by Jeff Maisey | Feb 14, 2015 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews
By Betsy DiJulio “Ryan McGinness: Studio Visit” is a uniquely seductive concept for an exhibition, as visitors are made to feel as though we are walking through his studio space. Organized by the VA Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, MOCA’s installation of the...
by Jeff Maisey | Jan 22, 2015 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews
By Betsy DiJulio Intrigued that a show by an architect turned professional landscape painter—who also happens to play award-winning fiddle and banjo—was on view this winter at Virginia Wesleyan College’s Neil Britton Gallery and would be accompanied by a roots music...
by Jeff Maisey | Oct 8, 2014 | Art, Art News, Art Previews
By Betsy DiJulio As Norfolk and the larger community prepares for a British invasion—the opening of Bruce Munro: Light—at the Hermitage Museum or “The Herm,” as it is quickly becoming known in it’s new, ever more progressive, and relevant form, I had an...
by Jeff Maisey | Oct 8, 2014 | Art, Art Reviews
By Betsy DiJulio Tanja Softic has long been of my most admired contemporary artists; and she happens to live in Richmond where she is Professor of Art at the University of Richmond. I discovered her in a group show at CAC, now MOCA-VA, and gripping lecture...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 1, 2014 | Art, Art Previews
By Betsy DiJulio The only thing better than seeing a fine performance is seeing that performance and being invited backstage to meet the performers. That’s how I felt when, due to conflicting publication deadlines and exhibition opening dates, I was invited to...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 1, 2014 | Art, Art Reviews
By Betsy DiJulio Appalachian hillbillies? Not so much. Charged with debunking stereotypes of the people of Appalachia as backwards, poor, unsophisticated, and worse, Portsmouth Art and Cultural Center (PACC) curator Gayle Paul traveled 1,800 miles in just six days to...
