by Jeff Maisey | Feb 14, 2017 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews
By Betsy DiJulio The word “mindful” has become part of today’s lexicon verging on a trendy buzz word. I first encountered it on my yoga mat, but it has eased out of yoga studios and begun to flow through society at large. At Virginia Beach’s MOCA, Mindful is the...
by Jeff Maisey | Jan 24, 2017 | Art, Art News, Art Previews, Current Exhibits
By Betsy DiJulio In anticipation of the January 26 opening of New Works: Paintings by Angelo Mesisco, I had the distinct pleasure of visiting the artist in his spacious studio in an old commercial building on E. 25th Street in Norfolk the day before our early...
by Jeff Maisey | Dec 21, 2016 | Art, Art News, Art Previews
By Betsy DiJulio This year, in response to the annual TCC VAC Art Faculty Exhibition, I decided that, rather than reviewing it, a fresher approach would be to solicit perspectives from a couple of longtime faculty members. Based on their answers provided via...
by Jeff Maisey | Nov 16, 2016 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews
By Betsy DiJulio Little boys build forts in the woods. When they grow up, one of them at least builds fortresses. Although fortress isn’t quite the right term for what Patrick Doughtery builds. Birds nest, indigenous tribe dwelling, boma, nor “folly”—those...
by Jeff Maisey | Sep 29, 2016 | Art, Art News, Art Previews
By Jim Roberts Erin Wendell is a self-taught artist under no pretense that her work will ever hang in the Louvre—but she’s OK with that. To be sure, when asked to describe her style, she smiled and said: “Almost so bad it’s good.” “It’s definitely not sophisticated,”...
by Jeff Maisey | Sep 20, 2016 | Art, Art News, Art Previews
By Betsy DiJulio A Feast of Languages is an exhibition of work by artists who are part of the energy and vitality that has emerged in Norfolk’s NEON Arts District and the ViBe Creative District in Virginia Beach,” explains curator, Neil Britton Gallery Director, and...
