Amid widespread clamor that artists lack support and funding necessary to thrive, a newly established private foundation has awarded 12 artists $100,000 each, along with professional resources to shepherd their creative endeavors long-term. Liberating recipients from wrangling with the red tape of traditional grants, the unrestricted funds encourage and stimulate the creative process and empower…

November 16, 2024, 4:00 PM HST Hui Holidays. PC: Amber Vision Photography Hui No‘eau Visual Arts Center’s annual Hui Holidays shopping event returns from Nov. 22 through Dec. 24.  During the Hui Holidays season, the Hui No‘eau gift shop expands to feature even more unique items from local artists and vendors. Shoppers can find Maui-made…

PRAIRIE CITY — “I have a deer in my studio,” David Seacord announced, “but it’s getting ready to hop out.” Seacord’s studio is an open-air space tucked between his house trailer and a steep, grassy hillside on the fringes of Prairie City, and sometimes the deer wander in. It’s covered with a white polyethylene tarp…

CANANDAIGUA — Beginning Sunday, members of the Finger Lakes Photography Guild will host their annual Wood Library exhibit. The exhibit will be on display through Jan. 3. An opening reception at Wood Library, 134 N. Main St., is planned for Dec. 5, from 6-8 p.m. What inspires local photographers to get out and capture the…

As part of Warwick Valley Central School District’s Artist of the Week series, the school recently highlighted the works of junior Kat Baird. She is taking her first high school level visual arts course. Baird, a student in Nicole Sisco’s Ceramics 1 class, is learning the challenges of working in the intricate art form. She…

Camille Billie said when she first moved to Chicago from her reservation in Wisconsin in 2018 to start studying at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, she felt “lost and overstimulated coming from Oneida Nation.” Through school, she found and signed up for the Native American Student Association and, from there, was able…

EL CENTRO — Adjoin held Thursday evening an exhibit of artwork, knit work, jewelry, and other items at their East Main Street venue. For artist Alejandra Valeria Rodriguez, who has been in the program for about a year and nine months, the experience has been extremely pleasant. Previously, while taking classes at Imperial Valley College,…

The University Museum at Indiana University of Pennsylvania prepares to host several local artists in two free events that will discuss using fibers and paper to create artistic masterpieces. Both on Wednesday and open to the public, the first event at 4:30 p.m. invites folks to hear from the artists that collaborated to create the…