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Orcas Center art opening: Avi Shmueli and his landscape art
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| The Visual Arts Committee (VAC) opens its March exhibit with a community show showcasing landscape art on Friday, March 1 at 5:30pm with Featured Artist Avi Shmueli. After moving to Orcas with his wife, Andrea Reback, a few years ago, Avi Shmueli set out to acclimate…
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Apply now for Evergreen Art scholarship
Jonathon Brooks was the recipient of the $500 Evergreen Art Association scholarship in 2023. (Courtesy photo) NEWPORT – For the past 35 years, the Evergreen Art Association has awarded $500 to graduating seniors from area schools or home school for continuing education in the field of visual arts, including fine art, commercial art, computer graphics,…
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NCC establishes public arts commission
New Castle County Councilwoman Dee Durham led the effort to establish an arts commission to lift the county’s visual artists and lift tourism. | PHOTO COURTESY OF NEW CASTLE COUNTY Public art in New Castle County is about to get nine dedicated advocates, as the county council finishes voting on members of its newly established…
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Arts Council hosts meet and greet with artist Lamont Joseph White
ARTS COUNCIL OF BIG SKY The Arts Council of Big Sky is hosting an exhibit showcasing new original work from renowned artist Lamont Joseph White in celebration of the National Brotherhood of Skiers Annual Summit being held in Big Sky from Feb. 24 and March 2. On Tuesday, Feb. 27, meet and greet the artist…
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Opening Reception for Head Space: 2024 MFA Exhibition | Orlando, FL
Head Space explores identities and histories, contemporary issues, emotional and physical spaces using a variety of mediums and processes. The exhibition showcases the thesis work of Master of Fine Arts candidates in the Studio Art & Design MFA track at the UCF School of Visual Arts and Design: Alexander Alvarez, Matthew Dunn, Elaheh Jazemi, Njeri…
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Free art class at Gibbs Library with Jelenfy
WASHINGTON — Gibbs Library welcomes back artist and instructor Karen Jelenfy to teach a free art class on abstract landscape painting Saturday, March 30, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the library’s Bryant Room, 40 Old Union Road. Beginning and experienced artists are welcome. Participants from Jelenfy’s previous art class will learn new techniques…
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Editor’s Letter, March/April 2024
KC Studio editor Alice Thorson, photo by Mark Berndt. Amid snow and sub-zero temperatures, winter in Kansas City brought moments of wonder, urgency and beauty in exhibits at Linda Hall Library and the Kansas City Art Institute’s H&R Block Artspace. Linda Hall Library’s “Chained to the Sky: The Science of Birds, Past & Future” through…
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Artistic works of Studio 678 Photo Club returns to the George Eastman Museum March 2
Rochester, N.Y. (February 21, 2024) — The artistic works of the Flower City Arts Center’s Studio 678 Photo Club will once again adorn the walls of the George Eastman Museum this spring, as the museum’s newest Gallery Obscura exhibition opens on Saturday, March 2. These creative works by students of the 2023-24 club are inspired by…
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Taking it to the streets: Asheville mural artist Dustin Spagnola
“After pop art, graffiti is probably the biggest art movement in recent history to have such an impact on culture.” Famed art dealer Jeffrey Deitch wasn’t wrong when he made the above statement during a conversation for Interview Magazine. Simply put, graffiti, street art and murals invite the viewer to listen visually on a…
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When groove is in the art
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Deep in the basement of London’s Somerset House, in the studio of artist, dancer and choreographer Florence Peake, giant canvases unfurl to reveal a cascade of figures. “The paintings are made with a group of…
