Mansion Media

Joan Tupponce's article in Richmond Family Magazine features the multi-generational family responsible for the care and hospitality of Virginia's home: The Towneses. The article tracks the Townes family's involvement at this historic home across decades, including insight into the innerworkings of their family dynamic at work and what it means to be a steward of Virginia's Executive Mansion. Read the article here!

In this VCU News article, Joan Tupponce spotlights Deputy Butler, Mansion Historian and Virginia Commonwealth University alum Martin Townes, exploring his deep connection to Virginia's Executive Mansion and passion for preserving the past. Click here to read the feature!

Airing in 2001, building contractor and television handyman Bob Vila documented the 1999 renovation of the Executive Mansion in a 13-part series on his program Home Again with Bob Vila. The show follows Bob visiting the sites of homes and commercial buildings around the US during construction and restorations, walking viewers through the process.

Monticello field trip inspired boy who's now first historian of Virginia’s Executive Mansion.

Click here to read Eileen Abbot's article featured in the Daily Progress on Mansion Historian and Deputy Butler Martin Townes. 

Visual artist and former CIA employee, Dolores Williams Bumbrey is inspired by the tranquility of nature. Bumbrey is the first, Black female artist from Fredericksburg to have her work displayed at the Executive Mansion. To read more about the artist in this article featured in the Fredericksburg Advance, click here and click here to read the artist's Sisterhood Spotlight. 

Featured in Vie Magazine, Suzanne Pollak's article focuses on the transformative nature of the Art Experience at the Executive Mansion. Highlighting the exhibition's first iteration, "The Spirit of Virginia," this article reflects on the evolution of the Art Experience from inspiration to manifestation. 

In celebration of Women's History Month, the Art Experience at the Executive Mansion highlighted the work of Ruthie Windsor-Mann, an artist from Washington, Virginia with a passion for capturing the nature surrounding her rural studio. She is inspired to paint anything if the light is intriguing, primarily working in oils, watercolors, and pen & ink. Spotlighted in The The Rappahannock Gazette, Ruthie detailed her experience, involvement and thoughts on the current exhibition 'Do What You Love in Virginia.' Read the article here!

Using his talent and creativity, Joey Frye creates custom making artwork that inspires joy in others through a unique perspective, one he accredits to Asperger’s Syndrome. During the 2023 holiday season, the Governor and First Lady welcomed dozens of Virginia artists to the Executive Mansion in celebration of their involvement in the Art Experience, including Joey. Read the article from the Free Lance Star highlighting Joey's experience here!

Equine and sports enthusiasts across the Commonwealth came together this year to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Secretariat's historic Triple Crown win. Virginia publication, Middleburg Life, highlighted the occasion in an article featuring First Lady Suzanne S. Youngkin and the Executive Mansion's celebration of the milestone. Read the article here!

First Lady Suzanne S. Youngkin and Governor Glenn Youngkin were grateful to hear from and host women from every corner of the Commonwealth this Women’s History Month. Thank you for your important contributions in your work spaces – and your home spaces. We celebrate all you do to make Virginia the best place to live, work and raise a family.

William H. Clarke is a Blackstone, Virginia based folk artist who narrates rural African American heritage of old tobacco farming, country stores, baptisms, funerals and the daily life of his childhood. Clarke's paintings Higher Ground and School Bus can be seen as part of the Art Experience at the Executive Mansion of Virginia. First Lady Suzanne S. Youngkin sat down with Caroline Coleburn and CBS 6 to highlight and celebrate Clarke's contributions to his community. 

At Virginia’s Executive Mansion we celebrate African American artists, history and talents not only during Black History Month, but throughout the year. Through gracious partnerships with Virginia education, museum and art institutions across the Commonwealth, as well as living artists, we capture the true spirit of Virginia. Visit the Mansion on Fridays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. or click on the Art Experience tab to see the newest addition, Portrait of Abraham Lincoln by A. B. Jackson, on loan from Hampton University.