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Suzanne Bocanegra + Lili Taylor: Honor
A lecture? A performance? An idiosyncratic conjoining of both? Visual artist Suzanne Bocanegra uses theater to interrogate the history and practice of the visual arts. Part performance, part memoir, and part gleefully rambling cultural essay, her “Artist Performance Lectures” are intensely personal, exhaustively researched, and kaleidoscopically wide-ranging. Honor, starring Lili Taylor and directed by Geoff…
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Art Exhibit: Kati Rosenbaugh & Lynn Stephenson | 2/22/2024 | Event Calendar
Your Winter Restaurant Guide: Eight Eateries to Cozy Up in This February Mmm…comfort food. Whether your go-to is bubbling soup, buttery grilled cheese, hearty pasta, or something else enti… Read More >>
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Bridging Words and Visions: Viroqua’s Ridges & Rivers Book Festiva…
Imagine a space where the worlds of literature and visual arts collide in a symphony of colors, shapes, and narratives. This April, the quaint town of Viroqua becomes that very space, hosting the much-anticipated Ridges & Rivers Book Festival. An event that not only celebrates the written word but also extends an inviting hand towards…
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Carnegie exhibit to feature paintings by ‘Blue Dog’ artist George Rodrigue
Artwork by George Rodrigue, the creator of the pop art image “Blue Dog,” will be on display at the Carnegie Visual Arts Center from Tuesday to April 6. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.
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Creative Scotland is delighted to announce the appointment of Emma Nicolson as its new Head of Visual Arts
Published: 21 Feb 2024 Following an extensive recruitment process, Emma Nicolson takes up the role of Head of Visual Arts. Image credit: Photography by Suzie Higgins. Making the move from Head of Arts at the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh, Emma is a seasoned professional with an expansive range of leadership experience and a track record…
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Creative Scotland appoints new Head of Visual Arts
EMMA NICOLSON is to take up the role of Head of Visual Arts at Creative Scotland. Nicolson will join the funding body in May, following the early retirement of her predecessor, AMANDA CATTO, in December 2023. Currently Head of Arts at the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh, Nicolson was previously Founding Director at ATLAS Arts on the Isle…
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Cleveland’s 2024 Poetry Festival Goes Beyond Words To Explore Visual Art
Cleveland’s annual celebration of National Poetry Month will go beyond literature this year, fusing influences across various art forms. By Julia Lombardo Celebrating the likes of Ohio-born authors, such as Langston Hughes and Mary Oliver, the third annual Cleveland Poetry Festival will bring together more than a dozen local artists to commemorate the notables of…
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Former art studio of Bob and Gail Cassilly faces demolition
The façade of the historic Cassilly & Cassilly building on Lafayette Avenue hints at the building’s unique past. Dragons wrap and coil across imitation terracotta, punctuating fine exterior details. However, edging closer to the back of the building reveals a different angle: gaping holes left in decayed brick and a roof peeled back to expose…
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At the Current, “In the Garden” Turns Over the Fertile Soil of Artistic Imagination
click to enlarge Courtesy “…there is a rumble as the garden folds, rolls, shreds, devours…itself” by Ebony G. Patterson Visitors might expect an exhibit titled “In the Garden” to be a visual harbinger of spring, filled with lush flora. The works on view at the Current in Stowe do feature flowers, greenery and garden-attendant creatures.…
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AI FOMO? Why cool heads are needed in the arts
‘The information age has ended, and we have entered the age of noise,’ declared Eryk Salvaggio at the recent conference, ACMI’s Future of Arts, Culture and Technology Symposium (FACT) 2024, held in Melbourne (Australia), last week. In the session titled ‘Looking at the Machine’, Salvaggio assessed the state of digital and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies…