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BRHS Sophomore Lucia Bolle Honored With Governor’s Award In Arts Education
BRIDGEWATER, NJ — Lucia Bolle has experienced one memorable sophomore year at Bridgewater-Raritan High School. This highly skilled artist has been honored with numerous awards for her paintings — all in just one year. Her most recent recognition may be her finest yet. Lucia was notified the week of March 31 by the Art Administrators…
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Two visual artists, two styles, one exhibition
A coin is a perfect object with two vastly different sides. Like the coin, the Visual Arts Studio Association’s (VASA) current exhibition unites two separate entities into one cohesive matter. The current exhibition running until April 26 takes inspiration from two artists’ different visions. While Sandra Elsinga’s Grandeur of Creation restricts her realistic nature-based paintings to…
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Adrian Public Schools Recognized Work Done by Student Artists
Adrian, MI – Adrian Public Schools recently recognized six student artists who were finalists for the 2025 Michigan Art Education Association Top 100 Exhibition. This prestigious event showcases artwork from K-12 students across the state of Michigan. Students’ artwork was selected and advanced in each division – elementary, middle, and secondary – from regional shows…
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A rare peek at the early practice of Betye Saar
“Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica” has generated substantial buzz throughout Chicago since its opening at the Art Institute of Chicago late last year. Though the exhibition’s exploration of the Afro-diasporic solidarity movement has ended, its themes continue to reverberate at the Neubauer Collegium’s “Let’s Get It On: The Wearable Art…
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Otobong Nkanga’s art, at once earthy and humane, now on view at the Nasher
In a time of heightened hostility toward “the other” — countries, immigrants, scientists and academics — Otobong Nkanga is all about connections. Even as environmental protections are being discarded, the Nigerian-born artist emphasizes her work’s derivation from, and concern for, the Earth, its minerals and flora. Winner of the 2025 Nasher Prize, awarded biennially by…
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Arts abound for all aptitudes
Those with a hankering to try their hand at a new art form have ample opportunity this month at the Art Association of Jackson Hole. The nonprofit’s adult education offerings in April cover many artistic disciplines, all skill levels, and include both multiple-session classes and one-off opportunities to learn as well. “We really try to…
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Library to host altered book art workshop
Not all books are meant to be read. Some are meant to be altered. Starting April 15, Teton County Library will host a new Creative Aging workshop on artistically altered books. The program is free and open to patrons 55 years and older.
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Exhibit opening ‘Cartesian Ghosts’
The gallery venue, “kind of a small array” in Magdalena, highlights works by Jeremiah Teutsch The unique gallery “kind of a small array,” 106 N. Main St., Magdalena, is hosting the exhibit “Cartesian Ghosts” by Jeremiah Teutsch. The exhibit opening takes place April 12 from 6 to 8 p.m. Teutsch is what is considered a…
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Artist Ali Cherri’s histories of violence
The mud and bronze from which the Lebanese artist Ali Cherri sculpts his latest creations are freighted with history, memory and trauma, but alive with the possibilities of imaginative rebirth. “Sphinx” (2024), a winged creature on its haunches with leonine musculature and a human face, borrows from fascist iconography while evoking ancient Assyria and Egypt.…
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Artist Ali Cherri’s histories of violence
The mud and bronze from which the Lebanese artist Ali Cherri sculpts his latest creations are freighted with history, memory and trauma, but alive with the possibilities of imaginative rebirth. “Sphinx” (2024), a winged creature on its haunches with leonine musculature and a human face, borrows from fascist iconography while evoking ancient Assyria and Egypt.…
