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A New Report Shows How Artists in the UK Are Earning 40% Less Compared to 2010 and Gender Pay Gap Disparity
A new report released by the University of Glasgow highlights the economic plight of artists in the UK and the pay disparities across demographics. Titled the “UK Visual Artists’ Earnings and Contracts Report 2024,” it shows that the average income for artists in the UK is the equivalent of just $15,600, which marks an almost…
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EAC Rings in the Season with Holiday Art Gifts Event
The Emporia Arts Center has officially opened its doors for the holiday season, inviting the community to explore its highly anticipated annual Holiday Art Gifts event. Until Dec. 21st, the Trusler Gallery and Glaser Art & Gift Store, located at 815 Commercial Street, are brimming with unique and meaningful creations from over 75 local and…
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Rochester Natives Donate to Museum
WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) The Gibbes Museum of Art, a beacon in the American South since its establishment in 1858, announces the gift of $500,000 from Christina and Robert Brinkman in honor of one of the Museum’s headline exhibition spaces. The Christina and Robert Brinkman Gallery encompasses 1,600 square feet and hosts a variety of…
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Soviet socialist realist art is found in the Asia-Pacific region too. Here are ten classics to look out for
Joseph Stalin was no great lover of the arts, unlike other Communist leaders, but he recognised their power to stir his people’s souls in the pursuit of his political goals. Stalin and the writer Maxim Gorky are both credited with defining, in 1934, the new style that would encourage this. Socialist Realism: art socialist in…
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McLeod Writing Prize recognizes first-year student research
The College Writing Program recently celebrated the 2024 winners and finalists of the James E. McLeod First-Year Writing Prize. The 2024 McLeod Writing Prize finalists and College Writing Program staff pose with Clara McLeod (fifth from left). (Photo: Arts & Sciences) The award, given to one student in Arts & Sciences and one student in…
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City unveils two new sculptures in Columbia Arts District
The city unveiled two new sculptures this month along South Garden Street in Columbia Arts District, taking another step in its goal to create a visual gateway that promotes local art. The two sculptures, titled “Carbon Mic” and “Wonderment,” were created by local artists Kevin Hale and Joseph Hazelwood. They will join fellow artists Whitney…
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RWC art show features 300 works by LES students
“Tree in Snow,” by second grader Waverly Wolfe Lancaster Elementary School (LES) visual arts teacher Marilyn Sprouse has proudly curated student artwork for Rappahannock Westminster-Canterbury’s December show for a quarter century. And she’s just as enthusiastic as she was for that first show in 1999. “This show is a good one!” she said. “I am…
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UBCO launches personal enrichment courses in art history
UBCO is offering a new continuing and professional education series for the public that is designed to help people decipher the rich history behind Western Europe’s art in the Romanesque Era. Creative Commons image, courtesy Cascoly (via Canva). Art has prominently been in the news lately—from a banana taped to a wall to a newly…
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Chicago’s Eccentrics and Masters: A Review of “The Way I See It” at The Drawing Center, New York
Adolf Wolfli, “Blatt aus Heft no. 13,” c. 1916, graphice and colored pencil on paper, 39″ x 28″/Photo: The Drawing Center, New York It can be unnerving to see the work of my beloved Chicago Imagists far outside of Chicago. Maybe it’s because their paintings just aren’t the same when you’re not primed by that…
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6 Visual Books for Your Favorite Art Lover
The season’s best art books offer explorations of motherhood, queer identity, and the beauty of community. By Allison Schaller November 26, 2024 L-R: Courtesy of the Mel Odom / Apartamento Publishing; Courtesy of Marcelo Gutierrez; Courtesy of Anne Rearick / Deadbeat Books. As fall brings a chill to northern climes, the publishing world heats up…