Bob Shell: Why Radford?

. Bob Shell: Letters From Prison #35 . Letters  by Bob Shell, Copyright 2019 . Photography by Anthony Colagreco, Copyright 2019 . I have often been asked why I had my office/studio in Radford, VA, not exactly the center of culture.. In the mid 70s, after the near collapse of the US economy (caused by … Read more

Jamie Hunter: Escuela Adelante – Nicaragua

. Text by Jamie Hunter, Copyright 2019 . ESCUELA ADELANTE . Who are we? . Escuela Adelante provides high quality, alternative education in Spanish and English to meet the diverse needs of San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. We offer bilingual preschool, several levels of STEM-based ESL and bilingual coursework for elementary-aged students, and adult ESL … Read more

Rongrong Liu: Light

  Video and Text by Rongrong Liu, Copyright 2019 . LIGHT . This video art project is all about light. I started thinking of using light as my main subject when I saw the disco ball installation recently at the Institute of Contemporary Art. What’s most interesting about it is that what I am able … Read more

Bob Shell: Fighting Monsters

  Bob Shell: Letters From Prison #33 . Letters by Bob Shell, Copyright 2019 . FIGHTING MONSTERS . Friedrich Nietzsche wrote: “Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster.”. I’ve been fighting a monster known as The Commonwealth of Virginia since my life was disrupted in … Read more

Mikala Mikrut: The Best Way to Speak to a Monster is From a Distance

Text by Mikala Mikrut, Copyright 2019 . Artwork by Christopher Suciu, Copyright 2019 . The Best Way to Speak to a Monster is From a Distance . Humans have always feared the unknown. More often than not, it meant death. Throughout time, the term “monster” has been used to explain the inexplicable whether it was … Read more