by Jeff Maisey | Oct 9, 2019 | Art, Art News
(Michael Jurist, “Poppies”) By Michael Curry The Port Warwick Art and Sculpture Festival, taking place over the weekend of October 12 and 13, should be a definite addition to your to do list for the Fall. Set in Styron Square in the center of Port Warwick in Newport...
by Jeff Maisey | Sep 24, 2019 | Art, Art News, Art Previews
By Betsy DiJulio Late in August, I caught up with artist Judith Schaechter and Chrysler Museum curator of glass, Carrie Needell, by phone in advance of Schaechter’s exhibition opening in late September. When, fairly early on, Schaechter said, “I’m familiar with...
by Jeff Maisey | Sep 18, 2019 | Art, Art News, Art Previews, Current Exhibits
Michael Kagan’s With All The Fucking Force (2011) By Jeff Maisey Ground control to Major….Kagan. If pop star David Bowie were alive today we can only assume he’d have a strong interest in the paintings of Michael Kagan. Bowie, like many recording artists of the...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 25, 2019 | Art, Art News
By Betsy DiJulio Not to be confused with the old Virginia Beach Center for the Arts which, over the past few decades, evolved into MOCA, the Virginia Beach Art Center (VBAC) is its own thing, though a similarly long time in coming. VBAC’s home, a beautiful...
by Jeff Maisey | Jul 17, 2019 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews
By Betsy DiJulio It all started—and ended—with a donut. In the spring, my good friend and Hermitage Museum board member, Trish Pfeifer, excitedly shared with me the roster of artists for their summer show, which includes Jae Yong Kim of South Korea. I was so...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 25, 2019 | Art, Art News
REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS: The Hampton Arts Foundation, in partnership the Kroger Company, will commission a professional artist to create indoor artwork for the new Kroger grocery store located at 1090 West Mercury Boulevard in Hampton. The artwork will be...
