Virginia show loaded with wows and wees
(PNAN-VA) – The 2010 Biennial award-winning works are on view at the Peninsula Fine Arts Center in Newport News through January 2, 2011. Chosen for exhibition by Richard Hunt…
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Hub happenings to be told
(AAPNW-OH) – On Saturday, November 20 at 2:00 pm, “Art Hub: Dialogue with Contemporary Art Curators” hosted by the Contemporary Art Society of the Cleveland Museum of Art will…
Decades of history blooms in book
(PNAN-ND) – Although we might not use it now, in our thoughts we have a plan for it in the future. Those who may open our drawers and see…
Families sought to create works of art
(AAPNW-OH)- There is a saying, “One man’s junk is another man’s treasure,” and there is the Akron Art Museum that is putting those words into action on Saturday, November…
Calling connoisseurs of the pen
(AAPNW-IN) Organized by the Women’s Creative Writing Group of Lafayette, Indiana, the program, “An Afternoon to Write About” is open to all on Saturday, December 4 from 1:30-3:30 pm,…
Theatre troupe to tour schools
(NWPR-IN) – They refer to themselves as “The Troupe at Huntington University” is comprised of 11 students in the theater department and a few other departments. Their goal is…
‘Understudy’ becomes Symphony’s star
(AAPNW-TN) – The curtains will rise as scheduled at Lipscomb University’s Allen Arena, with American country singer Jo Dee Messina, replacing Jewel, who is ill and cannot go on…
Classical rockers to give legends life
(NWPR-OH) –Old and new Beatles fans now can experience a live show on Saturday, November 20 in the comfort of a Schuster Center concert hall, as the Dayton Philharmonic…
New Mountain senator names Bill to board
   (AAPNW-WV) – “I want to express my thanks to Governor Manchin for his demonstration of faith in me by appointing me to the State Board of Education,†said Bill…
Collection will inspire all eyes
(PNAN-MS) – Awed by an exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City in 1985, Jewell Younger Graeber of Marks found the “Angel Tree” to be…
Rare painting on loan to museum
(PNAN-NC) – A very rare painting, “Madame X Dressed for the Matinée” (1878), by Mary Cassatt goes on view Saturday, November 20 in the Jones Gallery at the Mint…
Couple’s passions set for view
(AAPNW-MI) – First time ever shown at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, “A Passion for Collecting: Prints of the 1960s and ‘70s from the Collins Collection” opens on Saturday,…
Canadian duo has second school on the horizon
(PNAN-CN) – Its mission aims at becoming a principal educational center fostering the art of cinematography in Africa with the newly-formed partnership among Kwasa International Development and Consulting Center…
Music, art and spoken word form a unity
(PNAN-VA) – “PFAC is the perfect venue to combine great art, fresh music, interesting people, and strong poetic voices, “ said Toni Wynn, who is an author, art educator…
Surprises in store for viewers
(PNAN-NM) – Opening Friday, November 19 at the New Mexico Museum of Art, “Case Studies is an occasion to show some of the gems of the collection, and to…
Big Band venue to be a toe-tapper
(NWPR-IN) – Former First Lady Barbara Bush said, “You just don’t luck into things as much as you’d like to think you do. You build step by step, whether…
Free Jazz Masters tickets available
(PNAN-DC) – “Jazz at Lincoln Center is honored to once again produce the concert to celebrate the great American Jazz Masters with the National Endowment for the Arts,” said…
Leland ‘protégés’ strut their stuff
(NWPR-OH) – On view at the Hithergreen Center in Dayton, “Exploring Watercolor” is an exhibit of 57 paintings by students of Nita Leland. “Exhibiting gives them the opportunity to…
Enriching times on the agenda
(PNAN-VA) – First introduced last year at the Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton, “Escape to Black Friday” will be staged on Friday, November 26 from 9:00 am to 7:00…
Hayner Center is the place to be mesmerized
(NWPR-OH) – Showtime begins at 7:30 pm on Saturday, November 13, and who: Neil Jacobs, a master of the acoustic 12-string guitar, offers the audience a range of mesmerizing…
Show to pop with performing jewels
(AAPNW-TN) – Your ears, eyes, including your soul are in for an awakening as Jewel and the Nashville Symphony Orchestra take center stage in the Allen Arena at Lipscomb…
Locals set to open ‘cold’ season
(AAPNW-PA) – Exhibits by Brian Dean Richmond, 2010 Artist of the Year, Gregory Witt, 2010 Emerging Artist, and the Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh go on view Friday, November 19,…
Hiegel imprints her historical choices
(NWPR-OH) – Going up on the walls at the Findlay Art League are the accepted artworks for the 2010 Juried Show. Michele Hiegel, who is the Executive Director of…
Gruen will ‘hold your hand’
(AAPNW-OH) – Born in the ‘Big Apple’ in 1945, Bob Gruen is best noted as both John Lennon’s personal photographer as well as their friendship. One of his photographs…
Symphony goes Broadway
(NWPR-OH) – Broadway vocalists, Rob Evan, Capathia Jenkins, Doug LeBrecque, and Anne Runolfsson will join the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra on Friday, November 12 and Saturday 13th at 8:00 pm,…
A whole lot of ‘brain-waving’ in this show
(PNAN-NY) – Opening at the American Museum of Natural History on Saturday, November 20 and remaining on view through August 14, 2011, the exhibition, “Brain: The Inside Story” will…
Photo entry guidelines available
(NWPR-OH) – The Lima Photography Club of ArtSpace/Lima has scheduled the intake dates for entries into its annual juried exhibition on Saturday, December 11 and Sunday the 12th, from…
School to showcase its artistic assets
(AAPNW-WV) – The Alban Arts Academy “Fall 2010 Showcase” opens on Thursday, November 18 and Friday, 19th with works by students, comprising paintings, sculptures, which will be on view…
City event is a cultural walk
(NWPR-OH) – A whole lot of things to do, sights to see, a savory time for the taste buds, as well as treasures for sale during this cultural event…
History recordkeeping continues on Ozark man
(AAPNW-TN) – There is a time when riches cannot buy something; it has already been gifted continuously to others throughout one’s so-far life travels in forms, like a woman’s…
‘Second City’ Editor’s pick
Where it all began “In 1946 Don Hall was a young Fort Wayne man with a background in the meat business, forty acres of swamp land and a dream. The…
Duke infuses fiscal ‘energy’ into art center
(PNAN-SC) – No more needs to be said because the photo tells the story as Community Relations Director Mike Wilson of Duke Energy presents a check for five grand…
Lima show is all about skill
(NWPR-OH) – They are artisans who are skilled at making things by hand, whether with wood, metal or about any other type of medium where the end result could…
Scholar to spread the truths
(PNAN-MT) – Some of the works by master carver John Buck are comprised of woodblock prints, rubbings, sculpture, and three-dimensional wood panels, but there is much more; a genuine…
Her California dreamin’ is a reality
PNAN-CA- It was in 1994 when Larisa Pilinsky aka Lark, who is an artist, art curator, and poet set out to leave her imprint on the art community by…
Spears hopes to ‘rise to the challenge’
(PNAN-SC) – Host of the Tonight Show, Jay Leno said, “If you think of life as like a big pie, you can try to hold the whole pie and…
Walker on KMAC chat roster
(AAPNW-KY) – On Tuesday, November 9 at 6:00 pm at the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft in Louisville, poet Frank X. Walker will give a gallery talk titled,…
Yuletide decoration created the olden way
(PNAN-ND) – Commissioned by the North Dakota Council on the Arts, Sue Jacobson picked up her paints, brushes and fired up her kiln and created an original fourth annual…
Montana museum opens with James work
(PNAN-MT) – “We hope that the community of Great Falls will come down for this exceptional show,” said Executive Director of the C.M. Russell Museum, Darrell Beauchamp. “History and…
Drews: ‘Ali does an incredible job’
(PNAN-SC) – “I am honored to be chosen Museum Educator of the Year by the South Carolina Art Education Association,” said Ali Borchardt. “Both the Columbia Museum of Art…
Symphony to party with educational ‘antiques’
(NWPR-OH) – A whole lot of sounds will hit the airways in the Crouse Performance Hall in the Veteran’s Memorial Civic and Convention Center on Saturday, November 6 at…
She is really quick on the draw
(PNAN-NC) – Speed, precision, and danger are key elements of the exhibition “VantagePoint IX – Janet Biggs: Going to Extremes” that is on view Friday, November 5 through May…
Hinkle to ‘nurture’ art center
(NWPR-IN) – Elected to the helm, Portland, Indiana resident Becky Hinkle steps as the President of Arts Place, Inc., a regional arts council founded in 1967 that provides art-related…
Center has spring internship openings
(PNAN-VA) – Those seeking to gain some hands-on experience and be part of a successful organization, the Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton have available 2011 spring internship openings for…
Will you let us know who they are?
(PNAN-SC) – Nominations for the 2011 Elizabeth O’Neill Verner Governor’s Awards for the Arts are due Wednesday, December 15. The awards are presented to South Carolina businesses, organizations and…
They are feeling their heritage
(AAPNW-KY) –Annually in nine different award categories, those who have made a difference, changed the course, upheld all what the Arts have to offer will be feeling those sounds…
Originals to go on the block
(PNAN-ME) On Saturday, December 4, the Bangor Art Society is holding its “8th Annual Holiday Art Auction” at the Masonic Center, located in the former Bangor Theological Seminary campus…
Indiana County officials ink yeas
JAY COUNTY Commissioners recently issued a proclamation acknowledging October as National Arts and Humanities Month. Shown (l-r) front row: Commissioners Milo Miller, James Zimmerman and Faron Parr. Back row from…
Heartstrings forever tied
“She is a friend of mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order. It’s good,…
Youth caught between two worlds
(PNAN-CA) – Director Eyad Zahra explores the complexities of being young and Muslim in today’s America. Chosen as an official selection by the 2010 SXSW Film & Music Festival…