Half century feast of fashions
Opening in the Grand Gallery on Sunday, January 31,“Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair” and remaining on view through April 24, 2016 at the Memorial Art Gallery in…
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Kailukiak takes ‘Budney Choice’
Going on view February 5 through April 10, 2016 at the Anchorage Museum, “All Alaska Biennial†celebrates the contemporary work of Alaska artists with works that explore the North, its…
Guild chooses new director
Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg, South Carolina has Caitlin Boice as its new Executive Director, who has been working as the Interim Director since June 2014. “Caitlin’s work ethic…
Student Exhibit soon to open
The annual Young Masters’ exhibit featuring the artwork of students in grades K-12 is returning to the Troy-Hayner Cultural Center in Troy, Ohio, will be on display from January 8…
IN: Fort Wayne
WHERE: Artlink, Auer Center for Arts and Culture. WHEN: Friday, January 22 – opening reception from 6 to 9 p.m. with Artists’ Talk at 6:45 p.m.; Exhibitions run through March…
Show focuses on Needleworks
On view through February 28, 2016 at the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia, “Georgia’s Girlhood Embroidery: ‘Crowned with Glory and Immortality’” focuses on ornamental needlework created…
Passionate, fiery, sensual, intense show
“Flamenco: From Spain to New Mexico” is on view at the Museum of International Folk Art through September 11, 2016, showing more than 150 objects which not only celebrates,…
Center has new home
“I am very pleased with the new location at 207 East Spring Street Street in St. Marys, Ohio,” said Mary Novin, Center Director for Arts Place, The Collective Center. “I…
NM: Santa Fe
WHERE: New Mexico Museum of Art. WHEN: On view through February 21, 2016 in conjunction with O’Keeffe in Process exhibit. An American Modernism This exhibit explores the quest by…
Renovated art facility tall again
The Glass Wheel Studio, which recently held its official Grand Opening, is featuring in their first exhibition through January 17, 2016, works by glass artist Jon Goldberg, mixed-media artist Natalie…
NY: Rochester
WHERE: Memorial Art Gallery. WHEN: Through January 24, 2016. Une Une Danse des Bouffons (A Jester’s Dance) The silent, black-and-white video work by Canadian artist Marcel Dzama, which is repeated…
Final shows a perfect package
All taking place at the Portland Center of Arts Place in Portland, Indiana, from “A Night on the Town” performance series, concert goers can call 260.726.4809 or go online to:…
SD: Rapid City
WHERE: Rapid City Arts Council. WHEN: Submissions Deadline: Sunday, February 21, 2016 at Midnight. The Zine Project BRIEF ABOUT: Submissions are sought for the Zine, an independent arts and culture…
Homegrown: What’s it all about
On view through September 11, 2016, “Our Story” is an exhibition at the Anchorage Museum featuring work by Alaska native artists who blend traditional and contemporary techniques to explore…
Art disciplines join as one
This is a true marriage of the Visual and Performing Arts. Like a magician, Todd Williamson has harnessed light and sound onto his new body of works. As Kandinsky interrupted…
Indy museum has ‘false’ ceiling
WHERE: Indianapolis Museum of Art. WHEN: Through June 5, 2016. Richard Wentworth: False Ceiling—Indianapolis This large-scale work by Wentworth is the most ambitious installation to date and…
Works show freedom in ones
Opening Friday, November 6, 2015 and remaining on view through March 27, 2016 at the Jewish Museum in New York City, “Unorthodox” is a large-scale group exhibition of…
Concert to be a seasonal joy
The Dayton Philharmonic Youth Strings, conducted by Dr. Betsey Hofeldt, will present their annual Fall Concert on Sunday, November 15, 2015 at 3:00 pm at the Kettering Seventh-Day Adventist…
Fall show has no art style limits
Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg, Carolina opened with its Fall Members Show on view through November 27, 2015. An opening reception will be held Thursday, November 19 from 6:00-8:00 pm,…
Works talk visually
Nashville is also noted for its love of storytelling in words, images and voices. For years, the city has been home to major publishing houses, printing presses, nationally recognized writing…
Collaboration connects to Carol’s art
Opening Friday, November 6, 2015 at ArtSpace in Lima, Ohio is an exhibit, “Furnishing the Suite” that will explore of the secret life of furnishings: Where did they come…
CT: Hartford
WHERE: Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. WHEN: On view through January 24, 2016. “Warhol & Mapplethorpe: Guise & Dolls” BRIEF ABOUT: First major exhibition to pair the work of artists…
Many awards for Spartanburg
The South Carolina Art Education Association delivered seven of the nine 2015 statewide awards to education professionals in Spartanburg County. “For seven out of the nine statewide recipients for…
Bay Area composer a first
As its first Composer Lab & Workshop Fellow, the Nashville Symphony named Gabriella Smith to return several times next year to work with music director Giancarlo Guerrero and the orchestra.…
Bourgeois’s works: A visual celebration
In the West Building of the National Gallery of Art, this exhibition entitled, “Louise Bourgeois: No Exit” is made up of evocative drawings, prints and sculptures by Bourgeois, goes on…
Big art awards given
Düsseldorf-born German artists Mischa Kuball and Günther Uecker are the recipients of major art awards recently. The ceremony will be held in January at the Art Museum Celle, which houses…
SC: Spartanburg
This year’s juror John Nolan, curator of the Bob Jones Museum, selected winners of the Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg’s 42nd Annual Juried Exhibition: Best in Show: “Rooted”…
NM: Santa Fe
WHERE: Museum of Indian Arts and Culture. WHEN: Opens October 25, 2015 and runs through May 2017. Oblique Views: Archaeology, Photography, and Time During 2007 and 2008, flying…
IA: Des Moines
WHERE: Des Moines Art Center. WHEN: On view through January 17, 2016 in the John Brady Print Gallery. East and Beyond: Helen Frankenthaler and Her Contemporaries In celebration of…
MI: Detroit
WHERE: Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit/MOCAD. WHEN: On view October 16, 2015 through January 3, 2016. Dor Guez: The Sick Man of Europe: The Architect Artist Dor Guez focuses on…
AK: Anchorage
WHERE: Anchorage Museum. WHEN: On view through January 10, 2016. Van Gogh Alive – The Experience Grande Exhibitions’ State-of-the-art SENSORY4™ multimedia technology combines with a tailored exhibition space on the…
TN: Nashville
WHERE: Frist Center for the Visual Arts. WHEN: October 30, 2015 through January 6, 2016. Michelangelo: Sacred and Profane, Masterpiece Drawings from the Casa Buonarroti This exhibition offers…
IN: Fort Wayne
WHERE: Artlink, Auer Center for Arts & Culture in the Mirro Family Foundation and the Sauerteig Family Galleries. WHEN: Opens Friday, October 23, 2015 from 6:00 to 9:00 pm. Remains…
France: Paris
WHEN: October 27, 2015 – January 31, 2016 SEPIK: Arts from Papua New Guinea The first exhibition in France to be devoted to the arts of the peoples of the…
Germany: Düsseldorf
WHERE: K21 Ständehaus. WHEN: On view through January 24, 2016. The Problem of God BRIEF ABOUT: Christian iconography is omnipresent in our collective memory, and many contemporary artists incorporate…
Deputy Director’s desk filled
Miah Michaelsen of Bloomington, Indiana has become the next Indiana Arts Commission agency’s deputy director. “We are so thrilled to have Miah join the staff of the Arts Commission,” said…
CA: Long Beach
The Long Beach Museum of Art has acquired a substantial Gail Factor painting for their permanent collection. Factor’s “Salmon Stripe” was completed in the artist’s California decades. About…
They ‘raised’ him up
Promoted to Associate Conductor, Vinay Parameswaran said, “It is an incredible honor to be a part of the Nashville Symphony, and I am excited for the next three years as…
She is number 1
Shawnya L. Harris became the first Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Curator of African American and African Diasporic Art recently for the Georgia Museum of Art at the University…
New leader chosen for Museum
Gary Stoppelman has been named the Museum’s Deputy Director for Marketing and External Affairs of the Indianapolis Museum of Art. “Having worked at three of the world’s most prominent museums,…
IN: Fort Wayne
WHERE: Artlink, Auer Center for Arts & Culture. WHEN: Friday, September 11, 2015, with an opening reception from 6:00 to 9:00 pm. Exhibit remains on view through Wednesday, October 14,…
OH: Lima
WHERE: ArtSpace/Lima. WHEN: Opens Friday, September 11 and runs through October 17, 2015. Mike Huffman: Till Now BRIEF ABOUT: A reception for the artist and this exhibit will be from…
IN: Portland
WHERE: Arts Place. WHEN: On view through October 2, 2015. Contemporary Mythology BRIEF ABOUT: Works by Hoosier artist Laura Levine are a mixture of traditional figurative and classical influences, as…
OH: Troy
WHERE: Troy-Hayner Cultural Center. Call for Entries BRIEF ABOUT: Troy-Hayner Cultural Center’s biennial photography competition, Through Our Eyes 10 is seeking entries. Photographers of all ages, including children, are encouraged…
NY: New York City
WHERE: Catherine Ahnell Gallery. WHEN: On view through October 11, 2015. Assumption BRIEF ABOUT: First solo presentation in New York and features new paintings that explore the parallels that can…
SC: Spartanburg
WHERE: West Main Artists Co-Op. WHEN: Through October 1, 2015. Note: The opening reception and awards ceremony will be on Friday, September 18 from 6:00-9:00 pm. 42nd Annual Juried Show…
KY: Prestonsburg
WHERE: Mountain Arts Center. WHEN: Saturday, October 24, 2015 at 7:00 pm. Bluegrass Extravaganza BRIEF ABOUT: Featuring Nathan Stanley/ http://www.nathanstanleymusic.com/index.html with the Clinch Mountain Boys and Russell Moore & IIIrd…
NY: Rochester
WHERE: Memorial Art Gallery grounds. WHEN: Saturday, September 12 and Sunday 13, 2015. M&T Bank Clothesline Festival BRIEF ABOUT: Original work by 400+ artists from across New York State,…
Exhibit mirrors artists’ worlds
In the Inez Greenberg Gallery at the Artistry in the Bloomington Center for the Arts in Bloomington, Minnesota, on view through October 9, 2015, “It’s Personal” is an exhibition with…
Works on view span artist’s career
On view at the Georgia Museum of Art in Athens, “Ralph Chessé” (1900–1991) was an multifaceted artist: painter, sculptor and puppeteer who spent time in New Orleans, Europe and San…