VA: Newport News
WHERE: Peninsula Fine Arts Center. WHEN: Thursday, September 20 from 5:30-8:30 pm. TITLE: Art After 5 Fall Music Extravaganza BRIEF ABOUT: “It is going to be a big one!” according…
Month: September 2012
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…
AR: Fayetteville
WHERE: Baum Walker Hall at Walton Arts Center. WHEN: Sunday, September 16, 2012 at 3:00 pm. TITLE: SoNA Masterworks I BRIEF ABOUT: One of the most rousing pieces ever written,…
IN: West Lafayette
WHEN: Sunday, September 16, 2012 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm in Tapawingo Park. TITLE: Art on the Wabash, a Local Artists’ Fair BRIEF ABOUT: Tall shade trees, a riverside…
A day of blissfulness
During my annual July trip to Coastal Maine with my sister Janet, our week-long stay was at the Holbrook House (www.holbrookhouse.com) in Bar Harbor – an amazing B&B operated by…
A novel with a forever touching spirit
“Petey” is a young adult book which is about children born in the early 1900s with “deficiencies” and are thought to be idiots, morons or imbeciles; thusly they were put…
OH: Dayton
WHERE: Schuster Center. WHEN: Friday, October 12 and Saturday, October 13, 2012 at 8:00 pm. TITLE: Romantic Titans BRIEF ABOUT: Guest soloist pianist Terrence Wilson (www.terrencewilsonpiano.com ) along with Music…
CA: Los Angeles
WHERE: REDCAT (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater WHEN: Sunday, September 16 through November 11, 2012. Note: Opening Reception is Saturday, September 15 from 6:00-9:00 pm. TITLE: Tony Cokes: Retro (Pop,…
SD: Rapid City
WHERE: Dahl Arts Center. WHEN: September 21-23, 2012. TITLE: 3rd Annual Americana Music Festival BRIEF ABOUT: Presented by the Rapid City Arts Council, in partnership with the Black Hills Bluegrass…
New York artist works on view
(NWPR-IN) – Works in the exhibit entitled, “Sleepers” by Brooklyn, New York fiber artist Joetta Maue (www.joettamaue.com) is on view in the Hugh N. Ronald Gallery at Arts Place…
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…
CA: Long Beach
WHERE: Lark Gallery Online. WHEN: Deadline July 1, 2012. TITLE: Rediscovery of Wonder BRIEF ABOUT: Lark Gallery Online invites musicians, composers and performers to submit their music to their second…
Words of our time
Whether it is the way of the Egyptians, or the rice writing by the Japanese, or the beautiful Islamic calligraphy as well as by Pierre-Jules Renard (1864-1910) who integrated the…
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…
NH: Manchester
WHERE: Currier Museum of Art. WHEN: Opens Saturday, September 29, 2012. TITLE: Printmaking in the Age of Rembrandt BRIEF ABOUT: Viewers of this exhibition will explore the rich culture and…
MT: Billings
WHERE: Yellowstone Art Museum. WHEN: On view for a limited time. TITLE: Treasured Views BRIEF ABOUT: Paintings from the William I. Koch Collection created by notable artists of the American…
SD: Rapid City
WHERE: Dahl Arts Center WHEN: The reception to meet the artist Ray Tysdal (www.raytysdal.com) is on Friday, September 14 from 5:00-7:00 pm in the Sen. Stan Adelstein & Lynda K.…
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
MN: Bloomington
WHERE: Bloomington Theatre and Art Center in the Atrium Gallery. WHEN: Opens Thursday, September 13 and runs through November 2, 2012 TITLE: Night Ice BRIEF ABOUT: For the past several…
CA: Los Angeles
WHERE: Coagula Curatorial Gallery. WHEN: Opens Saturday, September 29 and runs thru October 21, 2012. TITLE: Once Upon A Time…Axl Rose Was My Neighbor BRIEF ABOUT: A solo show of…
IN: Portland
WHERE: Hall Moser Theatre. WHEN: Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at 7:00 pm. TITLE: An Evening with Philip Gulley BRIEF ABOUT: Gulley is a Quaker Pastor at Fairfield Friends Meeting House…
MN: Bloomington
WHERE: Bloomington Theater and Art Center. WHEN: Thursday, September 27 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, September 28 and 29, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; and Sunday,…
AK: Anchorage
WHERE: Anchorage Museum. WHEN: Goes on view Friday, September 7 through November 11, 2012. TITLE: Finding My Song BRIEF ABOUT: As part of the Patricia B. Wolf Solo Exhibition Series,…
MA: Boston
WHERE: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. WHEN: Goes on view Thursday, September 20, 2012 through January 7, 2013. TITLE: The Great Bare Mat & Constellation BRIEF ABOUT: The Raqs Media Collective…
MT: Billings
WHERE: Yellowstone Art Museum. WHEN: Thursday, September 13, 2012 at 7:00 pm. TITLE: Chief Joseph and His People BRIEF ABOUT: A presentation by Niimíipuu (Nez Perce) author, historian, photographer and…
OH: Greenville
WHERE: Bear’s Mill WHEN: On view through Sunday, September 23, 2012. TITLE: Art At the Mill BRIEF ABOUT: Fitting perfectly in the Mill’s natural setting, works by Brian Gordy captures…
NY: Kingston
WHERE: Arts Society of Kingston. WHEN: Friday, September 14, 2012, 7:00 pm. TITLE: Poe Live! BRIEF ABOUT: It is the year 2012, but Edgar Allan Poe, the celebrated man of…
OH: Troy
WHERE: Troy-Hayner Cultural Center. WHEN: Deadline dates are: Friday, September 14, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm; Saturday, September 15, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm; or Sunday, September 16, 1:00 to…
ND: Bismarck
WHERE: North Dakota Council on the Arts. WHEN: Deadline is Friday, September 14, 2012. TITLE: Art=Work BRIEF ABOUT: NDCA’s Logo Art Contest is open to visual artists with disabilities (15…
CA: West Hollywood
WHERE: MAK Center for Art and Architecture. WHEN: Thursday, October 04, 2012, 7:00-9:00 pm. TITLE: Artists+Institutions Salon Remix BRIEF ABOUT: In the Schindler House, conversations related to a site-specific culinary…
MS: Laurel
WHERE: Lauren Rogers Museum of Art. WHEN: On view through October 6, 2012. TITLE: Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Prints and Objects BRIEF ABOUT: More than 130 original numbered editions of prints…
OH: Akron
WHERE: Akron Art Museum. WHEN: On view through January 20, 2013. TITLE: Robert Stivers: Veiled Image BRIEF ABOUT: From the AAM’s photography collection, this exhibit in the Fred and Laura…
CA: Los Angeles
WHERE: J. Paul Getty Museum. WHEN: Through October 14, 2012. TITLE: Messerschmidt and Modernity BRIEF ABOUT: On view is the modern series of so-called Character Heads created by the German…
DC: Washington
WHERE: Connersmith. WHEN: Opens Saturday, September 8 and runs through- October 20, 2012. TITLE: Lisa Ruyter: Let Us Now Praise Famous Men BRIEF ABOUT: Ruyter (www.lisaruyter.com) presents a new series…
WA: Bellevue
WHERE: Bellevue Arts Museum. WHEN: Through October 7, 2012. TITLE: Bold Expressions: African American Quilts from the Collection of Corrine Riley BRIEF ABOUT: The exhibition also explores a variety of…
GA: Columbus
WHERE: Columbus Art Museum. WHEN: Through November 4, 2012 in the Third Floor Galleries. TITLE: ROCÍO RODRÍGUEZ- Divergent Fictions: A Selection of Works from 1988 – 2012 BRIEF ABOUT: In…
MT: Billings
WHERE: Yellowstone Art Museum. WHEN: A new 2012 ongoing exhibition. TITLE: Boundless Visions BRIEF ABOUT: From the museum’s permanent collections, this long-term exhibition goes straight to the core of what…
CA: San Jose
WHERE: San Jose Museum of Art. WHEN: Through January 13, 2013. TITLE: Local Color BRIEF ABOUT: From the Museum’s permanent collection, this exhibit explores the primacy of color in a…
VT: Shelburne
WHERE: Shelburne Museum. WHEN: On view through October 28, 2012. TITLE: Elizabeth Berdann: Deep End BRIEF ABOUT: On view in the Lighthouse, artist Berdann’s (www.elizabethberdann.com) recent series of miniature portraits…
IA: Sioux City
WHERE: Sioux City Art Center. WHEN: Through October 14, 2012. TITLE: Leonardo da Vinci: Man Inventor Genius / Man Artist Genius BRIEF ABOUT: The exhibition contains 35 models of inventions…
DE: Wilmington
WHERE: Delaware Art Museum. WHEN: Through September 16, 2012. TITLE: Once Upon a Time in Delaware/In Quest of the Perfect Book BRIEF ABOUT: This exhibition explores decorative book covers through…