Applications are open for MFA & PhD programs in Visual Arts at UC San Diego. The UC San Diego Department of Visual Arts encourages experimentation, innovation and risk-taking in scholarly and artistic production. The Department of Visual Arts at UC San Diego ranks among the world’s leading art schools. Founded on the principle that the production,…

<!– {"type":"entry","id":150393920,"true_html":" Edit Post “,”false_login_html”:””}–> anchor Rendering courtesy of Pentagram Pentagram has released materials showcasing their new visual identity project undertaken for their clients at the Memphis Art Museum (formerly the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art) ahead of the completion of its Herzog & de Meuron-led expansion in 2025. The lettering and logo included in…

Donate to support Visual Arts at WSHS! Did you know high school students are required to take two Visual Art credits to graduate but there is no additional budget that is provided from the district for art supplies.  With fees not being a requirement for high schools anymore we need to fund our supplies through…

In an exciting display of teamwork and creativity, the Plainview Art Department joined forces with the Plainview Band for the 2023 marching season to fulfill their visual arts needs for an upcoming performance. The band had a vision of incorporating larger-than-life speakers into their show, and the art department stepped up to bring this vision…

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…