Sefunmi Adeola's Focus on African Subjects Nigerian artist Sefunmi Adeola puts his sharp eyes to work as a photographer, illustrator and textile designer focusing on his African […]

After the Blizzard by Trudy Hale We had warning. A dangerous blizzard sweeps across the eastern United States. Be prepared. The young man stacks firewood on my porch and in the […]

Lisa Macchi: Disrupting the Paint by Russell Hart                        Lisa Macchi took twenty-five years off from art, but now she’s painting Charlottesville red.  Sitting in her McGuffey Art C […]

Fine Art and Craftsman Alan Box Levine “I’m always having a conversation with myself between art and craft. Art is for the heart and craft for the wallet,” says fine artist and fine craft […]

Ho Ho Streetlight by Trudy Hale The season of Christmas swoops in, ahead of me and my best intentions. I’ll never be a person who has all the family and friends crossed off the l […]

What is Happening?!? by Emily Littlewood I used to laugh at my husband and call him old man (he’s nine years older) when he would reminisce on his childhood, and how much better it was than c […]

New Photography by Kate Salvi                         “I choose to take photos because I liked the idea of being able to stop time for a mo […]

With a Little Help From My Friends by Trudy Hale In the pre-dawn morning, thirty-six hours before my daughter’s wedding, she enters my bedroom. Her flashlight beam wakes me. Good heavens. Half awake, […]

The Eclectic Photography of William C. Crawford   For many years my photography was travel-based, focusing on ghost towns and other places in glorious decline. Decay and rust attracted me […]

Barbara MacCallum's Androgynous Art Artist Barbara MacCallum claims androgyny as her creative terrain. “I’m interested in male and female, nothing too macho or too feminine but the gap […]

The Wedding Dress by Trudy Hale Weddings create their own weather. I had no idea. I did not have a big wedding myself. It was spontaneous and the only white article of clothing I had […]

Portraits by Nigerian Artist Sholanke Boluwatife Emmanuel   The portraits of Nigerian artist Sholanke Boluwatife Emmanuel reveal his empathy, respect and sensitivity to his subjects. “The suffering an […]

To Be a New Yorker by Elizabeth Meade Howard   The train whistle trumpets its warning. I watch the woods, meadows and marshland slowly morph into urban views and city skylines. […]

To See the Universe in Cinderblock by Alex Joyner With all due respect, Mr. William Carlos Williams, it’s not the red wheelbarrow on which so much depends. It’s the cinder block car was […]

The Photographs of Rachel Turney   Rachel Turney has traveled the world with curiosity and a camera. It all began in childhood. “I started taking pictures of houses in my Mi […]

Prints by Nigerian Artist Ojo Olaniyi Nigerian printmaker and painter Ojo Olaniyi creates works that reflect his interest in social justice, identity, and community. He often depicts his […]

Vacations are great, but . . . by Emily Littlewood We are going on the trip of a lifetime and the two parts of my personality are at war. Anxiety/control vs. procrastination/let it ride. It’s really […]

On Writing A Condolence Letter by Trudy Hale I find it hard to write a condolence letter, not a note, but a letter. And three condolence letters wait for me. They sit like black crows on a fence, […]

Minimalist Photographs by Michael C. Roberts     Michael Roberts describes his delicately conceived photographs as “minimalist.” “Starting last fall,” Roberts remembers, “I wanted […]