Uhauled: Love as Performance

Curated by Cat Baker, this unique and interactive, one-night-only art show is back for it’s second year. Viewers walk between different Uhauls filled with unique voices of queer artists.

ArtShannon JayOctober 17, 2019uhauled, neon festival, nfk, norfolk, downtown norfolk, queer, queer art, queer love, lesbian, lgbt, lgbtqia, gay love, koren graceComment

Minding the Curve with Mattie Hinkley

The illustrator and woodworker talked to us about normalizing sex, reclaiming power, and letting go of realism to find her hyperbolized characters & signature shapes.

ArtShannon JayJanuary 26, 2019sex, feminism, art, woodworking, illustration, illustrations, black and white, b&w, queer, lgbt, sexuality, sex positive, alt, alternative, tatto, tattoo, tattoos, female, feminine, empowermentComment

“Unpopular Culture”: The Art of Carl Medley III

The VMFA Fellowship recipient’s bold paintings explore the familiar with words that could be discounted as apathy but may instead be acceptance. We talked about the “Fear of Acceptance” and finding balance.

ArtShannon JayDecember 17, 2018carl medely, pop art, pop, art, podcast, creativeComment

Life’s a Drag: Photos by Alexander Saady

The NYC-based photographer took his love of drag to the big apple when he moved there a few years ago, shifting from on the stage to behind the scenes. Since, he’s captured wild club nights and some of the queer community’s biggest stars.

ArtShannon JayNovember 1, 2018gay, film, rva, saady, brookyln, nyc, new york, aquaria, rify, rify royalty, rupaul, drag, queen, queer, sex, clubs, house, big appleComment

Wild World of Weird Old Cameras

Photographer Richard Perkins shows off some memories recovered from thrift finds, from girlish to ghoulish. Some experiments failed, but it’s all apart of the experience.

Shedding Water & Poise with Heidi Peele

Easily bored and often apathetic towards art, you wouldn’t know it looking at Peelen’s broad array of achievements and unique aesthetic. Her multi-media works illustrate the dimensions of her talents.

What Glitters Isn't Always Gold: Photos by Benjamin Boshart

Finding beauty and glamour in the everyday through abstract scenescapes or candid portraits, Boshart is drawn to the shine in simple things most of us overlook.

ArtShannon JayAugust 6, 2018photography, exhibit, moca, virgina, va, nfk, norfolkComment

TBT: Kelly Herring Explores The Strength In Vulnerability With Intimate Portraits

Kelly was one of my first interviews for any publication. We drank beers and talked about her intimate paintings, work/art/life balance, and empowering tunes.

ArtShannon JayAugust 2, 2018norfolk, virginia, oil painting, artist, odu, nude, vunerab;e, vunerableComment

Maker Extraordinaire Kelsie McNair's Next Excursion

She's done the most in Norfolk, and now New York calls her name. We sipped wine and talked goals and successes, dreams and fears, all apart of growing up.

ArtShannon JayMarch 30, 2018kelsie, makers, female, glass, art, new york, music, norfolk, independent art, artist, artists, musicians, studio, stained glass, growing upComment

Ming Ying Hong Finds Sublimity in Uncertainty

Through immersive abstractions, haphazard sculptures, and smoke-filled rooms, Hong explores the "hazy area between binaries" that make us all uneasy. Check out her charcoal chaos at WPA until March 16th.

Hank Willis Thomas Reanalyzes Everyday Black History

By rewriting marketing language or removing it from old ads completely, Thomas' artwork cuts and pastes bits of the past and present to create a complete picture of now.