This is WESA Arts, a weekly newsletter by Bill O’Driscoll providing in-depth reporting about the Pittsburgh area art scene. Sign up here to get it every Wednesday afternoon. Though it was overshadowed last week by the awful events in the Middle East, the news from Poland was as encouraging as it was surprising: In national elections,…

Palm Beach may be a small town, but it’s big on culture. The coming season’s arts offerings reflect the abundance of opportunities on and within a short driving distance of the island, with exciting lineups of exhibitions, performances and more. Here’s a look at what patrons of the arts can expect for the coming year.…

Driving back into Idaho through eastern Oregon last week, I was reminded of the profoundly beautiful skies and land where we live. The landscape paintings of John Taye, mainly rural scenes in Canyon County, are part of the exhibit, “Realism Revisited: Paintings and Sculpture by John Taye,” open now through Dec. 16 at the Friesen…

Simone White gives a presentation in the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum. (Sam Powers | Student Life) Poet Simone White led a literary presentation, co-sponsored by Washington University’s Center of the Literary Arts, in the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum on Friday, Oct. 13. White is an Assistant Professor of English at the University of…

Published on October 25, 2023 Morris Arts and Friends Join Presentation The Morris County Board of County Commissioners proclaimed October 2023 “Arts and Humanities Month” during tonight’s work session meeting in Morristown. Commissioner Director John Krickus read parts of the formal resolution as he presented the framed proclamation to Tom Werder, Executive Director of Morris…

Harvard will be launching a new interdisciplinary program focusing on psychedelic drugs, the University announced last week. Funded by a $16 million donation from the Gracias Family Foundation, the Study of Psychedelics in Society and Culture will fund “cutting-edge scholarship” and “research support,” along with endowing a professorship in the field, according to the Harvard…

The Council has begun a major conversation with the people of Manchester to gather feedback about the plan to ensure culture is at the heart of the city over the next decade. The It all starts with a spark consultation is reaching out to local people along with creative, arts and cultural organisations to help…

CORPUS CHRISTI, TX – The City of Corpus Christi’s Arts & Cultural Commission announces an open call for 2024 Arts Grants applications. This grant funds cultural events by local organizations that attract visitors to Corpus Christi. The program offers matching grants of up to $15,000. Art Grants are available to 501c3 non-profit organizations within Corpus…

This is WESA Arts, a weekly newsletter by Bill O’Driscoll providing in-depth reporting about the Pittsburgh area art scene. Sign up here to get it every Wednesday afternoon. Though it was overshadowed last week by the awful events in the Middle East, the news from Poland was as encouraging as it was surprising: In national elections,…

As is the curse that befalls many young, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed literature enthusiasts, I discovered one of my favorite writers a year after her death. The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver slipped under my radar for a long time, though when I came across her poetry during the pandemic, there was something familiar about it.…