Feast RVA

Feast RVA — 2011 - 2016

In 2011, I co-founded a non-profit, Feast RVA as a hypothesis to a common complaint: "the local creative community is too siloed." Richmond has long been home to creative institutions; VCU & the Brandcenter, The Martin Agency & Capital One, not to mention endless musicians, chefs, and small-business owners, all working in the same town but traveling in small circles.

The idea, inspired by elements of communal dinner programs in cultural hubs like Brooklyn and Detroit and tweaked for Richmond, centered around a dinner, catered by one of Richmond's rising restaurants, and 50 diners from across the city. All in attendance, including the chefs, volunteers, and musicians would elect which of three presentations of creative projects were deserving of the profits from the evening.

I served as Executive Director from 2011 - 2015, during which time we held 18 dinners, awarded over $10,000 in cash grants to support local projects, events, and non-profits, and moved hundreds of folding chairs.

Recognition

Style Weekly — 40 under 40 recipient, alongside my co-founder Josh Epperson. 

Richmond Magazine — Power In The Pages 

Richmond.com —Feast RVA Aims to Fund Artists Through Dining

Richmond Grid

Beer + Design — Beer + Design 9: Gather- Featuring Feast RVA

CBS 6 — #UntoldRVA Wins Feast RVA

RVA Mag — Throwing Dinner Parties To Support Creativity

RVA News — Feast RVA Looks For Help ToKeepBringing Ideas To The Table

RVA News — Feast RVA: People Helping People, People Eating Food