by Jeff Maisey | Sep 20, 2017 | Art, Art News, Current Exhibits
By Betsy DiJulio Recently, I was treated to a preview of Wayne’s World. No, not that Wayne’s World. Not even close. No, this is the world that Wayne White, of Pee Wee’s Playhouse fame, has created for MOCA based on the two-day Battle of Hampton Roads when, in 1862,...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 22, 2017 | Art, Art News, Art Previews, Current Exhibits
By Jim Roberts Crizti Walsh has spent many of her nights and weekends the last two and a half years painting an eclectic bunch of characters. Among them: a trapeze artist, a voodoo priestess, a woman with progeria and a Tanzanian albino. She said that painting these...
by Jeff Maisey | Jul 18, 2017 | Art, Art News, Art Previews, Current Exhibits
By Betsy DiJulio Twenty-five years after the exhibition Dream House quickly became one of the most memorable and historic in Peninsula Fine Arts Center History, and even the region, the exhibition concept has shape-shifted into the 21st century as Dream House Remix,...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 19, 2017 | Art, Art News, Art Previews
By Jerome Langston “Something has to really grab me―catch the eye,” says award-winning Norfolk artist, Maizelle Brown, during a recent conversation at her spacious apartment, a spot that seems ideally suited for the display of paintings and sculptures. Known...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 16, 2017 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews, Current Exhibits
Words by Betsy DiJulio Photo by Eleise Theuer On Saturday, May 3, Hampton Roads proudly flew its Freak Flag…and I mean that in the most positive way. It was Norfolk like you’ve never seen it. And it was awesome. Some of us looked like we got lost on the way...
by Jeff Maisey | May 3, 2017 | Art, Art News, Art Previews, Current Exhibits
By Jeff Maisey Two local photographers — Meg Ryan Wright and Susan Hirschbiel – combine their recent foray into landscapes into a beautiful exhibit titled “From Maine to Mexico.” The work will be on display from May 5 – yep, Cinco de Mayo – through...
