Ars Poetica by Trudy Hale The forsythia outside my window has given up the brilliant citrus yellow and is fading back to the sticky green leaves. I am trying to hold a dull […]

Watercolors and Drawings by James Ellis   Watercolors came naturally to artist James Ellis. “The summer I finished elementary school I discovered my mom was taking a watercolor pa […]

Comfort in the Unknown by Emily Littlewood Like a lot of people, I’ve dealt with health issues my whole life. I have cystic fibrosis, which comes with a cornucopia of symptoms, like d […]

Father's Day in Bujumbura by Alex Joyner She said she knew that it was Father’s Day in the U.S. and she began to tell me a story from the back seat as we bounced down rough dirt roads on t […]

The Varied Works by Matthew Morpheus   I grew up in Ukraine, the heart of the freedom-loving Cossacks, surrounded by the rich cultural heritage of my people who had a strong […]

Figurative Works by Joseph A. Miller     Figurative painter Joseph A. Miller freeze-frames telling moments of childhood and beyond. He focuses on the human figure in e […]

Wild Fires by Trudy Hale Tuesday, Januay 7th. My son Charlie called. He was breathless. He had barely escaped the Palisades. The sky had been clear, he said when he took […]

Lizzie Brown's Vibrant Portraits Richmond, Va. artist Lizzie Brown paints vivid and dramatic portraits to show the beauty, resilience, and strength of African Americans. Brown […]

On the Edge by Trudy Hale When have you been convinced to change your mind? How did it happen? By negotiation? By beauty? By lament? By shock or threat? By what? The […]

William Crawford's New Photography   My photography employs minimalist classical shooting techniques which offer a throwback alternative to computer driven modern photography. […]

Artist Anick Langelier Looks to the Old Masters   Anick Langelier is a Canadian artist whose paintings mix the spiritual and literary with inspiration from the Old Masters. Living in […]

For Albemarle’s Sam Abell, Photographs Come from Within. By Russell Hart   The first thing Sam Abell entreats his workshop students to do is imagine their photographs without a primary subject. “I cover up the su […]

The (Very Uncomfortable) Art of Letting Go: When Movers Lose All Your Furniture by Katie Wilkes “Your new life is gonna cost you your old one.” —Margot Berman I forget if it was around the time of a full moon or another supercharged energy p […]

The Sculpted Paintings of Brooke Major   At three, Brooke Major picked up a paint brush and rode her first horse. Her path was set. “My grandfather had riding stables and I fell in lo […]

Once Upon A Memoir by Trudy Hale I am in an abusive relationship again. This morning was the first time it occurred to me to label it as such. Not a lover or husband, or friend, but […]

Cristina's Pop Art   Cristina is an artist with an eye to humor, the ironic and social commentary. She started creating art for fun at the age of six, painting […]

The Photography of Leah Oates and Max St-Jacques This mother and son have more than most in common; Leah Oates and son Maximilien St-Jacques share a passion for photography.Oates’s grandfather was a […]

Mimm Patterson Wins Streetlight's 2024 Art Contest Mimm Patterson is the Winner of Streetlight’s 2024 Art Contest Among the submissions that we received for the Streetlight Art Contest, Mimm […]

In Other Words by Elizabeth Meade Howard   Remember letters? Ones that came in the mail with stamps and occasional foreign postmarks? Remember that moment of anticipation before […]