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Rich Blue Hues Fest is the Foundation's flagship program. Exhibitions, education, residencies, artist development, and economic opportunity are the work the Foundation exists to do.

Rich Blue Hues Fest

A four-day cultural experience exploring Black diasporic expression through art, food, music, wellness, and community, anchored by a contemporary art exhibition at Chromophore Artspace in Richmond, Virginia.

2026

September 3–6, 2026

Chromophore Artspace, 309 N. Adams Street, Richmond, Virginia

The inaugural edition of Rich Blue Hues Fest, exploring Blackness through the many iterations of blue. Anchored by a contemporary art exhibition and expanding into collector engagement, scholarship, culinary arts, music, wellness, and community connection.

Selected works

Woman with blue-splashed hair and blue sunglasses holding a lollipop, on a pale blue ground — Bluegreen StudioPop (angsty version), 2026Digital watercolorCourtesy of the artist

Two overlapping faces in warm browns and blues, eyes open, painted in loose strokes — Hippo ArtzThe Borderlands of HypnagogiaAcrylicCourtesy of the artist

Portrait of a child in monochrome blue, mouth open in a shout, hands pressed to the sides of the head — J.C AvidsonDistress in blueAcrylicCourtesy of the artist

Joshua Ray HorsemanWTPWADTB 1Printmaking on canvasCourtesy of the artist

Three figures seated on a porch under a blue sky, one in a yellow dress — Kellyu Johnsonrefuge foundMixed mediaCourtesy of the artist

Melody GordonThe Capacity To DreamAcrylicCourtesy of the artist

Stylized figure in a blue coat and green boots crouching against a lilac ground — Msmarie1989Cerulean RunwayCanvasCourtesy of the artist

Portrait of a man in a white tank top with blue brushwork across his shoulders and red forms beside him — Raphael SerranoProcessOil on canvasCourtesy of the artist

Textured blue relief of layered paper with three pink flowers, in a black frame — Raven SmithBloomPaperCourtesy of the artist

At the festival

Guests gather in a loose circle in a white-brick gallery hung with paintings, beside a blue sofa and tall front windows — Salon Supper, Rich Blue Hues FestSeptember 3, 2026

A woman in a blue head wrap and flowing blue robe speaks to diners in front of a deep red curtain — Salon Supper, Rich Blue Hues FestSeptember 3, 2026

Diners in lively conversation along a table set with water carafes, candles, and small bouquets — Salon Supper, Rich Blue Hues FestSeptember 3, 2026

A printed Rich Blue Hues menu listing sweet potato cornbread and Blue Point oysters, on a dark wood table — Salon Supper, Rich Blue Hues FestSeptember 3, 2026

Skillet cornbread topped with cream on a set table with glasses and a hydrangea bouquet — Salon Supper, Rich Blue Hues FestSeptember 3, 2026

Visitors talk and take photos along a white-brick wall hung with paintings, with the street visible through the front windows — Opening night, Rich Blue Hues FestSeptember 4, 2026

Visitors fill a blue-walled gallery room hung with paintings, including one of a butterfly resting on a gloved hand — Opening night, Rich Blue Hues FestSeptember 4, 2026

A pierced brass lantern glows beside a bouquet of white and blue hydrangeas — Opening night, Rich Blue Hues FestSeptember 4, 2026

Participating artists

Ashley White (Styledentity)
Bluegreen Studio · Digital art
Deborah Ram Mozes · Painting and drawing
DeJeonge Reese
Hippo Artz · Painting
J.C Avidson · Painting
Jonathan Quarles
Jonathan Wardrett
Joshua Ray Horseman · Printmaking
Julius Davis · Painting
Kellyu Johnson · Mixed media
Khepera Martin
Melody Gordon · Painting
Msmarie1989
Paige by Design
Qrcky · Painting
Quiet Storm · Painting
Raphael Serrano · Painting
Raven Smith
Siandra Mason

What the Foundation exists to do

Exhibitions. Curated shows that put emerging artists of color on walls where collectors, curators, and the public will find them, with the wall labels, documentation, and press that institutions provide their own.

Educational and creative programming. Workshops, classes, and public talks that open the practice of art to the community and give artists paid opportunities to teach.

Artist development. Professional development in pricing, documentation, grant writing, and working with galleries and collectors, so that a first exhibition becomes a sustained practice.

Residencies. Time, space, and support to make new work, in development for a future cycle.

Community engagement and economic opportunity. Festivals, markets, and collector programs that move money to artists and creative entrepreneurs directly, and that make Richmond's Black cultural life visible to the region and beyond.

Programs beyond the festival are in development. Dates, amounts, and eligibility will be published here when the board approves them, not before.