Category: Visual Arts

  • Camera donations needed to support photographic arts education

    Camera donations needed to support photographic arts education

    Teaching artist and Sussex County native JuneRose “JR” Futcher recently announced a statewide camera donation drive to support arts education and applied photographic arts students. The camera has a unique value in visual arts education and produces an accurate visual study for young artists, Futcher said.  All types and brands of digital point-and-shoot and single-lens reflex…

  • Coffee @ 10: Exhibition Walkthrough | 1/18/2024 | Event Calendar

    Thursday January 18 Thursday, January 1810AM-11AMCrooked Tree Arts Center, Gilbert Gallery, PetoskeyArtFree CTAC Visual Arts Director Liz Erlewine will introduce you to the new winter exhibitions, “Fields of Vision: Juried Fine Art Exhibition,” & “Cultivated: Relationships with Nature.” Hear about what goes into selecting artwork, artists, & exhibitions for Crooked Tree Arts Center’s gallery spaces.…

  • Kelly Akashi Artist Talk

    Kelly Akashi Artist Talk

    Photography: Marten Elder Kelly Akashi Artist Talk Get Tickets Thursday, January 18, 2024 at 5 PM Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego: La Jolla All Ages Free Join us for an artist talk with Kelly Akashi, whose first major solo exhibition “Formations” is on view at MCASD. “Formations” features a selection of glass and cast…

  • Homiens Art Prize | ArtsHub UK – Arts Industry News, Jobs & Career Advice

    Homiens Art Prize | ArtsHub UK – Arts Industry News, Jobs & Career Advice

    The Homiens Art Prize is an international, non-acquisitive art prize (valued at $24,000 USD annually) open to artists of all ages, nationalities, abilities, and career stages. All mediums and art forms are accepted. There are no theme or size restrictions. 10 Winners exhibit with Homiens, and each receives an unrestricted cash award of $400 USD,…

  • Tony Rosenthal ‘Cube 72’ Spins Once Again at Guild Hall

    Tony Rosenthal ‘Cube 72’ Spins Once Again at Guild Hall

    In November of last year, Guild Hall announced the reinstallment of Tony Rosenthal’s “Cube 72,” which spins on its axis and, according to Melanie Crader, the museum’s director of visual arts, was commissioned for Guild Hall. The sculpture, which appears to defy gravity, was acquired in 1972 and spun on the Guild Hall property for…

  • Entries now accepted for Holocaust essay, art contests

    Entries now accepted for Holocaust essay, art contests

    The Quad Cities Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance) Committee is accepting entries for the Ida Kramer Children and the Holocaust Essay Contest and the Meyer and Frances Shnurman Holocaust Visual Arts Contest. Both contests are open to all Quad City area students in grades 6-12. The deadline for entries is March 1. Both contests offer cash…

  • Four TCS artists to have paintings on display at Nashville’s Parthenon

    Four TCS artists to have paintings on display at Nashville’s Parthenon

    Four Tullahoma City School students received exciting news before heading on winter break, as they learned that their artwork will be on display at the Parthenon in Nashville beginning next month. Tullahoma High School’s Carly Evans, Alyssa Sims and Angela Yang, as well as Tullahoma Virtual Academy’s Arianna Marin, were selected to participate in the…

  • 18 exhibits, performances and arts happenings to look forward to in Fort Collins this year

    Looking to expand your mind, meander through a museum or treat your eardrums this year? Fort Collins museums, arts organizations and performing arts venues are kicking off 2024 with plenty to plan for. So head to an author panel, watch as Mexican folk artists bring a mystical creature to life, prepare for the reopening of…

  • Ayana Mack brings representation to communities of color through her art and healing workshops – The Bay State Banner

    Ayana Mack brings representation to communities of color through her art and healing workshops – The Bay State Banner

    Ayana Mack in her studio. PHOTO: NICOLE TOWNSEND When 34-year-old visual artist Ayana Mack started selling her artwork in 2014, she was excited to share her work and ambitious to create community connections. A few years after selling her pieces, however, she noticed something was off. “I started to see the disparity and the difference…

  • Success: From Sudbury’s Charlotte Street to the National Gallery

    Success: From Sudbury’s Charlotte Street to the National Gallery

    When respected art curator Marc Mayer was in Sudbury last month to give a talk at Place des Arts, he spent a few hours walking the streets of his old neighbourhoods. “I walked around quite a bit. Just about everyone, perfect strangers, said hello with a big smile. I said, ‘Well, I am not in…