J. Michael Welton

J. Michael Welton is the author of Drawing from Practice: Architects and the Meaning of Freehand. His articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Metropolis, Dwell and The News & Observer in Raleigh. He is editor and publisher of the digital design magazine www.architectsandartisans.com.

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A Richmond Architect For The Ages

It’s an unassuming sketch that begins with a single square, a squiggle of a hand-drawing. Page after page, the square has been added onto, enlarged and articulated into bolder iterations, until a fully formed vision for a new structure emerges.  “There’s a sequence over a week,” McCullar says. “The big ideas come very fast.” It’s taken […]
August 31, 2025

Art in the Park

Gypsy Hill Park
August 31, 2025

August-September Exhibits @ Art Works!

Artworks
August 31, 2025

Masterpeice Minigolf

Workhouse Arts Center