by Jeff Maisey | Apr 13, 2015 | Art, Art News, Art Previews
By Jeff Maisey Imagine looking through your attic or closet and uncovering a gift from long ago – like 54 years ago. That’s essentially what happened to Alex Mann, Brock Curator of American Art at the Chrysler Museum of Art, when he happened upon a series of...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 14, 2015 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews
By Betsy DiJulio “Ryan McGinness: Studio Visit” is a uniquely seductive concept for an exhibition, as visitors are made to feel as though we are walking through his studio space. Organized by the VA Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, MOCA’s installation of the...
by Jeff Maisey | Jan 22, 2015 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews
By Betsy DiJulio Intrigued that a show by an architect turned professional landscape painter—who also happens to play award-winning fiddle and banjo—was on view this winter at Virginia Wesleyan College’s Neil Britton Gallery and would be accompanied by a roots music...
by Jeff Maisey | Oct 8, 2014 | Art, Art News, Art Previews
By Betsy DiJulio As Norfolk and the larger community prepares for a British invasion—the opening of Bruce Munro: Light—at the Hermitage Museum or “The Herm,” as it is quickly becoming known in it’s new, ever more progressive, and relevant form, I had an...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 1, 2014 | Art News
By Betsy DiJulio The “baby” or rather “babies” were, in this case, art teacher Trish Pfeifer’s best-behaved fifth grade class at St. Helena Elementary School in Norfolk. Pfeifer is an award-winning art teacher/art teacher mentor for Norfolk Public Schools, and this...
