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The Florida Prize in Contemporary Art gathers adventurous Florida artists at OMA
<a href="https://media2.orlandoweekly.com/orlando/imager/u/original/39614708/screen_shot_2024-03-15_at_2.26.23_pm.webp" rel="contentImg_gal-39613254" title="The Florida Prize group exhibition opens at OMA – Photo via Orlando Museum of Art" data-caption="The Florida Prize group exhibition opens at OMA Photo via Orlando Museum of Art” class=”uk-display-block uk-position-relative uk-visible-toggle”> click to enlarge Photo via Orlando Museum of Art The Florida Prize group exhibition opens at OMA This weekend sees…
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Is SAIC trying to stifle free speech?
Kelly Xi became an artist by chance. As an undergraduate, her focus was initially on molecular biology. But a scheduling conflict landed her in a Photoshop class instead of the molecular genetics class she’d intended to take, and her life course was forever changed. “From that first interface I was like, ‘Oh I could do…
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After Seeing West Side Kids Miss Out On Art Opportunities, Teacher Launches Gallery For Their Work
AUSTIN — In her first two years as an art teacher at Nash Elementary, Hailey Rodden saw many of her students’ works highlighted at Chicago Public Schools’ All-City Visual Arts Exhibition. Every year, she submits 18 students’ works of art to the CPS exhibit, and every work she submitted in her first two years was…
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Remembering Bob Dozono
Bob Dozono in front of his works Jumbo Veggie Dog and Upper Clackamas # 10 I met Bob in 1981 when I was in graduate school at Portland State University. Over the last 45 years we became best friends. We hiked, fished and taught together. We traveled to Sapporo to carve snow. We went to Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. We…
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The Daily Heller: Walking in the Footsteps of the Greats
I was selected to give the keynote address for SVA’s 50th commencement celebration. After 68 rewrites, the following is the most important speech I’ve ever delivered. Thank you to all who supported and urged me to do this. Photos: Todd Carroll It is a great privilege to speak at this 50th commencement ceremony. Thank you,…
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Weavers take spotlight at museum
Textiles will be given their due as fine art in “A Conceptual Thread,” the National Museum of Wildlife Art’s new exhibit of work produced through the time-honored processes of quilting, weaving, knitting and tapestry. Historically dismissed as little more than utilitarian craft, textile work allows just as much space for creative expression as other mediums,…
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Miami Artist Antonia Wright Awarded $50,000 Knight Foundation Grant
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Teaneck student creates unique ‘Frog Compass’ to replace Creek Conservancy sculpture
2-minute read Show Caption Hide Caption Move Right In: Teaneck A suburban atmosphere with urban conveniences, a diverse population and a tight-knit community are among the reasons to Teaneck in North Jersey. Teaneck High School senior Sylvana Dipre is the artist behind the ‘Frog Compass.’ TEANECK — When the Eco-Art Committee of the Teaneck Creek…
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Summer Exhibits at Gallery Anderson Smith (we… | 05/28/2025 11:00 AM
Courtesy Gallery Anderson Smith × Opened Sat., May 3 CRITIC’S PICK: Vando Davis: Still Outside The Box, Gallery Anderson Smith – Neo-expressionist Vando Davis didn’t get around to becoming an artist until he was 49. Prior to that, he was a music studio engineer and a chef, but he has made up for lost time…
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GoLocalProv | Lifestyle | In the Studio with Printmaker Felicia Touhey – Inside Art with Michael Rose
Wednesday, May 28, 2025 Michael Rose, Art Columnist View Larger + PHOTO: Michael Rose In her Middletown studio overlooking Easton Pond, printmaker Felicia Touhey is at work on a new series of monoprints that are inspired by a recent trip to Europe. The sharp geometry of abstracted buildings is paired with fluid figurative shapes. Touhey…