Once cars are banished from the Great Highway in 2025 and a two-mile stretch of the highway becomes a public park, here are a few art installations that Rec and Parks is proposing for the new open space. After nearly four years of divisive gnashing of teeth in the Sunset District and beyond, the car-free…

I remember the first time I stepped into one of artist Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Rooms because it felt like I’d tumbled into some fantastical realm of outer space. Inside, the mirrored interiors, dark lighting and shallow reflective pool of water surrounding me transformed the blinking strands of colourful LED lights into an infinite cosmos of…

LOVELL, Maine — On the eve of Christmas Eve 28 years ago, Bill and Lynda Rudd (with kids Carley and Morgan in tow) moved into what would become Yankee Magazine’s “Best Gallery in New England” in Center Lovell, Maine. Impressed by the beauty of the White Mountains and Kezar Lake, Lynda and Bill couldn’t help…

The general consensus is that in 2024 we started to feel a flattening of the economy, which had a knock-on effect for small creative businesses, resulting in gallery closures and the emergence of a dangerous long-tail impacting arts education. In terms of trends across the visual arts, discussions around ethical sponsorship, climate concerns, AI’s growing…

Yoshi Sodeoka, Infinite Ascent. Courtesy of Times Square Arts. Featuring Video Works by Artists Laurie Simmons (December), Yoshi Sodeoka (January), and Trenton Doyle Hancock (February). Times Square Arts, the largest public platform for contemporary performance and visual arts, is pleased to present their Midnight Moment Winter Season featuring digital works by multidisciplinary artists Laurie Simmons (December), Yoshi Sodeoka (January), and Trenton Doyle…

The Lyon County History Center is excited to announce a call for art for its third annual Ad Astra Art Show, a Community Connection Exhibit. This year’s theme is “Sunflowers,” and artists and art owners are invited to submit their works for consideration. The exhibition will be held from January 14 to February 8 at…

Every time I begin to compose a commentary, I realize that I’ve bitten off way more than I can chew. I was speaking with my friend Ben Nordstrom, Executive Director of the St. Louis Children’s Choirs, and he told me about his wonderful organization which is one of the finest children’s choruses in the nation.…

The Are We Listening? installation. File photo. Were We Listening? Rebecca Carlton stirred up the community with a question that was also the title of her ceramic art installation: Are We Listening? The structure, installed at the Door County Economic Development Corporation in Sturgeon Bay, represented the world’s languages and sparked conversation about how we…