Local artists will be showcasing their creative work once again when the Montgomery Arts Council’s annual Return to Art visual arts exhibition returns this weekend. Artists are not only displaying their work. They will also be selling their different mediums over the course of three days beginning with ticketed reception on Oct. 27 from 6-9…

Larry Shapin and Ladonna Nicolas are more than just the founders of the SNAP foundation, a 501(c)(3) that supports visual arts professionals in Kentucky. They are avid art collectors themselves and have more than 1,000 works of art displayed in their home. “(The house) was built in 1970, (and) I bought it in ‘75,” Shapin…

HOME OF THE WEEK Matt Stone/Courier Journal Matt Stone/Courier Journal One of Larry Shapin and Ladonna Nicolas’ additions is a modern-looking two-story gallery that is filled with art work. The building itself also can be considered a work of art. Matt Stone/Louisville Courier Journal The kitchen of Larry Shapin and Ladonna Nicolas’ home was inspired…

For three and a half weeks this past summer, photographer Darryl Baird was the artist-in-residence at Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area (YHONA) — an opportunity made possible in part by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, the Friends of Yaquina Head Lighthouse, and the Oregon Coast Council for the Arts. The photographs Baird captured during…

Birmingham, Ala. — Alabama’s award-winning arts and sciences school, the Alabama School of Fine Arts (ASFA), will open its doors to prospective students and families on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. ASFA is Alabama’s only public state-funded arts and sciences middle and high school for talented students that draws students from across the state. ASFA provides…

KINGSTON, R.I. — Resilience, the capacity to withstand from any difficulty, is a powerful word that can invoke a multitude of raw emotions. In the current South County Art Association All Media Open Juried III exhibition, patrons are given a special insight into the artists’ emotional thought process on how their personal interpretation of the…

The Visual Arts Centre of Clarington (VAC) is pleased to announce our final exhibition for the 2023 season. We present Spoiled Milk, a solo exhibition featuring new work from the video, digital, and performance artist Rah Eleh.  Milk—or our existence in proximity with milk—presupposes a lexicon of aphoristic language that applies to many situations: to…

Stonecroft Foundation Visiting Artist Lecture: “Maria Hupfield on Maria Hupfield”November 2, 2023, 6pm National Gallery of Canada 380 Sussex Dr Ottawa ON K1N 9N4Canada Eighth annual Stonecroft Foundation Visiting Artist Lecture: “Maria Hupfield on Maria Hupfield”. Event in-person and online via Zoom livestream. The Department of Visual Arts at the University of Ottawa, in collaboration…

<a href="https://media1.illinoistimes.com/illinoistimes/imager/u/original/17586340/bos05.jpg" rel="contentImg_gal-17586341" title="Photo by Zach Adams, 1221 Photography." data-caption="   Photo by Zach Adams, 1221 Photography.” class=”uk-display-block uk-position-relative uk-visible-toggle”> click to enlarge Photo by Zach Adams, 1221 Photography. Best PhotographerBest Visual Artist Zach Adams has been interested in photography since he was introduced to it by his high school art teacher. Adams has been working…

While conducting research on subjects ranging from salt marshes to plant-soil relationships, Artist Heather McMordie was inspired to push the boundaries of herbarium collections and explore intimate narratives about people’s relationships with plants. This past spring, McMordie, who is also an adjunct lecturer in visual arts, set out to turn her idea into reality by…