Grubbs next in spotlight
WHERE: Troy-Hayner Cultural Center WHEN: Thursday, March 28 at 7:30 pm TITLE: 12th Annual Poetry Series BRIEF ABOUT: Cincinnatian Gerry Grubbs has published several books of poetry, including Palaces in…
Art-to-Art Palette Journal
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…
Art in the Box
The creative dynamics of corrugated cardboard Most people give little thought to corrugated cardboard that in turn, makes cardboard boxes, providing a protective structure for everyday supplies or more…
Healing power of Art
Grief knows no stranger. Whether young or old, strong or frail, it stabs like a knife, reaching into the inner depth of your heart. For some, the pain overshadows any…
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…
TN: Nashville
WHERE: Schermerhorn Symphony Center. WHEN: Sunday, January 20, 2013, 7:00 pm. BRIEF ABOUT: This 20th annual Nashville Symphony Orchestra musical event will celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin…
DC: Washington
WHERE: National Endowment for the Arts. WHEN: Now. BRIEF ABOUT: The NEA will award 832 grants totaling $23.3 million through its Art Works funding category and is the first of…
MT: Missoula
WHERE: Montana Museum of Art & Culture. WHEN: Opens Thursday, January 24 and runs through April 20, 2013. TITLE: Nancy Erickson: Kindred Spirits BRIEF ABOUT: A nationally recognized fiber artist,…
Grads to work in nation’s classrooms
(AAPNW-KY) – Last spring, Teach for America selected 27 recent graduates of the University of Kentucky to serve in America’s inner cities and rural communities. The UK group, the…
The box has no subject barriers for actor
There are no marked passageways for those that straddle the black lines of Theatre Arts, music, film and media. Throw in a taste for performance art and you have a…
OH: Van Wert
WHERE: Van Wert Arts Factory. BRIEF ABOUT: This 2012 project provides gifts for area elderly affiliated with the Van Wert County Council on Aging (COA) Senior Center. With the help…
IN: Portland
WHERE: Arts Place WHEN: Friday, January 11, 2013 from 5:15-6:45 pm. BRIEF ABOUT: A Master Class/Martha Graham Technique will be instructed by teaching artists of the Dance Kaleidoscope troupe. Open…
OH: Cincinnati
WHEN: December 2012 Online Edition. TITLE: End of the Year Best Fiction of 2012 BRIEF ABOUT: AEQAI’s Editor Daniel Brown writes “Although The New York Times Books Review’s editors found…
She sculpts men of status
    Blending art and history is nothing new as we recall oil and watercolor portraits of somber figures, dressed in their period garb, rather smug and disinterested. But do we remember…
Heritage plays main role in his art
“One other thing stirs me when I look back at my youthful days, the fact that so many people gave me something or were something to me without knowing it.”…
PA: Pittsburgh
WHERE: Pittsburgh Filmmakers Galleries. WHEN: On view to January 6, 2013. TITLE: Marcellus Shale Documentary Project BRIEF ABOUT: The exhibition features more than 50 photographic images which tell the personal…
What’s going on here?
“Las Meninas” means “The Maids of Honor” hangs behind bulletproof glass, probably the greatest treasure of the Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain. This beautiful and impressive oil painting was…
Shape up a painting
For beginning artists, the most difficult part of a painting or drawing is often the beginning. When you look at a subject, it’s hard to decide what should be…
IN: Indianapolis
WHERE: Toby Theater WHEN: Thursday, October 11, 2012, 6:30 and 7:30 pm. TITLE: Project IMA, IN:spired BRIEF ABOUT: This is the third runway show organized by the Indianapolis Museum of…
Hengst: ‘Best of the best’ chosen
“This was another outstanding year for books by Ohio writers and books about Ohio and Ohioans. We receive 800-1,000 traditionally published books each year, which are eligible for the book…
The Lady speaks . . .
“The arts are not just a nice thing to have or to do if there is free time or if one can afford it. Rather, paintings and poetry, music and…
Arts in Learning
Recently, I read a list of 10 things the arts teach children (as well as the kid in all of us). This list by Elliot Eisner, professor emeritus of Art…
TN: Nashville
WHERE: Schermerhorn Symphony Center. WHEN: Thursday, September 20 at 7:00 pm; Friday and Saturday, September 21 and 22 at 8:00 pm. TITLE: A Woman’s Life BRIEF ABOUT: Richard Danielpour adapts…
Americans For The Arts video
A multi-cultural artistic gem
Her mother was French, Irish and Native American and her father was one hundred percent Chinese. Together they produced a multi-cultural beauty, Ruth KO, who in childhood was always interested…
‘Hearts’ of a potter are in the Hoosier
The wheat fields of Indiana are a golden flowing carpet that stretches over acres of well-worked land, broken only by lush green wooded areas that appear to watch over the…
Special summer exhibitions showing
WHERE: Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville. WHEN: Through August 31, 2012. BRIEF ABOUT: A collection of works from the museum’s permanent collection, “Hollers and Harvests” highlights the relationship…
2012 NEA National Heritage Fellows
Paul and Darlene Bergren, Dog Sled and Snowshoe Designers and Builders, Minot, North Dakota. (www.arts.gov/honors/heritage/fellows/fellow.php?id=2012_02&type=bio) Mike Auldridge, Dobro Player, Silver Spring, Maryland. (www.arts.gov/honors/heritage/fellows/fellow.php?id=2012_01&type=bio) …
He creates visual works of feelings
Minjae Lee is a 23-year-old self taught artist who produces work that reflects his signature of powerful colors and creative movement. He uses seemingly old-fashioned tools, such as markers,…
Educator given ‘evolution’ honor
(AAPNW-KY) – Biology professor James Krupa recently received his second major accolade from the National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) in the past two years. After taking home the…
Her works speak to all cultures
Artists seem to share a unique quality in seeing the world as one instead of categorizing people into hundreds of different languages, cultures and appearances. Elisse Pogofsky-Harris is one…
A magnolia blooms to the top
High school senior Kristen Dupard from Ridgeland, Mississippi, has won the 2012 Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest. “My favorite poem is ‘What Work Is’ by Philip Levine,” said Dupard.…
Artist is hooked on nature’s reclaims
Watercolor is said to be an addictive type of painting. The color, texture and material selected in the beginning can lead down a very unpredictable path. The constant blending, building,…
Bro opens twin’s art world
Having more than one passion in your life doesn’t have to be confusing. Just ask Adam Reeder, a creative energetic sculptor that is taking imagination, knowledge, teaching and beauty to…
KY: Lexington
WHERE: The Netherlands. WHEN: Through August 2012. TITLE: Fifth International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam BRIEF ABOUT: The University of Kentucky College of Design architecture students will have their work in exhibition…
IN: Huntington
WHERE: Robert E. Wilson Gallery on the campus of Huntington University. WHEN: March 26 through April 5, 2012. An award reception will take place at 6:00 pm on Saturday, March…
About the Back Porch section cover art as published then by Gertrude (Wyss) Sluterbeck. She was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana on February 3, 1915 and received art training at South…
OH: Dublin
WHERE: Dublin Arts Council. WHEN: On view through April 20, 2012. TITLE: Yesterday: Columbus College of Art & Design Student Exhibition BRIEF ABOUT: This youth-focused show is inspired by memories…
ME: Portland
WHERE: Portland Museum of Art. WHEN: Through April 1, 2012. TITLE: National Youth Art Month BRIEF ABOUT: In collaboration with the Maine Art Education Association, PMA has organized this student…
KY: Lexington
WHERE: Singletary Center for the Arts at the University of Kentucky. WHEN: Thursday, March 22, 2012, 7:30 pm. TITLE: Don Quixote BRIEF ABOUT: Performed by the returning Moscow Festival Ballet,…
IN: Huntington
WHERE: Longaker Recital Hall of the Merillat Centre for the Arts. WHEN: Friday, March 23, 2012, 7:30 pm. BRIEF ABOUT: A combined senior recital with soprano Breana Balliet and clarinetist…
VA: Lorton
WHERE: Workhouse Arts Center. WHEN: Saturday, March 30-April 29, 2012, TITLE: 4th Annual Sgt. Scott Lange Kirkpatrick High School Poetry Scholarship BRIEF ABOUT: WAC invites 2011-2012 juniors and seniors from…
OH: Kettering
WHERE: Kettering Seventh-day Adventist Church. WHEN: Sunday, March 18, 2012, 3:00 pm. TITLE: Spring Concert of the Dayton Philharmonic Youth Strings BRIEF ABOUT: Conducted by Elizabeth Hofeldt, the concert begins…
Crowned the ‘Hoosier King of prose’
(AAPNW-IN) – Chosen from 17 participating finalist from Indiana schools, Indianapolis Broad Ripple High School’s Jordan Mather-Licht took top honors in the 2012 Indiana Poetry Out Loud recitation contest.…
CA: Los Angeles
WHERE: Matrix Theatre, 7657 Melrose Avenue – www.matrixtheatre.com WHEN: Previews Admission Special Ticketing is $20.00 for Thursday, March 29, Friday, March 30, Saturday, March 31, all times at 8:00…
Artist’s works speak with feelings
Just as her work was beginning to be noticed by galleries and juried exhibitions the accident happened. Monika Steiner was thrown from a horse and broke her back. …
AL: Gadsden
WHERE: Mary G. Hardin Center for Cultural Arts. WHEN: On view through March 9, 2012. TITLE: Craig Wedderspoon: Sculpture and Installations BRIEF ABOUT: Wedderspoon has had solo exhibitions in Ohio,…
About the Cover art as published then in the Potter’s Shed Section: 2008-09 Fall/Winter print edition, Vol. 20 No. 3 “Portrait Cup with Yellow Lines Ceramic” ( 7.5″ x 8″…