AK: Anchorage

WHERE: Anchorage Museum. WHEN: Thursday, April 4, 2013, 10:00 am to 5:30 pm. TITLE: The Things We Make tackles major issues surrounding Alaska Native art BRIEF ABOUT: This exhibit brings…

VA: Newport News

   WHERE: Peninsula Fine Arts Center. WHEN: Opens Saturday, April 6, 2013. NOTE: An artist’s reception is slated for Friday, April 5 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm, which includes a…

WHERE: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. WHEN: Saturday, March 30, 2013, from 7:00-10:00 pm. Note: Admission is free. TITLE: A Night of Utopian Gestures BRIEF ABOUT: An interactive celebration…

‘Small’ painting began with illustrated books

      Miniature paintings started with books known as “illuminated manuscripts.”  These are handmade books where the text is illustrated or enhanced with decorations.  This includes fancy decorated initial letters that…

Getting revenge through painting

     Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-ca.1656) is today considered one of the most accomplished painters of her generation.  She was also the most important woman painter of Early Modern Europe because of…

ME: Portland

“Audiences will be challenged, engaged, and inspired by the great Tanzanian cultural objects in Shangaa,” said PMA Director Mark H.C. Bessire. “For the first time in the United States, the…

IN: Huntington

WHERE: Robert E. Wilson Gallery. WHEN: Opens Thursday, March 21 and runs through April 9, 2013. Note: An award reception will be on Saturday, April 6 at 6:00 pm. TITLE:…

WHERE: Margaret I. King Building, which is located in the central University of Kentucky campus between Library Drive and Patterson Drive and near the Classroom Building. Note: It is the…

WHERE: Artlink. WHEN: On view through Wednesday, April 17, 2013. TITLE: M.A.C. Exhibit (Mixed Media, Assemblage, and Collage) BRIEF ABOUT: Around 70 area artists exhibiting one piece of their original…

ID: Moscow

WHERE: Worldwide WHEN: Closes on May 1, 2013. BRIEF ABOUT: In honor of the Appaloosa Horse Club’s 75th Anniversary, the Trail of Painted Ponies and the ApHC have united in…

NM: Santa Fe

  WHERE: Museum of International Folk Art. WHEN: On view through September 2, 2013. TITLE: Plain Geometry: Amish Quilts BRIEF ABOUT: Thirty-four remarkably crafted textiles from the museum’s collection and…

IA: Des Moines

WHERE: Des Moines Art Center. WHEN: On view through April 14, 2013 in the Blank One Gallery. TITLE: Double Feature BRIEF ABOUT: Organized by Laura Burkhalter, associate curator and Jill…

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…

PA: Philadelphia

WHERE: Philadelphia Museum of Art. WHEN: On view through June 9, 2013 in the Dorrance Galleries. TITLE: Great and Mighty Things ABOUT:  “For over three decades, Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz…

SD: Rapid City

WHERE: The Emerging Visual Artists Gallery is located in the Bruce H. Lien Cultural Café, Dahl Arts Center and can be accessed through the Kansas City entrance. WHEN: Through March…

ND: Bismarck

WHERE: Radisson Hotel. WHEN: Wednesday, March 27, Social hour begins at 5:00 pm, dinner and awards at 6:00 pm. BRIEF ABOUT: The chosen the recipients of the 2013 Governor’s Awards…

VA: Newport News

WHERE: Peninsula Fine Arts Center. WHEN: Thursday, March 21, from 5:30-7:30 pm. TITLE: Art After 5 BRIEF ABOUT: Featuring local singer/songwriter Nicole Belanus (www.nicolebelanus.com) , who is a self-produced multi-instrumentalist…

KY: Louisville

WHERE: Liberty Tattoo and Art Parlor. WHEN: Opens Tuesday, March 12 and remains on view through April 27, 2013. Note: There will be an Artist Reception on Saturday, April 13,…

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…

‘Whoops of pleasure’…

  Set in the crown of a Magyar evening at Walt Disney Concert Hall on January 18, 2013, a radiant, commanding Midori (www.gotomidori.com) and the Los Angeles Philharmonic swept aside…

NM: Santa Fe

WHERE: New Mexico Museum of Art. WHEN: Opens Friday, April 19 and runs through September 8, 2013. TITLE: Shiprock and Mont St. Michel: Photographs by William Clift ABOUT: This one-man…

IN: Indianapolis

WHERE: Indianapolis Museum of Art. WHEN: Opens Friday, April 5 and remains on view to July 28, 2013. TITLE: Ai Weiwei: According to What? BRIEF ABOUT: The first major survey…

NY: Rochester

WHERE: Memorial Art Gallery. WHEN: Opens to the public on Sunday, March 17 and runs through June 9, 2013. NOTE: For special events, call 585.276.8938. TITLE: It Came from the…

OH: Dublin

WHERE: Dublin Arts Council Gallery. WHEN: On view from Tuesday, March 5 to April 19, 2013. TITLE: Robert Mullins: Kinetic Sculpture BRIEF ABOUT: An exhibition of aluminum and stainless steel…

OH: Lima

WHERE: ArtSpace/Lima. WHEN: On view through April 13, 2013.  TITLE: 25th Annual Kewpee High School Art Invitational BRIEF ABOUT: Artists from twenty area high schools exhibiting their work in nine…

NY: Kingston

WHERE: Arts Society of Kingston. WHEN: On view through March 30, 2013. BRIEF ABOUT: A solo show by artist Liz Smith and an exhibition, “Juxtaposition” by ASK members. Primarily a…

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…

WHERE: Reichard Hall at the University of Dayton. WHEN: April 13, 14, May 4 and 11, 2013. BRIEF ABOUT: Calling all area student musicians to audition for the Dayton Philharmonic…

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…

At the Wassenberg . . .

From Hope Wallace, Executive Director      The list of individuals we are grateful is growing long. Thank you to Gary Showalter and Jerry Mazur both of Van Wert who removed…

OH: Dayton

  WHERE: Mead Theatre of the Schuster Center. WHEN: Friday, March 22 and Saturday, March 23 at 8 pm. TITLE: An Evening with Rita Coolidge BRIEF ABOUT: Before Rita appears…

MN: Bloomington

WHERE: Bloomington Theatre and Art Center. WHEN: Deadline for submissions is March 31, 2013. BRIEF ABOUT: Call for emerging and established artists residing in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa…

‘ A dramatic power…’

New CD release celebrates mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson  and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Mark Swed, music critic for the Los Angeles Times, heard the performance of this cantata in person and…

MT: Missoula

WHERE: Missoula Art Museum. WHEN: On view through May 13, 2013. TITLE: Gary Horinek: The Gathering BRIEF ABOUT: Several years in the planning, artist Horinek designed “The Gathering” specifically for…

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…