Editing Richmond, Virginia (section)

====Murals====
With the Richmond Mural Project (RMP), sponsored by RVA Mag and Art Whino, and 2013's RVA Street Art Festival, the city quickly gained more than 100 murals created by international mural artists, such as Aryz, Roa, [[Ron English]], and Natalia Rak. While the RMP focused on international talent, the RVA Street Art Festival, led by long-time local mural artist Ed Trask, focused mainly on regional artists, although it was responsible for PoseMSK, Jeff Soto, and [[Mark Jenkins (artist)|Mark Jenkins]]. After some criticism, the RMP included its first local artist, Nils Westergard, who already was on the international circuit, and then another, Jacob Eveland. The two festivals were unrelated, and the RMP is now defunct. The RVA Street Art Festival occurs as funding permits. In response to the [[George Floyd]] protests of the summer of 2020, local artist Hamilton Glass spearheaded the Mending Walls Project, featuring walls by pairs of local artists.<ref name=Mending>{{cite web |url=https://www.vpm.org/2020-08-07/mending-walls-rva-telling-history-and-engaging-difficult-conversations-through-art |last=Gau |first=Terry Menefee |date=August 7, 2020 |title=Mending Walls RVA {{endash}} Telling history and engaging difficult conversations through art |website=vpm.org |publisher=National Public Radio |access-date=February 7, 2024}}</ref>