Category: Visual Arts

  • Ruppert-Stroescu to speak for TEDx St. Louis Women Oct. 27 – The Source – Washington University in St. Louis

    Ruppert-Stroescu to speak for TEDx St. Louis Women Oct. 27 – The Source – Washington University in St. Louis

    Ruppert-Stroescu Mary Ruppert-Stroescu, an associate professor and coordinator of the Fashion Design program at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis, will discuss the current state of sustainable fashion as part of TEDx St. Louis Women: Two Steps Forward. An authority on how technology shapes fashion innovation,…

  • Art Gallery Emerges from Obscurity in Rittenhouse Square

    Art Gallery Emerges from Obscurity in Rittenhouse Square

    The ornate entrance to The Barclay, a former Jazz Age hotel converted into condominiums, in Rittenhouse Square. | Photo: Michael Bixler Few buildings are as intimidating to enter as The Barclay at 237 S. 18th Street, which explains why most people have no idea that the gallery of the Center for Emerging Visual Artists (CFEVA)…

  • Tempest: Poetry, Music and Art for a Regenerative Earth

    Tempest: Poetry, Music and Art for a Regenerative Earth

    Ohio Wesleyan University is hosting a free daylong environment and art symposium titled “Tempest: Poetry, Music and Art for a Regenerative Earth.” The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, in the Benes Rooms inside Ohio Wesleyan’s Hamilton-Williams Campus Center, 40 Rowland Ave., Delaware. Attendees are invited to attend…

  • Local businesses highlight employee art at 50th annual CNY Arts’ On My Own Time

    Local businesses highlight employee art at 50th annual CNY Arts’ On My Own Time

    This year marks the 50th anniversary of On My Own Time, a creative showcase produced by CNY Arts. In cooperation with the Everson Museum of Art, On My Own Time offers a unique forum for avocational artists to display their original visual artwork. Each artist is a member of the local workforce, and businesses are…

  • First-Ever Locally Grown Festival Brings Wide Range of Artists to Baltimore Center Stage

    First-Ever Locally Grown Festival Brings Wide Range of Artists to Baltimore Center Stage

    —Courtesy of Baltimore Center Stage When it comes to arts festivals, Charm City has really been upping its game—hosting public celebrations of art in all its forms. Of course, we have established events like the CityLit Festival for bibliophiles and the Maryland Film Festival (which is returning in 2024) for cinephiles. But in the past…

  • Not just St Ives: Redruth festival will shine light on vibrant Cornish arts scene

    Not just St Ives: Redruth festival will shine light on vibrant Cornish arts scene

    In the 18th and 19th centuries, copper mining turned Redruth into a wealthy, bustling hub. But in more recent times the Cornish town has suffered the trials and tribulations of post-industrial decline. A new visual arts festival taking place this weekend, called Flamm (Cornish for flame), will focus attention on how the town is being…

  • Art on the Prairie invites community members to help paint a mural on Oct. 21

    Art on the Prairie invites community members to help paint a mural on Oct. 21

    Local residents will get the chance to pick up a paint brush and make their mark on a new mural this Saturday. Art on the Prairie commissioned artists Jimmy Navarro and Katie Jensen to create a mural in Perry’s downtown. The mural will stretch 75 feet wide and will be installed above Raccoon Valley Bank.…

  • Artville Makes Our World a Little Brighter

    Known as a wonderfully art-centric neighborhood, Wedgewood Houston and Chestnut Hill became a blank canvas for dozens of artists during Artville. The visionary event took place between September 29 – October 1. This annual visual arts festival founded by Samantha Saturn is a true celebration of Nashville’s creative culture and community. Embarking on the outdoor…

  • Central Florida art listings: Oct. 20-26

    Central Florida art listings: Oct. 20-26

    “American Arts and Crafts Movement”: This exhibition focuses on the variety of materials created within the arts and crafts genre that helped create uniform and warm environments. 9:30 a.m.; Oct. 20-22, Oct. 24-26; The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, 445 N. Park Ave. in Winter Park; $1-$6; 407-645-5311; morsemuseum.org “Common Threads”: The exhibit considers…

  • Liberal Arts students soak in Irish literature and art while studying abroad

    Liberal Arts students soak in Irish literature and art while studying abroad

    UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Over the summer, 17 Penn State students participated in the “Traveling Ireland: Representing the Irish Landscape, Literature and Visual Arts” faculty-led study abroad program. Throughout the program, the students had the opportunity to travel to various parts of Ireland, including Galway and the Burren region of Country Clare, while immersing themselves in the…