Category: Visual Arts

  • Irving Penn exhibition a worthy celebration of one of the 20th century’s greatest photographers

    Irving Penn exhibition a worthy celebration of one of the 20th century’s greatest photographers

    Irving Penn, “Rock Groups (Big Brother and the Holding Company and the Grateful Dead),” San Francisco, 1967.  Photo: © The Irving Penn Foundation It’s easy to lose yourself in Irving Penn’s images. The American photographer didn’t just have access to some of the most compelling subjects of the 20th century during his nearly 70-year career,…

  • Have some Frist-fun, exhibiting the Gilded age to now

    Have some Frist-fun, exhibiting the Gilded age to now

    Have some Frist-fun, exhibiting the Gilded age to now – The Vanderbilt Hustler Insert Close Modal Window

  • World Without Water: Solution to Pollution Art Exhibition

    World Without Water: Solution to Pollution Art Exhibition

    Courtesy of I Love A Clean San Diego Solution to Pollution Art Exhibition Saturday, March 16, 2024 from 10 AM to 12:30 PM San Ysidro Branch Library All Ages Free Let your creativity and paintbrush flow at ILACSD’s second event in the World without Water: Solution to Pollution’ series! Join us for the art exhibition…

  • News & Notes: Seattle’s new art museum

    News & Notes: Seattle’s new art museum

    Among the gifted artworks to the new Seattle University Museum of Art: Roy Lichtenstein’s “Reflections on ‘Painter and Model’,” 1990. Acrylic, oil, graphite pencil on canvas, 78 x 96 inches. © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein The Pacific Northwest is getting a new art museum, thanks to a gift from Seattle hotel and real estate developer…

  • New exhibit hopes to wake the ground in Maple Ridge

    New exhibit hopes to wake the ground in Maple Ridge

    A Sobey-nominated artist will be featured in a solo exhibit at the ACT Art Gallery. Manuel Axel Strain, a two-spirit artist from the Musqueam, Simpcw, and Syilx peoples, will be featured in a show called Waking Ground. The exhibition is the fourth of five planned exhibits for the 2023/24 season of visual arts. Strain received…

  • Longwood Center for the Visual Arts offers some ‘Art After Dark’

    Longwood Center for the Visual Arts offers some ‘Art After Dark’

    Longwood Center for the Visual Arts offers some ‘Art After Dark’ Published 5:46 pm Friday, March 15, 2024 The Longwood Center for the Visual Arts (LCVA) will have a different type of art program coming up later this month. Beginning at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 26, the LCVA will host another session of ‘Art…

  • Spring Into Seattle’s Art Scene

    Spring Into Seattle’s Art Scene

    This spring, Seattle’s arts scene is your playground. Choose from a mix of music, dance, theater, and visual arts. Catch the Seattle Symphony’s latest world premieres, get lost in cutting-edge gallery exhibits, and performances that bring the city’s cultural landscape to life. The Seattle Symphony performs the world premiere of Janice Giteck’s Potlatch Symphony 2020,…

  • Latest murals are Art is Good for You, and The Scripps Gill Loggia

    Latest murals are Art is Good for You, and The Scripps Gill Loggia

    Michael Mercil’s mural, Art is Good for You at 7777 Girard Ave., entreats the embrace of the arts, both in its creation and consumption. Painted directly on-site, this lively imperative reminds the viewer of the importance of art as a crucial and ubiquitous aspect of daily life. Taking inspiration from the playful messaging inside the…

  • Limerick woman set to curate prestigious Tulca Festival of Visual Arts

    Limerick woman set to curate prestigious Tulca Festival of Visual Arts

    Michele Horrigan. ASKEATON native Michele Horrigan takes the reins this year for the 22nd edition of TULCA Festival of Visual Arts in Galway showing throughout Galway City and County in November 2024. Since 2002, TULCA Festival of Visual Arts has captivated the  city and county with an eclectic display of contemporary art. TULCA is a…

  • Pilot Club of Baytown Education Committee presents check to Art League “Rising Stars”

    Pilot Club of Baytown Education Committee presents check to Art League “Rising Stars”

    The Art League of Baytown was organized in 1954 and incorporated as a Texas non-profit corporation in 1963.  In 2008, with the support of the City of Baytown, the Art League acquired its home, Art Center of Baytown at 110 W. Texas Avenue. The purpose is to give back to its community and help to…