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The evolution of the Smart Museum
“What is art for?” asks art historian Katharine Kuh in the introductory wall text of the Smart Museum’s ambitious rehang of their entire gallery space. The question was likely at least partly rhetorical, but if this exhibition offers any clues, it has something to do with discovering surprising and unlikely resonances. Opened in 1974 as…
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Honoring Colorado’s Cultural Legacy with Folk and Traditional Arts Initiatives | Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade
The Colorado Creative Industries (CCI) Division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) announced today that 25 artists and arts organizations across Colorado have been awarded Folk and Traditional Arts Project Grants. From Archuleta to Larimer counties and Huerfano to Denver counties, these grants will help preserve, celebrate and document the…
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“06880” Podcast: Steve Zimmerman
Steve Zimmerman has one of the best jobs in town: coordinator of music and visual arts for the Westport Public Schools. He came here after 25 years as band director at schools in Pennsylvania and Connecticut. He’s been named Connecticut Music Educator of the Year, and of 50 Yale Distinguished Music Educators. Steve has sung…
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Animals attend art gallery to see their ‘pawtraits’ for first time
By Lauren Beavis via SWNS A meerkat, skunk, armadillo, tortoise, snake and bearded dragon attended a miniature art exhibition – to see their “pawtraits” for the first time. The animal life drawings, hung in an animal-sized art gallery made to scale, were created by third-year students studying a degree in animation at the University for…
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Art Notes December 2024
2024 Faculty Art ShowThe Owens Community College Creative Arts & Media Department hosts its annual visual arts faculty art show. The show will feature several individual works at Owens’ Walter E Terhune Gallery, 30335 Oregon Road. The show runs through Dec. 6, hours vary. owens.edu 20 North Gallery presents Robert Garcia: All Sides NowThis retrospective…
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Vietnamese artist Xuân-Lam Nguyễn blends tradition and contemporary art
On Monday, Vietnamese artist Xuân-Lam Nguyễn spoke about his background and craft in a talk titled “From Folk to Future: Crafting New Histories and Identity.” The event was part of the Vietnamese Program Guest Speaker Series, organized by Visiting Lecturer in Vietnamese Trang Tran to foster community and bring new perspectives to the Vietnamese language…
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Firelands Association for the Visual Arts sets date for Winter Art Market
The Firelands Association for the Visual Arts Winter Art Market will take place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 14 at the New Union Center for the Arts, 39 S. Main St. in Oberlin This is a vibrant showcase of local artistry and handmade holiday gifts, according to a news release. Artists and vendors…
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DKG members honored for photography in art gallery
WARRENTON — The Arts & Humanities Jury of The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International has accepted Sheila Robertson’s entries of “Disgruntled Rose” and “Above the Clouds in the Mountains” and Nancy Tunstall’s entries of “Dawes Glacier, Alaska” and “Bald Eagle diving off Annette Island, Alaska” into the Fall 2024 DKG Gallery of Fine Arts, an…
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Washington Pavilion’s Visual Arts Center To Host Winter Art Collective
Existing user? Just click login. The Visual Arts Center in the Washington Pavilion has partnered with Art Collective Sioux Falls to host the bi-annual Art Collective event on Friday, December 6, from 3–9 p.m. and Saturday, December 7, from 1–9 p.m. This is one of the largest gatherings of local artists in Sioux Falls, and…
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In Depth with the Artist: Rick Wyckoff
Another artist of traditional media that captures the rustic impressions of Northwest Oklahoma is a multi-generational son of Woodward County, 46 year-old Rick Wyckoff. Many artists say that they started their artwork at a young age, but not many will admit to the world being their unconventional canvas. Wyckoff claims that he drew wherever he…