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ARTini’s Art Lounge: Creating more than paintings
A pair of feet brush across the electric blue floor of ARTini’s Art Lounge as paint is brushed upon a blank canvas. Surrounded by wooden easels atop paint-splattered tablecloths, Kate Cook prepares to create her newest work of art. Coffee mug in hand, she looks toward the wall filled with canvases she has created for…
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City Seeks Proposals for Cultural Public Art Grants
The City of Alameda has released a new Request for Proposals (RFP) for Cultural Arts and Arts Programming Grants. A total of $60,000 will be distributed across eight grants—four grants of $5,000 each and four grants of $10,000 each. Cultural arts or arts programming may include, but is not limited to: ODC/Dance performs at Island City…
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‘Cultivating Joy’ art exhibit brightened up Tempe’s Danelle Plaza
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February 2025 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists
Gigi Chen, “Murmurations” (2024) February 2025 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists January 31, 2025 Opportunities Colossal Share Pin Email Bookmark Arts Southeast’s ON::View Artist Residency ProgramFeaturedApplications are now open for the On::View Artist Residency Program in Savannah, Georgia. The residency supports artists working in all media. Selected artists gain access to a…
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Cincinnati Nominated for Best Street Art in the Country
You can’t walk a few blocks in downtown Cincinnati or Over-the-Rhine without seeing a beautiful work of street art. From the beloved Toy Heritage mural on Court Street and the Golden Muse near Washington Park to the Black Lives Matter mural painted along the road in front of City Hall, Cincinnati’s urban core is packed…
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SOPAC’s Arts in Education Programming Champions Diverse Perspectives and Uplifts Student Learning
From The South Orange Performing Arts Center: For more than a decade, the South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) has been at the heart of Arts in Education (AIE) programming across Essex County, positively affecting the lives of more than 8,000 students annually. In collaboration with local school districts, including South Orange-Maplewood, Orange, West Orange,…
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In Ink And Oil, An Artist’s Quiet Rebellion
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‘Cain’s Monkey’ by Julie Speed
Cain’s Monkey, a 60-by-40-inch gouache and collage created in 2022 by Marfa, Texas, artist Julie Speed, is part of Cain and Abel, an exhibition of Speed’s works running through February 19. Santa Fe Community College Visual Arts Gallery, 6401 Richards Avenue, 505-428-1501; sfnm.co/SFCCgallery — Brian Sandford
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Visual Arts Review: “Transcendence: A Century of Black Queer Ecstasy, 1924-2024”
Every Moment Counts (Ecstatic Antibodies) by Rotimi Fani Kayode (Images courtesy of Art Galleries at Black Studies) What kind of art are people allowed to make? More particularly, what kind of art are specific people allowed to make? For centuries, mainstream Black stories have been relegated to themes of suffering and pain. But what about…
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Mount Dora Arts Festival takes over the town for a 50th year this weekend
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