Category: Visual Arts

  • Autumn Artists & Crafters Show set for Nov. 2

    Autumn Artists & Crafters Show set for Nov. 2

    The annual Autumn Artists & Crafters Show at Easton Club East will take place this year on Saturday, Nov. 2, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.          Featured Local Savings   

  • Thief snatches painting from Paso Robles art gallery

    Thief snatches painting from Paso Robles art gallery

    October 22, 2024 By KAREN VELIE A thief snatched a small painting of Moonstone Beach in Cambria from an art gallery in Paso Robles on Saturday afternoon. Artist Annie Laddon had drawn the 8 inch by 16 inch painting in Cambria with plans to repaint the artwork on a larger canvas. Laddon placed the painting…

  • Logos hosts Walsh’s still lifes

    Logos hosts Walsh’s still lifes

    Logos Bookstore will present “Exploring Still Life In Oil,” an exhibit by painter Gwenn Walsh, from Nov. 2 to Dec. 6 at the downtown bookstore at 513 Second St. in Davis. A reception for the 2nd Friday ArtAbout will be from 5 to 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 8.

  • Six artists, one stage: public art highlighted at VAC

    Six artists, one stage: public art highlighted at VAC

    Becky Borlan was just one of six artists spotlighted in a public art mini -conference on Friday, Oct. 18, at the Visual Arts Center. Borlan hosted an artist talk prior to the conference on Oct. 17. “It’s a process; it’s a journey to get from here to there,” the public artist from Maryland said in…

  • Arts Conference 2024: 18th & Vine Arts Festival hosts

    Arts Conference 2024: 18th & Vine Arts Festival hosts

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – The 18th & Vine Arts Festival Foundation will host its 2024 Arts Conference and Banquet at the prestigious ZHOU B Arts Center. According to a press release, the conference will bring facilitators, artists, and art industry leaders for workshops and networking opportunities. 2024 Arts Conference Facilitators: Cecilia Bessler-Patton, Executive Director…

  • Ramona Unified trustees approve Ethnic Perspectives in Visual Arts course for next school year

    Ramona Unified trustees approve Ethnic Perspectives in Visual Arts course for next school year

    Ramona Unified trustees agreed to start a new Ethnic Perspectives in Visual Arts class next school year and to pilot instructional materials for a psychology course and fire technology courses. The vote in favor of the ethnic visual arts course was 4-0-1, with Trustee Maya Phillips abstaining after her proposal to add some modifications to…

  • 10 Standout Artworks in the Whitney’s Blockbuster ‘Edges of Ailey’ Show

    10 Standout Artworks in the Whitney’s Blockbuster ‘Edges of Ailey’ Show

    This painting by American artist Emma Amos channels two iconic Black woman dancers. Judith Jamison first joined Alvin Ailey Dance Theater in 1965 and took over as artistic director of the company following Ailey’s death from AIDS-related illness in 1989, at 58 years old. (Jamison is also depicted in the show in Karon Davis’s white-plaster…

  • 2024 40 Under 40 Honoree: Takara Canty (39)

    2024 40 Under 40 Honoree: Takara Canty (39)

    “I don’t want a pretty picture; I want who you are.” 22 hours ago TAKARA CANTY | PHOTO BY LAURA PETRILLA Takara CantyVisual Arts Director, ACH Clear Pathways Takara Canty is the visual arts director for the nonprofit ACH Clear Pathways located in the Kaufmann Program Center in the Hill District, which provides an artistic…

  • East Window: The Little Gallery That Could

    East Window: The Little Gallery That Could

    East Window Gallery in Boulder, Colo., is quickly establishing its reputation amongst the NoBo Arts District as Boulder’s “Library of Alexandria,” an irreverent ode to nonconformity. A great deal of time, energy, and resources have been invested to make East Window what it is today, and the programming is curated with thoughtful diligence. East Window…

  • In the Art Biennale’s Shadow, Venice Celebrates Music, Too

    In the Art Biennale’s Shadow, Venice Celebrates Music, Too

    The glistening domes of St. Mark’s Basilica seem to billow over Venice’s largest plaza. In the 19th century, when the church was already almost a thousand years old, a mosaic was added above the main entrance, with two angels hovering near Jesus and blowing the trumpets that signal the Last Judgment. The striking placement of…