by Jeff Maisey | Dec 15, 2021 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews, Current Exhibits
(Cedric Baker’s Aunt Lou won Best of Show for the Made in VA exhibition.) By Betsy DiJulio A trio of new winter exhibitions is arguably Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art’s most captivating in years. Here’s my take on each. Shaping Memories: Expressions in Clay...
by Jeff Maisey | Jul 21, 2021 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews, Current Exhibits
(April Bey, And I’m Calm, Calculated and Perfectly Aligned, 2020, Watercolor, drawing, acrylic paint, epoxy resin, hand-sewn African fabric, oil impasto, 40 x30 inches. Courtesy of the artist.) By Betsy DiJulio Virginia MOCA’s unabashed embrace of women-identifying...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 26, 2021 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews, Current Exhibits
(Jowarnise Caston, Tangled Roots) By Betsy DiJulio George’s Floyd’s death last summer, the resulting Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests and counterprotests, and the aftermath, which continues to reverberate, have been the catalysts for all kinds of conversations...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 18, 2021 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews
(Jennifer Angus, Floriography) By Jeff Maisey Flower lovers will no doubt rejoice when experiencing Orchids: Attraction & Deception, the second temporary exhibition presented by the Barry Art Museum at Old Dominion University. “The work included in this...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 19, 2020 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews
By Betsy DiJulio Since 2008, Bank of America’s Art in Our Communities program—just one of their many initiatives supporting the arts—has offered to museums and nonprofit galleries worldwide entire exhibitions from the Bank’s extensive and diverse art collection...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 18, 2020 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews
(Amber Robinson-Pierce’s mural expresses beauty from within.) By Betsy DiJulio There are some new faces in the crowd. Faces of color by people of color projecting love, healing, connection, and understanding when it is needed most. As racial protests roiled around...
