Category: Visual Arts

  • Westonka artists shine at visual arts fest

    Westonka artists shine at visual arts fest

    Mound Westonka High School art students competed in the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) Visual Arts Festival, the largest regional art competition in the state, on April 22 in Chaska. Seniors Emmy Levitz and Astrid Nelson earned Judge’s Choice: Spotlight on the Arts Awards and will advance to the state competition at Perpich Center…

  • Minnesota visual arts organizations feel the impact of NEA and NEH grant cuts

    Minnesota visual arts organizations feel the impact of NEA and NEH grant cuts

    The National Endowment for the Arts cancellation of grants promised to arts organizations across the country May 2 was another blow to the arts after the revocation of National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grants earlier this year. “It’s all incredibly disappointing and frustrating, for arts organizations…

  • Holy Cross Gave 10 Students a $10,000 Budget and One Mission: Buy Art

    Holy Cross Gave 10 Students a $10,000 Budget and One Mission: Buy Art

    Regina Palladino ’27, a studio art and English double major, was drawn to the class for political reasons. “I have always taken an interest in activist artwork and felt strongly that art is one of the most powerful outlets to voice opinions and fight oppression,” Palladino said. “I knew that the course would not only…

  • Southeastern Indiana Art Guild Regional Spring Art Show

    Southeastern Indiana Art Guild Regional Spring Art Show

    The event will kick off with a special Artists’ Reception open to the public on Saturday, May 10. (Aurora, Ind.) – The Southeastern Indiana Art Guild is set to kick off its annual Spring Art Show.  The show was rescheduled for May 12-24 due to flooding that occurred in downtown Aurora in April. It will…

  • Artist Returns After 40-Year Hiatus to Support Arts Education in NYC Public Schools

    Artist Returns After 40-Year Hiatus to Support Arts Education in NYC Public Schools

    Brooklyn, NY  — A long-dormant artistic voice is making a powerful comeback — not for the spotlight, but to uplift arts education in New York City public schools. On Thursday, May 15, a VIP opening and benefit featuring artist Max Rosen’s work will kick off at Picto NY. The event has pledged to raise $50,000…

  • Cleveland Artist to Cover Hough Building With Plastic to Raise Environmental Awareness

    Cleveland Artist to Cover Hough Building With Plastic to Raise Environmental Awareness

    <a href="https://media2.clevescene.com/clevescene/imager/u/original/46591491/9.11.2024.webp" rel="contentImg_gal-46591245" title="Ron Shelton will affix plastic wafers, donated by the Cleveland Clinic, to the building in Hough – Courtesy Photo" data-caption="Ron Shelton will affix plastic wafers, donated by the Cleveland Clinic, to the building in Hough   Courtesy Photo” class=”uk-display-block uk-position-relative uk-visible-toggle”> click to enlarge Courtesy Photo Ron Shelton will affix plastic wafers, donated…

  • Eight Rockwall ISD visual arts students earn top honors at state competition

    Eight Rockwall ISD visual arts students earn top honors at state competition

    Rockwall, TX (May 9, 2025) – Eight Rockwall ISD high school students recently earned top honors at the 2025 State Visual Arts Scholastic Event (VASE), the largest student art competition in the nation, including the prestigious Gold Seal Award. Sponsored by the Texas Art Education Association (TAEA), VASE celebrates original student artwork and fosters creativity,…

  • ‘Boom: Art and Design in the 1940s’ celebrates innovation in hard times

    ‘Boom: Art and Design in the 1940s’ celebrates innovation in hard times

    How does pressure create beauty? This question lies at the heart of ‘Boom: Art and Design in the 1940s’, a major exhibition of design, painting, fashion and photography at the Philadelphia Museum of Art that celebrates how a spirit of innovation and resourcefulness flourished despite, and sometimes because of, extreme adversity. Drawn exclusively from the…

  • Art That Inspires Conversation On Display At Stove Works Gallery

    Art That Inspires Conversation On Display At Stove Works Gallery

    For Charlotte Caldwell, Founder and Director of Stove Works, buying the building at East 13th Street and South Holtzclaw in 2017 was a bit like kismet.  “My great-great grandfather started a company called Tennessee Stove Works back in the 1900s,” she said. The building she purchased was the site of their cast iron stove distribution…

  • Grant for Visual Arts Residencies in the PALOP

    Grant for Visual Arts Residencies in the PALOP

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