Staff
Mary Ann Racin, Executive Director
Mary Ann Racin is the Executive Director of Riverviews Artspace, one of Virginia’s leading contemporary multi-disciplinary art spaces in Lynchburg, VA. Riverviews Artspace supports artistic innovation and connects artists and community. Programs offered include visual arts, spoken word, and film. Since 2005, Racin has overseen the growth of Riverviews Artspace, a place for art, artists, ideas and social interaction. Riverviews includes the beautifully renovated Craddock-Terry Gallery, a comfortable screening room (dvd, video; also used for live arts), multiple artist studios, the Jefferson Avenue Gallery, and the Reading Room. During her tenure, Riverviews has developed and expanded many programs, including CINEviews, an annual Film Festival, the Annual Juried Art Show, and On-Screen-In Person, a touring program of the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation.
Racin served on a grant panel for the Virginia Commission for the Arts and was inducted into the YWCA’s Academy of Women for Excellence in the Arts in 2008. Before moving to Lynchburg, Racin developed public programs and funding for the Humanties Council in the Office of Institutional Advancement at NYU and conducted public policy research at the International Monetary Fund. Racin has a BA in English Literature from Wellesley College, a MA in Cultural Studies from NYU, and a Certificate in Textile Design from FIT. Prior to coming to Riverviews, Racin was a full-time Procreative Producer/Manager.
Sylvia Noyes, Exhibition and Program Manager
Sylvia earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Studio Art from Randolph College in Lynchburg, Virginia. Previously, she managed the CityArts Mosaic Mural on 9th Street and served as the Exhibit Artist and Technician at Amazement Square Children’s Museum.
Sylvia’s passion is making art accessible to the residents of Central Virginia.
Dear Staff of Riverview Artspace,
I would like to cordially invite you to attend my below exhibition/book launch and presentation. I am a native of Lynchburg now living and working in Western Australia, and this exhibition shows selected works from my last 2 exhibitions in Australia and at VCU Richmond, VA. If you cannot make the hours below, please allow me to make an appointment with you at your convenience. I am also collaborating with a very interesting political visual artist, Tania Ferrier, and we are looking for a venue in the next couple of years to present a video work concerning minorities and the prison system. We think it would be an excellent work for your space.
I hope to hear from you soon,
Most sincerely,
Laura Mitchell
We would like to perform there. Please follow link. There is an mp3 sample. of our work if you scroll down the page.
http://lynnmartinandthesonsoforpheus.yolasite.com/
Lynn, thank you for your interest in our venue. Please send a proposal of what you would like to perform at info@riverviews.net. Thanks!