Category: Visual Arts

  • Interact Center Opens New Gallery Space

    Interact Center Opens New Gallery Space

    A wash of bright, cheerful colors, papering one large wall like a quilt, is the first thing you notice when you walk into Interact Center’s brand-new gallery in St. Paul. Dozens of paintings and drawings by artist Andy Seymour line the gallery’s entry space nearly from floor to ceiling, with each piece filling an 18-by-24…

  • Keeenue’s Keen Sense of Color and Composition

    Keeenue’s Keen Sense of Color and Composition

    ‘Untitled’, 2024. Mixed media, collage on board, 60 × 90 cm. Even when recognizable materials and motifs appear in her collages, Keeenue’s unique sense of color and form remains unmistakable. With vivid hues and rhythmic forms that compel the eye to wander across the canvas, the paintings of Keeenue captivate at first glance. Originally drawn…

  • “General Conditions” Opens at Jack Shainman’s The School in Kinderhook

    “General Conditions” Opens at Jack Shainman’s The School in Kinderhook

    The annual summer-art-kick-off in the Hudson Valley is inaugurated by the seasonal exhibition at Jack Shainman’s The School in Kinderhook, and this year “General Conditions” (on view through November 29) is a cornucopia at 130 artworks that reflect the prevailing issues that plague our global society. Let us bravely face the gut-punches that inform this…

  • The Best Art Shows To See in Miami, June 2025

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  • Kandis Williams’ A Surface Exhibition Opens at Walker

    Kandis Williams’ A Surface Exhibition Opens at Walker

    Kandis Williams, ‘Triadic Ballet,’ 2021 Credit: Walker Art Center At first glance “Kandis Williams: A Surface” is visually striking — awash in mirrored textures, collaged images, and layered screens. But at its core, the exhibition is a rigorously intellectual and emotionally resonant excavation of history, visual culture, and the embodied experience of Black life. Stay…

  • Watching art come to life: Women to Women: THRIVE to host annual Carbondale art festival

    Watching art come to life: Women to Women: THRIVE to host annual Carbondale art festival

    Art lovers and those wanting to learn more about art can find artistic creations and demonstrations at Arts THRIVE in Carbondale. The free, family-friendly art festival hosted by Women to Women: THRIVE will be held Saturday, June 7, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Memorial Park in the city’s downtown. Arts THRIVE features educational…

  • MCC 67th Annual Student Art Show runs through June 27

    FLINT — Mott Community College (MCC) has announced the opening of the 67th Annual Student Art Show, an all-media exhibition featuring the creative achievements of more than 80 student artists from the 2024–2025 academic year. With more than 250 works of art on display, the show is a vibrant showcase of talent across multiple disciplines…

  • Local artists paint new downtown mural in Saranac Lake

    Local artists paint new downtown mural in Saranac Lake

    SARANAC LAKE — Michael Burpoe raised a glass in a parking lot on the corner of Broadway and Bloomingdale Avenue on Monday afternoon. He was toasting to all of his friends and family who helped him make his mural on the side of 60-62 Broadway a reality. This is the latest mural to crop up…

  • Fine art photographer chronicles disappearing rural architecture in new doc

    Fine art photographer chronicles disappearing rural architecture in new doc

    KEESEVILLE — Fine art photographer Jim Westphalen’s documentary, “Vanish: Disappearing Icons of a Rural America” screens 7 p.m. on July 2, at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts, 17 Algonquin Dr. on Wednesday, July 2. Old homes, barns, churches, industrial sites, and other historic buildings dot the rural American landscape, the Adirondack region included.…

  • Theater Alliance Announces Worldpride Arts Hub: Two Weeks Of LGBTQ+ Performances, Visual Art and Community Celebration

    Theater Alliance Announces Worldpride Arts Hub: Two Weeks Of LGBTQ+ Performances, Visual Art and Community Celebration

    In celebration of WorldPride DC 2025, Theater Alliance is thrilled to announce its WorldPride Arts Hub, two weeks of dynamic and inclusive events including vibrant performances, participatory community gatherings, and visual art installations—all designed to celebrate and uplift the richness of queer identity and culture. Rooted in Theater Alliance’s mission to produce socially conscious, community-connected…