By Charles Burns arts@c-ville.com In this age of “fake news” and “alternative facts,” there are few values more...

On a Saturday morning, artist Nick Cave and his partner Bob Faust sit with a group of 25 University of Virginia...

Mixed-media artist Diana Hale remembers the first time she entered a voting booth. She had just learned how to drive,...

Escapism or activism? Should a work provide respite from pertinent problems, or is it art’s duty to provide...

A confession: I’m not adequately prepared to discuss Peter Allen’s “Un-becoming” show at McGuffey Art Center with the...

Do you know where your oxygen comes from? Trees, shrubs, grass, sure. But scientists estimate that at least half (and...

Our ability to look at art—to see color, shape, texture—comes from light. We’ll spare you an in-depth science lesson,...

Vanessa German grew up in Los Angeles in a creative household, wearing clothes her artist mother made, writing...

On the cusp of winter, the garden behind John Grant and Stacey Evans’ home is a spectrum of browns, greens, bare...

While working on her newest series of paintings, Uzo Njoku learned the importance of telling a story through...