Category: Visual Arts

  • South County Art Association celebrates the art of photography

    South County Art Association celebrates the art of photography

    KINGSTON — A picture is worth a thousand words. While every smartphone user has a camera in their back pocket at all times, it takes a skilled artist to transform a picture into a breathtaking visual memory. In South County Art Association’s Open Juried Photography Annual exhibition, which opened last week and runs through April…

  • ‘I feel like I’m on fire,’ ‘Atomic Odyssey’ artist proclaims

    ‘I feel like I’m on fire,’ ‘Atomic Odyssey’ artist proclaims

    Resorts World Las Vegas could pay $10.5M fine in settlement with gaming regulators The Nevada Gaming Commission next week will consider a settlement with the operators of Resorts World for allowing illegal gamblers to play at the Strip casino.     CCSD elementary school teacher arrested By Mark Davis / RJ March 20, 2025 –…

  • Anita Huffington Obituary

    Anita Huffington Obituary

    ANITA HUFFINGTON, RENOWNED SCULPTOR, DIES AT 90 Anita Huffington, a celebrated sculptor whose evocative stone, bronze, and wood figures meld classical elegance with natural form, passed away peacefully on March 15, 2025 in Northwest Arkansas at the age of 90. Born on December 25, 1934 in Baltimore, Maryland, Huffington studied dance, drama, and art at…

  • Seattle Visual Arts Educators Convene for Inclusive Education Development Day at Asian Art Museum

    Seattle Visual Arts Educators Convene for Inclusive Education Development Day at Asian Art Museum

    On what might appear as an ordinary Saturday in Seattle, over 50 visual arts educators gathered at the Seattle Asian Art Museum for an intensive day of professional development, forging paths to cultivate inclusive and diverse learning environments. The Creative Advantage, in partnership with the Seattle Art Museum, orchestrated the second annual Seattle Visual Arts…

  • Banff Centre Announces Haema Sivanesan as Director, Visual Arts

    Existing user? Just click login. Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity has announced the appointment of Haema Sivanesan as Director, Visual Arts. With a career dedicated to supporting artists across interdisciplinary practices with a focus on visual arts, Haema is well-positioned to assist artists from around the world to seize the unique opportunity that Visual…

  • Inside the New Ruth Asawa Retrospective at SFMOMA

    Ruth Asawa, Untitled (ZP.16B, Twelve Looped-Wire Sculptural Forms), mid-to-late1950s; private collection; © 2025 Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, courtesy David Zwirner. James Paonessa You may have seen Ruth Asawa’s delicate wire sculptures, the work most recognizable as hers, in the lobby of the de Young Museum’s tower. Or maybe…

  • A new destination for contemporary art takes shape in Guayaquil, Ecuador

    A new destination for contemporary art takes shape in Guayaquil, Ecuador

    A new arts initiative by the Eacheve Foundation (pronounced eh-ah-che-veh) is taking shape in Ecuador’s largest city, Guayaquil, with aspirations of fortifying the local contemporary art scene when its building opens in autumn 2025. Over the past ten years, Eacheve has served as a pillar within the Ecuadorian contemporary art community; with its first brick-and-mortar…

  • A Hong Kong Picasso Show Aims to Shed New Light on the Master

    A Hong Kong Picasso Show Aims to Shed New Light on the Master

    The exhibition at M+ pairs the Spanish master’s works with those of four generations of Asian and Asian-diasporic artists, setting up a lively dialogue. Pablo Picasso stands, cigarette in hand, gazing intently at the viewer. A white pocket square pokes out of his suit jacket; strands of hair reach up to the top of the…

  • When creativity calls

    When creativity calls

    Nearly 300 talented artists from across the University are displaying their work in the Harvard Staff Art Show. Created as a venue where staff can share their creativity with the broader community, the show is now in its fifth consecutive year. Below are profiles of eight of these wonderful creatives who were happy to chat…

  • Artists across the region to showcase art at the Statesboro Festival of the Arts

    Artists across the region to showcase art at the Statesboro Festival of the Arts

    The inaugural Statesboro Festival of the Arts will showcase 40 diverse artists from across the region on March 22 and 23 at the Visit Statesboro campus. The festival promises to be a celebration of creativity, offering a wide range of unique artwork for attendees to explore, purchase, and enjoy. Artists of various mediums, including painting,…