by Jeff Maisey | Mar 22, 2020 | Art, Art News, Art Previews
(Sheila Giolitti: Sketch for Atlantis Project #1) By Betsy DiJulio By December 15, 2019, more than 50 artist’s proposals had landed in education and contemporary art exhibitions curator Carrie Spencer’s inbox. Via the release of a call for proposals and the hosting...
by Jeff Maisey | Nov 1, 2019 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews
By Betsy DiJulio Whether you need a little exuberance, pathos, quiet contemplation, or sly humor in your life, you will find it in MOCA’s current exhibition, Charged. Curated by Heather Hakimzadeh after a long incubation period, the show is her multi-layered answer...
by Jeff Maisey | Oct 16, 2019 | Art, Art News
(The Heart Stompers perform Saturday at 5:00 PM during the Stockley Gardens Arts Festival) By Ron Wray Neighborhoods, like people, have personalities. They have bloodlines running through them. Norfolk’s Ghent community’s Stockley Gardens Fall Arts Festival, now in...
by Jeff Maisey | Oct 9, 2019 | Art, Art News, Art Previews
(“MeToo: Intersected” by Betsy DiJulio) By Staff Local visual artists Betsy DiJulio, Knox Garvin and Anne Bousquet have collaborated on a conceptual exhibition reflecting on the #MeToo movement. Titled “Groundswell: Gender, Power & the Body Politic,” the trio of...
by Jeff Maisey | Oct 9, 2019 | Art, Art News
(Michael Jurist, “Poppies”) By Michael Curry The Port Warwick Art and Sculpture Festival, taking place over the weekend of October 12 and 13, should be a definite addition to your to do list for the Fall. Set in Styron Square in the center of Port Warwick in Newport...
by Jeff Maisey | Sep 24, 2019 | Art, Art News, Art Previews
By Betsy DiJulio Late in August, I caught up with artist Judith Schaechter and Chrysler Museum curator of glass, Carrie Needell, by phone in advance of Schaechter’s exhibition opening in late September. When, fairly early on, Schaechter said, “I’m familiar with...
