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Piggott paints with duplicity in “Doubles”
There are two sides to every story with Mike Piggott’s new show. In “Doubles,” the local artist has found that two is better than one, and that there is freedom in two versions of the same painting. “Distinct yet intrinsically connected” reads the show’s introduction, with Piggott approaching each painting “with a playful openness, embracing…
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Mitchell produces alchemy
A ceramic artist by training, Dennis Lee Mitchell has blazed a path of experimentation as he pulls from fire and glazing powders to capture the punctuation of smoke and its floral-like impressions left behind on paper. Mitchell’s works resemble rosettes and mandalas, revealing a natural order to the chaos of mixing powders and combined pigments.…
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Jacq Frances bids Sun Valley a theatrical farewell
Jacq Frances has worn many hats during her two years in the Sun Valley area—director, dancer, teacher, artist, comedian, photographer and community builder. Her upcoming performance, “Sun Valley Sunset” on June 14 at the Argyros Performing Arts Center, will be her last in the valley for the foreseeable future. “The show is going to be…
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LeQuire Returns to the Parthenon for ‘Monumental Figures’
Monumental Figures at the Parthenon Photo: Eric England Temples are hallowed ground, sheltering a community’s most coveted religious or cultural artifacts. Ancient Greece cultivated its Athenian Acropolis — the hilltop complex that includes the ancient Parthenon — as a physical sanctuary for the religion, politics and civic values that bound together Athenian civilization. Alan LeQuire’s…
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The ‘concept’ that carried Greece to the world
When the Athens & Epidaurus Festival was launched in the summer of 1955, it immediately paid close attention to its visual identity. The festival entrusted its image to some of the most prominent figures in Greece’s graphic and visual arts scene, sending a clear message: a “celebration of the high arts” demanded a refined, elegant…
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Float4 delivers new visual art piece at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
Float4, an award-winning multidisciplinary studio that integrates digital experiences into physical spaces, has created another visual art piece, named Little Red, for the Lobby Columns installation at The Cosmopolitan hotel in Las Vegas. This project follows the firm’s integration of Opulence at The Cosmopolitan. This piece further immerses guests in a fantastical realm. This time, the…
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Gilbert artist’s work on display in Chandler
Sculptor and multimedia artist Gary Vulcano has been selected to provide some of his work in a new exhibit opening in Chandler next weekend. A free opening reception for the exhibit, titled “Creatures and Cosmos,” will be held 6-8 p.m. Friday, June 13, at Vision Gallery at 10 E. Chicago St., Chandler. The public is…
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GoLocalProv | Lifestyle | Meet Painter and Designer Tim Tait – Inside Art with Michael Rose
Wednesday, June 11, 2025 View Larger + PHOTO: Michael Rose Tim Tait is a creative person for whom visual art and design are tightly linked. A respected graphic designer, he has created materials like visual identities and wayfinding for clients including the Institute of Contemporary Art, Harvard Business School, MIT, Brown, and the Providence Public…
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Antigo Visual Arts launches 2025 downtown scavenger hunt
ANTIGO — The Antigo Visual Arts, in partnership with local businesses, launched its 2025 Downtown Art Scavenger Hunt on June 1. Marie Benes, Antigo Visual Arts member and Downtown Art Scavenger Hunt project lead, said this event celebrates the creativity of local artists and the charm of Antigo’s downtown. From left from rights are shown…
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Calendar Pick: Anne McInnis Artist Talk
In “Pretend,” the newest installation by artist Anne McInnis, screen printing techniques are used on washi paper and silk organza to repeat the motifs of clouds and mirrors, conveying ideas about the shifting, illusive nature of identity. Shapes and forms echo across the work, with text elements added to blur the lines of what is…