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...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Jun 13, 2024 | Art, Education, People
Middle Street Gallery is opening an exhibit by painter and journalist Tim Carrington on Friday, June 14 titled, “Rhymes and Echoes,” featuring paintings from his recent travels in the Dominican Republic as well as works from his studio in Rappahannock County. An...
by Ireland Hayes | Jun 2, 2024 | Art, Business
The Rappahannock County Library Board of Trustees will unveil its renovation plans and concept renderings at the Board of Supervisors’ July 1 meeting as library officials gear up for the building’s first major expansion since it opened in the 1990s. At a library...