Category: Visual Arts

  • Work begins to launch NWT visual arts ‘centre of excellence’

    A non-profit promising to create a visual arts centre of excellence in the Northwest Territories is in the process of launching. The NWT Art Centre Initiative has received three years of operational funding, the group announced on Facebook, stating it is a project funded by national charity MakeWay. Artists in the territory have long complained…

  • Mindy Shrago’s “Wish You Were Here” at Club Gallery Spans a Lifetime

    It was the mother-daughter team of Esther and Mindy Shrago that founded the Young at Art Children’s Museum in a storefront at the Fountain Shoppes of Plantation in 1990. Now, it’s the mother-son team of Mindy, the artist, and her son, Zach Spechler, the curator, who are working together on a career-spanning solo exhibition. “Wish…

  • Visual Arts Bursary

    The Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival (CQAF) has announced its Visual Arts Bursary for 2024, aimed at supporting artists in the presentation of visual arts exhibitions or projects. This opportunity is part of the festival’s continued dedication to showcasing the best in local and international arts, supported by Perspective Economics and Arts & Business. The bursary is…

  • On protecting your creative self

    I noticed that in your show at Make Room, The Great Swimmer, there’s a central protagonist—a character that repeats across the paintings. I’m curious about how those narratives come about. How do you enter that creative space? I noticed while I was in grad school that a lot of my work was very story-based. It…

  • CCU to unveil mural created by student artists & alumni

    CONWAY, S.C. (WPDE) — Coastal Carolina University will unveil a new mural in Hicks Dining Hall on Tuesday. The mural marks the culmination of a collaboration between CCU Food Crew and the visual arts department, which is housed in the Thomas W. and Robin W. Edwards College of Humanities and Fine Arts. READ MORE: Suspect…

  • Seeking City Curator – Announcements – e-flux

    In Hamburg, art in public space has played an important role for decades. In 1981, the Hanseatic city became the first German metropolis to replace the previously practised commission programme entitled Kunst am Bau (Art in Architecture) with Art in Public Space. This decision was made in response to cultural and social change and the related demands…

  • To Transform: spring 2024 public programs and engagement – e-flux Education

    To TransformThe spring 2024 public programs and engagement series at Columbia University School of the Arts is organized around the concept of “To Transform.” Here we present conversations, screenings, readings, and research about work that enacts transformation on physical, social, political, and psychic landscapes—exploring the complexities that ensue. In February, a screening of the newly…

  • “Happy” | 1/16/2024 | Event Calendar

    Tuesday January 16 Tuesday, January 169AMGlen Arbor Arts Center, Main GalleryArtFree This exhibit opens Jan. 12 with a reception from 5-7pm. “Happy” features the work of 26 artists who explore & interpret the many facets & meanings of happiness: literal to metaphorical, in 2D + 3D. Runs through March 21. Open Mon. through Fri., 9am-5pm.…

  • MUSC celebrates 200 years through art inspired by Bicentennial guiding principles

    Tapping into the power of art to spark emotion, prompt reflection and turn pain into healing, MUSC will proudly showcase its Bicentennial Art Collection online and at the MUSC Charleston campus throughout 2024. The collection offers a tangible public display of the vital principles MUSC aspires to embody: a commitment to the importance of honoring…

  • Threads of Nature: Mixed Media Works by Colleen Miller ⋆ Princeton, NJ local news

    « All Events January 16 • 10:00 am – February 15 • 6:00 pm Local artist Colleen Miller, who has an art studio in Lambertville, is featured in the art exhibit, “Threads of Nature: Mixed Media Works,” at the Lambertville Public Library showcasing a captivating collection of diverse artworks that explore the intersection of nature…