Text by Joanne M. Anderson | Photos by Kristie Lea Photography The average dorm room at Virginia Tech is 168 square feet, which is about the same size as George Wills’ art studio downtown, which doubles as his living room. In a slightly smaller, adjacent room, he makes prints, then mats and wraps them. Antiquated pine wainscoting more than three-quarters of the way up the walls edges up to a rich medium aquamarine blue, which covers the walls in …
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Text by Emily Kathleen Alberts | Photos Courtesy of Beth Sanborn Newman She didn’t want to find out the sex of her baby in advance, so during her final months of …
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Text by Jennifer Poff Cooper Photos by Always and Forever Photography “I’ve never known why or how ideas pop into my head. They just show up,” says stained glass artist Nikki …
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Text by Jennifer Poff Cooper Photos by Always and Forever Photography Local artist Aili Wang has not stopped drawing and painting since private art lessons at age 15. A native of China, …
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There doesn’t seem to have been a time in the life of Jeni Benos when she wasn’t shaping horses out of whatever material was handy – clay, metal, wire. “I’ve always been …
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By Jenn Bates The Cube is a blank canvas—a completely black box. It is a space for artistic exhibits and installations, virtual reality explorations, intimate performances or even simply a meeting room. It is ambiguous, yet malleable. …