by Jeff Maisey | Aug 18, 2020 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews
(Amber Robinson-Pierce’s mural expresses beauty from within.) By Betsy DiJulio There are some new faces in the crowd. Faces of color by people of color projecting love, healing, connection, and understanding when it is needed most. As racial protests roiled around...
by Jeff Maisey | Jul 26, 2020 | Art, Art News, Art Previews
By Jeff Maisey Millions of visitors over the centuries have stood on the ground floor of the Sistine Chapel within Vatican City in Rome and marveled at the ancient frescos painted on the ceiling by Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo Buonarroti...
by Jeff Maisey | Jul 26, 2020 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews
(Sheila Giolitti (Norfolk ,VA), Atlantis Project #1, Mixed media, Plexiglas, pigment) By Betsy DiJulio A year ago, as the Hermitage staff prepared for an August public forum announcing calls for proposals for their summer 2020 exhibition, Unknown Outcome, they had no...
by Jeff Maisey | Jul 19, 2020 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews
Ebony G. Patterson, Untitled IV (Khani + di Krew) from the Disciplez Series, 2009. Courtesy of the artist and Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago. By Betsy DiJulio They didn’t see it coming. But it is almost as though they did. Not Covid-19 and the global pandemic, but...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 23, 2020 | Art, Art News, Art Previews
(Caroline Russell, “By Air Mail”) By Betsy DiJulio As we enter Phase II of the reopening of the economy in the Commonwealth, art centers and museums are maintaining their reinvigorated virtual personas stronger than ever as they simultaneously return to their...
by Jeff Maisey | May 13, 2020 | Art, Art News
(Pictured: MOCA’s Director of Audience Development Brad Tuggle and Executive Director Gary Ryan) By Jeff Maisey For this video interview we are joined by Virginia MOCA’s Director of Audience Development Brad Tuggle and Executive Director Gary Ryan for a...
