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TRU board votes to phase out fine arts programs over next three years
Photo: KTW file UPDATE: 6:18 p.m. Following months of discussion, Thompson Rivers University has decided to discontinue its visual arts programs. The university’s board of governors voted Monday to phase out its visual arts major, minor, diploma and certificate over the next three years. Marilyn McLean, TRU board chair, said the programs have suffered perpetually…
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16th Fajr Visual Arts Festival kicks off at Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
TEHRAN-The 16th Fajr Visual Arts Festival kicked off at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMoCA) on Sunday. Organized under the slogan “Innovative, Creative, Unifying, and Hopeful Art,” the festival offers 771 artworks of different mediums by 517 artists in two competitive and non-competitive sections, the secretary general of the festival said at the opening…
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Lance G. Newman II brings style and substance to Louisville Visual Art exhibit
The reason and concept behind longtime poet Lance G. Newman II’s first solo visual art exhibition is jarring and topical: He believes words don’t mean as much as they used to. In an artist’s statement for the show “A Thousand Words” — which runs at Louisville Visual Art through Feb. 3 — Newman wrote, “I…
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Life in Miniature
A cloaked figure guards the stone castle. Several lanterns scattered across the grounds illuminate a nearby forest encircling the structure. Everything appears normal, but there’s something odd. Everything seems so … tiny. Take a few steps back and it all makes sense. Created by Richmond miniaturist Sky Burkson, the scene is just one of many…
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Printmaking show rises above politics to show process rather than propaganda
There are just handful of museums and galleries I recommend to people without even knowing what they are showing at the moment, places where the art or the architecture are so consistently well-presented that every visit is a guaranteed good time. The Denver Art Museum is on the list for sheer volume, as are the…
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Art Matters: ‘Fields of Transformation’ by Claudy Jongstra
The Moelis Grand Reading Room, where students study near “Fields of Transformation.” Claudy Jongstra (B. 1963)“Fields of Transformation” 2017Wool and silk mural Location: Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, 3420 Walnut St., First Floor, Moelis Grand Reading Room “Fields of Transformation” is an abstract felted mural described by the artist as a visual representation of knowledge evolving…
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Fine Arts Student of the Week: Sophomore excels in visual storytelling
Ashton Peterson Grade: Sophomore. Age: 15. Fine arts focus: Video production. Adviser nomination: “Ashton has been a positive force in Video Productions 1. He has shown nice leadership qualities with his peers and has grown in his ability to tell a visual story. In addition, he has demonstrated a desire to take his work to…
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BUILDING COMMUNITY IN THUNDERBOLT: Clayer & Co. and Ology Gallery
If you’re an art nerd like me, you get pretty excited when there’s a new art gallery in town. I learned about Ology Gallery (located, in all places, in the rear of a building on Thunderbolt’s Bonaventure Road) through friend Faran Riley who was helping co-coordinate SIP, A Ceramic Cup Show, the gallery’s first exhibition…
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American Hairitage: The Art of DeJeonge Reese
During a December performance at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, DeJeonge Reese emerged from behind a room divider wearing a traditional African mask made from Black hair and beads that clicked together as she changed into business casual clothing. Think: khaki pants, loafers, a blazer. Once dressed, she looked in the mirror, her shoulders slumped.…
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San Antonio artist Joey Fauerso celebrates a prolific decade with new book
<a href="https://media2.sacurrent.com/sacurrent/imager/u/original/33640831/1._joey_at_work__photo_credit_scott_martin.jpg" rel="contentImg_gal-33632723" title="Joey at work by San Antonio photographer Scott Martin. – Scott Martin" data-caption="Joey at work by San Antonio photographer Scott Martin. Scott Martin” class=”uk-display-block uk-position-relative uk-visible-toggle”> click to enlarge Scott Martin Joey at work by San Antonio photographer Scott Martin. Born in San Antonio and raised in a Transcendental Meditation community in…
