Join us for quarterly First Fridays at the Library of Virginia! View a display by Virginia artists, enjoy refreshments, and get creative in our makerspace. You can also explore our current exhibition and visit the Virginia Shop for books and gifts.

April’s theme is Flora & Fauna. View works from local artists that reflect Virginia’s plants and animals, as well as related items from our collections. Engage with the theme by creating flower origami in our makerspace and watching demonstrations of Ikebana, the art form of Japanese flower arrangement, presented by Ikebana of Richmond.

And don’t miss poetry readings from the “Writing the Land: Virginia” poetry anthology, which will occur throughout the evening in the Conference Rooms. The book celebrates the beauty and value of conserved lands of all kinds from across the Commonwealth of Virginia, including public wildlife management areas, conservation easements, city and riverside trails, park systems and shoreline farms. Each chapter contains poems, illustrations, photographs and information on properties from land conservation organizations or Indigenous tribes. The Library is partnering with the Capital Region Land Conservancy and the Nature Conservancy to present this poetry reading.

Limited free parking is available underneath the Library at 800 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA. For more information, contact Sarah Falls at 804.692.3722 or sarah.falls@lva.virginia.gov.