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Pasadena Teen Headed to Prestigious Arts Camp This Summer
Samantha Flores Ramirez (Photo courtesy of Flores Ramirez) Samantha Flores Ramirez, a 16-year-old visual artist from Pasadena, has been selected to attend the renowned Interlochen Arts Camp in Michigan this summer. A student at the LA County High School for the Arts (LACHSA), Flores will study Animation and Filmmaking at the nation’s premier summer arts…
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Guest artists to display wares at Indian museum
LANCASTER — California State Parks’ Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park will feature guest artists Raven Magpie Rivera and Rowan Harrison during California State Parks Week from June 11 to 15 to share their Native culture with museum visitors. Visitors on June 14 and 15 can celebrate with Raven Magpie Rivera (Cheyenne/Sioux), a creative…
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PennWest Clarion alumni add artistic flair to Summer Fest
CLARION – Three PennWest Clarion alumni will showcase their work and discuss how art meshes with their lives when they join Clarion Summer Fest 2025 as artists-in-residence. Jason Anthony (Class of 2022), Melanie Belinsky (Class of 2005) and Chloe Boden (Class of 2010) — each a professional artist — will create art and be available…
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Fort Point exhibit highlights early Black Californians
A forthcoming exhibition at the Fort Point National Historic Site highlights the stories of Black Californians from the Gold Rush through Reconstruction. The For-Site Foundation, an arts nonprofit that hosts installations on national park land, will open “Black Gold: Stories Untold” on Friday. The free exhibit runs 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Fridays through Sundays,…
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Bluestem is on the market after 42 years of selling fine arts and crafts on Ninth Street
Founded in 1983 by five artists, Bluestem Missouri Crafts has been dedicated to showcasing the work of more than 1,000 artists during its 42 years of operation in downtown Columbia. But after four decades, the two remaining partners have decided to sell the Ninth Street fixture and retire. They’re still looking for a buyer and…
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Integrating arts in Delaware classrooms spurs academic and emotional growth
Students at Kuumba Academy use puppets to explore storytelling and self-expression in an effort to boost learning through arts integration. From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! It’s the final stretch of the school year, but inside a third-grade classroom…
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Three Rivers Arts Festival, Beers of the Burgh, Jon Pardi and more to do around Pittsburgh this weekend
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“Your brain cannot be stolen”: Yuko Shimizu on finding your artistic identity
Yuko Shimizu is a multi-award-winning illustrator with over 20 years in the industry. After leaving her job in PR in her early 30s, Yuko took the plunge to attend The School of Visual Arts (SVA), where she refined her childhood passion for illustration. Since graduating in 2003 with her MFA in Illustration as Visual Essay,…
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World traveler appreciates camaraderie found with art guild
G. A. Wells, Central Kentucky Art Guild’s Artist of the Year, said she was encouraged to pursue art for longer than she can remember. An artist herself, Wells’ mother made sure to include visits to local museums as a priority while on her many trips to Europe with her daughter as she grew up. ×…
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Abel Contemporary Gallery announces new exhibits
Abel Contemporary Gallery presents Chris Alveshere, Jeff Campana, and Matt Repsher: New Work in Clay, Painting Invitational: Group Show, and in no.5: Fly by Trim by Emily Hoyt – Weber. The exhibitions run June 6 through July 20 at the gallery, located at 524 E. Main St. in Stoughton. The shows open online at 10…