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Shawnya L. Harris became the first Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Curator of African American and African Diasporic Art recently for the Georgia Museum of Art at the University…
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New leader chosen for Museum
Gary Stoppelman has been named the Museum’s Deputy Director for Marketing and External Affairs of the Indianapolis Museum of Art. “Having worked at three of the world’s most prominent museums,…
NY: New York City
WHERE: Catherine Ahnell Gallery. WHEN: On view through October 11, 2015. Assumption BRIEF ABOUT: First solo presentation in New York and features new paintings that explore the parallels that can…
SC: Spartanburg
WHERE: West Main Artists Co-Op. WHEN: Through October 1, 2015. Note: The opening reception and awards ceremony will be on Friday, September 18 from 6:00-9:00 pm. 42nd Annual Juried Show…
KY: Prestonsburg
WHERE: Mountain Arts Center. WHEN: Saturday, October 24, 2015 at 7:00 pm. Bluegrass Extravaganza BRIEF ABOUT: Featuring Nathan Stanley/ http://www.nathanstanleymusic.com/index.html with the Clinch Mountain Boys and Russell Moore & IIIrd…
NY: Rochester
WHERE: Memorial Art Gallery grounds. WHEN: Saturday, September 12 and Sunday 13, 2015. M&T Bank Clothesline Festival BRIEF ABOUT: Original work by 400+ artists from across New York State,…
Exhibit mirrors artists’ worlds
In the Inez Greenberg Gallery at the Artistry in the Bloomington Center for the Arts in Bloomington, Minnesota, on view through October 9, 2015, “It’s Personal” is an exhibition with…
Works on view span artist’s career
On view at the Georgia Museum of Art in Athens, “Ralph Chessé” (1900–1991) was an multifaceted artist: painter, sculptor and puppeteer who spent time in New Orleans, Europe and San…
SD: Rapid City
Through October 23, 2015, the South Dakota College Art Association Faculty Exhibition is on view in the Sen. Stan Adelstein & Lynda K. Clark Gallery, located in the Dahl…
Conference to highlight poet’s life
Poet Sonia Sanchez will return to the September 11-12, 2015 Kentucky Women Writers Conference in Lexington, Kentucky, on the 10th anniversary of the founding of the conference series named for…
8 decision-makers chosen
Newly elected Trustees to the Arts Partnership of Greater Spartanburg, South Carolina for the fiscal year 2015-2016 are: Winston Wingo, Jeffrey Barker, PhD, Ethan Burroughs, Kenneth Cribb, Dr. Sidney…
Artist 1st solo in the Motor City
Opening Friday, September 18, 2015, this multi-year research program is one of the most ambitious undertakings to date for the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit/MOCAD. Detroit City is comprised of…
Fraser: ‘…to be a great show’
The Lorton, Virginia Workhouse Arts Center is beaming with shouts of pride as it moves closer to its inaugural 2015 Workhouse Fall Arts Festival set to include over 100…
New works to be hung
Selections From the Permanent Collection | Jeff Freeman and Signe Stuart goes on view Friday, August 14 through October 10, 2015, in the Ruth Brennan Gallery at the Dahl…
Ioannides to pass baton
At the helm for 12 seasons, Music Director and Conductor of Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Sarah Ioannides will be passing the baton to her new successor at the end of…
Indy to ‘rock’ with Booth
On Friday, September 4, 2015 from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm at the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown, Actor, business owner, entrepreneur, author and renowned teaching artist Eric Booth will be our…
Meacham and Gilliam on the ‘marquee’
Historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “American Lion” and “Franklin and Winston” as well as the former editor of Newsweek magazine, Jon Meacham will headline the Martin School of Public…
Artist chosen to craft Bicentennial Medal
Nearly 100 design concepts from 50 artists across the state were submitted for consideration by the Bicentennial Medal Jurors and chosen was Donna Weaver of Vevay, Indiana to create the…
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WHERE: Memorial Art Gallery. WHEN: Through September 13, 2015 in the Grand Gallery. 65th Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition BRIEF ABOUT: Rochester’s oldest and longest-running juried exhibition once again showcases works…
CA: San Francisco
WHERE: Throughout the Bay Area. WHEN: October 2-10, 2015. Asia Week San Francisco Bay Area BRIEF ABOUT: West Coast’s first, major region wide event celebrating Asian art, involving 17…
Symphony picks new CFO
A certified public accountant in the state of Tennessee, Marye Walker Lewis began her career as an auditor at Arthur Andersen. After an extensive nationwide search by the Nashville Symphony,…
IL: Chicago
WHERE: Moonlight Studios (1446 West Kinzie Street) WHEN: Sunday, September 6, 2015 from 6:00-10:00 pm. Fashion Loves Art BRIEF ABOUT: Hosted by SAStyle Studio founder, Stephanie Alexis White, the goal…
Creator’s genetic code raises ?s
Opening September 5, 2015 at Iowa’s Des Moines Art Center in the Anna K. Meredith Gallery, Laurel Nakadate: Strangers and Relations, focuses on an unfolding body of work by the…
University seeks ‘possible people’
Since its inception in 1990 and still one of University of Kentucky’s most prestigious awards, the Libraries Medallion for Intellectual Achievement, nominations are now sought for the 2016 through Friday,…
SC: Spartanburg
WHERE: Chapman Cultural Center WHEN: Saturday, September 5, 2015, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm., on North Liberty Street. 1Spark! BRIEF ABOUT: A free public festival tapped as “where creativity and…
CA: San Francisco
WHERE: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in the Upstairs Gallery. WHEN: Opening Reception on Friday, August 14 at 6:00 pm. Won Ju Lim: Raycraft Is Dead BRIEF…
IMA appoints 8 new leaders
The Indianapolis Museum of Art elected eight new members to its Board of Governors at its recent 131st annual meeting. They are: Â Â Â Â David Barrett is president and CEO of…
Best in Show in summer exhibition
At the Women’s City Club of Pasadena, located at 160 North Oakland Avenue in Pasadena, California, the California Art League summer exhibition, “My Favorite Subject” opens on Saturday, June…
Dual sites to show artist’s works
Sculptures by internationally renowned Spanish artist Jaume Plensa will be on view concurrently at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville, Tennessee from Friday, June 5 to September…
OH: Chillicothe
WHERE: Pump House Center for the Arts at 1 Enderlin Circle. WHEN: Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 7:00 pm through June 27, 2015 at 8:00 pm. Ohio Watercolor Society’s 37th…
Sack’s Cartoonival show to open
An exhibition in the Inez Greenberg Gallery at the Bloomington Theatre and Art Center in Bloomington, Minnesota will feature the work of Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Steve Sack. Sponsored…
Peg Sagen People’s Choice Award
The Peg Sagen People’s Choice Award for the Dahl Mountain Photo Exhibit & Competition went to Rapid City photographer Erica Harvey for “The Fiery Heavens Above” (Jenny Lake, Grand…
Artist is in the spotlight
Carolina artist Edwin (Eddie) H. Weaver, Jr., who has been an artist and a glassblower for 42 years, is June’s artist of the month at Carolina Foothills Artisan Center in…
Art Scholarships goes to local students
Two South Carolina high school students, Kaleb Michael Dill of Landrum and Thaddeus John Troxell of Boiling Springs have been awarded $1,000 by the Mary Wheeler Davis Memorial Fund for…
Summer bouquet show in bloom
By Chevalier Tony Clark, Judge and Curator As our nation recovers from all the waters of winter, the warmth of the summer sun is most welcome. This exhibition, “Solar Spectrum”…
Works by local icon set to view
Gay Block, a longtime Santa Fe resident has had her photography is internationally recognized for its fearless exploration of personal identity issues: gender, class, religion, family relationships and sexual orientation.…
Stop in the name of Tranquility
In a time of terror and global threats, one has to retreat inwardly for our own sanity and security. Gandhi and Buddha taught that war was never a solution. Fortunately,…
‘Roses in bloom’
On view through April 2015 at Chapman Cultural Center in Spartanburg, South Carolina, watercolors by Dwight Rose are featured by the Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg. His exhibit, “Influences from the…
Bender-Vogel show set to open
The exhibition, “Marjorie Bender and Barbara Vogel: Family and Friends” of photos, collage, acrylic, mixed media and clay will be on view in the Dublin Arts Council gallery at…
Book Illustration spring highlight
The Peninsula Fine Arts Center in Newport News, Virginia will showcase the art of children’s book illustration, “The Original Art” going on view from Saturday, April 4 through June 28,…
CA: San Francisco
WHERE: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. WHEN: Sunday, April 12, 2:00-4:00 pm. Jazz@YBCA BRIEF ABOUT: A whole family affair for an afternoon of playing early American roots music through…
Russian Farces to take centerstage
Spartanburg Little Theatre artist-in-residence Anna Abhau Elliott will direct local theatre artists in Borscht Belt: Four Farces by Anton Chekhov, a collection of four short plays at Chapman Cultural Center’s…
Curb Concerto Competition winners
The Nashville Symphony has chosen the winners of the 2015 Curb Concerto Competition, one of Tennessee’s most prestigious student competitions, which annually showcases gifted music students between the ages of…
CA: Los Angeles
WHEN: Submission deadline is April 15, 2015. Art-Lab in Civitella, Italy LarkGallery has an opportunity to send 15-20 artists to an Art Lab and two weeks’ residency in…
Art on aluminum
German artist Frank Krüger, who has been living in Mallorca since the 1990s has recently begun painting in oil on 3mm aluminum. His noted bull paintings as well as the…
OH: Columbus
WHERE: Wexner Center for the Arts in the Mershon Auditorium. WHEN: April 23 through 26, 2015 the theater is a blank page This world premiere production is the…
Show exposes self to unknowns
Opening Saturday, April 4, 2015, “To Whom It May Concern” at the Bass & Reiner Gallery in San Francisco, California, the exhibit will feature works by Alyssa Block, Jon Gourley,…
PA: Philadelphia
WHERE: National Museum of American Jewish History WHEN: Opens Wednesday, April 1, 2015. Richard Avedon: Family Affairs BRIEF ABOUT: Avedon’s striking fashion photography and minimalist, emotion-filled portraiture broke boundaries and,…
Show of masterworks set to open
An invitational art exhibition, “The Power of Place” opens Friday, May 15, 2015 at the Santa Fe Botanical Garden, featuring works by New Mexico’s most celebrated sculptors, such as Kevin…
Show to dazzle viewers
Opening April 1, 2015 at the Lilly House, the historic mansion which is the cornerstone of the 52-acre Oldfields Estate of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, the exhibit, “Tiffany, Gorham,…