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Michelangelo—A Different View recreates the awe and wonder of Michelangelo’s frescoes of the Sistine Chapel in ways never before possible. Using state of the art technology, Michelangelo’s timeless masterpieces have been reproduced for this historic exhibit August 7-30 in Norfolk, Virginia’s MacArthur Center Mall. Only here can you explore this moving, exquisite art up close - at a distance impossible to achieve in the Sistine Chapel. Tickets go on sale Wednesday, July 8.

Susan Tolbert was originally a realist painter but working from observation was limiting due to what she could actually see and working from the flattened record of reality captured by a camera became a bore. Susan states “As a citizen of the consumer culture, I have succumbed to art making that is dependent on the constant shopping for and hoarding of printed images. I shop the art magazines of the last 20 years, snipping and clipping.” Collages are enlarged and an underpainting is created before she begins the task of reproducing in oil each little scrap of paper as close to the original as possible. Susan received a MFA from The George Washington University. In addition, she has taught for the Smithsonian’s & the Chrysler Museum's continuing education program, The Governor’s School, NPS’s summer gifted program and was an Adjunct Associate Professor at TCC’s Visual Arts Center. susan-tolbert.squarespace.com Safety measures are in place throughout MacArthur Center.