Art center puts artists on call
Winds of Change: Art Exhibit Call-for-Entry The wind can be exhilarating. It can also be challenging and so can change. The Wassenberg Art Center in Van Wert, Ohio is challenging…
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SPS to be celebrated
The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia will present the exhibition “Frank Hartley Anderson: Forging the Southern Printmakers Society” from Saturday, March 26 to June 19,…
Diaz new Warhol ‘acquisition’
Taking the reins on May 16, former curator of exhibitions at the Bass Museum of Art in Miami Beach, Florida, José Carlos Diaz becomes the Andy Warhol Museum, located in…
Homer and Wyeth works bought
The Portland Museum of Art in Portland, Maine recently acquired new works by Winslow Homer, “An Open Window” and “River Cove” by Andrew Wyeth. “An Open Window” is one…
Legendary jazz guitarist on the list
Born in Indianapolis, Wes Montgomery is (posthumously) among the recipients selected for the Indiana Governor’s Arts Awards. Montgomery’s unique style of playing has inspired countless guitar players from Grant…
Art proposals sought
BLOOMINGTON, MN – Emerging and established artists and artist groups residing in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and Wisconsin who are 18 years or older are invited to…
Comic creator recipient of Arts Award
Cartoonist and entrepreneur Jim Davis is among recipients selected for the Indiana Governor’s Arts Awards. Born in Marion, Indiana and raised on a Black Angus cow farm with his family…
Italian region chosen for ‘Murphy U’
Art is not limited to drawing, painting and sculpture. While the visual means summon a host of feelings, let us not forget those films and accompanying sounds that keep us…
Found materials creates art
Opening on Friday, February 19 and on view until May 21, 2016 located in the Sen. Stan Adelstein & Lynda K. Clark Gallery at the Dahl Arts Center in…
Ligare show on Georgia’s mind
As the winter starts to seem long and cold, even in Georgia, opening on Saturday, February 13 at the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia, visitors…
Living show to ‘bloom’
Set to opening on Friday, February 19, 2016 at the Indianapolis Museum of Art in the Madeline F. Elder Greenhouse, “Color Me Orchid” exhibition is noted to be a…
Saleri show to open at Fresno State
Opening Saturday, February 6, 2016 at the Henry Madden Library in the Leon S. Peters Ellipse Gallery and Pete P. Peters Balcony gallery at Fresno State, will be a…
Show to reveal its ‘roughness’
Opening at the Anchorage Museum on Friday, February 5, 2016, “Stick and Puck” is a solo exhibition of work by artist Michael Conti. The exhibit will examine hockey from…
Big Apple leaders to talk
At 7:00 pm on Thursday, February 4, 2016, the Johnson Collection (www.thejohnsoncollection.org) presents the third installment of “Voices in American Art” at the Chapman Cultural Center Theater in…
SD: Rapid City
WHERE: Dahl Arts Center in the Ruth Brennan Gallery. WHEN: Through April 30, 2016. Evolution: A Retrospective BRIEF ABOUT: This survey exhibit spans the past thirty years of…
A journey into spaces and places
Opening at the Springville Museum of Art on Wednesday, January 13, 2016, “Here, There, and Everywhere” will examine how spaces become places; thusly, locations invested with meaning. Works of…
A show of porcelain works
Opening Saturday, January 2016, a new exhibition, “Miniature World in White Gold: Meissen Porcelain by Johann Joachim Kaendler” will explore the important career of this innovative porcelain modeler at the…
A show of ‘it’s me’
On view in the Blank One Gallery through April 24, 2016 at the Des Moines Art Center, “Selfie: Self Portraits From the Permanent Collection” considers both well-known and little seen…
CA: San Francisco
WHERE: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. WHEN: Performances on Friday, January 22, 2016 at 8:00 pm and Saturday, 23rd at 8:00 pm. The Odyssey–from Vietnam to America BRIEF ABOUT:…
The hills of Nashville to ring
Taking place at 7:00 pm on Sunday, January 17, at Schermerhorn Symphony Center, the program, “Let Freedom Sing” becomes the Nashville Symphony’s 23rd annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day concert,…
Half century feast of fashions
Opening in the Grand Gallery on Sunday, January 31,“Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair” and remaining on view through April 24, 2016 at the Memorial Art Gallery in…
Kailukiak takes ‘Budney Choice’
Going on view February 5 through April 10, 2016 at the Anchorage Museum, “All Alaska Biennial†celebrates the contemporary work of Alaska artists with works that explore the North, its…
Guild chooses new director
Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg, South Carolina has Caitlin Boice as its new Executive Director, who has been working as the Interim Director since June 2014. “Caitlin’s work ethic…
Show focuses on Needleworks
On view through February 28, 2016 at the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia, “Georgia’s Girlhood Embroidery: ‘Crowned with Glory and Immortality’” focuses on ornamental needlework created…
Passionate, fiery, sensual, intense show
“Flamenco: From Spain to New Mexico” is on view at the Museum of International Folk Art through September 11, 2016, showing more than 150 objects which not only celebrates,…
NM: Santa Fe
WHERE: New Mexico Museum of Art. WHEN: On view through February 21, 2016 in conjunction with O’Keeffe in Process exhibit. An American Modernism This exhibit explores the quest by…
Renovated art facility tall again
The Glass Wheel Studio, which recently held its official Grand Opening, is featuring in their first exhibition through January 17, 2016, works by glass artist Jon Goldberg, mixed-media artist Natalie…
NY: Rochester
WHERE: Memorial Art Gallery. WHEN: Through January 24, 2016. Une Une Danse des Bouffons (A Jester’s Dance) The silent, black-and-white video work by Canadian artist Marcel Dzama, which is repeated…
SD: Rapid City
WHERE: Rapid City Arts Council. WHEN: Submissions Deadline: Sunday, February 21, 2016 at Midnight. The Zine Project BRIEF ABOUT: Submissions are sought for the Zine, an independent arts and culture…
Homegrown: What’s it all about
On view through September 11, 2016, “Our Story” is an exhibition at the Anchorage Museum featuring work by Alaska native artists who blend traditional and contemporary techniques to explore…
Indy museum has ‘false’ ceiling
WHERE: Indianapolis Museum of Art. WHEN: Through June 5, 2016. Richard Wentworth: False Ceiling—Indianapolis This large-scale work by Wentworth is the most ambitious installation to date and…
Works show freedom in ones
Opening Friday, November 6, 2015 and remaining on view through March 27, 2016 at the Jewish Museum in New York City, “Unorthodox” is a large-scale group exhibition of…
Fall show has no art style limits
Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg, Carolina opened with its Fall Members Show on view through November 27, 2015. An opening reception will be held Thursday, November 19 from 6:00-8:00 pm,…
Works talk visually
Nashville is also noted for its love of storytelling in words, images and voices. For years, the city has been home to major publishing houses, printing presses, nationally recognized writing…
Collaboration connects to Carol’s art
Opening Friday, November 6, 2015 at ArtSpace in Lima, Ohio is an exhibit, “Furnishing the Suite” that will explore of the secret life of furnishings: Where did they come…
CT: Hartford
WHERE: Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. WHEN: On view through January 24, 2016. “Warhol & Mapplethorpe: Guise & Dolls” BRIEF ABOUT: First major exhibition to pair the work of artists…
Bay Area composer a first
As its first Composer Lab & Workshop Fellow, the Nashville Symphony named Gabriella Smith to return several times next year to work with music director Giancarlo Guerrero and the orchestra.…
Bourgeois’s works: A visual celebration
In the West Building of the National Gallery of Art, this exhibition entitled, “Louise Bourgeois: No Exit” is made up of evocative drawings, prints and sculptures by Bourgeois, goes on…
Big art awards given
Düsseldorf-born German artists Mischa Kuball and Günther Uecker are the recipients of major art awards recently. The ceremony will be held in January at the Art Museum Celle, which houses…
SC: Spartanburg
This year’s juror John Nolan, curator of the Bob Jones Museum, selected winners of the Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg’s 42nd Annual Juried Exhibition: Best in Show: “Rooted”…
NM: Santa Fe
WHERE: Museum of Indian Arts and Culture. WHEN: Opens October 25, 2015 and runs through May 2017. Oblique Views: Archaeology, Photography, and Time During 2007 and 2008, flying…
IA: Des Moines
WHERE: Des Moines Art Center. WHEN: On view through January 17, 2016 in the John Brady Print Gallery. East and Beyond: Helen Frankenthaler and Her Contemporaries In celebration of…
MI: Detroit
WHERE: Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit/MOCAD. WHEN: On view October 16, 2015 through January 3, 2016. Dor Guez: The Sick Man of Europe: The Architect Artist Dor Guez focuses on…
AK: Anchorage
WHERE: Anchorage Museum. WHEN: On view through January 10, 2016. Van Gogh Alive – The Experience Grande Exhibitions’ State-of-the-art SENSORY4™ multimedia technology combines with a tailored exhibition space on the…
TN: Nashville
WHERE: Frist Center for the Visual Arts. WHEN: October 30, 2015 through January 6, 2016. Michelangelo: Sacred and Profane, Masterpiece Drawings from the Casa Buonarroti This exhibition offers…
France: Paris
WHEN: October 27, 2015 – January 31, 2016 SEPIK: Arts from Papua New Guinea The first exhibition in France to be devoted to the arts of the peoples of the…
Germany: Düsseldorf
WHERE: K21 Ständehaus. WHEN: On view through January 24, 2016. The Problem of God BRIEF ABOUT: Christian iconography is omnipresent in our collective memory, and many contemporary artists incorporate…
Deputy Director’s desk filled
Miah Michaelsen of Bloomington, Indiana has become the next Indiana Arts Commission agency’s deputy director. “We are so thrilled to have Miah join the staff of the Arts Commission,” said…
CA: Long Beach
The Long Beach Museum of Art has acquired a substantial Gail Factor painting for their permanent collection. Factor’s “Salmon Stripe” was completed in the artist’s California decades. About…
They ‘raised’ him up
Promoted to Associate Conductor, Vinay Parameswaran said, “It is an incredible honor to be a part of the Nashville Symphony, and I am excited for the next three years as…