by Jeff Maisey | Nov 20, 2022 | Art, Art News
Artist Matthew McGuinness By Betsy DiJulio Look beneath the surface of most community murals and there you will find a rich backstory—a stew if you will—of historical context and contemporary perspective. The newest mural in Norfolk’s NEON district boasts that...
by Jeff Maisey | Nov 15, 2022 | Art, Art News
By Jerome Langston While a fellow at the Newark Museum of Art back in 2015, curator Kimberli Gant, PhD, discovered a significant connection between African-American painter Jacob Lawrence, regarded by some as the most celebrated black...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 13, 2022 | Art, Art News, Art Previews
(Kumud Vanderveer is stunning colors) By Jeff Maisey Renowned Norfolk-based photographer Glen McClure has made a career of capturing people and landscapes in the most dramatic lighting imaginable. His portrait projects have included working tools, people on the...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 13, 2022 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews
By Betsy DiJulio The most recent exhibition in an ongoing series of environmentally-themed shows curated by Gayle Paul at the Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center, If Not Now, brings together the work of eight artists from upstate New York to Washington state with a...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 18, 2022 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews
(“Sade,” Anthony Burks, Sr) By Betsy DiJulio Delayed for two years due to the global pandemic, Soul Finger Project was worth the wait. Conceived by Ramel Jasir, (FL) the show brings together for the first time his work and that of three friends: Anthony Burks, Sr....
by Jeff Maisey | Mar 15, 2022 | Art, Art News, Current Exhibits
(Len Jenkin, “Coming In On A Wing and a Prayer,” on loan from Linda Matney Gallery) By Betsy DiJulio The need to create has long been a fascinating, somewhat mysterious, aspect of human nature. Perhaps this drive is nowhere more evident than in the work of...
