Shanice Figeroux is a NYC-born visual and performing artist dedicated to fostering mental wellness and community connection through art. Rooted in Jamaica, Queens, her practice spans diverse collaborations with nonprofits, research institutions, City Councils, corporations, businesses, schools, and faith-based organizations, all focused on creating impactful programming for women, children, and communities of color. Building on…

Is heterosexuality natural? In his 1995 book The Invention of Heterosexuality, sexuality scholar Jonathan Ned Katz established the idea of “heterosexual” as a historically recent concept. First entered into the lexicon in the late 19th century, “heterosexual” served a very specific social and political function: “Heterosexuality is not identical to the reproductive intercourse of the…

For decades, self-taught immigrant artists in Chicago have collected, sculpted, woven, painted, built, and sustained a creative practice in their everyday lives. “Catalyst: Im/migration and Self-Taught Art in Chicago” at the Intuit Art Museum is a celebration of these works made since the 1940s.  Many of the working-class artists on view used tools from their…

Sarasota Herald-Tribune What does kindness look like? What does respect sound like? For more than two decades, Embracing Our Differences has invited people of all ages and backgrounds to explore these questions through art and words – and the results have moved millions. The organization is now accepting submissions for its 2026 international outdoor exhibitions,…

A Ferry Building art gallery this week aims to get visitors in the swing of the summer. Artspan, the SoMa nonprofit arts center, will hold its “Brightside” exhibition Thursday through Sunday as part of its “Art-In-Neighborhoods” series. The Ferry Building’s grand hall will hold an opening reception from 5-8 p.m. Thursday, and the exhibit is…

Led by Professor of Rhetoric Claire Deal and Professor of Fine Arts Pam Fox, this community partnership enabled students to integrate the disciplines of rhetoric and visual art to tell powerful and compelling stories. At its core, the course, and the resulting art installation, centers on the integration of documentary-style photography, written text, and audio…

Image taken near the old footprint of the Fairview Training Center, Photo by Hannah Krafcik 2025 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the closing of the Fairview Training Center, the institution for people with developmental disabilities, run by the State of Oregon, which operated in Salem between 1907-2000. Like many 20th century institutions, Fairview has a…

WESTPORT — The Artists Collective of Westport will explore the inner worlds of physical, metaphysical, and emotional spaces through the visual arts with an all-member show at The Westport Library this summer.  The Artists Collective of Westport’s two-part exhibition will encompass all three of the Library’s galleries — Interiors: A Look Inside in the Sheffer Gallery and South…

Geoffrey Gersten’s latest exhibit elevates household objects to iconography. His “Geoffrey Gersten Plays With Matches” at Altamira Fine Art transforms mid-century Americana into eye-popping works. There are plenty of vintage matchbooks depicted, but also tin toys, bottle caps and other relics from roughly the 1930s to 1950s. All are rendered in clarity bordering on the…

North End Fine Art’s grand opening is the result of a long trajectory as an artist and business owner, said Michele Walters. What led her to close the retail storefront of Tribe Artist Collective in Driggs included a tough economy and location. She also wanted to split off the education component of the endeavor, creating…