Sculptor found art after many careers
Paul Steinkoenig has pursued many interests and careers in his 59 years. The Hyattsville resident has been a Methodist minister, a psychotherapist, a state department intern, and a United Nations volunteer in Afghanistan. But he feels he has now, finally, found his true calling: art. And the Howard County Arts Council seems to agree. In August, an eight-foot sculpture by Steinkoenig... READ MORE
Multimedia artist pursues universal truths
At age 15, Oletha DeVane accompanied her mother to her job at an agricultural research center in Maryland. When one of the doctoral students there learned that DeVane was artistic, she was hired to draw various insects the lab was studying. Over the next 50-plus years, DeVane continued her artistic growth, exploring universal spirituality through multimedia art, while also drawing... READ MORE
Free art classes at the Visual Arts Center
Sue Nelson, a retiree who moved to Richmond several years ago, was looking for a hobby. “I had worked for 55 years,” Nelson said. “It was time to play.” Although she had always been crafty, Nelson had never created with stained glass. On a whim, she signed up for a class at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond — established in 1963 and nicknamed VisArts — and quickly grew to ... READ MORE
Mother and daughter artists share exhibit
Baltimore sculptor, printmaker, performance artist, bead-worker and jewelry maker Joyce J. Scott, 70, said one of the greatest influences on her art was her mother, quilter Elizabeth Talford Scott, who died in 2011 at age 95. Some of the younger Scott’s work is currently being displayed next to her mother’s in a new exhibition, “Hitching Their Dreams to Untamed Stars,” which... READ MORE
Inspiring youth through his art
When Maryland artist Normon Greene was a child in southwestern Virginia, he watched his mother sketch and vowed to be just like her one day. “I was inspired by her drawings, so I started drawing,” the 69-year-old painter and sculptor said. “Then she gave me clay, and I thought, ‘Wow, I can draw three-dimensionally!’” Now Greene, a retired youth counselor and artist whose... READ MORE
Seeing the world through an artist’s eyes
For years, tourists have purchased postcards to show others the interesting sites they have visited and the beautiful works of art they have seen. But what did people do in the 17th century, when travel was difficult and there was no photography? How did those who couldn’t travel themselves get a sense of what was out there in the world and what was happening in other lands? In many ... READ MORE
Prolific African American artist celebrated
The Reginald F. Lewis Museum celebrates the work of the pre-eminent African American artist Romare Bearden in its current exhibition, on view through March 3. “Romare Bearden: Visionary Artist,” organized by the museum and the Romare Bearden Foundation in New York, features more than 70 works in a variety of media that showcase Bearden as one of the most important visual artists of... READ MORE
New artworks light up the November night
Clay flowers with LED lights set up as a community garden. Light boxes with the faces of Richmonders who have helped build up the arts community. Video of participants’ emotions mapped on to the projection of an artist’s face on the wall. Members of recovery organizations holding lanterns while they sing amidst the crowds. These are just a few of the 23 art projects that can ... READ MORE
Exhibit explores artist’s activism, creativity
The title, “What Remains to Be Seen,” aptly describes the new exhibition of Howardena Pindell’s work at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. It suggests what the under-recognized artist has accomplished over the past five decades, as well as what’s to come. I also sensed another metaphor when I read a subtitle in the exhibition’s first room, “Cut, Sewn, Adorned.” The themes of ... READ MORE
Celebrating Area Artists
From limestone sculptures and stained glass, to photos from as far away as the Galapagos, to paintings that detail faces old and young, to poems that evoke love and loss, more than 900 paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs and poems poured into the Beacon’s Celebration of the Arts — our art competition for amateurs over 50. Not only was the number of entries impressive; the... READ MORE
