Events at: Institute for Contemporary Art

Save the date for Wednesday, May 21, to join us for an exciting evening with the ICA’s new executive director, Jessica Bell Brown. In this program, Jessica will dive into the history of the ICA, answer questions from the audience, and share her vision for the future. Come early and join us for a happy […]

Punk musician and Richmond resident Rachel Harper (VV/MUCK/Gusher) curates this month’s No Input, inviting the Saint Louis-based yelp wavers Coupon Code, with local support from the noise synth duo Every Eye. For No Input, Richmond’s underground programmers select experimental music acts to perform sets specifically adapted to the architecture of the ICA. The title recalls […]

In post-civil war Spain, 1940, a young girl named Ana is profoundly impacted after watching a screening of Frankenstein. When her sister suggests that the monster is not dead but instead lurks in a nearby barn, Ana becomes consumed by a dark and unsettling fascination with the mysterious and often terrifying world around her. Directed by […]

Cartoonist Charles Burns will present 8mm silent short versions of films from his collection of inspirations. Discover the terrors within I Was a Teenage Werewolf and I Was a Teenage Frankenstein, two 1957 classics from the genre at the heart of Burns’ most recent graphic novel, Final Cut (Pantheon Books, 2024). Each short has a run time of […]

Diane Kury’s Peppermint Soda follows two sisters, Anne and Frédérique, growing up in 1960s Paris. Anne, a shy and curious thirteen-year-old, navigates the challenges of adolescence—school struggles, boy troubles, and family dynamics—while her older sister, Frédérique, begins her own exploration of love and politics. This film is presented as part of Exposure: In Bloom, in which radio […]

Hilarious, beautifully rendered, and deeply felt, Alma’s Rainbow, directed by Ayoka Chenzira, is a rich exploration of Black girlhood, told through the eyes of Rainbow, a teenager coming of age in Brooklyn as she navigates the complexities of family dynamics, self-discovery, and her yearning for independence. This film is presented as part of Exposure: In […]

In Shinji Sōmai’s Moving, twelve-year-old Renko navigates her parents’ impending separation. Told through Renko’s eyes, the film explores the raw emotionality of childhood and how loss and change shape who we are. Shinji Sōmai’s direction captures the delicate tension between innocence and the harshness of adult reality. This film is presented as part of Exposure: In […]

Directed by Davy Chou, Return to Seoul follows Freddie, a young French-Korean woman adopted and raised in France, who unexpectedly finds herself on a trip to South Korea, the country of her birth. What begins as a visit to reconnect with friends evolves into a deeply affecting and uncharted journey as Freddie grapples with her roots, her […]

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