This coming Monday May 28th, Memorial Day, the Virginia MOCA will be having a free, open to the public reception for several new shows all centering on the Warhol – Portraits exhibition now at the museum.

My good friend Alicia of The Norfolk Donut Supply Company is catering the reception, so if you want to get a taste of her donuts this is your chance!

If you are a local, please come out. The museum will be open from 10 am till 2 pm. You can RSVP to the event at
the Facebook Event Page and check out the artist list at the I LIKE SOUP landing page on VirginiaMoca.org.

The customized cans will soon be online and for sale, with proceeds going to Virginia MOCA, the artists and The Food Bank of Virginia. I will post the link once it becomes available.

My soup can kaleidoscope Vision Engine will be on display amongst many other amazing pieces. This show means a lot to me. I was lucky to be able to be in on the process almost from start to finish because of my internship and Jason’s co-curatorial position. It’s been an amazing and educational journey that I’m proud to have been a part of.

I LIKE SOUP

MAY 26 TO AUGUST 19
I just paint things I always thought were beautiful, things you use every day and never think about. I’m working on soups, and I’ve been doing some paintings of money. I just do it because I like it.
- Andy Warhol, Time Magazine, May 11, 1962

As MOCA and the Hampton Roads community celebrates the Andy Warhol: Portraits exhibition, we wanted to take a moment to explore Warhol’s idea of a tin soup can and the many ways in which popular culture influences artists today. A plain, unused tin can was given to a selection of local, national and internationally recognized contemporary artists. They were asked to reinterpret the can and use it in the creation of their own art.

Each original can is for sale on MOCA’s website (coming soon). The proceeds from the sales will help benefit MOCA’s educational programs and the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia. With your help we can provide nourishment for the heads, hearts and stomachs of the people in our community.

FREE PUBLIC OPENING ON MAY 28TH.

List of participating artists:

Lauren Albert
Glenn Arthur
Monée Bengtson
Eric Thomas Bostrom
Heather Bryant
Diana Caramat
Amy Chan
Kris Chau
Nomi Chi
Luke Chueh
Doug Clarke
Dominique Fung
Susie Ghahremani
Christine K. Harris
Charlie Immer
JoKa
Sarah Joncas
Ewelina Koszykowski
kozyndan
Elizabeth Levesque
Jason Levesque
Jason Limon
Jim Mahfood
Dan May
Soey Milk
Dave (davmo) Morris
Buddy Nestor
Raymond Nordwall
Charmaine Olivia
Amanda Outcalt
Conrad Roset
Alan Skees
Kristen Skees
Sayaka Suzuki
Eveline Tarunadjaja
Casey Weldon
Chet Zar