Welcome to The Grace Street Theater! We are a part of Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA where we proudly serve as a venue for the arts!
Virginia Commonwealth University's Grace Street Theater is a little known but successful example of renovation and adaptive use of a historic property. The building originally opened in 1935 as the Lee Theatre, a neighborhood movie theater showing second-run films. It served for a brief period in the late 1950s/early 1960s as an art house theater. In 1965 it became known as the Lee Art Theatre and
06/03/2021
Queerantine Archive Project Description and Student Expectations/Possibilities Are you interested in digital media, public relations and communications, arts education, history, public health, LGBT+/Queer Studies, and/or the intersection of these fields? Do you want to gain hands-on experience with archival methods, interviewing, website design, grant-writing, and/or jou...
06/01/2021
VCU Voices: Carmenita Higginbotham | Episode 8 Carmenita D. Higginbotham, Ph.D., dean of the VCU School of the Arts, discusses the intersection of culture and arts, the opening of the new Arts and Innovat...
05/14/2021
Join us virtually in celebrating the 2020-2021 VCUarts graduates, starting tomorrow, May 15, at 10am! A special congratulations to our VCU Dance graduates for your resilience in the face of adversity throughout this unprecedented year! 🎓🌟🎉
Commencement May 2021 Commencement VCUarts is pleased to host an in-person and livestreamed ceremony honoring all 2020 and May 2021 graduates from the School of the Arts. Saturday, May 15Altria Theater6 North Laurel StreetRichmond, Virginia 23220
04/19/2021
Full marquee boxes = full hearts here at the GST 💛 ✨
Join us on Zoom this Thursday & Friday (4/22 + 4/23) at 7PM to celebrate our VCU Dance seniors in their capstone project, FINESSE: Spring 2021 Senior Project Concert ⬅️ click for more info + zoom link -- it's FREE!
04/16/2021
REMINDER: Queer.Art.Matters. A Virtual Symposium on Resistance, Embodiment and Power is coming up today (4/16) at 5pm, and tomorrow (4/17) at 11am & 1pm! Register for your free ticket at queerartmatters.showclix.com
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03/23/2021
Episode #33 (Natasha Diamond-Walker & Trebien Pollard) Watch as we discuss Black Dance Stories with Natasha Diamond-Walker & Trebien Pollard!Thank you for tuning into Black Dance Stories (BDS) EVERY Thursday at 6...
03/15/2021
Wavelength: Onye Ozuzu - Institute for Contemporary Art The ICA is now open to the public Friday through Sunday from 10 am—6 pm. For more details on our new visitor guidelines, please visit our COVID-19 resource page.