Works to reveal their connections
The public is invited to an opening reception of “Uncommon Objects” in the Dublin Arts Council’s gallery in Dublin, Ohio on Tuesday, June 17, 2014 beginning at 6:00 through…
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What’s going around show will tell
Opening Friday, August 1, 2014 at the Missoula Art Museum in Morris and Helen Silver Gallery in Missoula, Montana, “Ubiquitous: Paths of Pathogens” is an exhibition by Pam Caughey,…
Show reveals facts about the ‘caged’
This groundbreaking exhibit about the slaves and slaveholders, who worked and resided at a distinctive plantation in Tennessee is on view through Aug. 31, 2014 at the Tennessee State Museum in Nashville.…
SD: Sturgis
WHERE: Elkview Campground, Pleasant Valley Road, I-90 Exit 37. WHEN: Opens Friday, June 27 and runs through June 29, 2014. 34th Annual Black Hills Bluegrass Festival BRIEF ABOUT: Headlining the…
TX: Denton
National Contemporary Craft Competition and Exhibition BRIEF ABOUT: Started in 1987 and is now in its 28th year, this annual contemporary crafts competition and exhibition, “Materials: Hard and Soft” receives…
‘Moods’ to grace museum’s walls
Opening Friday, June 27, 2014 at the Frist Center for the Visual Art in Nashville, Tennessee, “Real/Surreal: Selections from the Whitney Museum of American Art” will focus on art…
ME: Portland
WHERE: Portland Museum of Art. WHEN: On view through September 7, 2014. Richard Estes’ Realism BRIEF ABOUT: This exhibition is the most comprehensive survey since 1991 of the paintings…
CA: San Luis Obispo
WHERE: Alex Madonna Expo Center. WHEN: Saturday, June 28 and Sunday, June 29, 2014. Seven Sister Quilt Show BRIEF ABOUT: If you are a quilt enthusiast or simply have an…
WA: Olympia
WHERE: On the Main stage at the Washington Center for the Performing Arts. WHEN: Saturday, June 14 at 7:30 pm. Sing Sinatra: Music of Ol’ Blue Eyes …
Art and Song to ‘ring’ at show
Opening Friday, June 6 and running through September 1, 2014 at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville, Tennessee, “Maira Kalman: The Elments of Style” will showcase…
MA: Revere
WHERE: Along Revere Beach outside of Boston. WHEN: July 18 through 20, 2014. 2014 Revere Beach National Sand Sculpting Festival BRIEF ABOUT: Returning for an 11th year, this event attracts…
Symphony ‘boasts’ of series
It is an annual summer tradition, one that embodies the Nashville Symphony’s mission of bringing outstanding music to audiences of every age and background throughout Middle Tennessee; will feature…
CA: Inglewood
WHERE: 1019 W. Manchester Blvd. (corner of Hindry). Editor’s note: 1019WEST is easily accessible to/from Santa Monica, Venice, Downtown, I-405, LAX, Loyola Marymount, and Otis College of Art and Design.…
Top student works chosen
The Peninsula Fine Arts Center in Newport News, Virginia recognized 13 high school students for artworks exhibited in “Prefaces 2014” at an awards reception recently. The annual show…
Champs honored by UW
“United Way and communities around the world wouldn’t be where we are today without the passion and partnership of these corporate leaders and their employees,” said Brian Gallagher, president and…
Gallery selects show bests
In a time in place where we forget our cultural and ethnic identities to fit into society, Lark Gallery Online brings us back to the essence of whom we are…
Big commission for hometown artist
Like most U.S. cities, Lima, Ohio, is in a state of transition these days. The bite of the recession and the growing pains from rapid technological development create a…
The Poetry of Hollywood
With all its glamour and that harmonic pulse that keeps Tinse town alive and even to this day, it still remains a mystery since its lofty beginning in 1870. Through…
Professor’s show on the circuit
A solo show by Phil Sugden, “Pages from the Manual on Dismantling God; Directions toward the Unfolding Present†goes on view in the Goshen College Art Gallery in Goshen, Indiana…
VA: Newport News
WHERE: Peninsula Fine Arts Center. WHEN: On view through April 14, 2014. Masterworks of American Impressionism BRIEF ABOUT: An intimate look at early 20th century American art colonies, features…
He captures the ‘souls’ of people
Uniting with Minneapolis-based Upstream Arts (www.upstreamarts.org) , New York photographer Dirk Anschütz (http://knipser.com/#/Info/About/1), on view through March 2, 2014 at the Bloomington Theatre and Art Center in Bloomington, Minnesota…
VA: Lorton
On view Saturday, February 15 through March 30, 2014 at the Workhouse Art Center in the McGuire Woods Gallery. Note: There will be an artist reception on Saturday, March 8…
Educator and ‘offsprings’ to unite in show
Going on view at the Rochester Contemporary Art Center, with an artists’ reception from 6:00-9:00 pm on Thursday, February 6, 2014 , this new exhibition, Makers & Mentors, celebrates the…
SD: Rapid City
WHERE: Dahl Arts Center in the Senator Stan Adelstein + Lynda K. Clark Gallery WHEN: Opens Friday, January 24, 2014 with an artist’s reception from 5:00-7:00 pm. In Denial of…
Hoosier has a new head poet
Born in Chicago and grew up in Cedar Lake, Indiana, in Lake County, George Kalamaras was selected as the new Indiana State Poet Laureate. Since 1990, he has been…
CA: Los Angeles
WHERE: Spirit Studio in Silverlake. WHEN: Saturdays: February 15, 22 and March 1, 2014 at 8:00 pm and Sundays: February 16 and 23 at 6:00 pm. Ecstasy For Everyone: A…
ME: Portland
WHERE: Portland Museum of Art. WHEN: Goes on view Thursday, January 30 through April 27, 2014. Fine Lines: American Drawings from the Brooklyn Museum BRIEF ABOUT: This exhibition presents 110…
Artist’s works to link historical events
Going on view at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville, Tennessee in the Gordon Contemporary Artists Project Gallery from Friday, January 31 through May 11, 2014, “Lain…
El Paso ‘icon’ to show works
Opening Sunday, January 26 at the El Paso Museum of Art and remaining on view through May 11, 2014, in the Woody and Gayle Hunt Family Gallery, this exhibit, “Gaspar…
TN: Nashville
WHERE: Frist Center for the Visual Arts WHEN: Friday, January 31, 2014 through May 11, 2014. TITLE: Looking East: Western Artists and the Allure of Japan BRIEF ABOUT: Premiering at…
OH: Dublin
WHERE: Dublin Arts Council. WHEN: Opens Tuesday, January 7 through February 21, 2014. Timeless Beauty: World Heritage Sites of Japan BRIEF ABOUT: A photography exhibition of 67 images of world…
MT: Missoula
WHERE: Missoula Art Museum. WHEN: Opens Monday, January 27 through May 11, 2014 Jill Brody: Hidden in Plain Sight This exhibit is a collection of photographs by Jill Brody,…
AL: Huntsville
WHERE: Huntsville Museum of Art. Opens Saturday, January 25 through May 18, 2014. Encounters: Rocío Rodríguez This long-running regional art showcase will continue with Atlanta artist Rocío Rodríguez’s signature…
FL: Miami
WHERE: Jewish Museum of Florida/Florida International University/FIU. WHEN: On view through Sunday, February 16, 2014. Graphic Details: Confessional Comics by Jewish Women BRIEF ABOUT: Jews have had an extensive contribution…
VA: Newport News
WHERE: Peninsula Fine Arts Center. WHEN: Opens Saturday, January 25 through April 20, 2014. Masterworks of American Impressionism BRIEF ABOUT: The exhibit will feature 55 pieces by well-known American Impressionists,…
Upcoming shows at MAG
Naruki Oshima (b. 1963), Reflections in a Scene of Two Plants (2004). inkjet print. Sunday, January 19-March 16, 2014 in the Grand Gallery. Redefining the Multiple: 13 Contemporary Japanese…
Zagotta taps Watson’s work the best
Still on view at the Anchorage Museum through Sunday, February 9, 2014, the 39th Annual Alaska Watercolor Society Juried Exhibition showcases the best work by Alaska’s watercolor painters. Formed in…
Stops only once in the USA
NM: Santa Fe WHERE: New Mexico Museum of Art. WHEN: On view through March 9, 2014. TITLE: Renaissance to Goya: Prints and Drawings from Spain BRIEF ABOUT: As the only…
Lecture series traces equality
In July 1917, suffragists incarcerated at Northern Virginia’s Occoquan Workhouse initiated what became the final push toward women’s voting rights. The Workhouse Prison Museum’s five public lectures, “American Women: The…
VA: Lorton
WHERE: Workhouse Arts Center TITLE: “Drink This!” Workhouse International Ceramic Cup Show WHEN: On view Wednesday, January 8, through Sunday, February 2, 2014. BRIEF ABOUT: An exhibition of 71 works,…
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Prof’s works on view in U.P.
MI: Marquette WHERE: City of Marquette Arts and Cultural Center. Note: MACC is located in the lower level of the Peter White Public Library. WHEN: Through December 21, 2013. Note:…
Holcomb: ‘Timing is right…’
After an eventful year-long celebration of the Gallery’s 100th anniversary and the successful opening of Centennial Sculpture Park, the timing was right for him, the Mary W. and Donald R.…
Pottery works show sense of place
OH: Dublin WHERE: Dublin Arts Council WHEN: On view Tuesday, November 19 through Dec. 20, 2013. Note: An artist’s reception on opening is from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. TITLE: Masayuki…
D.C. Washington
WHERE: Connersmith WHEN: On view Saturday, November 9, 2013 through January 18, 2014. The Works: recent painting, sculpture, video BRIEF ABOUT: Artworks by Julie Roberts, Koen Vanmechelen, Leo Villareal, Erik…
Wells’ collection spans decades
ME: Portland WHERE: Portland Museum of Art. WHEN: Goes on view Saturday, December 21, 2013 through February 23, 2014. TITLE: American Vision: Photographs from the Collection of Owen and Anna…
Cloar’s ‘memories’ have global appeal
GA: Athens WHERE: Georgia Museum of Art. WHEN: Through January 5, 2014. TITLE: The Crossroads of Memory: Carroll Cloar and the American South BRIEF ABOUT: This exhibition features works by…
State’s artists are linked by ‘pine trees’
ME: Portland WHERE: Portland Museum of Art. WHEN: through January 5, 2014 TITLE: 2013 Portland Museum of Art Biennial: Piece Work Work by Jason Rogenes. The Biennial features more…
VA artists showing their ‘naturals’
VA: Newport News WHERE: Peninsula Fine Arts Center WHEN: On view through January 12, 2014. TITLE: Nature Revealed BRIEF ABOUT: New perspectives on nature are shown in works by Virginia…
Singer always brings Patsy to life
TN: Nashville WHERE: Schermerhorn Symphony Center. WHEN: Opens Thursday, November 14 at 7:00 pm and continues on Friday, November 15 at 8:00 pm and Saturday, November 16 at 8:00…