French Revolution’s official artist
No one’s neck was safe from the guillotine during the years following the French Revolution in 1789. This period was called “The Terror†for good reason. The French motto of…
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One man with two huge talents
Tony Bennett is a Grammy award-winning performer whose memorable songs include I Left My Heart in San Francisco. He is also a highly respected professional artist who signs his art…
Celebrating America’s pastries in paint
For thousands of years, one thing has brought people together; a common bond that crosses the boundaries of culture and generations. This common bond is food, and thousands of…
School flourishes with artistic souls
There is a place where you can go, to learn an entire lifetime of basic skills, There are no crowds, no books, no grades, no pressure and very few frills;…
Man behind the brush
There is much to be said for knowing what you want out of life, creating a plan and sticking with your ultimate dream; few actually do. Pursuing your genuine happiness…
PHILIP SUGDEN: Portrait of the professor
The soft whispering of air stirs throughout the majestic Himalayan skies as the anointed Angel slows to make her descent. “Consecration” is a presentation of art on a…
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…
A big Boom for my buck
Children’s author and illustrator, Steven Kellogg lit up the stage at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center in Van Wert, Ohio. The gregarious artist captured not only mine, but also…
‘Snowflake Doc’ tells stories with his paper artistry
(AAPNW-MI) – English Statesman and writer Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) said regarding preparing for the future, “The secret to success in life is for a man to be ready for…
Man with the golden touch
Everyone born into this miraculous world brings with them a special talent. Be it a voice so richly toned that birds stop singing in midair or hands that, with…
Artist will show you the magic
Children are naturally drawn to the anticipation of the unknown. For the high school art students of Deering High School in Portland, Maine, the trick to the magic slowly…
Photographer ‘freezes’ His artworks
In the space of a few seconds, Susan Miller Cormier uses her camera to capture the vibrant color and life of the natural world around us. Her photographs are…
Color is dearest to artist
A delightful, fragrant aroma, the feel of silkiness on each vivid petal; our senses can be deceived so easily when art is done just right. The correct mixture…
Still-life creations cometh alive
The workbench is noticeably covered with scrapped pieces of metal and wire. A welding apparatus stands frozen in the corner as if waiting for the TV picture tube parts…
Man finds artistic identity in glass
The unrelenting medium of glass carving is one that only a perfectionist can conquer. Ever so slowly, refined sketches are worked and reworked, in preparation for a distinct abrasive…
Sailor show on Center’s 2011 ‘wall’
(NWPR-OH) – Works by watercolor artist Barbara Sailor of Jackson Center, Ohio goes on view Saturday, January 15, 2001 at Arts Place, Collective Center in St. Marys, Ohio. A…
Faraci takes over during search
(PNAN-AL) – The Huntsville Museum of Art’s Deputy Director and Director of Education, Carolyn Faraci was chosen to serve as its Interim President and CEO. “We on the Board…
Museum gets new Chief Curator
(PNAN-MT) – Sarah L. Burt becomes the new chief curator of the C.M. Russell Museum, located in Great Falls. Prior to her appointment, Burt comes from the Joslyn Art…
‘King Milt’ weds a Franklin county ‘Queen’
(AAPNW-OH) – “Over the past year, Milt has earned the trust of the arts and business communities while providing solid leadership as GCAC worked to respond to community needs…
Cox: ‘Mud was great!’
Glen Dale, West Virginia is situated in the very top tail of the state, along the Ohio River with Ohio and Pennsylvania bordering each side. “God’s Country” as many…
Chosen as one of the region’s best
(PNAN-VA) Earlier this year, the Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton was designated as the 2010 Cultural Arts Organization of the Year by the Prince William Chamber of Commerce. “The…
From floor covering to printing method
In this age of vinyl flooring, many people aren’t familiar with linoleum. However, at one time, it was the most popular floor covering available. It can still be found…
Club sponsors children’s art program
(NWPR-OH) – The Wassenberg Art Center of Van Wert recently received a sponsorship donation from the Wetzel Motorcycle Club to help support the art center’s summer Art Camps for…
Artists honored from both ‘fence’ sides
(PNAN-TX) – As a collaborative union among the El Paso Museum of Art, Museo de Arte INBA de Ciudad Juarez, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, CONACULTA-INBA, the Mexican Consulate…
Members have show’s spotlight
(NWPR-OH) – Part of the Wassenberg Art Center’s (WAC) mission is to encourage and support local artists, who a number of the members work in the fine and creative…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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,…
What you get will be worth the wait
(PNAN-AL) – The music will be flowing, songs will be sung, speeches of gratitude will be given, culinary delights will be savored, and even children’s faces will be painted.…
It’s his first lone show in U.S. museum
(AAPNW) – With an expressive vocabulary that relies on deadpan humor, absurdist enunciation, poetry and childlike imagery, museum goers will see in the “Kim Beom: Objects Being Taught They…
Japanese ceramic artist to exhibit
(AAPNW-OH) – “What I like best about Miyajima Masayuki’s work is its dignity and sense of place,” says Fred G. Notehelfer, professor and director of the UCLA Center for…
Dayton artist’s works next showing
(NWPR-OH) – “As an artist of portraiture through my drawings, I continue to strive to bring out the beauty, mood and character of each individual I draw and to…
Wixom works to show exodus to triumph
“All waters flow eventually to the sea; all creativity in its diversity is still one with the human impulse to reflect, understand, and communicate those insights with others.” Vindora Wixom…
Symphony to haunt goers’ ears and eyes
(NWPR-OH) – On Saturday, October 30 at 3:00 pm in the Benjamin and Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center, the area’s largest musical Halloween celebration, “PhilharMonster” returns as the Dayton…
Woody’s ‘eyes’ captures winning works
(NWPR-OH) – If our human memory begins to fade our recollection of a time, place or person; photographs can instantly refresh as they hold a preservation of sorts to…
She pushes the limits
(PNAN-NC) – Elizabeth Turk’s “Collar 21” work went on display during the opening of the new Mint Museum Uptown in Charlotte, North Carolina. “Her ability to manipulate marble…
Leader to declare war on United States
(NWPR-OH) – Gloriana, age 22 and beautiful is the Duchess of a tiny country in the Alps founded centuries ago by a roving band of English bowmen. Her domain…
‘Sultan’ to toot soulful jazz sounds
(PNAN-NY) – Classically trained musician, Gus Mancini, who is also a master of improvisational Jazz and known as “The Sultan of Sonic Soul,” will perform at the Arts Society…
Innovating sublimes unite musical visions
(PNAN-CA) – When artistic director and violinist David Harrington of the Kronos Quartet first heard Black Angels on the radio, he thought it was “something wild, something scary” and…
Texas judge ‘frees’ 14 Mississippians
    (PNAN-MS) – Paintings, sculptures, photographs, tapestries are among a few of the disciplines for works of art. They are the most valued treasures of civilization; thusly it should be no wonder…
Photography reveals people of grit
(PNAN-MS) – They opened up to the ‘Picture Man’ who recorded these hardworking people living in Cabbagetown, a poor and downtrodden section in Atlanta. His black and white photographs…
Works now all about color and form
(AAPNW-NY) – The hallucinogenic effects of certain therapeutic drugs was initially labeled “psychedelic” in 1956 by British psychiatrist Dr. Timothy Leary, but it wasn’t until the mid-1960s that the…
Mozart lives again in the Schuster house
(NWPR-OH) – Sharing is a good thing and most of us learn this in our youth. Although we might not have known we were practicing philanthropy, we came to…
Jamaican dancehall garb topic of view
(PNAN-CA) On view at the See Line Gallery in Los Angeles through Thursday, November 11, a solo exhibition, “Fashion Ova’ Style” with artworks by Ebony Patterson includes mixed media…
Old toys set for memorable view
(AAPNW-KY) – From Saturday, October 23 through December 31, “Planes, Trains and Superheroes” goes on view at the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft in Louisville. More than 100…