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Elon University senior art thesis exhibition breaks norms, encourages critical thinking
Elon professor of art Ryan Rasmussen has spent the past year watching the six senior visual arts majors create their pieces for the senior art thesis exhibition that opened at Arts West on May 9. “It’s a very rigorous, kind of experience for our seniors,” Rasmussen said. “They start to understand maybe what it is…
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A Small West African Country Has Big Artistic Dreams
Starting an art biennale in a small country with virtually no galleries and no art schools — not even a formal shop to frame paintings and photographs — could have seemed impossible, the stuff only of dreams. But that’s exactly what a group of five artists from Guinea-Bissau, a nation of just over two million…
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CTAC Youth Arts Festival awards night honors talented young artists, writers, dancers
Petoskey News-Review Staff | Reporter assisted by AI PETOSKEY — The Crooked Tree Arts Center wrapped up its Youth Arts Festival in April, recognizing many local students during the Youth Art Show, the Young Writers Exposition and the awards ceremony. The awards ceremony, held April 17, marked the conclusion of the annual showcase of student…
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New art exhibit features local students
The Oregon Coast Council for the Arts is currently hosting the Lincoln County High School Art Show in the Runyan Gallery at the Newport Visual Arts Center. It will be on display through June 8. This special exhibit features the work of students from Newport, Toledo and Waldport schools. Paintings, drawings, woodworking, photography, and more…
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Michelangelo at the Muscarelle
In a landmark cultural exchange, the Muscarelle Museum of Art, on the campus of William & Mary in Williamsburg, presents Michelangelo: The Genesis of the Sistine, featuring nearly half of the master’s surviving Sistine Chapel sketches. The exhibition, through May 28, celebrates Michelangelo’s 550th birthday and offers rare insight into his creative process. Visitors can…
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Sculptor Gordon Paul Mischke is the May 12 “Amazing Artist” at The Holland Center
Over the past five decades, Gordon Paul Mischke has been quietly making his mark as a talented sculptor and arts advocate who cherishes his local community, the natural beauty of the desert, and his spiritual path, which he describes as “a relentless search for the Divine Mother.” Mischke, whose friends affectionately call “Gordy,” has created…
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Art Crawl
To save to your favorites you must login first. SPRINGVILLE ART CRAWL Saturday, June 7th | Main, Mechanic, & Franklin St. | Springville, NY | 3-8pm | Fre Springville Center for the Arts annual Art Crawl is back on Saturday, June 7th with the theme: Art Creepy Crawlies. Crawl will run from 3-8pm, kicking it…
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Inter-Lakes student wins first in Annalee Thorndike Art award
LACONIA — The Lakes Region Scholarship Foundation has announced the winners of the Annalee Thorndike Art Competition Scholarships. The competition involved students from area high schools, all of whom are graduating seniors and are planning to major in art or an art-related field such as graphic arts, digital arts, architecture, and art education. This is…
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Artistic Sub-Texts
Words, and fragments thereof, have been sneaking onto local gallery walls of late. Earlier this year, a large and “wordy” exhibition at UCSB’s AD&A Museum filled walls and floors with Public Texts: A Californian Visual Language. One of the pieces in the Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s In the Making: Contemporary Art at SBMA was…
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Pageant of the Masters takes audiences on a visual road trip from Sacramento to San Diego
This summer’s Pageant of the Masters will take audiences on a journey through the art and history of California with its 2025 production, “Gold Coast: Treasures of California.” The long-running event, known for re-creating famous artworks using live actors and intricate staging, will focus on iconic pieces from institutions across the state, beginning with Northern…