Center has new logo
If you have seen any literature pertaining to The Wassenberg Art Center lately, you may have noticed that we have a new logo. Logos are more than just a…
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Gallery talk is about Devil works
(AAPNW-MI) – One of the artworks by Edgar Brierre (Haitian, born 1933) “Devil Mask” ca. 1972-4. Metal, 33-5/8 x 19-1/2 x 1-3/4 inches. Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University. Gift…
Gaylor ‘flick’ is a first in show
(PNAN-NM) – Currently view at the New Mexico Museum of Art, “Kamilo” (Twisted Waters) is a video installation by Santa Fe artist Robert Gaylor. The video is the artist’s…
He made art of great beauty
Edourd Manet (1832-83) promoted a very quiet revolution in painting. The fashion of the day, in painting, called for careful color, subtle blending and polished “finish.” But Manet preferred…
Show to be inspired with much ‘faith’
(AAPNW-TN) – Beginning at 6:00 pm on Tuesday, April 26, at Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville, Faith Hill will the special guest musical artist at the 2011 Symphony Spring…
They examine society’s jewels
The role of a curator, in an overall general understanding, is one who is entrusted with the responsibility to safeguard a cultural organization’s collection of mainly historical or scientific…
Exhibit is a US first
(PNAN-NM) – Set to open at the Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA) in Santa Fe, “Folk Art of the Andes” on Sunday, April 17, is the first exhibit to…
Annual show is forever ageless
(NWPR-OH) – On Friday, April 15, from 6:30-8:30 pm at ArtSpace/Lima, “Spring Show 2011” opens with a public reception in the Ellen Nelson Gallery. The show, which marks its…
Art Workshops-Classes
FROM BEGINNER to ADANCED – Art workshops and Art classes in Watercolor, Acrylic, Drawing and Art Appreciation conducted by Pat Rayman. For those all in Ohio, check the calendars at the Wassenberg…
‘Creams of the crop’ are honored
(PNAN-ME) – It has become noted as one of the principal juried exhibitions for contemporary art in the state of Maine since its inception in 1998. The “Art Biennial”…
Show is a spring bouquet of the arts
(PNAN-CALIF) – Georgia O’Keefe said, “If you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it’s your world for the moment,” and for all goers to…
Bessire responds to mural uproar
UPDATE: A public forum entitled, “Whose Art Is It?”, is set for Friday, April 8, noon-1:30 pm, Portland Museum of Art. “A state long renowned as the home of…
Peace Garden events all about art
(PNAN-ND) – “Creative Communities: The Art of the State of North Dakota,” is the biennial Statewide Arts Conference taking place on Tuesday, April 5 and Wednesday, April 6. Regardless if…
Living legend of prose focus of show
(AAPNW-NY) – Opening Friday, April 1 at the Memorial Art Gallery (MAG) in Rochester, “John Ashbery and Friends: Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror” is an exhibition centering around the…
Dual shows opens soon
By Hope Wallace, Executive Director This Sunday marks the opening of our new dual exhibit “It’s in the Cards” and “The Art of Therapy”. In the Cards showcases an unusual…
Ganesha: The elephant-headed god
Paintings and sculptures of the elephant-headed deity popularly known as Ganesha have intrigued people for thousands of years. Hindu sacred texts relate a variety of stories explaining his appearance. …
Hands of humanitarians are decade old
(AAPNW-IN) – Marking its 10th anniversary, the Clay Bowl Giving Project will not only celebrate its milestone on Thursday, April 21, but also some new additions to the agenda.…
Works are natural healers for artist
(PNAN-AK) – On Saturday, April 1 at the Anchorage Museum, Fairbanks artist Rachelle Dowdy makes her first appearance with “Juggernauts,” an exhibition of sculpture which explores the union of…
Russian trio has ‘crystal clear’ sounds
(NWPR-OH) – They are Russian musicians, Igor Sklyarov, Vladimir Perminov and Vladimir Popras, who play the glass instruments, producing deep low sounds that give birth by a stream…
Fantasy art lets artists create worlds
When I was a child, home computers didn’t exist, there were no cell phones, Ipads, or Blackberries, and my parents didn’t plunk me down in front of the television…
‘High stake’ musical to close season
(NWPR-IN) – To be performed by the Huntington University Theatre Company, one of the most popular American musicals of all time, “Guys and Dolls” comes to the Zurcher Auditorium…
‘Monarch of the Glen’ by Landseer
It is a highly recognizable painting — a magnificent stag standing alertly against a mountain background. If you haven’t seen a picture of the painting itself, you may have…
Artist gives Trifu thumbs up
(PNAN-US) – Cape Town, South Africa artist, author and actress, Leeorah Hursky has cast her vote of approval for Canadian film producer, Daria Trifu to be considered for the…
Series is part of the woodwork
(PNAN-AL) – It was in 1986 when the Huntsville Museum of Art launched “Encounters,” a series with a mission to feature works by a regional contemporary artist. Today and…
Storyteller bestowed Heritage Award
(PNAN-MT) – World-renowned songwriter, storyteller, recording artist, and television and radio personality, Red Steagall is the recipient of the 2011 Charles M. Russell Heritage Award. “Steagall is a true patriot…
Week of the Young Child
This is the Week of the Young Child and one of the most important things in a young child’s life is imagination. It’s important to encourage children to use…
Style and purpose is show’s theme
(PNAN-ME) – From portraits and figure studies to landscapes and architectural studies, “European Drawings” at the Portland Museum of Art is an exhibition that will showcase a spectrum of…
MFA student work next for the walls
(AAPNW-MI) – On view through April 3, at the Kresge Art Museum in East Lansing, works of art by Amy Jo Brown, Deon Foster, Clarissa R. Gerber, Jesse Howell, Ann…
Galleries join ‘art umbrellas’
(PNAN-CALIF) – Affinity Galleries and LarkGallery Online have united in series of events combining visual and performing arts entitled: “Spring Equinox.” The following events began recently with opening receptions at the Phantom…
A legacy of art-in-the sky
(AAPNW-MO) – The St. Louis Arch soars, gleaming untarnished against the bright blue Midwestern skies, a powerful welcoming for those choosing to pioneer west. It is an architectural design…
Winners ‘captured’ by Judge Jividen
(NWPR-OH) – And the winners are in the Findlay Art League’s “Photo 29” show are: Best of Show, Mr. Fred Aldrich Award, Rich Kaplan for “Skyward”; First Place Award,…
What’s in a watercolor besides water?
(NWPR-OH) – “Watercolor” encompasses many mediums and techniques, and quite a few of them can be found in the Ohio Watercolor Society Exhibit which opened at the Wassenberg…
Works are all about Friley
(AAPNW-OH) – On view at the Dublin Arts Council through April 22, “All about Evenatom” are works by Professor Emeritus Eugene Friley, who taught for more than four decades…
Buckeye screenplay vie open
    (AAPNW-OH) –  Who will be standing center stage and bestowed for one of the three categories: Best Screenplay, Best Voice of Color Screenplay (written by or about people of…
No childhood storybook romance in film
(PNAN-USA) – Projected to hit the marquees in New York, Los Angeles and Bucharest in November 2011, the movie “Abused in America” will not only raise the eyebrows of…
Terrific treats
(THE VITTES REPORT) – The Classic Film Scores of Bernard Herrmann, Charles Gerhardt and the National Philharmonic, RCA Red Seal (once again a valuable trademark) The audiophile, watch your…
Hoosier has a prose champ
(AAPNW-IN) – Roses are red, violets are blue, just so you know there is one outstanding Indiana high school student, who is now new and has been added to…
Looking ahead to the watercolor exhibit
    (NWPR-OH) – The Wassenberg Art Center’s exhibit, “The Art of Fiber,†ended last Friday. As these story-backed quilts and rugs come down to make way for the traveling Ohio…
The music never stops. . .
No one can say that his lifetime goal was to rise quickly to stardom. Mac McAnally just loves music. As an artist loves to paint, the sculptor lives to…
Show to ‘arrest’ viewer in tracks
(PNAN-CALIF) – Closing with a reception on Thursday, April 14, at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, “Graphic Intervention: 25 Years of International AIDS Awareness Posters 1985-2010” is an exhibition…
And the winners are . . .
(NWPR-IN) – Artlink presented their first-ever Artlink Visual Art Awards (AVA) on Thursday, February 17 at the Hall Community Arts Center, which is the home of Artlink and the…
Classic tales will beguile goers
(NWPR-OH) – On Sunday, March 6 at 3:00 pm, the Lima Symphony Orchestra will present “Four Fables,” their annual family concert for all ages with stories that have enchanted…
New school on the horizon
(AAPNW-IL) – Chicago’s first charter high school, Instituto Health Sciences Career Academy, which is dedicated to preparing students for health science careers, got Governor Pat Quinn’s ‘foot of approval’…
Personal references for memory jogging
Most artists can’t just pull a picture out of their heads on short notice. Unless they are painting a completely abstract picture, they usually have to have something to…
Thank you for the welcome!
Thank you to everyone who stopped by the reception on Sunday February 20th to welcome and support me in my new post as director of The Wassenberg Art Center!…
‘Boosts of green’ are awarded
(AAPNW-OH) – Through the Greater Columbus Arts Council Board of Trustees’ vision and leadership, advocacy and collaboration, they have stepped up to the plate and awarded 11 grants totaling…
Music and art to unite in show
(PNAN-CALIF) – “Sound Art is the first in a series of brick-and-mortar exhibitions based on LarkGallery Online’s 2010 international competition, Colors of Life, which involved interactively matching art and…
Emerald Isle group is a breadth of spring
(AAPNW-TN) – As one of Ireland’s finest classical ensembles, Camerata Ireland is also known for its fresh approach and musicality. Under the direction of founder and pianist Barry Douglas,…
Watercolor works to go on view
(NWPR-OH) – If you ask people, “What kind of paintings do you most enjoy?” — the answer is very often “Watercolor.” Watercolor paintings are fresh, exciting, colorful, and very…
Show is annual highlight
(NWPR-OH) – Art students from 17 area high schools are exhibiting in the 23rd Annual Kewpee High School Art Invitational at ArtSpace/Lima. An opening reception will be held on…