Eleanor Mahin Thorp’s “Remnants of a Blue Ridge Basement” painting, set to appear in the new exhibit “Metopic Ridge” (courtesy Tephra ICA) The Blue Ridge mountains are the focus of the latest exhibit at the Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art in Reston. The exhibit “Metopic Ridge” by Eleanor Mahin Thorp, an artist and educator, features…

LaToya Ruby Frazier Praised as “one of the strongest artists to emerge in this country this century” by legendary art critic Jerry Saltz, LaToya Ruby Frazier’s groundbreaking work highlights the realities of contemporary America, from post-industrial decline to social and racial injustices. Hosted by the University of Utah’s Tanner Humanities Center, Frazier will give the Gardner…

Local book lovers should be satiated this week with the Charleston Literary Festival taking place Nov. 3-12 and YALLFest back for another year on Nov. 10-11 to celebrate young adult fiction authors and readers. At both, enthusiasts of any age can enjoy book signings and live panels by fan-favorite authors from around the country. At YALLFest, they’re…

Jeremy Strick, who as director of the Nasher Sculpture Center for almost 15 of its 20 years conceived the Nasher Prize and guided the museum through the years-long controversy of the glare cast by its next-door neighbor, announced Thursday that he will retire on June 1. Strick, 68, has worked in the arts for 40…

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian American Art Museum have jointly purchased the tour de force “Lessons of the Hour” (2019) by artist and filmmaker Sir Isaac Julien. The moving image installation interweaves period reenactments across five screens to create a vivid picture of 19th-century activist, writer, orator and philosopher Frederick Douglass (1818–1895). Through…

Musician, filmmaker and teacher Dave Calkins has performed his music in venues from NPR to Carnegie Hall. On Nov. 11, he will bring a concert of his “Stories Behind the Songs” to Longmont.  Also performing will be well-known local musicians Tim Ostdiek and Jenny Balagna. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. in Firehouse Art…

The Visual Arts Market Development Fund (the Fund) is a key program of the Queensland Government’s Grow 2022-2026, the second action plan for Creative Together 2020-2030. The fund is focused on enabling key international opportunities that strengthen exposure, expand markets and revenue potential for Queensland’s visual arts craft and design sector. Objectives Visual Arts Market Development Fund:…

Centennial Art Center kicks off the holiday season with its Annual Student and Staff Holiday Exhibit and Sale, on display November 17 – December 21, 2023. During this season Centennial Art Center dresses itself in holiday cheer and unwraps a beautiful display of artwork and handcrafted gifts created by its talented students and staff. The…

“Ah well, really we can only make our paintings speak,” Van Gogh wrote in a note found at his death on July 29 1890 in Auvers-sur-Oise, a village on the outskirts of Paris. He had moved there 10 weeks earlier from the asylum in St Remy, Provence, believing his mental disturbance came partly from living…

Because he frequently works with a mixed-media format, Germantown-based visual artist Mikel Elam repurposes a lot of ordinary objects in his art. It’s evident in pieces adorned with materials like pennies—collected from his once-upon-a-time travels with Miles Davis, he says—and, curiously, keys. One day while working at an art supplies store, he recalls, a gentleman came…