University Park – Penn State School of Visual Arts director Vagner Mendonça-Whitehead has been developing a unique project that merges loom-knitting with anti-racism literature. Since its inception in late 2020, the project — titled “Left Listening” — has grown in both scale and ambition. Mendonça-Whitehead now aims to build large-scale knitting looms to weave a…

WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) – The 76th annual fall arts show from the North Country Arts Council opens this Friday evening. Laura Oakes and Gillian Maitland from the Arts Council stopped by 7 News This Morning Tuesday with details. Opening night is 6-7 PM at the Jefferson County Historical Society, the Historic Paddock Mansion, 228…

For 35 years, a group of local artists and artisans have managed to survive economic downturns, slow winter seasons, and even a pandemic. Fueled by their incessant creative efforts, members of the Local Colors Artists’ Cooperative are celebrating their 35th anniversary with a public reception from 6-8 p.m. this Friday, Nov. 1, at the downtown…

Princeton faculty member Lex Brown, lecturer in visual arts and the Lewis Center for the Arts, and historian Lucas Ramos have been awarded the 2024-25 Rome Prize for independent research in the arts and humanities. Both are Princeton alumni. Recipients are invited to pursue their work at the American Academy in Rome, a global hub…

BBC A Turner-nominated artist has loaned his new giant mantis sculpture to his former school to highlight the importance of art in education. David Shrigley returned to Beauchamp College in Oadby, Leicestershire, where he said he took his “first proper art lessons”, to install the three metre (9.8ft) The Mantis Muse. The 56-year-old said the…

In the last twenty years the migration phenomenon has been massively touched upon, in form and content, by various artists on the international scene. The theme of the artist-migrant, indeed, is a little-debated topic, but it is always present in history, often a fundamental element for cultural hybridisation and the creation of new aesthetic trends.…

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — An event in Downtown Buffalo will sure cater to two of your senses! It is a combination of culinary and visual arts. The new curated collection, “Imprint,” features seven artists. Most of them have local ties to the Queen City, except for one who came from Australia. The opening event was…

Kelsey Brookes, One Pointed Attention, 2014 Artist Talk | Kelsey Brookes | Athenaeum Music & Arts Library Get Tickets Tuesday, October 29, 2024 at 6:30 PM Athenaeum Music & Arts Library N/A $5 – $20 $5 Students / $15 Members / $20 Nonmembers The Athenaeum and Murals of La Jolla present Kelsey Brookes, with a…

Cal State LA Professor Sarah Minslow, second from left, co-led a two-day workshop at the University of Rwanda in the summer. [Credit: Cal State LA] A Cal State LA professor who lives in Pasadena has joined as co-principal investigator on a groundbreaking project examining artistic perspectives on peacekeeping missions in post-conflict regions, focusing particularly on…