150 years strong

  In February 1865, just before the end of the Civil War, farmer and lawyer John Bryan Bowman challenged the Kentucky state legislature to take advantage of the opportunity offered…

WHERE: Chapman Cultural Center. WHEN: Saturday, January 31, 2015 at 7:00 pm. 35th annual An Evening Of Talent Expressions BRIEF ABOUT: This program will feature performers in competition in the…

Dues’ works on view

The Jason Dues Metal Art Exhibit is on view through February 12, 2015. There will be an opening reception Saturday, January 17 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm.      The Collective…

Students to get a taste of class

On Monday, February 16, 2015 at the Chapman Cultural Center in Spartanburg, South Carolina, a student day camp, Go Pro!, will be conducted on Teacher Work Day.      Children ages…

First introduced in 1958, the Illinois State Scholars has chosen over 18,800 elite honorees to join the other top Illinois high school students honored with the prestigious designation for 2015-16,…

DC: Washington

WHERE: National Gallery of Art. On view through January 25, 2015. From the Library: The Book Illustrations by Romeyn de Hooghe BRIEF ABOUT: During his lifetime, Romeyn de Hooghe (1645–1708)…

National hot topic on agenda

  About 400 participants are expected for the “SC Summit on STEM and the Arts In and Out of School” conference at Chapman Cultural Center in Spartanburg, South Carolina on…

Dr. Beth chosen to lead arts council

     For their new executive director post, the North Dakota Council on the Arts has selected Dr. Beth Gigante Klingenstein, who took over July 7, 2014, replaced fourteen-year veteran Janine Webb.…

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…

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…

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: Lorton

WHERE: Workhouse Arts Center. WHEN: Opens Saturday, January 11, 2014 from 6:00 to 9:00 pm. BRIEF ABOUT: The 2nd Saturday Art Walk showcases the diverse work of more than 100…

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,…

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.…

IN: Huntington WHERE: Robert E. Wilson Gallery at Huntington University. WHEN: On view November 6-26, 2013. Note: An artist reception is from 6:00-7:30 pm on Friday, November 15.      Suzanne…

MT: Missoula

WHERE: Missoula Art Museum. WHEN: On view through Sunday, September 22, 2013 in the Lela Autio Education Gallery. TITLE: Indian Education for All BRIEF ABOUT: Education Curator Renée Taaffe selected…

IN: Huntington

WHERE: Huntington University. WHEN: Deadline is Saturday, June 1, 2013. Note: The submission fee is $25. A late registration fee of $35 is available through July 1. TITLE: Fandana Film…

McAninch is the first

The inaugural Paul A. Willis Outstanding Faculty Award, recognizing outstanding library service, goes to Sandee McAninch, regional depository librarian and head of the Federal Depository Unit at University of Kentucky…

     For 45 years, Chief Educator Barbara Brown Lee has shared the joy of learning about art with visitors to the Milwaukee Art Museum.      The BBL Series captures Barbara’s…

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…

Symphony selects youth winners

Every spring, the Nashville Symphony recognizes gifted young musicians through two highly competitive award programs, the Curb Records Young Musicians Concerto Competition and the Thor Johnson Scholarship.      Taking top…

To create Governor’s Arts Awards

     Bedford, Indiana limestone sculptor, William Galloway has been commissioned to create the 2013 Governor’s Arts Awards. “Stone carving is the dark horse of traditional Indiana art,” Galloway said. “I…

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…

Lasting through time

     Most artists want all the public exposure they can get.  But in 1972 artist Lee Bontecou (1931- ), considered one of the more important American artists working at the…

The art of making a mummy

     The tombs of the ancient Egyptians, and the mummies within, have captured the imagination of people around the world.  It appears that it was considered important that the body…

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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…

The ancient art of silhouette

If you have ever used your hands and a flashlight to make shadows that look like animals or faces, you have practiced the art of silhouette (sil-a-WET).  A silhouette is…

Sopranos to ‘communicate’

WHERE: Longaker Recital Hall of the Merillat Centre for the Arts/Huntington University. WHEN: Friday, March 15, 2013, 7:30 pm, Huntington, Indiana. TITLE: Junior/Senior Recital BRIEF ABOUT: Performances by soprano Sarah…

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…

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…

Pitmen Painters: Shed to Museum

     In the early 1930s a group of off-duty British miners from the Woodhorn and Ellington pits near Ashington, England decided to start an adult education group with the help…

A Queen’s favorite cartoonist

     Ronald “Carl” Giles (1916-1995), whose birthday is today, was voted “Britain’s Favorite Cartoonist of the 20th Century” in 2000.  Unfortunately, his work is almost unknown in the United States. …

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…