by Jeff Maisey | Sep 22, 2024 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews
(Hank the Aquarian, “Wash Me & Comb Me,” 2023. Acrylic paint & latex house paint on canvas. Courtesy of the artist. ) By Betsy DiJulio It could be argued that a juried show, even one mounted by a professional organization, is a capricious act of subjectivity. ...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 23, 2024 | Art, Art News
By Jim Roberts More than 50,000 people attended the “Beyond Van Gogh” immersive art exhibit in Virginia Beach in 2023, so it’s little surprise that the Virginia Arts Festival and Canada’s Paquin Entertainment Group are back this year with “Beyond Monet,” a celebration...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 23, 2024 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews, Current Exhibits
(“Talking Heads”) By Betsy DiJulio Jackie Merritt puts color where it doesn’t exist. But where it most surely lives. Recently, as I perused some 20 of her portraits (and one still life)–rendered in chalk pastel, charcoal, and watercolor—I smiled to myself...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 1, 2024 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews
(Anthropocene Reliquary: ebonized ash, crushed coal, found bone, digital image) By Betsy DiJulio I look at my work as a distillate of experience. Life events, travel, relationships, politics and dreams all condense to varying degrees into my sculpture. I synthesize,...
by Jeff Maisey | Jul 15, 2024 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews, Current Exhibits
The cash-award winning mural went to “Bull” by Nico Cathcart. (Photo by Nikki Park.) By Betsy DiJulio “Portsmouth is dope.” You don’t hear that often, laughed Nikki Park, one of the 4-member subcommittee of Support Portsmouth Public Art (SPPA) who recently mounted...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 24, 2024 | Art, Art News, Current Exhibits
(“Mr. President” by Sam Hundley) By Betsy DiJulio For their summer show at Assembly, Asa and Kira Jackson of the Newport News CAN Foundation (Contemporary Art Network) assembled three Hampton Roads-based artists who have long made art from found and manipulated...
