Gallery5 is partnering with the Richmond Moon Market to breathe life and fire back into First Friday, Richmond’s premier event celebrating the arts! We’re closing the street and lining the block with local artists and vendors for a spectacular outdoor, night market and block party in historic Jackson Ward. Featuring polished, professional vendors, food trucks, performers, and more. We love original, unique and unexpected creators. We want to build inclusive community, support local makers and create space for learning and solidarity. No jerks allowed.
River City Rails:
An Exhibit of Art on Model Trains by over 40 Artists. With additional photography by Tim Barry
Curated by: Noah Scalin & Curtis Grimstead
Coordinated by: Amanda Robinson
Opening Reception: First Friday, May 3rd 2024 5PM-11PM
Music by: Andrew Alli & Josh Small, Sally Rose
Vendor market by: RVA Moon Market
Closing Happy Hour:
Friday, May 24th 5PM-6:30PM
Sponsored By:
Richmond Grid
Vinyl Conflict Records
Luminary Hair Company
Second Bottle Wine
Salvation Tattoo
Supply RVA
Richmond Recycles
Carytown Optical
Train cars by:
Hamilton Glass, Ed Trask, Bizhan Khodabandeh, Chris Visions, Matt Lively, Neltie Black, Amy Black, Ross Trimmer, Keith Ramsey, Mikemetic, Marshall Higgins, Sean Mahan, Emily Herr, Noah Scalin, Monolith, Evan Patterson, Oura Sananikone, Amanda Robinson, Cassandra Loomis Kim, Silly Genius, Meme, Nico Cathcart, Jowarnise Caston, David Marion, Prentice Carroll, Jason Ford, Steve Hedberg, Tyler Thomas, Jared Barr, Mark Pehanic, Dolly Holmes, Chris Taylor, Sam Skrimpz, Ian C. Hess, Shaylen Broughton, George Archer, Nick Crider, Herbie, Kate Parnell, Jared Gaines, Marj Santaromana, Matthew Ritchie, Dathan Kane, Jason Mazzola, Charles Rasputin, Austin Fitch, Timothy Sean Johnston and more!
Special Guest Food Truck: Southern Spud
Richmond Moon Market will also be joining us again for First Friday on the 300/400 blocks of Brook Rd (and GWARbar’s parking lot) with over 50 local makers and artisans!
“A few years ago I acquired a collection of HO scale trains from a friend, which came with his wonderful Star Wars collection. I didn't really know what to do with them and was stuck at the Norfolk Southern line before the Mayo bridge. As I watched the art show go by, that is any train passing through Richmond a light bulb went off in my head of what to do with these trains. Since I text with Noah Scalin like we are dating about comics and Star Wars he was the perfect person to collaborate on this project and is one of the few people I know who has pulled something like that off with Skull-A-Day. The artists that I selected came from my previous history of working at Gallery5 and the Petersburg Area Art league as well as some people I have met along the way working with bands. What started as a project of just painting trains, has turned into something much greater with each artist putting their own spin on things. The amount of transformations we have seen of a 6" Lionel rail cars to their own one of kind piece has been very impressive. This whole show is a celebration of the inclusivity and creativity of art, a recognition on those who paint full sized trains, and for us vintage toy collectors a way to work with an iconic piece of American toy history.”
-Curtis Grimstead co-curator