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Virginia 500 Spotlight: ERIK H. NEIL
FIRST JOB: Busboy at Washington Golf & Country Club in Arlington HOBBY/PASSION: Traveling, especially to Italy HISTORIC PERSON I WISH I COULD MEET: [Chrysler Corp. founder] Walter Chrysler, who created this great collection and gave it to the people FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM: Princeton Tigers basketball RECENT BOOK READ: “Stay True: A Memoir,” by Hua Hsu […]
Va. Museum of Fine Arts plans $190M expansion
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts has hired the Detroit-based firm SmithGroup to design a new wing of the Richmond museum in a $190 million expansion and renovation project announced Tuesday. The new wing will provide space for African art, photography and 21st-century works, according to the museum. Construction is expected to begin in 2023, […]
VCU names arts school dean
Virginia Commonwealth University announced Monday that Carmenita D. Higginbotham will become dean of the School of Arts, starting Sept. 15. Nancy Scott, who served as interim dean , will remain until Higginbotham arrives. Higginbotham currently serves as chair of the McIntire Department of Art at the University of Virginia. At U.Va., she has also served […]
