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Barton Art Galleries Welcomes Artspace CEO Carly Jones for Friends of the Visual Arts Lecture on February 25
WILSON, N.C. — February 14, 2025 —The Friends of Visual Arts Spring Lecture, presented by the Barton Art Galleries at Barton College, will feature Carly Jones, President and CEO of Artspace in Raleigh, N.C. The event will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 25, at 6 p.m., in the Barton Art Galleries in Case Art Building…
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Prof. Jonathan Lethem Reflects on His New Show at the Benton Museum of Art | Pomona College in Claremont, California
Jonathan Lethem, Roy Edward Disney ’51 Professor of Creative Writing and professor of English, is best known for his many critically acclaimed novels, including Motherless Brooklyn, The Fortress of Solitude and Brooklyn Crime Novel. Last July, Lethem published his first volume of art writings titled Cellophane Bricks, “a kind of stealth memoir of his parallel…
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Watch This Stunning Performance Visualizing Music From a Piano
Adrien Mondot is no stranger to multidisciplinary work. Alongside his collaborator Claire Bardainne, Mondot has merged visual, musical, technological, and digital media through the eponymous Adrien M & Claire B studio. Piano piano is one such project, achieving a unique interplay between music and light. First conceived in 2023, Piano piano is a collaboration between…
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String of resignations after Khaled Sabsabi withdrawn from representing Australia at the Venice Biennale
Events have moved quickly since Thursday night when Creative Australia sensationally dumped the Sydney-based multimedia artist Khaled Sabsabi as the nation’s representative for the 2026 edition of the Venice Biennale. The move came less than a week after Creative Australia announced its selection of Sababi, along with his long-time collaborator Michael Dagostino, the chief executive…
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Visual Arts Center of New Jersey elects new board member
The Visual Arts Center of New Jersey (VACNJ) has elected Monica Vir, a corporate attorney, to its board of trustees. Vir’s term will run from February 2025 through June 2028. As co-chair of the Corporate and M&A Group and a member of the Real Estate Services Group at Lindabury, McCormick, Estabrook & Cooper, P.C., Vir…
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Local artists being showcased at upcoming HAC exhibit
HANNIBAL — Upcoming exhibits at the Hannibal Arts Council will showcase a dynamic range of media, offering something for every art enthusiast. The Exhibit Opening will take place on Friday, February 28, from 5-7 p.m., featuring an Artist Talk at 6 p.m. The exhibits will remain open to the public until March 22.
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Caitlin Lang creates, teaches art for herself and others
#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } If you attended November’s GSR Fine Art Festival at the Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center, you walked past Caitlin Lang. As the 2024 Up & Coming Artist, she was right up front. Maybe you stopped to look at…
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Local arts leaders confounded by NEA’s new diversity and gender rules
The Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Just Buffalo Literary Center and the Buffalo Arts Studio are just a handful of local arts organizations that have received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in the last decade. But last week, the prestigious national arts fund changed its compliance guidelines in response…
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Big: Culture & Arts Festival opens ticket options for April event
For the third year, Big: Culture & Arts Festival will present music, dancing and visual arts in downtown Gainesville on April 11 and 12. The festival will feature three different stages with local and national artists to perform on them. Tickets went on sale earlier this week, and organizers said there’s limited availability until…
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BLACK AF: A Celebration of Black Love, Art, and Community arrives in Richmond
For The Fem In You, a nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering safe spaces for BIPOC womxn and LGBTQ+ individuals in the creative arts and small business communities, is hosting BLACK AF—a dynamic celebration of Black love, artistry, and resilience. The event will take place on February 28, 2025, from 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM at…