by Jeff Maisey | Oct 20, 2025 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews
James Williams, “On the Other Side of the Bridge No. 3,” Mixed Media on Canvas, 40” x 60″ By Betsy DiJulio In our digital world, in which comparisons are often linked with the negative emotions around FOMO, here you are expressly invited to compare. ...
by Jeff Maisey | Jul 22, 2025 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews, Current Exhibits
Angela Babby (Lakota, born 1964) Melt: Prayers for the People and the Planet, 2019 Kiln-fired vitreous enamel on glass mosaic on tile board, Image courtesy of Angela Babby, Photo by Angela Babby, © Angela Babby. By Betsy DiJulio With a title like Clearly Indigenous,...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 16, 2025 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews, Current Exhibits
(Artist Clayton Singleton has some fun with his Rock ‘em, Sock ‘em Robots painting as part of the exhibition “Playtime: Toys and Art”) By Betsy DiJulio Toys turn adults into time travelers, telescoping us back to the people, places, and passions of childhood. For...
by Jeff Maisey | Mar 16, 2025 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews, Current Exhibits
Duke Riley, Cob Dock & the Red Hook Lady Fliers (detail), 2017. Wood, tin, roofing tar, latex paint, slip cast ceramic pigeons and performance ephemera from Fly by Night. Courtesy of the artist. Photo by Nye’ Lyn Tho Photograph By Betsy DiJulio If you search...
by Jeff Maisey | Oct 14, 2024 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews, Current Exhibits
(MAMA-Girl, Woman Giraffe. Photo by Mark Atkinson) By Betsy DiJulio “Cullen, I think we ought to do a MAMA-Girl show,” said the voice at the other end of the line. It was 2023 and Cullen Strawn, Ph.D., ODU’s executive director for the arts, had picked up the phone to...
by Jeff Maisey | Sep 22, 2024 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews
(Hank the Aquarian, “Wash Me & Comb Me,” 2023. Acrylic paint & latex house paint on canvas. Courtesy of the artist. ) By Betsy DiJulio It could be argued that a juried show, even one mounted by a professional organization, is a capricious act of subjectivity. ...
