond Times Dispatch 2/12/2009
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2008 Year in Review - RVA Magazine January 2009 - Page 57- ART 180
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2008 Year in Review - RVA Magazine January 2009 - Page 36 Jonny Z Festival
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Roadside Attraction: Curating the City - Style Weekly 2/3/2009
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40 Under 40 - Style Weekly 10/7/2008
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The Best and Worst of 2008: Debating the Issues August 2008
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A&E Must-Sees; The Top 25 for 2008-2009 - Richmond Magazine September 2008
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ART 180 makes Change for a 10- Mash-Up Sept. 9, 2008
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See it: Making the Cash - Brickweekly
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Scenes from 'golden' life: Richmond students paint a tribute to local artist and musician who died in 2007- Richmond Times Dispatch
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Local Life: ART 180 Part 2 - VCU
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"Make Money" Style Weekly
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"Richmond Fire and 3rd Graders Join together to Celebrate Art" — Virginia Fire News.com
On December 6, 2007, the Richmond Fire Department along with Broad Rock Elementary School 3rd Graders and ART 180 hosted the December Open Studios Series at Broad Rock Station 22. Read more...
Officials said that merging private creative expressions with a public showcase, ART 180 offers youth a safe way to
talk about what matters most to them, while offering the community a compelling way to hear it. The December Open Studios
Series offers a rare opportunity for young artists to share their works and experiences in an informal setting. The even showcased
young artists who are working to inspire change in the community.
Arson detection dog “Bailey†Martin and her handler Captain Mike Martin were on hand. “I’ve had Bailey for 10 years,†said
Captain Martin, “she has served the department for 9 years.â€
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"Local Life: Art 180 Part 1" VCU
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"She's so skirt" Skirt Richmond
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"YWCA honors 10 area women" InRich.com
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"For those about to Rock" Brick Weekly
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"The Arts 25: Innovators at the forefront of Richmond's arts and culture."Style Weekly
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"Pivotal Moments: A quarter-century retrospective of Richmond arts."Style Weekly
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"Foundation for success" — inRich.com/March 3, 2008
By ZACHARY REID/TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER
Ram Bhagat carefully arranges a circle of African drums as eight boys restlessly await their chance to play.
One boy sneaks in a tap here, another a tap there.
"It's a form of artistic expression, an inner connection with their heart," said Bhagat, a high school chemistry
teacher who leads the drumming class every Wednesday afternoon at the Friends Association for Children. "It's their
own personal beat." Read more...The beat makes its way into a groove in the one-story building
in Gilpin Court, a North Side Richmond community dominated by public housing.
The drums were supplied by Art 180, a nonprofit group that sponsors free after-school programs in Richmond.
"The children we work with don't always get the first bite of the apple," said Eric Anderson, program manager at
Art 180. "We want them to have fresh supplies. It's nice to be able to break a seal on a fresh canvas."
Or to lay a hand on fresh canvas stretched across a shiny new conga.
Art 180 doesn't charge for its classes, relying on funding from one of its biggest donors -- the Community Foundation
Serving Richmond and Central Virginia.
The Community Foundation helps fund or facilitate funding for hundreds of local programs. One of the largest of about
700 similar foundations in the country, the local organization has grown in 40 years from being sparsely funded to $660
million in assets in 2007. You can see and read more from the article by clicking here.
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"Wow, I Did That!" — Richmond Parents/February, 2008
By LIZ SHEEHAN
It's a few weeks before Christmas and shoppers are coming into a clothing store off Broad Street in downtown Richmond to check out the latest fashions. But what do they find when they walk in the door?
Exotically painted sneakers! Elegant stained glass panels! And a small crowd of proud young artists, their families, art teachers and the staff of ART 180, a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing youth art classes into community centers and schools around the city.
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