by Jeff Maisey | Sep 22, 2023 | News, News & Views
(Author Michael Pearson on the road in Ireland. Courtesy photo) By Tom Robotham Over the last three decades, Michael Pearson—former professor of creative writing and literature at Old Dominion University—has written seven books of nonfiction focusing on his two great...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 29, 2023 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews, Current Exhibits
By Betsy DiJulio In 2022, Eddie and Brad Waitzer, directors of the Leah and Richard Waitzer Foundation, together with their brother Scott, generously bestowed upon the Barry Museum of Art their late parents’ collection of works in glass. Not only does the gift pay...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 14, 2022 | Art, Art News, Art Previews, Current Exhibits
(Elizabeth King and Richard Kizu-Blair, What Happened) By Betsy DiJulio Springboarding from the Barry Museum’s collection of historical automata, this three-prong exhibition highlights intersections between art, science, and emotion asking, somewhat paradoxically, how...
by Jeff Maisey | Jan 19, 2022 | Art, Art News, Art Previews, Current Exhibits
Muhammad Ansi, Untitled (Hands Holding Flowers through Bars), 2016, acrylic on paper, 11 x 8.5 inches By Betsy DiJulio Six artists. Over 100 artworks. Fifteen years, give or take. The artists in this rare exhibition include both current detainees at...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 19, 2021 | Art, Art News, Art Previews, Current Exhibits
(Trumpeting: “I created this painting at my studio in downtown Washington, D.C. after a stay in Norfolk and learning about the history of the Attucks Theatre.” — Matt Sesow) By Betsy DiJulio Everyone, it seems, has heard of Matt Sesow even if they don’t own a...
