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Barbie Saylor Kurt founded heritage & belle in 2015, on the principles of time-honored craftsmanship and beauty, with a belief that small batch is good, handmade is better and a natural element is best. She describes her personal approach to beauty, fashion and decorating as vintage soul with modern style, and this philosophy infuses everything they make and curate at heritage & belle.     How did you get to where you are today? By taking the long way – there’s a Dixie Chicks song about that concept, and it totally applies to me. I’ve always had a creative streak, mostly writing, but spent many years in nonprofit work that evolved into PR and eventually a role in a Fortune 500 company. Personal passions simmered on the back burner, until I started learning more about the scented candle industry. I burn candles constantly – and started learning about the potentially harmful chemicals I was releasing into the air in my home. It became a greater a...

Things that go Flap in the Spring ( May 13th- June 30th)  will feature three dimensional aerial sculptures by Woodstock, Virginia artist and self proclaimed " Saw Addict ", Glenn Richardson. Glenn describes his work as " architectural elements from long closed theme parks that never existed" but I would add there is a reason why these fictional theme parks closed... much of his work looks like it would easily fit into the next Rob Zombie movie. If you don't know Glenn, you might very well imagine a maniacal clown chainsaw carving these creatures. Not that this is a bad thing, just know that  Things that go Flap in the Spring will   not be your typical spring art show for around these parts.  Glenn has only leaked a couple of photos of the work in progress so I can't tell you what fully to expect but I can tell you to expect the unexpected and be ready to look up a lot.  Join us May 13th from 6:30-9:00 for the Opening Reception and meet the artist!  Gle...