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 3, 2025

Waitress at Virginia Repertory Theatre

Virginia Repertory Theatre
August 3, 2025

Augustana at The Tin Pan

Tin Pan
August 3, 2025

Shrek the Musical

All Saints Performing Arts Center