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Local Artist Check-in: Dylan Korelich
The sun’s warm milky rays filtered through the vines of the geodesic dome as the afternoon waned into an evening chill. An artist, who had been making giant bubbles only moments before, pokes in his head and points in to the IX building, telling me about a Jesus with red hair. I follow his direction […]
Local Artist Check-in: Rebekah Wostrel
October 21, 2015 by R. Caitlin Gibson
Sleek porcelain vessels crouch on white pedestals and glass color-speckled vases on the opposite side of the dusty hallway. Music sashayed through open doors as I wandered down in the McGuffey basement to the end of the hall, stopping in front of Studio Six. Shallow clay bowls sit in rows on the center table, no […]
Local Artist Check-in: Lisa Jakub
June 24, 2015 by Raennah Lorne
I first met Lisa at an annual book swap hosted by a mutual friend. Guests entered carrying bags of books and unpacked them on the dining room table into neat stacks that covered the whole surface, while a spread of delectable treats enticed us into the kitchen. I thought Lisa looked very much like the […]
Local Artist Check-In: Suz Somersall
June 10, 2015 by Raennah Lorne
When you walk into Suz Somersall’s store, located in the Shops at Stonefield, you’ll first be greeted by a little dog named Creasie, a Yorkie mix that Suz adopted while living in Japan. Suz has traveled to many different places, and as you talk to her about the jewelry she crafts you get a sense […]
Local Artist Check-in: Jean Sampson
May 13, 2015 by Raennah Lorne
Painter and poet Jean Sampson has a long history with the building that houses the McGuffey Art Center as she graduated there in 1960 from what was formerly McGuffey Elementary School. She now paints in her studio and teaches two classes: “Gutsy Abstract Oil Painting” on Monday nights and “Beginning Drawing for Chickens” on Tuesday […]
Local Artist Check-In: Rich Tarbell
April 1, 2015 by Raennah Lorne
Photographer Rich Tarbell has collaborated with Stephanie Helvin and Mallory Paige of Moonlight Circus to create silhouettes that convey the movement and strength in their aerial acts. Tarbell says, “It occurred to me the aerialist acts would make for a mysterious and attractive silhouette fully body portrait… We rented the warehouse of the IX Art […]
Local Artist Check-in: Amanda Patterson
October 29, 2014 by Raennah Lorne
Amanda Patterson is living proof that the artistic community of Charlottesville draws filmmakers year-round, not only in November when the Virginia Film Festival comes to town. A native Virginian, Amanda moved to Charlottesville this summer to begin work as a mentor for young filmmakers at Light House Studio. Her film Goodish, a comedy about whether or […]
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November 15, 2015 by R. Caitlin Gibson
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