Category: Visual Arts

  • Creative Framing: Making your art look gorgeous

    Creative Framing: Making your art look gorgeous

    Taos has seen its share of challenges over the last several years with the pandemic and long-lasting road construction. “I commend Taos business owners for the resilience that they’ve shown,” Jim Cox, owner of Creative Framing, said. “The community could use a nice pat on the back. Better days are coming.”

  • Arts Council presenting guild’s summer showcase

    Arts Council presenting guild’s summer showcase

    #inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } The Transylvania Community Arts Council, located at 349 Caldwell St., Brevard, is now presenting the Summer Showcase of the Transylvania Art Guild. Member artists submit their latest and best works to a juror who recognizes exemplary pieces of art.…

  • A Confluence of Art and Dance in Kalorama 

    Share via: An Art Salon at the Home of Artist Kelly Dinglasan Minton  A star-studded art salon was hosted on May 29 by visual artist Kelly Dinglasan Minton and her husband Joel Minton at their elegant Kalorama home. The walls were hung with Kelly Minton’s striking line paintings, pastel-colored canvases with images of lush spring…

  • For both artists and scientists, slow looking allows surprising connections to surface

    For both artists and scientists, slow looking allows surprising connections to surface

    Scientists need skills in visual analysis and critical thinking, but these skills aren’t being taught or practised nearly enough in our university classrooms. The fast pace and complex visuals in chemistry lectures can be overwhelming. (Lee Nachtigal/Flickr), CC BY One reason why science is hard to learn is because it relies on visuals and simulations…

  • Downey Arts Coalition supports next generation of artists with scholarships

    Downey Arts Coalition supports next generation of artists with scholarships

    May was a busy month for the Downey Arts Coalition (DAC). DAC is a small group of visual and performing arts professionals and advocates who volunteer to create arts experiences and opportunities in the underserved community of Downey. May is the month when DAC presents scholarships to the three local high schools. DAC joined in…

  • Artists Prepare for this Weekend’s Western Loudoun Art and Studio Tour

    Artists Prepare for this Weekend’s Western Loudoun Art and Studio Tour

    Artists across western Loudoun have been hard at work to get ready for this weekend’s Art and Studio Tour which will feature the works of over 40 creators across a variety of mediums. The three-day event welcomes the public into the artists’ homes, studios or businesses to give them an up-close look at how they…

  • Artists Prepare for Western Loudoun Art and Studio Tour

    Artists Prepare for Western Loudoun Art and Studio Tour

    Artists across western Loudoun have been hard at work to get ready for this weekend’s Art and Studio Tour which will feature the works of over 40 creators across a variety of mediums. The three-day event welcomes the public into the artists’ homes, studios or businesses to give them an up-close look at how they…

  • Antigo holds art scavenger hunt

    Antigo holds art scavenger hunt

    ANTIGO, WI – Antigo Visual Arts (AVA) has launched the 2025 Downtown Art Scavenger Hunt, running from June 1 through August 14. This interactive event celebrates local artists and the charm of Antigo’s downtown area. Community members and visitors can explore 32 original artworks inspired by Wisconsin’s natural beauty. The pieces are displayed across a…

  • Western MD Fine Arts Museum Names New Curator

    Linda Johnson, Ph.D., currently Visiting Professor of Art History at the University of Michigan-Flint, has been named as the new Agnita M. Stine Schreiber Curator, effective July 2025, for the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts in Hagerstown, MD. Johnson is a curator and historian of American art specializing in painting, sculpture, and works on…

  • Sama Alshaibi presents ‘Palimpest as Image’ at MacDowell Downtown

    Sama Alshaibi presents ‘Palimpest as Image’ at MacDowell Downtown

    Monadnock Ledger-Transcript – Sama Alshaibi presents ‘Palimpest as Image’ at MacDowell Downtown <!– !function(n){if(!window.cnxps){window.cnxps={},window.cnxps.cmd=[];var t=n.createElement(‘iframe’);t.display=’none’,t.onload=function(){var n=t.contentWindow.document,c=n.createElement(‘script’);c.src=’//cd.connatix.com/connatix.playspace.js’,c.setAttribute(‘async’,’1′),c.setAttribute(‘type’,’text/javascript’),n.body.appendChild(c)},n.head.appendChild(t)}}(document); –> <!– –> <!– –> Sama Alshaibi. PHOTO BY ZAKIRIYA GLADNEY On Friday, June 6, at 7:30 p.m., MacDowell Downtown will present “Palimpest as Image” with visual artist Sama Alshaibi at Monadnock Center for History and Culture, 19 Grove St.,…