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...
by Jeff Maisey | Sep 16, 2016 | Art, Art News, Art Previews, Current Exhibits
By Jeff Maisey Losses and Linkages is Betsy DiJulio’s first-ever solo show as a visual artist. It runs September 16 through October 21 at Norfolk Arts’ Offsite Gallery on the first floor of the World Trade Center building. The gallery describes the exhibit this way:...
by Jeff Maisey | May 21, 2016 | Art, Art News, Art Previews, Current Exhibits
By Betsy DiJulio The opening of this long-awaited (and now controversial) exhibition, in the making for over three years, occurs after press-time. So Alison Byrne, Director of Exhibitions and Education, and Heather Hakimzadeh, Curator, agreed to provide a preview of...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 19, 2016 | Art, Art News, Art Previews
By Betsy DiJulio James Warwick Jones, gallery manager of Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, took an hour or so to engage with me via email about “Artists Who Teach,” the Center’s current exhibition. As a practicing artist, teacher, and curator, Jones brings a...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 13, 2016 | Art, Art News, Art Previews
By Jeff Maisey Sometimes a painting will catch your eye from a distance and hook the viewer by the ribcage. Such is the work of painter Kent Knowles, whose new exhibition “Passage” is on display through June 11 at Linda Matney Gallery in Williamsburg. The...
