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Atlanta visual effects artist Shane Morton brings ‘monstrous’ creations to life
Sometimes recognized as the man with caskets on top of his van, Decatur resident Shane Morton wears many monstrous hats. Morton is a visual effects makeup artist who owns Silver Scream FX Lab based in Atlanta and has also hosted the Silver Scream Spook Show as Professor Morte at the Plaza Theatre for 18 years.…
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Deckled Edge Art Co. hosting reception
#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } Deckled Edge Art Co. has found a permanent home at Huntsville Executive Office Suites at 2503 Lake Road Suite C-111, and will have a soft opening on May 12 with a formal opening reception Friday, May 30 from 6…
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5 Standout Shows to See at Small Galleries This May
Art Maxwell Rabb May 6, 2025 3:17PM In this monthly roundup, we spotlight five stellar exhibitions at small and rising galleries. Francis Gallery, Los Angeles Through July 12 Advertisement South Korean artist Jessica Woo Jung Ghil describes her painting technique as a form of engraving: She pushes at least eight thin washes of oil into…
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Dianne Roberts’ art students earn top honors at Malvern show
The 35th Annual Malvern National Bank (MNB) Virginia P. Weaver Art Show, held in Downtown Malvern from April 21-25, featured many talented artists from across the state, including a strong showing by students at the Dianne Roberts Art Studio located in Benton.
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Demuth Foundation announces first Artist-in-Residence
The Demuth Foundation, a nonprofit arts organization dedicated to preserving and promoting the visual arts, has announced the name of its first Artist-in-Residence, Ana Neifeld, who will begin her residency in June 2025. The residency program was created to engage with artists who focus on drawing and/or painting to create work for the Demuth Foundation’s…
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Emory Visual Arts Gallery – Winter Exhibit (t… | 05/06/2025 11:00 AM
Through Fri., Apr. 25 CRITIC’S PICK: Jayne County’s Electric Dreams, Emory Visual Arts Gallery – Born in Dallas, Georgia, Jayne County first gained notoriety as a member the Theatre of the Ridiculous, an absurdist fringe outfit in New York in the late 1960s. She participated in the Stonewall Riots and joined Andy Warhol’s Factory where…
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Witness and survival on display at Illini Union Art Gallery
The Illini Union Art Gallery is hosting a photography exhibit titled iWitness from mid-April through May 2025. A collaboration with the Initiative of Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies (HGMS) at the U of I, headed by Professor Brett Ashley Kaplan, this event commemorates the Armenian Genocide and features the work of Ara Oshagan. Ara Oshagan…
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Atlantic County Teen Arts Festival set for May 7
The creative talents of Atlantic County students will be on display Wednesday at the Atlantic County Teen Arts Festival. The festival held in Downtown Hammonton is a collaboration of the Atlantic County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs with Stockton University the Noyes Museum, MainStreet Hammonton and others. It will run from 9 a.m. to…
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Brush to canvas: News from the art world
The St. Petersburg Arts Alliance is top of mind this week, as CEO Terry Marks bids the arts support organization farewell after four years on the job. Terry Marks. Photo (2021) by John Collins In a mid-April announcement, Marks said she would remain at the nonprofit through May 9. “It has been an honor to…
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The Visual World of Flannery O’Connor Emerges From Obscurity
“For the writer of fiction,” Flannery O’Connor once reflected, “everything has its testing point in the eye.” Writing, to her, didn’t just call on emotion and thought; it required “sense-impression” on the part of the author—on what and how she sees. It begins with the eye, “an organ,” she said, “that eventually involves the whole…
