Category: Visual Arts

  • Carbon Students Earn Region Reflections Awards

    Carbon Students Earn Region Reflections Awards

    By Natalie Palmer, Region Reflections Specialist  Local students from Castle Heights, Creekview and Wellington elementary schools were recently celebrated at the region level of Reflections. Reflections is an annual PTA-sponsored art competition with seven categories: Photography, Literature, Music Composition, Dance Choreography, Film Production, 2D Visual Arts and 3D Visual Arts. This year’s theme is “I…

  • ‘New Year, New Beginnings’ exhibit spotlights art by members of Arts Council of Livingston Parish

    ‘New Year, New Beginnings’ exhibit spotlights art by members of Arts Council of Livingston Parish

    The latest exhibit at the Arts Council of Livingston Parish’s Gallery — appropriately named “New Year, New Beginnings” — was introduced to the public Saturday at an opening reception. The exhibit shines the spotlight on art created by members of the council. The creative talents of 17 artists from Livingston and some surrounding parishes can be viewed…

  • Manipulate festival promises feast of visual theatre, in spite of funding challenge

    Manipulate festival promises feast of visual theatre, in spite of funding challenge

    By Joyce McMillan Published 23rd Jan 2024, 13:03 GMT Like everyone else on the Scottish and UK arts scene, this winter, Dawn Taylor concedes that these are “extremely tricky” times. As artistic director of Manipulate Arts and Puppet Animation Scotland – the organisation behind Scotland’s annual Manipulate Festival of visual theatre and animated film –…

  • Local art store Artist & Craftsman Supply to close

    Local art store Artist & Craftsman Supply to close

    Kamini Purushothaman, Contributing Photographer For nearly a decade, Artist & Craftsman Supply has provided local creatives with an array of materials spanning the visual arts, but come March 3, the chain’s New Haven location will close its doors. Located at 821-825 Chapel St., the store is part of a national chain headquartered in Maine. On…

  • ‘Divine Lite’ Transforms Downtown Presbyterian Church Into a Temple of Avant-Garde

    “Spring Dissonance,” Sophia Belkin The Downtown Presbyterian Church has long been a cornerstone of Nashville’s contemporary art scene: The church’s artists-in-residence have included some of the city’s best and most recognizable artists, from Jodi Hays to Herb Williams; the artists-in-residence-curated The Browsing Room gallery has established itself as a don’t-miss downtown art spot; and the…

  • Arbor Gallery highlights Black culture

    Arbor Gallery highlights Black culture

    This February, visitors to the Arbor Gallery will be treated to several fascinating glimpses of Black culture as the gallery celebrates Black History Month for the first time.  Three African-Caribbean artists will have their colourful artwork on display, in addition to a concert, a playful workshop, a film and a talk outlining the contributions of…

  • Newburyport Art presents master artist exhibition

    Newburyport Art presents master artist exhibition

    #inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } NEWBURYPORT  —  Newburyport Art (NAA) presents a master artists exhibition on view in the Sargent Gallery through Jan. 28. The master artist distinction recognizes artists who have reached a level of excellence in their chosen art form, demonstrated through…

  • Master of Arts in Interior Architecture – Announcements – e-flux

    Master of Arts in Interior Architecture – Announcements – e-flux

    MAIA—Master of Arts in Interior ArchitectureApplication deadline: dates here. Interior ecologiesThe Master of Arts in Interior Architecture (MAIA) is a full-time, two-year graduate program that delves into interior architecture at the intersection of space, ecology, and media. Space design is viewed as multidimensional, articulating the diversity of interiors, environments, and multispecies that configure reality along…

  • ‘Southern Art and Culture’: Auburn museum to highlight acclaimed artists, scholars

    ‘Southern Art and Culture’: Auburn museum to highlight acclaimed artists, scholars

    Brionna McCall The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University will highlight acclaimed artists and scholars as a part of a new initiative, the museum announced on Friday. “The Auburn Forum for Southern Art and Culture,” a half-day symposium, will feature acclaimed artists and scholars. It will take place the museum on…

  • ‘Rites of Passage’ chronicles artist’s journey from brotherhood and beyond

    ‘Rites of Passage’ chronicles artist’s journey from brotherhood and beyond

    From a press release: SUNY Adirondack is proud to honor the late Bruno LaVerdiere, a longtime adjunct professor who died in 2022, with an exhibition of his works, “Rites of Passage: Bruno LaVerdiere,” which runs Feb. 1 to April 18 in the college’s Visual Arts Gallery. “Bruno’s cool teaching style and approachability made him popular…