Rita Brame: Creative Director-Cover Artist-Muralist-Designer

Rita Brame is a Radford and Floyd native and graduated from Radford University with a BFA in Painting and earned an MFA from Winthrop University in Sculpture. She is a lifelong professional artist and designer, and16 Block Magazine’s Creative Director and Cover Artist.

I am a professional artist that currently paints with oil and water color, and draws with pens, ink, markers, and pencil.

I apply techniques in those mediums to paintings, drawings, murals, and graphic design in print and digital form.

I graduated from Radford University with a BFA in Painting and received an MFA from Winthrop University in Sculpture.

In my recent paintings/drawings created in downtown Blacksburg I aimed to preserve a moment in time and to capture a celebration of all that is good in a community.

August to August 2023/2024 HIGHLIGHTS

Seven Covers for as many 16 Blocks Print Editions since the reLaunch in August 2023

The Local Jam Mural in Downtown Blacksburg

The Local Jam mural (Mar-July 2024)

From the conception in early 2024, to a grueling three-week mostly solo process, Brame completed the 800 square foot mural on the prominent downtown corner of Draper Road and Jackson Street in June 2024.

Town of Blacksburg Electrical Box Contest Winner

Downtown Blacksburg- July 2024: Three Winning Drawings on Display at Downtown Blacksburg Inc’s Art at the Market , with Ruth Wallkes, Director of Moss Arts Center and Blacksburg Town Councilman Susan Mattingly of the Blacksburg Public Arts Committee.

Here’s the announcement from the Town of Blacksburg Public Arts Committee.

Eight Local-Scape Themed Coloring Book Pages

Coloring Book Pages for Adults (and kids)

She pours her soul into her art and feels the soul of the subject. There is no other talent compared! 16 Blocks Magazine has a brilliant team and as individuals the entire team is a force! Rita Brame has an unending love for truth and beauty and it comes out in her love for the “art”in her community. NRV is lucky to house such a powerhouse!
Theresa Hite – Owner of Good Vibes Smoke Shops

Our first effort towards producing and promoting public art by replacing the outdoor piano in downtown Blacksburg. Rita painted two decorative details passes adding to the upcycled piano’s magnetic draw.

https://16blocks.org/2024/03/09/blacksburg-downtown-piano-stella-rose

I wanted to show by example by painting the first public art piece of many to come. I came into the project after the transplant was delivered and began by stretching a canvas on the back of piano as a base.