OH: Columbus
WHERE: At the downtown Riverfront. WHEN: Friday, June 7, Saturday, 8 and Sunday 9, 2013. TITLE: 2013 Columbus Arts Festival BRIEF ABOUT: From its humble beginning as…
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SD: Rapid City
WHERE: Dahl Arts Center. TITLE: Peg Sagen People’s Choice Award BRIEF ABOUT: “Barnwood Perspective” by Deadwood photographer Robert Fisher took the Peg Sagen People’s Choice Award during the…
GA: Athens
WHERE: Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia. WHEN: On view through June 30, 2013. TITLE: Cityscapes by Ben Aronson BRIEF ABOUT: 18 works by Aronson (b.1958)…
Connolly’s artists chosen
More than 200 high school students, their parents, and their teachers were at the Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton, Virginia recently to hear Congressman Gerry E. Connolly and judges from…
NC: Raleigh
WHERE: CAM Raleigh. WHEN: On view through September 1, 2013. TITLE: Melanie Schiff: The stars are not wanted now BRIEF ABOUT: Selected photographs from 2006 through 2012, is the largest…
Monhegan is a beacon for artists
Monhegan, a rough, rock-armored forested island rising out of the sea ten miles or so off the coast of Maine, is only a mile wide and two miles long. …
ME: Portland
WHERE: Portland Museum of Art. WHEN: On view through September 8, 2013. TITLE: The William S. Paley Collection: A Taste for Modernism BRIEF ABOUT: This exhibition offers a master class in…
The Light from Within
Todd Williamson has brought illumination into his spectrum of painting.  His current exhibition, “Unpolarized Light†which is on view through May 25, 2013 at the George Billis Gallery LA, says…
GA: Athens
WHERE: Georgia Museum of Art. WHEN: Opens Saturday, June 1 and on view through September 14, 2013. TITLE: Fashion Independent: The Original Style of Ann Bonfoey Taylor BRIEF ABOUT: The…
DC: Washington
WHERE: Connersmith WHEN: Opens Saturday, May 4 and runs through June 29, 2013. Note: There will be an Artist Talk at 5:00 pm and the reception is from 6:00-8:00 pm.…
Twelve art marketing tips
Marketing for artists isn’t all that different from any other kind of marketing. You’re simply promoting a product and, along with it, yourself. However, most artists find it hard…
NY: Kingston
WHEN: Deadline for Submissions: May 17, 2013. BRIEF ABOUT: Call for Entries for the Kingston Sculpture Biennial. The theme, “Texture of Place” is open to interpretation with the intention of…
Artfully ‘roughing it’ with sandpaper
Sometimes when we are in that creative mode, our projects need to be just for the pure fun. ‘Sandpaper Prints’ is a good way of having it, regardless of…
Pepper to go ‘down under’
“I have thoroughly enjoyed my time in Alaska as the director and CEO of the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center. The many milestones that we’ve achieved over the…
My artistic demands met
Approaching a work of art of any period and in any medium, we have the expectation of honesty, integrity, originality, sincerity and mastering his medium. In contemporary art,…
28 make the cut for biennial
For the 2013 Portland Museum of Biennial: Piece Work exhibition, the following 28 out of 900 entries have been chosen to participate and will be on view October 3, 2013…
VA: Arlington
WHERE: Columbia Pike Artist Studios. WHEN: Saturday, April 27, 6:00-9:00 pm. TITLE: Spring Art Party Studio Crawl BRIEF ABOUT: Goers have the unique opportunity to visit the Columbia Pike Artists…
VA: Lorton
WHERE: Workhouse Arts Center. WHEN: On view through Sunday, May 5, 2013 TITLE: H.K. Anne – American Landscape Artist BRIEF ABOUT: Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, this American landscape artist is…
MN: Bloomington
WHERE: Bloomington Center for the Arts. WHEN: On view through May 17, 2013 in the Inez Greenberg Gallery. TITLE: Out of the Abyss: William Murray and the Prison Art…
SD: Deadwood
WHERE: USA and Canada. WHEN: April 21-27, 2013. TITLE: Cowboy Poetry Week BRIEF ABOUT: This event, which is now in its twelfth year, is hosted by the Center for Western…
ME: Portland
WHERE: Portland Museum of Art. WHEN: On view through May 19, 2013. TITLE: Blueberry Rakers: Photographs by David Brooks Stess BRIEF ABOUT: By focusing his camera on the hard realities…
CA: West Hollywood
WHERE: City of West Hollywood Gallery. WHEN: Opening Friday, May 10, 2013 with an Artist’s Reception from 6:00-9:00 pm. Note: This exhibition will be on view into June. TITLE: Sensations…
Visual Dialogues
Take off your earphones and enter the Sulkin/Secant Gallery at Bergamot Station Art Center in Santa Monica, California for LarkGallery’s Portal II exhibition, “Unique Choices” on Saturday, April 6, 2013…
AK: Anchorage
WHERE: Anchorage Museum. WHEN: Thursday, April 4, 2013, 10:00 am to 5:30 pm. TITLE: The Things We Make tackles major issues surrounding Alaska Native art BRIEF ABOUT: This exhibit brings…
VA: Newport News
WHERE: Peninsula Fine Arts Center. WHEN: Opens Saturday, April 6, 2013. NOTE: An artist’s reception is slated for Friday, April 5 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm, which includes a…
CA: San Francisco
WHERE: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. WHEN: Saturday, March 30, 2013, from 7:00-10:00 pm. Note: Admission is free. TITLE: A Night of Utopian Gestures BRIEF ABOUT: An interactive celebration…
ME: Portland
“Audiences will be challenged, engaged, and inspired by the great Tanzanian cultural objects in Shangaa,” said PMA Director Mark H.C. Bessire. “For the first time in the United States, the…
ID: Moscow
WHERE: Worldwide WHEN: Closes on May 1, 2013. BRIEF ABOUT: In honor of the Appaloosa Horse Club’s 75th Anniversary, the Trail of Painted Ponies and the ApHC have united in…
NM: Santa Fe
WHERE: Museum of International Folk Art. WHEN: On view through September 2, 2013. TITLE: Plain Geometry: Amish Quilts BRIEF ABOUT: Thirty-four remarkably crafted textiles from the museum’s collection and…
IA: Des Moines
WHERE: Des Moines Art Center. WHEN: On view through April 14, 2013 in the Blank One Gallery. TITLE: Double Feature BRIEF ABOUT: Organized by Laura Burkhalter, associate curator and Jill…
A cultural celebration
WHERE: Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, Virginia. WHEN: Saturday, April 6, 2013, 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. TITLE: Asian Art and Culture Day, National Cherry Blossom Festival 2013 BRIEF ABOUT: 3rd…
PA: Philadelphia
WHERE: Philadelphia Museum of Art. WHEN: On view through June 9, 2013 in the Dorrance Galleries. TITLE: Great and Mighty Things ABOUT: “For over three decades, Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz…
SD: Rapid City
WHERE: The Emerging Visual Artists Gallery is located in the Bruce H. Lien Cultural Café, Dahl Arts Center and can be accessed through the Kansas City entrance. WHEN: Through March…
ND: Bismarck
WHERE: Radisson Hotel. WHEN: Wednesday, March 27, Social hour begins at 5:00 pm, dinner and awards at 6:00 pm. BRIEF ABOUT: The chosen the recipients of the 2013 Governor’s Awards…
VA: Newport News
WHERE: Peninsula Fine Arts Center. WHEN: Thursday, March 21, from 5:30-7:30 pm. TITLE: Art After 5 BRIEF ABOUT: Featuring local singer/songwriter Nicole Belanus (www.nicolebelanus.com) , who is a self-produced multi-instrumentalist…
NM: Santa Fe
WHERE: New Mexico Museum of Art. WHEN: Opens Friday, April 19 and runs through September 8, 2013. TITLE: Shiprock and Mont St. Michel: Photographs by William Clift ABOUT: This one-man…
NY: Rochester
WHERE: Memorial Art Gallery. WHEN: Opens to the public on Sunday, March 17 and runs through June 9, 2013. NOTE: For special events, call 585.276.8938. TITLE: It Came from the…
NY: Kingston
WHERE: Arts Society of Kingston. WHEN: On view through March 30, 2013. BRIEF ABOUT: A solo show by artist Liz Smith and an exhibition, “Juxtaposition” by ASK members. Primarily a…
Educators to tell all
WHERE: Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia. WHEN: Thursday, March 28, at 5:30 pm in the M. Smith Griffith Auditorium. BRIEF ABOUT: A panel discussion with Mark Abbe, UGA assistant…
MN: Bloomington
WHERE: Bloomington Theatre and Art Center. WHEN: Deadline for submissions is March 31, 2013. BRIEF ABOUT: Call for emerging and established artists residing in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa…
‘ A dramatic power…’
New CD release celebrates mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Mark Swed, music critic for the Los Angeles Times, heard the performance of this cantata in person and…
MT: Missoula
WHERE: Missoula Art Museum. WHEN: On view through May 13, 2013. TITLE: Gary Horinek: The Gathering BRIEF ABOUT: Several years in the planning, artist Horinek designed “The Gathering” specifically for…
NJ: New Brunswick
WHERE: Zimmerli Art Museum. WHEN: On view through July 14, 2013 in the Voorhees Gallery. TITLE: Leonid Sokov: Ironic Objects ABOUT: An exhibition of nearly 50 works, this is the…
MA: Boston
WHERE: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. WHEN: On view through May 13, 2013. TITLE: Anders Zorn: A European Artist Seduces America BRIEF ABOUT: This is the first historic exhibition in the…
NH: Manchester
WHERE: Currier Museum of Art. WHEN: Saturday, March 9, 2013. BRIEF ABOUT: A special exhibition, “Lethal Beauty: Samurai Weapons and Armor” displays the striking duality of deadly weaponry and artistic…
Another Show, Another Closing
Lark aka Larisa Pilinsky has done it again. With her magic wand, and the help of an amazing team of friends and supporters, she threw a vibrant reception Saturday afternoon…
TX: El Paso
WHERE: El Paso Museum of Art. WHEN: On view through May 26, 2013 in the Peter and Margaret de Wetter Gallery. TITLE: Gene Flores: Proverbios and Dichos Chicanos BRIEF ABOUT:…
ND: Bismarck
WHERE: North Dakota Council on the Arts – http://northdakota.cgweb.org. WHEN: Deadline is Friday, February 15, 2013. BRIEF ABOUT: Online applications are available for the Individual Artist Fellowship program for Literary…
CA: San Francisco
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RI: Newport
WHERE: Newport Art Museum & Art Association. WHEN: Through- May 5, 2013 TITLE: LEGACIES IN PAINT: The Mentor Project BRIEF ABOUT: This show is the culmination of a four-month mentoring…