by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Nov 12, 2024 | Agriculture, Art, Business, Health
Over the last decade, Flint Hill has experienced an influx of residents bringing fresh ideas and new energy to the quiet community. Is renewal on the horizon for the village’s long and cherished history? Can residents overcome obstacles like pedestrian safety,...
by Ireland Hayes | Oct 6, 2024 | Art, Education
An exhibition featuring Haitian art from the collection of Beverly and John Fox Sullivan opened this weekend at the National Gallery of Art, the first permanent Haitian art display in the gallery’s history. 2024-06-28-Haitian-Art-Society-6-web.jpgJohn Fox Sullivan...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Oct 6, 2024 | Art, Health, Politics
National Gallery features works in first-ever Haitian exhibit First-time visitors to Beverly and John Fox Sullivan’s home in Little Washington must absorb the shock of wall-to-wall Haitian artworks, a captivating collection spanning seven decades and dozens of...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Jun 14, 2024 | Art, Health, Politics
FF-Nol_Putnam-250-web.jpgNol Putnam works in this Huntly forge. In the way he would plan in pencil a creation to be rendered in iron, Nol Putnam is sketching out his own transition. Rappahannock County’s celebrated blacksmith, now 87, is preparing to leave his forge...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Jun 14, 2024 | Art, Business, Education, Health
For half a century artist-blacksmith Nol Putnam transformed one of the Earth’s hardest and most unyielding substances into flowing forms, such as leaves, stems, tendrils and seed pods. His forge was loud, fiery and dangerous, and though he made his work seem plausible...
