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Artist spotlight: Jackie Hanson
Concord Monitor – Artist spotlight: Jackie Hanson <!– !function(n){if(!window.cnxps){window.cnxps={},window.cnxps.cmd=[];var t=n.createElement(‘iframe’);t.display=’none’,t.onload=function(){var n=t.contentWindow.document,c=n.createElement(‘script’);c.src=’//cd.connatix.com/connatix.playspace.js’,c.setAttribute(‘async’,’1′),c.setAttribute(‘type’,’text/javascript’),n.body.appendChild(c)},n.head.appendChild(t)}}(document); –> <!– –> <!– –> Jackie Hanson is a visual artist from Belmont. Pictured: NH Heart Plate Eraser Jackie Hanson—Courtesy NH acrylic painting. Jackie Hanson / Courtesy “Two Truths.” Jackie Hanson / Courtesy “Nubble Light.” Jackie Hanson / Courtesy Jackie Hanson is a visual…
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First Museum Director Retires
Judy L. Larson arrived at Westmont in 2008, four months before the college broke ground for the Adams Center for the Visual Arts and the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. As the inaugural R. Anthony Askew professor of art and the director of the museum, she taught an art history course while organizing her first…
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Contemporary western painter Bradford Overton revives old toys in new Jackson Hole show
Salt Lake City-based painter Bradford Overton returns to Altamira Fine Art this week with a new exhibit, “The Weight of Wonder.” The contemporary painter incorporates toys into his works — usually old toys made with lead — and reimagines them as living beings.
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Opinion: Summer festivals and arts galore in Ipswich and Suffolk
Latitude, of course, is on the horizon. But before then, Lowestoft South Beach is the place to be with the First Light Festival taking place on June 21 and 22. This is a free beachfront festival with a programme that ranges across the arts. You can see Laurence Edwards’ bronze sculptures ‘Shimmer’ and ‘Borrowed Breath’.…
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Tax Collector presents $20,500 check to support elementary school visual arts programs
Check presentation ceremony included winners of 2025 Kids Tag Art competition. Tax Collector Dariel Fernandez on May 22 presented a check in the amount of $20,500 to benefit the Miami-Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS) visual arts programs across public elementary schools. The funds were raised through the 2025 Kids Tag Art competition, a statewide initiative…
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Why artist Pat Steir is in thrall to the power of chance
Pat Steir has a thing for colour. Her studio in New York is a church to it, every inch of wall and floor given over to exploring its countless possible gradations. “I’m about to have cataracts removed,” the artist tells me, “and the doctor said, ‘you’ll be amazed at the way you see colour after’,…
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Youth ARTS Alive returns to Santa Maria with free summer arts classes for kids and teens
A creative summer awaits Santa Maria’s youth as Youth ARTS Alive returns for its eighth year, offering five weeks of free performing and visual arts classes for children and teens ages 8 to 18. #placement_886588_0_i{width:100%;max-width:550px;margin:0 auto;} Sign up to receive headlines in your inbox! Breaking News | Local Sports | Daily Headlines | Local Obituaries…
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Sobey Art Award 2025 shortlist – Announcements – e-flux
Six of Canada’s most compelling contemporary visual artists have been shortlisted for the 2025 Sobey Art Award, Canada’s most established contemporary visual arts prize since 2002. The National Gallery of Canada (NGC) and the Sobey Art Foundation (SAF) unveil their names. They are: Tarralik Duffy for the Circumpolar region. A multidisciplinary artist and designer from Salliq,…
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A public or private sector career in the visual arts – which is the right one for you?
I was shooting out the gallery door on a Friday night when I asked a young colleague what his weekend was looking like. After a roll call of lunch, party, football and lunch, he told me he was meeting up on Sunday evening with a family friend and career mentor to discuss his art world…
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Texas Center for Arts + Academics welcomes Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts’ new principal, Amber Ledbetter
FORT WORTH, TEXAS (June 9, 2025) – We are proud to announce the appointment of Ms. Amber Ledbetter as the new Principal of Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts (FWAFA). With over a decade of experience in education, Ms. Ledbetter brings a wealth of knowledge and a proven track record of academic leadership and arts…