Category: Visual Arts

  • Laura Durnell: CPS is gutting my daughter’s arts program. This isn’t what we signed up for.

    Laura Durnell: CPS is gutting my daughter’s arts program. This isn’t what we signed up for.

    Chicago Public Schools students and their parents will experience heightened stress next year if President-elect Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan succeeds with his mass deportation plan in Chicago once Trump takes office. For Senn Arts students and parents in particular, this anxiety would be vinegar poured on top of the gaping gash in the…

  • ‘Friendly Universe’ Exhibit Showcases Work by CATA Artists

    ‘Friendly Universe’ Exhibit Showcases Work by CATA Artists

    LEE, Mass. —Community Access to the Arts (CATA) and Good Purpose Gallery are presenting “Friendly Universe,” an exhibit featuring paintings by artists with disabilities.    The exhibit is open through Jan. 13, 2025, at Good Purpose Gallery, located at 40 Main Street in Lee. Gallery hours are 8:00 AM–3:00 PM daily, except Tuesdays.   The…

  • Spalding Nix Gallery Winter Exhibitions (fridays)

    Courtesy Spalding Nix Gallery From the venue: ENSEMBLE Spalding Nix Fine Art is thrilled to present ENSEMBLE, our annual holiday group show featuring new work by nearly 60 Gallery Artists! Trish Andersen, Mitchell Biggio, David Boyd, Amanda Brazier, Caroline Bullock, Angela Carter, Marc Chatov, Myrtie Cope, Eilis Crean, Laura Dargan, Shannon Davis, John Dean, Erin…

  • Wolfgang Gallery Winter Exhibits (Fridays)

    Courtesy Michael Childress, Wolfgang Gallery Primavera, 2024 From the venue: River Songs, Michael Childress   Wolfgang Gallery is pleased to present River Songs, a solo exhibition by Michael Childress. This exhibition brings together three distinct bodies of work, presented in conjunction: the ongoing Equivalence Series (2020–present), watercolors from the River Songs series, and new landscape paintings…

  • Mural dedication at Horizons emphasizes bringing the community together

    Mural dedication at Horizons emphasizes bringing the community together

    QUINCY — A little hot chocolate went a long way Thursday morning on Quincy’s south side as Horizons Soup Kitchen and Food Pantry hosted a dedication for the two murals adorning the building at 224 South Eighth. “As I was working on this, guests of Horizons would come up and talk to me,” said artist…

  • Florida Keys landscape artist explores the abstract

    Florida Keys landscape artist explores the abstract

    The local artist who can transport viewers into his paintings of limitless mangroves, waterways and skies of the Florida Keys is showing his new abstract artwork at the Hale Gallery at Mile Marker 81.8, bayside. John David Hawver is known for his “mesmerizing landscapes,” according to Kelly Hale, co-owner of the gallery along with her…

  • Potters, other artists converge on Whitehall studio to show their works

    Potters, other artists converge on Whitehall studio to show their works

    WHITEHALL – Several local pottery and other artists came to the Whitehall area Dec. 8 to show off and sell their works at the Terrestrial Forming Pottery Studio December 8, and the stories the artists said about themselves, and their work were diverse and it showed in their displays. The man who started it all,…

  • Google And SN37’s Creator Labs Launches Its Largest Season Yet, Spotlighting 31 Groundbreaking Visual Artists

    Google And SN37’s Creator Labs Launches Its Largest Season Yet, Spotlighting 31 Groundbreaking Visual Artists

    Google’s Creator Labs, the innovative visual arts incubator that amplifies the voices of rising photographers and filmmakers, returns for its ninth season with its most ambitious lineup yet. In partnership with SN37, Creator Labs has expanded to feature 31 artists—up from 29 last year—including returning talents and fresh faces. These creators, selected for their ability…

  • Meet Me at ArtReach

    Meet Me at ArtReach

    ArtReach Meet Me at ArtReach Get Tickets Friday, December 13, 2024 from 6 PM to 9 PM ArtReach HQ 21+ 40 Your ticket include 1 drink + 3 drop-in art activities! Join us for ArtReach’s Friday Party Fundraiser—a vibrant evening of art, music, and community! This 21+ event offers hands-on art activities like block printing,…

  • Austin Peay art graduate wins prestigious Nashville Arcade Arts residency

    Austin Peay art graduate wins prestigious Nashville Arcade Arts residency

    CLARKSVILLE, TN – For Austin Peay State University senior Courtney Gatewood, art is more than a career path — it’s a journey of rediscovery and connection. Gatewood, a mother of three graduating Friday, Dec. 13 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in studio art, has been selected for the inaugural Arcade Arts residency program in…