Spring Collector’s Dinner 2026:
Larry Cook & Natalie Krick
Thursday, March 5th
On Thursday, March 5th, join Candela for a special preview dinner in the gallery with food, wine, and photography honoring our March exhibition artists, Larry Cook and Natalie Krick. Seating is limited.
We are absolutely delighted to be hosting Richmond favorites, Grisette and Penny's, for a coursed family-style meal and wine pairing among the exhibitions. The evening will begin at 6pm with wine and hors d'oeuvres as the artists walk us through their exhibitions, followed by a seated dinner at 7pm.
The Collector Dinner Series began in 2020 and brings artists, collectors, and community to the dinner table in support of our mission to sustain meaningful photographic work and dialogue. As Candela Gallery shifts into its new non-profit identity as Candela Photographic Arts, we hope to grow our celebrated dinner model into one that helps support our programming, with additional sponsorship levels and ticket options. Gatherings like this allow us to keep doing what we do best: supporting artists and keeping our public programs free and accessible to the community.
Your ticket purchase directly supports Richmond restaurants, as well as Candela exhibitions, artist honorariums, and public programming as we await confirmation of our 501(c)(3) status. Sponsorship Level: Go beyond the ticket with a sponsorship level to help give us a boost through the transition. The Collector Sponsor Level includes two seats for dinner.
Can't make it to the dinner and want to support? Select the Pay it Forward ticket to provide a seat at the table to someone in our creative community.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Larry W. Cook is an interdisciplinary artist and archivist working across photography, video, and mixed media. Cook received his MFA from George Washington University. Cook has exhibited his work nationally at the Brooklyn Museum, Baltimore Museum of Art, Mississippi Museum of Art, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, MoMA PS1, Walters Art Museum, National Portrait Gallery, and internationally at Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt in Germany and Efie Gallery in Dubai. His work is in the public collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Harvard Art Museums, Baltimore Museum of Art, Light Work, and other institutions. Cook’s work has been published in the New York Times, Forbes, Frieze Magazine, NPR, Ebony Magazine, and Hyperallergic. Cook is a recipient of the 2024 Gordon Parks Fellowship. He is an Associate Professor at Howard University.
Natalie Krick (b. 1986 Portland Oregon) is a Seattle based interdisciplinary artist whose work investigates the medium of photography, visual perception and pleasure through a feminist lens. She holds a BFA from the School of Visual Arts and an MFA from Columbia College Chicago. In 2017 her first monograph Natural Deceptions was published by Skylark Editions and Krick was awarded the Aperture Portfolio Prize. Krick’s work has recently been exhibited at The Frye Art Museum, LACMA, Silver Eye Center for Photography, SF Camerawork, The Museum of Contemporary Photography and Aperture Foundation. Krick is a full time lecturer in Interdisciplinary Visual Art at the School of Art + Art History + Design at University of Washington. She is also part of a collaborative team with Kelli Connell called o_ Man which reimagines Edward Steichen’s oeuvre and his subsequent influence on the photographic medium and the history of photography.
Stay tuned for announcements regarding our November 2026 dinner, featuring Justin James Reed, Kyohei Abe, and Donna Soo, where we'll officially kick off fundraising for the non-profit.