Category: Visual Arts

  • One day left for kids to explore their creativity at the MacLaren Art Centre

    One day left for kids to explore their creativity at the MacLaren Art Centre

    There is only one day left for kids to explore their creativity in Barrie by joining the MacLaren Art Centre for its March Break camp. The MacLaren Art Centre’s gallery, located at Mulcaster and Collier Streets, presents relevant and up-to-date visual arts programming. Children can enjoy nature, creativity, and self-expression, all while learning about the…

  • World famous artists designed this carnival in 1987. Nearly 40 years later, it’s back

    World famous artists designed this carnival in 1987. Nearly 40 years later, it’s back

    If you visited Hamburg, Germany in the summer of 1987, you might have been one of the lucky 250,000 people to attend Luna Luna. It was a carnival designed by some of the most famous artists of the 20th century. Visitors got to ride a small Ferris wheel adorned with drawings by Jean-Michel Basquiat. They…

  • Prior Lake High School students recognized at South Suburban Conference Visual Arts Exhibition

    Prior Lake High School students recognized at South Suburban Conference Visual Arts Exhibition

    Ten talented Prior Lake High School students submitted their artwork into the 38th annual South Suburban Conference Visual Arts Exhibition, which featured students’ artwork from South Suburban Conference schools, according to PLSAS. Four students received awards for their work at the awards ceremony that was held on Feb. 20.

  • Top Five: March 14, 2024

    Top Five: March 14, 2024

    Glasstire counts down the top five art events in Texas. For last week’s picks, please go here. A work by Krista Chalkley 1. Krista Chalkley: hallowed be thy nameArt League HoustonFebruary 23 – April 20, 2024 From Art League Houston: “hallowed be thy name is an exhibition featuring textiles, sculpture, and mixed media installation by Chicago-based…

  • Does AI Have A Place In Art? Three Louisville Artists Share Their Perspectives

    Does AI Have A Place In Art? Three Louisville Artists Share Their Perspectives

    Piercing through the cacophony of opinions about Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its use in the production of art, three Louisville-based artists present their perspectives. Mary Carothers, Tiffany Calvert, and Josh Azzarella share their processes, their concerns, and their hopes for the use of AI in artmaking. <a href="https://media1.leoweekly.com/leoweekly/imager/u/original/16085753/carothers_self_as_wolf.jpg" rel="contentImg_gal-16085609" title="Mary Carothers, Self as Wolf, 2023.…

  • Explore Sarasota’s art scene at these three vibrant spots

    SARASOTA — Drive a bit south and an exciting contemporary art experience awaits. The Ringling, the Sarasota Art Museum and SPAACES gallery are vibrant museums showcasing some enthralling exhibits. Here’s what we saw, and how to plan your next trip to see it for yourself. The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Artwork from…

  • Loveland art community mourns Roy Guthrie

    Loveland art community mourns Roy Guthrie

    Roy Guthrie, the man who brought the Chapungu Sculpture Park to Loveland, died March 5 at his home in Zimbabwe. He was 89. He leaves behind his longtime partner Marcey Mushore and two children. A native of South Africa, Guthrie was an art collector, curator and dealer who brought the stone art of the Shona…

  • Art Guild forming in Durango

    Caprice Fox, owner of Create Art and Tea and president of the Art Guild works Saturday, March 9, 2024, inside her business at 1015 Main Ave. in Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald) Jerry McBride Create Art and Tea serves as headquarters Durango is known as an art-friendly town, and it’s getting even friendlier with the establishment…

  • Amanda Riffo awarded Icelandic Art Prize 2024 – Announcements – e-flux

    Amanda Riffo awarded Icelandic Art Prize 2024  – Announcements – e-flux

    The Icelandic Art Prize 2024 was awarded on March 14 in Reykjavík. The awards provide recognition to outstanding visual artists and exhibitions.   Amanda Riffo (b. 1977) receives the Icelandic Art Prize as Artist of the Year 2024 for her solo exhibition House of Purkinje at The Living Art Museum. House of Purkinje, curated by Sunna Ástþórsdóttir, cleverly synchronises many…

  • Jane Harris: Ellipse, Frac Nouvelle-Aquitaine MÉCA, Bordeaux review – ovals to the fore

    Jane Harris: Ellipse, Frac Nouvelle-Aquitaine MÉCA, Bordeaux review – ovals to the fore

    And that is amply demonstrated by this tight group of her paintings which, we are told, embody a philosophy in which less is more. In some respects, here less remains less. There is little overt drama or spectacle in these works, and they can seem a bit abstruse. Though large, they are not quite epic.…