VEER Magazine :: Hampton Roads arts, culture, entertainment, beer, wine, travel, dining
  • News & Views
    • News
    • Hamar
    • Horton
    • Robotham
  • Art
    • Art News
    • Current Exhibits
    • Art Previews
    • Art Reviews
  • Stage & Film
    • Musical Theater
    • Drama & Comedy
    • Dance
    • Film
  • Music
    • Music News
    • Gig Guide
    • Concert Previews
    • Concert Reviews
    • CD Reviews
    • Classical
  • Eat & Drink
    • Restaurant News
    • Eating Out
    • Beer
      • Beer News
      • Beer Reviews
    • Wine & Spirits
    • Travel
  • Contact
  • Events
Select Page
A Feast of French Culture

A Feast of French Culture

by Jeff Maisey | Oct 14, 2024 | Art, Art News, Art Previews, Current Exhibits

Marie Bracquemond (French, 1840—1916) Under the Lamp, 1877 Oil on canvas Mr. and Mrs. R. Stephens Philips, Piedmont, CA By Jeff Maisey If you enjoy the hit series Emily in Paris, fell in love with Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris, have a passion for dining in a snug...
MAMA-Girl’s Spirit Lives On

MAMA-Girl’s Spirit Lives On

by Jeff Maisey | Oct 14, 2024 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews, Current Exhibits

(MAMA-Girl, Woman Giraffe. Photo by Mark Atkinson) By Betsy DiJulio “Cullen, I think we ought to do a MAMA-Girl show,” said the voice at the other end of the line.  It was 2023 and Cullen Strawn, Ph.D., ODU’s executive director for the arts, had picked up the phone to...
ART: Jackie Merritt’s Deep-Hearted Honesty

ART: Jackie Merritt’s Deep-Hearted Honesty

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...
Bullish on Wall Street Mural Fest in P-town

Bullish on Wall Street Mural Fest in P-town

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...
Assemblage Artists Assemble at Assembly

Assemblage Artists Assemble at Assembly

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...
ART: Climate and Culture Dominate Enos Exhibition

ART: Climate and Culture Dominate Enos Exhibition

by Jeff Maisey | Oct 19, 2023 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews, Current Exhibits

By Betsy DiJulio A quick look at the paintings and drawings of Solomon Enos would leave one with the impression that his work gives form to a dystopian, post-apocalyptic future.  But that’s why a quick look at art is rarely adequate. While the work leans heavily into...
« Older Entries
Next Entries »

Advertisement


Summer Fashion

  • Facebook
Copyright VEER Magazine • Site Design by GGD