by Jeff Maisey | Apr 19, 2016 | Art, Art News, Art Previews
By Betsy DiJulio James Warwick Jones, gallery manager of Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, took an hour or so to engage with me via email about “Artists Who Teach,” the Center’s current exhibition. As a practicing artist, teacher, and curator, Jones brings a...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 13, 2016 | Art, Art News, Art Previews
By Jeff Maisey Sometimes a painting will catch your eye from a distance and hook the viewer by the ribcage. Such is the work of painter Kent Knowles, whose new exhibition “Passage” is on display through June 11 at Linda Matney Gallery in Williamsburg. The...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 15, 2016 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews
By Betsy DiJulio Elegant and austere, Norwood Viviano’s gracefully attenuated and pendant and occasionally funnel-like “plumb bob” forms are, in fact, three-dimensional graphs of population growth and decline in 25 US cities from New York to Flint, Michigan,...
by Jeff Maisey | Jan 27, 2016 | Art News, Current Exhibits, News, News & Views
Instruments of Art “Havana Nights” February 6 7 PM Decorum Furniture Art and music aficionados will be celebrating in nostalgic Cuban-inspired style at “Havana Nights,” the Tidewater Arts Outreach (TAO) 2016 Instruments of Art event at Decorum Furniture, 301 W. 21st...
by Jeff Maisey | Oct 16, 2015 | Art, Art News, Art Previews
By Jeff Maisey Each year, Charles H. Taylor Art Center in Hampton challenges local artists to think small. Really small. Miniature. As a result, dozens of painters, sculptures and mixed media artists rise to the occasion by submitting itty bitty work exhibited...
by Jeff Maisey | Oct 9, 2015 | Art News, News, News & Views
By Jeff Maisey Looks like Selden Arcade will not reopen to house the visual artists of d’Art Center or the second floor base of operations for the city of Norfolk’s Cultural Affairs department. “We have learned that we will not be returning to our offices,”...
