The Paper Chase Challenge

Ted Nelson’s chair for a new age Ted Nelson, architect and owner of Design Build Office and a 2002 graduate of the UVA Architecture School, says it took hundreds of hours to design, test and complete his newspaper chair.  Architect and builder Ted Nelson takes a seat in his paper project. The chair is comprised […]

Four local designers turn trash to treasure

Willie Drake makes the most out of being a mountain man Willie Drake, founder of world-renowned Mountain Lumber Co., a reclaimed wood and millwork company in Ruckersville with a showroom in the Main Street Market, says he fell in love with salvaging abandoned wood timbers from old barns and factories “long before I was an […]

What's old is new again

Recycled cardboard deer trophy from Galen A. Wright of Cardboard Safari. $52 at Blue Ridge Eco Shop.                       Vintage reproduction Chippendale bench reupholstered in burlap. $895 at And George.                       Giraffe made of 100 percent […]

American Festivals Project; The Bridge; Through February 5

The American Festivals Project at The Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative documents the 40,000-mile journey of artist-explorers Ross McDermott and Andrew Owen, who investigated 37 “subculture gatherings” in 2008 and 2009. It may not be the most original idea for an exhibition—I have an aunt and uncle who travel to see things like the world’s largest […]

Casteen to raise community college funds

UVA President John Casteen has been highly successful in raising money for the University. Last September, despite the struggling economy, UVA raised $2 billion and it’s now in the home stretch to reach its goal for its $3 billion capital campaign. Evidently, Casteen really likes fundraising. In fact, sometime in September, just one month after […]

New members' show; McGuffey Art Center; Through January 31

The new batch of McGuffey Art Center members have put together a solid show to introduce themselves, and the artists honor the building’s roots as an elementary school, with, among others, Peter Krebs’ skyscapes presenting views you might see at recess, and Amber Zavada’s earnest earthwork constructions lining the halls.   “Aquarian Woman” and “Soul […]