-
Mark Shafer Visual Arts Scholarship
The Greater Jefferson County Foundation. The Greater Jefferson County Foundation is honored to administer the Mark Shafer Visual Arts Scholarship for the 2024 scholarship season. This will be a 4-yr renewable scholarship for an FHS graduating senior student in the amount of $1,000.00 per year who will be Majoring in Visual Arts, which includes painting,…
-
Music and visual arts organisations back new climate change charity Murmur
A group of music and visual arts companies have formed a new charity called Murmur with a £1 million fund to offer grants to organisations and artists to help tackle climate change. “Murmur is an opportunity for the leading voices and businesses in the art and music industries to show that they take responsibility for…
-
Sunday’s art show went well
RUSHVILLE – A weekend exhibit at the Booker T. Washington Community Center, 525 E. Seventh Street, is being hailed a success by its organizers. Amelia Perkins said she was surprised the exhibit attracted people from people from outside the Rushville/Rush County community and added, “I am deeply touched, thrilled, amazed and excited by the public…
-
Is the art trade choosing to ignore a wider world in crisis?
If 1848 was the Year of Revolutions, 2024 is set to be the Year of Elections. Across more than 70 countries (including the US, UK, India, Pakistan, Russia and Taiwan), more than half the world’s population is going to the polls in what The Economist has dubbed “the biggest election year in history”, with democracy…
-
Why What’s Happening in Art Museums Matters Right Now
Image by Eric Park. Right now many Americans are very anger- and most of us feel deeply insecure. Why so much anger and uncertainty at this time? Of course there are very real problems. Anyone who has a functioning internet connection can see that. But if you think historically, then it’s natural to wonder why…
-
Harlem Shuffle
Since it opened on Feb. 25, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s new exhibition “The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism” has received universal praise. In a New York Times’ critic pick, co-chief art critic Holland Cotter wrote “It’s the start — or could be — in moving a still-neglected art history out of the wings and…
-
Owensboro men claim 2 of top 3 awards in Art Guild’s annual juried exhibiton
Patrick Bennett (left photo) earned the Best in Show Award with “Going Through Life on a Horse Named Nowhere,” a work in mixed media. Joe Overby, of Owensboro, received the 2nd Place award for “A Mile High Sandia Christmas,” an oil on linen panel (right photo). | Photos from OMFA One Owensboro man claimed the…
-
Searching for Friday Night
Dogwoods Arts is ready for the First Friday ArtWalk. Dogwood Arts, 123 W Jackson Ave, Knoxville, March 2024 (Photograph by Alexa-Marie Melendez) (Today’s article is by Inside of Knoxville Intern, Alexa-Marie Melendez. Her adventures are from March first Friday. The exhibitions she visited remain available for your pleasure — art doesn’t just happen on First…
-
Bluethumb’s Ed Hartley on Atomic Habits for artists, entrepreneurs
Australia’s visual arts sector and entrepreneurial bible Atomic Habits seem to have little overlap. But speak with Bluethumb co-founder Ed Hartley, and you’ll hear how one of the book’s key lessons is exemplified by successful visual artists — and how the online art marketplace has learned a thing or two, too. Bluethumb was founded in…
-
Intro to Nature Journaling – A Natural Impressions: Art in Nature Program
San Dieguito River Valley Conservancy / San Dieguito River Valley ConservancyIntro to Nature Journaling – A Natural Impressions: Art in Nature Program Get Tickets Tuesday, March 19, 2024 from 10 AM to 12 PM Ed Brown Senior Center at Rancho Bernardo All Ages $0 – 5 Tickets purchased online only register at sdrvc.org/events Natural Impressions: Intro to…
