a Trace, Spring, Swell: A Speculative Archeology of Mineral Springs and Bathhouses
For Burnaway’s June Mood Ring, Michael Borowski interrogates the queer history of mineral spring resorts and bathhouses across Virginia and West Virginia.
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A Responsible Spirit: The Artist Books of IBé Bulinda Crawley
In the next feature release of Burnaway’s year-long partnership with Oxford American, Sommer Browning interviews IBé Bulinda Crawley on her artist books and her founding of the IBé Arts Institute in Hopewell, Virginia.
Acorn Bread: On Abundance
For a New Year of Annotations, Egbert Vongmalaithong annotates the acorn bread written into Parable of the Sower, weaving in anecdotes and other references.
Virginia is for Lovers: Amaza Lee Meredith and Azurest South
In this Knock Knock theme feature, Jasmine Weber contextualizes the work of Amaza Lee Meredith, her romantic and professional partnership with Edna Meade Colson, and the lasting legacy of Azurest South.
MURRMUR: Blurs and Senses at the Institute of Contemporary Art at VCU, Richmond
Courtney McClellan traverses the material cultures and sensations found in MURRMUR: Blurs and Senses at the Institute of Contemporary Art at VCU, Richmond.
Ghost of a Dream: I know of a place where they perform miracles at the Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington
Traversing through the layered crises on view, Laurel V. McLaughlin speaks to artist collective Ghost of a Dream’s collaborative process in their exhibition at Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington.
Dawoud Bey: Elegy at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond
Noah Simblist reviews the dark paradoxes of the photo stills found in Dawoud Bey: Elegy at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond.
Dogtrotting
From North Carolina to Kentucky, Noah Rawlings goes on an adventure to find the dwindling dogtrots in the American South, in this Burnaway revisitation of our 2022 Artist Environments theme series.
Whitfield Lovell: Passages at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond
Burnaway takes a close look at Whitfield Lovell: Passages, an exhibition on view at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, Virginia.
