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Perspective | The best of art exhibitions in 2023
The vaunted, long-forgotten era of the blockbuster exhibition made a return in 2023. It’s not every year, after all, that 28 Vermeers are displayed in one place, nor is it commonplace for Manet’s “Olympia” to be sent on loan from Paris to New York. Both happened this year, and both shows were unforgettable in the…
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Hang your walls with art for a worthy cause
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Two painted figures stand hugging, in front of a burning funeral pyre, dark against the muted pink swirls of smoke and sky. They are “a reminder that we’re not here as isolated individuals, we’re here…
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Creative folk – don’s miss once per year VACMA funding!
Artists and crafters – don’t miss this once a year funding from Creative Scotland. The Visual Artists and Craft Makers (VACMA) fund is now open for applications – and in a change from previous years there will be just one round for the grant this financial year which will close in early February 2024. Supported…
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Rolf Hickman Professor Emeritus
Rolf Hickman died November 24, 2023, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He was born in Pittsburgh and was preceded in death by two sisters and his wife of fifty-three years, Helen Carew Hickman, a noted ecclesiastical designer. He is survived by a niece, five nephews and their spouses. His early years were anything but typical. Intrigued by…
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Glasgow’s biggest visual art celebration to scale back for 10th edition in 2024
Work from 75 artists to be showcased across 30 spaces during GI festival Delaine Le Bas will be among the artists involved in the Glasgow International visual art festival when it returns in 2024. Picture: Iris Ranzinger Published 5th Dec 2023, 04:55 GMT Glasgow’s biggest celebration of visual art has revealed it will be scaling…
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Valparaiso Community Schools celebrates the visual & performing arts at 36th Annual “This Is Our Story”
It was a full house at Valparaiso High School (VHS) on Monday evening, as the school hosted the 36th annual rendition of “This Is Our Story.” Spread across two nights – the tradition sees over 1000 students from across Valparaiso Community Schools show off their talents in the arts, and ring in the holiday season…
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YSAC receives grant funding from California Arts Council
Yuba Sutter Arts & Culture was awarded $140,000 from the California Arts Council as part of its Impact Grants and State Local Partnership programs during the 2023 grant cycle, officials said. The area arts council intends to use these grant funds to help support a program that engages young students in art projects that promote…
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Calendar: Martinsville-area events Tuesday, Dec. 5
Calendar items may be sent to [email protected] or mailed to P.O. Box 3711, Martinsville, VA, 24115. Dates and times must be included. TOPS VA: 9 a.m. weigh in; meeting 10 a.m., Chatham Heights Baptist Church, 1235 Chatham Heights Road, Martinsville. Senior Studio: 1 p.m.; Piedmont Arts; Seniors are invited to craft and create together; sessions…
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HCC’s Round Table literary magazine seeks submissions
One of Hopkinsville’s most enduring traditions in the arts, The Round Table literary magazine at Hopkinsville Community College, is seeking works for its 58th edition. Original, unpublished fiction, nonfiction, poetry and visual art submissions will be accepted through Jan. 31, the editors said in a press release. “Selected contributors to the journal will read from…
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Middle and high schoolers find success in new private arts school
Before the Iowa Conservatory opened its doors in Iowa City for its first-ever day of school in August, the performing arts boarding school was built for a capacity of 325 eighth through 12th graders. In 2022, its founders anticipated a class size of 150. When only a little over a dozen students applied, some panic…
