40 years of Architecture Innovation

Founded in 1979, the international Pritzker Architecture Prize is awarded annually to a living architect or architects for significant contribution to the art of architecture. This exhibition at the Carnegie…

Marion-born artist debuts at museum

  Opening Friday, March 15, 2019 at the Newfields, “Samuel Levi Jones: Left of Center” is an exhibition that provides visual commentary on the oppressive nature of American power structures.…

Book sales benefit animals

  CHARLESTOWN, IN (NWPR) –  Author Mary Ann Evans pseudonym George Eliot (1819-1880) wrote, “Animals are such agreeable friends – they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms,” and today,…

First show about slavery

  At Skokie, Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center, “Purchased Lives: The American Slave Trade from 1808 to 1865” is an exhibition that illuminates just how widespread the practice of…

Prof given ‘icon’ award

University of Kentucky professor Richard Jefferies was honored with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2018 meeting of the Southeastern Archeological Conference (SEAC). This award goes to senior scholars…

Artist images ponder concerns

The Artistry opens with “A Minnesota Rookery: Paintings and Drawings from Fergus Falls by Laura Corcoran” on Friday, February 22, 2019 in the Atrium Gallery at the Bloomington Center for…

Professor is a ‘world’ educator

International Society for Education through Art (InSEA) and it is an official partner of the United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), has elected associate professor of art education…

A new look at ‘identity’

  “Stony the Road We Trod” is an exhibition featuring works by African American artists in the Georgia Museum of Art Museum’s permanent collection and Leo Twiggs, the 2019 Larry…

Illustrator works are expressive

  On Saturday, February 16, 2019, “Ralph Steadman: A Retrospective” opens at the University of Kentucky Art Museum in Lexington. Featuring more than 100 original artworks and prints, this show…

Italian artist’s works to debut at museum

Organized by Frist Art Museum in Nashville, Tennessee by Executive Director Susan H. Edwards, “Claudio Parmiggiani: Dematerialization” is this Italian artist first North American museum exhibition. Opening on Saturday, February…

Masterworks set for show

The Frist Art Museum in Nashville, Tennessee will open Saturday, February 2 with exhibitions from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts consisting of 19th and early 20th century French art…

Exhibition lineup inked

The Newfields: A Place for Nature & the Arts at the Indianapolis Museum of Art will showcase a diverse group of art exhibitions in 2019. For more detailed information on…

Book reveals the whole man

Named the recipient of a 2018 Kentucky History Award given by the Kentucky Historical Society for her book, “James Still: A Life,” President of the Appalachian Studies Association and former…

Doodling raised her up

In late fall 2012 author and illustrator, Nancy Carlson heard two words from a neurologist that would rock the happy life she had created with her husband Barry McCool. Those…

Works roar with power and beauty

  PITTSBURGH, PA – (AAPNW) – Opening Friday, February 17, 2017 at the Andy Warhol Museum, “Firelei Báez: Bloodlines” features 15 works, including four new works that are exhibited in…

Major work added to collection

  The Andy Warhol Museum has acquired an early and important Warhol Pop art painting to add to its collection. Warhol’s “Do It Yourself” (Sailboats), painted in 1962 is one…

GA: Athens

  WHERE: Georgia Museum of Art. WHEN: Opens Saturday, September 17 and on view through December 11, 2016. Icon of Modernism: Representing the Brooklyn Bridge, 1883–1950 This show will feature…

MI: Detroit

  WHERE: Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. WHEN: Goes on view Friday, September 9, 2016 through January 1, 2017. Note: An Artist’s Talk is set for Saturday, September 10 at…

NY: Rochester

WHERE: Rochester Contemporary Art Center. WHEN: Opens Friday, October 7 from 6:00-9:00 pm and runs through November 13, 2016. Note: There will be an Artists’ Talk on Saturday, October 8…

NY: Rochester

  WHERE: Memorial Art Gallery. WHEN: Sunday, August 21 through October 16, 2016. BRIEF ABOUT: Two complementary exhibitions, Afghan War Rugs and War Memoranda examine the impact of war and…

IN: Lafayette

Call for Artists BRIEF ABOUT: The Lafayette Symphony Orchestra is holding Orchestra auditions on Sunday, August 20, 2016 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm  and on Monday, August 21, 2016…

Museum one of the bests

The highest national recognition afforded the nation’s museums was awarded to the Indianapolis Museum of Art by the American Alliance of Museums. Museums belonging to AAM must undergo a reaccreditation…

The Museum of Contemporary Arts Detroit (MOCAD) has been awarded a grant from the Ford Foundation to support Curatorial Fellows to begin in January 2017. The Ford Curatorial Fellowship provides…

Major show soon to open

  Opening at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Saturday, June 4, 2016, this major international exhibition will feature two significant artists of the 20th and 21st centuries:…

IMA to be in full ‘bloom’

  Guests to the gardens at the Indianapolis Museum of Art will be among the first to discover more than 70,000 blooming bulbs, including 20,000 new tulips planted last fall…

Museum names new ‘plant doctor’

Following a national search, former horticulturist at the Chanticleer Foundation in Wayne, Pennsylvania, Jonathan M. Wright has been named the Ruth Lilly Deputy Director for Horticulture and Natural Resources at…

New heads at GMA

    Heather Malcom becomes the director of development and Keith Thalhamer, the director of security and facilities at the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia in…

Art center puts artists on call

Winds of Change: Art Exhibit Call-for-Entry The wind can be exhilarating. It can also be challenging and so can change. The Wassenberg Art Center in Van Wert, Ohio  is challenging…

SPS to be celebrated

  The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia will present the exhibition “Frank Hartley Anderson: Forging the Southern Printmakers Society” from Saturday, March 26 to June 19,…

Legendary jazz guitarist on the list

  Born in Indianapolis, Wes Montgomery is (posthumously) among the recipients selected for the Indiana Governor’s Arts Awards. Montgomery’s unique style of playing has inspired countless guitar players from Grant…

Art proposals sought

  BLOOMINGTON, MN – Emerging and established artists and artist groups residing in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and Wisconsin who are 18 years or older are invited to…

Living show to ‘bloom’

  Set to opening on Friday, February 19, 2016 at the Indianapolis Museum of Art in the Madeline F. Elder Greenhouse, “Color Me Orchid” exhibition is noted to be a…

The hills of Nashville to ring

Taking place at 7:00 pm on Sunday, January 17, at Schermerhorn Symphony Center, the program, “Let Freedom Sing” becomes the Nashville Symphony’s 23rd annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day concert,…