South Africa in the Hoosier

     (NWPR-IN) – Tucked away in a remote corner of northeast Indiana lays a refuge for some of the most beautiful animals in the world.  This sanctuary for rescued and…

Artist gives Trifu thumbs up

     (PNAN-US) – Cape Town, South Africa artist, author and actress, Leeorah Hursky has cast her vote of approval for Canadian film producer, Daria Trifu to be considered for the…

Storyteller bestowed Heritage Award

     (PNAN-MT) – World-renowned songwriter, storyteller, recording artist, and television and radio personality, Red Steagall is the recipient of the 2011 Charles M. Russell Heritage Award. “Steagall is a true patriot…

Galleries join ‘art umbrellas’

(PNAN-CALIF) – Affinity Galleries and LarkGallery Online have united in series of events combining visual and performing arts entitled: “Spring Equinox.”  The following events began recently with opening receptions at the Phantom…

Hoosier has a prose champ

     (AAPNW-IN) – Roses are red, violets are blue, just so you know there is one outstanding Indiana high school student, who is now new and has been added to…

She breathes by voice

     (AAPNW-KY) – Born into a musical family, Hannah Ellis discovered the title of her single, “My Love” (Let It Be Me) when she took the Kentucky Future Farmers of…

Mag to show ‘faces of time’

     (PNAN-NY) – Best known as an American music journalist and editor, Timothy White (1952-2002) said, “No publication is a staple of life. It’s not bread and water. You have…

     (PNAN-CALIF) – Born in Oak Park, Illinois, Canadian author, Carol Ann Shields (1935-2003), who is best known for her 1993 novel, “The Stone Diaries,” which won the U.S. Pulitzer Prize…

     (PNAN-DC) –  “Live interactions between musicians and audiences are essential to jazz,” said NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman. “These NEA Jazz Masters Live grants will provide audiences across the country…

Show of cultural grandeur set for Nashville

        (AAPNW-TN) – “We are honored to organize and present Vishnu: Hinduism’s Blue-Skinned Savior, the first major exhibition to explore the Vaishnava tradition in art,” said Frist Center Executive Director Susan…

The Chosen: Glass artist Ben

     (AAPNW-IN) – Selected from a field of seven glass artists from around the state, the Indiana Arts Commission has inked Ben Johnson of Cicero. “As the creator of the…

A symphony is a ‘light’ in His houses

     (NWPR-OH) – Underwritten by AR-HALE Family Foundation, CorpComm Group, Perry Corporation, Century Link, First Federal Bank, Union Bank of Delphos, Everyday Technologies and Sidney Christian Academy, “Mozart by Candlelight”…

     (AAPNW-IN) – Organizations are encouraged to file application for the Statewide Arts Service Organization (SWASO) grant program because funding will be available to strengthen the capacity of arts organizations…

Poet to share his love

     (PNAN-ME) – The New York Times Book Review said about U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky recent volume of poetry: “Pinsky is our finest living specimen of this sadly rare…

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…

     (NWPR-IN) Pledging their support of the 2011 Regional Student Art Exhibition, which takes place annually during Youth Art Month, the show features works by students from East Central Indiana…

     (AAPNW-TN) – Two special awards to be presented at the 2010 Nashville Symphony Ball, taking place Saturday, December 11, at Loews Vanderbilt Plaza Hotel. Marty Stuart will receive the…

     (NWPR-OH) – “Paul’s stunning work embodies conceptual values such as mass, volume, space, color and perspective, while at the same time containing a spiritual quality which evokes an emotional…

     (NWPR-OH) – Born in 1940 in Columbus, Ohio, artist Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson combines traditional art materials with found and everyday objects to create enchanting two- and three-dimensional works.…

     (AAPNW-IN) – Hoosier artists in selected disciplines have until February 14, 2011 to submit applications for the Indiana Arts Commission’s Individual Artist Program (IAP) grant. The guidelines can be…

      (PNAN-NC) – Speed, precision, and danger are key elements of the exhibition “VantagePoint IX – Janet Biggs: Going to Extremes” that is on view Friday, November 5 through May…

     (PNAN-ME) On Saturday, December 4, the Bangor Art Society is holding its “8th Annual Holiday Art Auction” at the Masonic Center, located in the former Bangor Theological Seminary campus…

JAY COUNTY Commissioners recently issued a proclamation acknowledging October as National Arts and Humanities Month. Shown (l-r) front row: Commissioners Milo Miller, James Zimmerman and Faron Parr. Back row from…