Book artist Lyall Harris grapples with complex subjects
Book artist Lyall Harris doesn’t shy away from difficult and complex subjects, but dares to approach them more closely and pick them apart piece by piece to rebuild them. “Art […]
Full circle: Samantha Macher returns to UVA drama as a playwright
In high school, playwright Samantha Macher staged a revolt. “We got a new drama teacher my senior year who canceled the spring musical because he just couldn’t figure out how […]
April First Fridays Guide
Ever since local artist Allan Young can remember, he has been taking things apart to figure out what makes them tick. One day he was tinkering, and created a clock […]
Seeing things: Illustrator Christophe Vorlet puts the elephant in perspective
Christophe Vorlet painted his mailbox pink, but purely for functional reasons: It makes it easier to give directions to people. That the mailbox also serves as roadside art didn’t factor […]
ARTS Pick: Jay Blakesberg
Every great rock ‘n’ roll photograph requires unseen talent behind the camera, and if you follow coverage of jam bands and the hippie scene, then it’s likely the person pressing […]
Coming ashore: Jennifer Tidwell’s NO WAKE binds community, fantasy and reality
As dusk sets in over Charlottesville, young girls swing silver buckets to and fro in front of the Ix Art Park entrance on Monticello Avenue. Over dark clothes, they wear […]
Founding feminists: Two artistic women in 18th-century London take on high society
Makers. Mistresses. Proto-feminists. Those are a just a few of the titles reserved for the artists represented in The Fralin Museum of Art’s “Two Extraordinary Women: The Lives and Art […]
From the outback to the runway: Kluge-Ruhe collaborates on indigenous Australian fashion show
Fashion-forward isn’t how most would describe the local aesthetic in Charlottesville, which tends to center on khaki and collared prep or moisture-wicking running gear. The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of […]
LIVING Picks: To-do for the week
Nonprofit Jimmy Miller Bracket Breakfast Ralph Sampson, Barry Parkhill, Antonio Rice and Jay James return for the third annual bracket breakfast, which gives you the inside scoop on college basketball […]
March First Fridays Guide
Local artist Eliza Evans has been painting acrylic portraits from real-life scenes since 2006, and she always tries to capture a good likeness as quickly as possible so the subject […]