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 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 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...
