Arts Culture

Dawn Hanson’s contemporary protest art at McGuffey Art Center

“What’s Left? What’s Right?,” an interdisciplinary exhibition of politically charged artworks by Dawn Hanson, leaves little question about where the artist stands in relation to the current presidential administration and conservative America at large.  The self-proclaimed Liberal Artist carries on a long lineage of creators who have used their work as forms of resistance and […]

CM Turner | March 26, 2025

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Indie comic collaborators release a gritty new series

A new independent comic book from local artist Wil Smith and Richmond-based writer Joshua Eadie explores a dystopian near-future through a cyberpunk story packed with gritty pulp action. Southtown, self-published by Smith and Eadie with co-creators Ally Slawson and Mallorie Mize, offers a neo-noir narrative tied to capitalist critique, corporate malfeasance, and the authenticity found […]

CM Turner | March 12, 2025

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Holly Wright ruminates on the human body in The Fralin’s exhibition

With three series of black-and-white photographs depicting various aspects of the human form, “Holly Wright: Vanity” brings themes of corporeality, communication, and mortality into focus. Wright, who taught photography at UVA for 16 years and helped build the university’s museum collection of photo-based works, presents lyrical and contemplative images in her first solo show at […]

CM Turner | January 1, 2025

Arts Culture

Holly Wright ruminates on the human body in The Fralin’s exhibition

With three series of black-and-white photographs depicting various aspects of the human form, “Holly Wright: Vanity” brings themes of corporeality, communication, and mortality into focus. Wright, who taught photography at UVA for 16 years and helped build the university’s museum collection of photo-based works, presents lyrical and contemplative images in her first solo show at […]

CM Turner | January 1, 2025

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‘Picasso, Lydia, & Friends, Vol. V.’ at LYDM

Opportunities to see works by a modern master of art in an intimate gallery setting do not often arise in our part of the world. Les Yeux du Monde provides just that with its current exhibition, “Picasso, Lydia, & Friends, Vol. V.”  The show brings together six prints by Pablo Picasso with contemporary works from […]

CM Turner | October 16, 2024

Arts Culture

Virginia Film Festival lineup has broad reach

Stories of survival, the trials and triumphs of friends and families, animated offerings, and films from around the world. The 37th Virginia Film Festival brings together an incredibly diverse program of features, shorts, and documentaries for your consideration. The festival takes place from October 30–November 3 at various theaters throughout Charlottesville, opening with Sean Baker’s […]

CM Turner | October 3, 2024

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Paramount exhibitions highlight historical inequalities

On the 60th anniversary of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964, The Paramount Theater launched a new exhibition series to draw attention to a painful period in United States history. The Third Street Box Office Project connects the theater to the work of acceptance, acknowledgment, and education around the legacy of racism and segregation […]

CM Turner | July 24, 2024

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Colleen Rosenberry softens grief through creativity

Following the sudden death of her youngest son, Colleen Rosenberry revived a painting practice she had cultivated in her youth but that she had let wane as the responsibilities of motherhood and work mounted. Seeking solace in her grief, Rosenberry turned to artistic expression. In the gallery at Studio Ix, Rosenberry presents “Journey From Grief […]

CM Turner | June 26, 2024