CT: Hartford
WHERE: Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. WHEN: Opening Saturday, September 10 and on view through December 11, 2016. The Thrill of the Chase: The Wagstaff Collection of Photographs at the…
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GA: Athens
WHERE: Georgia Museum of Art. WHEN: Opens Saturday, September 17 and on view through December 11, 2016. Icon of Modernism: Representing the Brooklyn Bridge, 1883–1950 This show will feature…
SD: Rapid City
WHERE: Dahl Arts Center. WHEN: Through Saturday, October 22, 2016. Note: A reception is from 5:00 to 7:00 pm on Friday, September 9. Members’ 21st Annual Celebration of Light Exhibition…
OH: St. Marys
WHERE: Arts Place, Auglaize/Mercer Center. WHEN: Opens Monday, September 19 and remains on view through October 28, 2016. Note: There will be a free reception open to the public…
TN: Nashville
WHERE: Schermerhorn Symphony Center. WHEN: Saturday, October 22, 2016 from 11:00 am to 9:00 pm. Free Day of Music More than 20 different artists performing on four stages, located…
MI: Detroit
WHERE: Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. WHEN: Goes on view Friday, September 9, 2016 through January 1, 2017. Note: An Artist’s Talk is set for Saturday, September 10 at…
NY: Rochester
WHERE: Rochester Contemporary Art Center. WHEN: Opens Friday, October 7 from 6:00-9:00 pm and runs through November 13, 2016. Note: There will be an Artists’ Talk on Saturday, October 8…
AK: Alaska
WHERE: Anchorage Museum. WHEN: Opens Friday, September 30, 2016 through February 6, 2017. Without Boundaries: Visual Conversations Curated by Sonya Kelliher-Combs, this exhibition combines a series of public programs and…
NM: Santa Fe
WHERE: David Richard Gallery. WHEN: Friday, September 9 through November 6, 2016. The Santa Fe Art Project In this inaugural edition, eight curators from Santa Fe features over 50 established…
MICA: Passing of an ‘icon’ in print
NY: Rochester
WHERE: Memorial Art Gallery. WHEN: Sunday, August 21 through October 16, 2016. BRIEF ABOUT: Two complementary exhibitions, Afghan War Rugs and War Memoranda examine the impact of war and…
Another cast of artworks chosen
The juried the entries of the 27th Annual Summer Artfest conducted by the St. Marys, Ohio Community Public Library were: Best of Show by Gary Hovey for Whoo’s Hungry; Friends…
‘Creams of the crop’ goes on view
The South Dakota Governor’s 7th Biennial Art Exhibition goes on view from Friday, August 19 through Saturday, December 10, 2016 at the Dahl Arts Center in Rapid City, South…
Thompson’s works set for viewing
Going on view at Arts Place in Portland, Indiana Friday, September 2, 2016 is an exhibit by J.T. Thompson titled: “Labyrinth of Illusion.” An artist’s reception is set for Friday,…
IN: Lafayette
Call for Artists BRIEF ABOUT: The Lafayette Symphony Orchestra is holding Orchestra auditions on Sunday, August 20, 2016 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm and on Monday, August 21, 2016…
CA: San Francisco
WHERE: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. WHEN: September 3, 2016 through June 25, 2017. Leslie and Merle Rabine Performance Season BRIEF ABOUT: YBCA is spotlighting artists whose…
SC: Spartanburg
WHERE: Spartanburg Library. WHEN: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 beginning at 12:15 pm. BRIEF ABOUT: This special lunchtime concert will feature two of Western North Carolina’s most celebrated and talented young…
New show to open at center
The opening of ArtSpace/Pops 2016: A Fine Craft Invitational is Sunday, July 31, 2016 with an artist’s reception between 2:00-4:00 pm in the Ellen Nelson Gallery, which features all new…
Museum one of the bests
The highest national recognition afforded the nation’s museums was awarded to the Indianapolis Museum of Art by the American Alliance of Museums. Museums belonging to AAM must undergo a reaccreditation…
OH: Van Wert
WHERE: Wassenberg Art Center WHEN: Friday, August 12 at 6:00 pm. A free public reception for “Black Hills & Brownies” will make its debut which is an exhibit of photographers…
Detroit museum given Fellows funds
The Museum of Contemporary Arts Detroit (MOCAD) has been awarded a grant from the Ford Foundation to support Curatorial Fellows to begin in January 2017. The Ford Curatorial Fellowship provides…
Visual shocks of what ifs
Organized by Amy N. Worthen, curator of prints and drawings at the Des Moines (Iowa) Art Center, “Heavy Heavy Hands Over Thy Head” is an exhibition that looks at…
Pottery is just the beginning
Learning the basic skills of making pottery is only the beginning when you allow your mind to run free with the unlimited ideas of what clay has to offer.…
VA: Norfolk
WHERE: Glass Wheel Studio WHEN: Saturday, June 4 through July 10, 2016 Just Between Us BRIEF ABOUT: This is the first exhibition of works created during Glass Wheel’s inaugural…
Peg Sagen People’s Choice Award
“In July 2015, I went to Banff National Park and for two nights stayed at the most incredible place called the Num-Ti-Jah Lodge, which is an old hunting lodge…
Show set to open
Works by Gary Hovey goes on view Monday, June 6, 2016 at Arts Place, Auglaize/Mercer Center in St. Marys, Ohio. The exhibit titled, “Chromatic Bloom” remains on view…
Sculptural work has new home
Chapman Cultural Center in Spartanburg, South Carolina has received a painted-steel nonobjective sculpture by the noted artist David Hayes. The multisided sculpture is painted in bright primary colors and sits…
A show of memory lane works
Internationally exhibited artist Victor Matthews works are on view at KM Fine Arts in Los Angeles through July 9, 2016. Artist Matthews solo installation, “The Longest Road” exhibition functions as…
One small step for ‘childkind’
Arts Place in Portland, Indiana is accepting registrations for First Steps in Music. Lessons will be on Thursdays mornings beginning June 16, 2016 and continue through July 21. The class…
Viewers can expect works of power
Going on view, Friday, June 3, 2016 and featuring the work of 60 different artists, this exhibition includes powerful, representative work by some of the biggest names in the…
Major show soon to open
Opening at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Saturday, June 4, 2016, this major international exhibition will feature two significant artists of the 20th and 21st centuries:…
The ‘Hills’ to ring with the sound of music
The Rushmore Music Festival’s opening concert is entitled “Songs, Dances, and Jokes” which will have goers groovin’, laughin’ and cryin’ with music by Antonin Dvořák, Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, Cole…
Museum takes step towards $$$ stability
The Indianapolis Museum of Art will pay off more than $17 million in outstanding debt by the end of 2016. This will mark the first time since 2004 that the…
Lakota artist to show his ‘stuff’
Opening on Friday, June 3, 2016 in the Ruth Brennan Gallery at the Dahl Arts Center in Rapid City, South Dakota, “Cut & Paste” is an exhibit showcasing the…
FL: Miami
WHERE: Frost Art Museum WHEN: Opens Saturday, May 14, 2016. The Summer of Women BRIEF ABOUT: The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum launches The Summer of Women with powerful…
NM: Santa Fe
WHERE: David Richard Gallery. WHEN: Friday, May 13 through June 25, 2016. Note: An Opening Reception will be from 5:00 to 7:00 pm on Friday. BRIEF ABOUT: “The Narrative Figure 
‘Eyes+Hands’ forge a new style
On view through July 11, 2016 at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville, Tennessee, the exhibition, “The Power of Pictures: Early Soviet Photography and Film” explores how…
In the ‘big top arena’ once again
Last exhibited in 1986, at the Museum of International Folk Art, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the Morris Miniature Circus is a 3/8″-scale model of a 1920s circus, built…
London painter is a first
The exhibit opening of Glenn Brown is slated for Saturday, May 21, 2016 at the Des Moines Art Center in the Anna K. Meredith Gallery with approximately 25 paintings, sculptures,…
Shows to shed light on Endangereds
Going on view to the public, Thursday, April 7, 2016 at the Glass Wheel Studio, a contemporary art facility located in Norfolk, Virginia, will feature works by Washington-based artist,…
IMA to be in full ‘bloom’
Guests to the gardens at the Indianapolis Museum of Art will be among the first to discover more than 70,000 blooming bulbs, including 20,000 new tulips planted last fall…
‘Money-maker’ new to the payroll
Former Spartanburg’s Hope Center for Children as the Director of Development Lisa A. Hemond of Inman, South Carolina became the Senior Development Director for the Chapman Cultural Center. Her responsibilities…
Miller’s ‘skins’ to be showcased
Opening Friday, April 1, 2016 at the Missoula Art Museum in Montana, features the talent and creative process in the form of a site-specific installation entitled, “Abbie Miller: Exit Strategies”…
Museum names new ‘plant doctor’
Following a national search, former horticulturist at the Chanticleer Foundation in Wayne, Pennsylvania, Jonathan M. Wright has been named the Ruth Lilly Deputy Director for Horticulture and Natural Resources at…
New heads at GMA
Heather Malcom becomes the director of development and Keith Thalhamer, the director of security and facilities at the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia in…
New ‘historical shaker’ at the helm
Suzanne Brooks is the new Executive Director for the Spartanburg County Historical Association. Brooks joins SCHA with experience in historic preservation, advocacy, education and outreach. She looks to engage the…
Musical giant on the marquee
The Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra will provide a rich background of orchestral mood for Kenny G’s unmistakable saxophone as he plays favorite selections from his extensive catalog of albums when…
Art center puts artists on call
Winds of Change: Art Exhibit Call-for-Entry The wind can be exhilarating. It can also be challenging and so can change. The Wassenberg Art Center in Van Wert, Ohio is challenging…
‘Chromatic Bloom’ next venue
Going on view to the public on Friday, April 15, 2016 at Arts Place, Auglaize/Mercer Center in St. Marys, Ohio will be the exhibit “Chromatic Bloom” with the works of Rhonda…
SPS to be celebrated
The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia will present the exhibition “Frank Hartley Anderson: Forging the Southern Printmakers Society” from Saturday, March 26 to June 19,…