Winter concert set

EDON, OH (NWPR)  – The Edon High Music Department will hold its annual Winter Band and Choir Concert on Tuesday, March 5 at 7:00 pm in the Edon Schools Auditeria,…

Show exhibits real imagination

  PIQUA, OH (NWPR) – The recent opening of the Piqua Arts Council’s exhibit, “Rockwell Reimagined” at the Piqua Public Library drew a parade of people to feast upon artworks…

Half glass of water

Half glass of water in my hands – The rest of my life. I can drink it in one big gulp, or I can add something sweet and enjoy it,…

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…

Clay show links cities

Showing in the Inez Greenberg Gallery at the Bloomington, Minnesota Center for the Arts, presented by Artistry, “Urban Parallel: A Celebration of the History and Legacy of Ceramics in Glasgow,…

Art is full of space

How can a mark on paper be called “space” when space is empty? One of the more confusing concepts of art is the concept of positive and negative space.  It…

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…

Painter is the lead of new show

  Viewing Thursday, February 7 through May 5, 2019, “Emily Mae Smith / MATRIX 181†features experimental art, performance art and explore new developments in painting. Marking the first MATRIX…

New exhibits to open

The Institute of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles opens two new exhibits on Sunday, February 10, 2019. In the Project Room, Maryam Jafri will have her first American museum exhibition…

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…

A call to upstate New York artists

The Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition, a long-running showcase for artists from western and central New York, returns to the Memorial Art Gallery for its 66th installment during the summer of 2019.…

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…

New group’s show set

On Friday, February 22, 2019, the Lake Area Arts Group exhibit will open at Arts Place Auglaize/Mercer Center in St. Marys, Ohio. An artist’s reception will be held from 6:00…

Artist group joins project

  Lark Gallery (http://larkgallery.com), city of West Hollywood, California and Art & Beyond magazine have joined hands in the project, “Evolve. Women. Wisdom.” to recognize International Women’s Month during March.…

Watercolor show on tour

Now view through Sunday, February 10, 2019 at the Wassenberg Art Center in Van Wert, Ohio, the Ohio Watercolor Society Exhibit is a dynamic and skilled group of painters from…

Quilter works are peaceful

  On exhibit, “Leaves: Raw Edge Applique Art Quilts” by Tonna Zieske in the Bruce H. Lien Cultural Cafe at the Dahl Arts Center in Rapid City, South Dakota through…

Czech photoworks on display

Showing through Sunday, March 31, 2019 at the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, New York, featuring such masters as Jaromír Funke (Czech, 1896–1945) and Josef Sudek (Czech,…

Quilt show open to public

On view at the Troy-Hayner Cultural Center in Troy, Ohio, “Still in Stitches” is an exhibition of quilts featuring more than 30 art quilts by Miami Valley Art Quilt Network.…

The picture you draw every day

Do you think that you don’t draw at all?  Betty Edwards, author of “Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain” points out that nearly every day almost all of…

Practice makes a ‘fast draw’

Sometimes if someone asks me a question along the lines of “how should we hang these decorations,” “how do I get to such-and-such a place,” etc., I find it easier…

Abstract works to come ashore

  Opening on Saturday, February 23 at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, Connecticut and remaining on view through May 19, 2019, “Sean Scully: Landline” exhibition marks the…

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…

Show works to be natural

On view through Sunday, March 24 at the Bedford Gallery at the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut, California, “Altered States”  isan exhibition that highlights the natural cycles of…

Tsar show flows with history

“The Reluctant Autocrat: Tsar Nicholas II” is on view at the Georgia Museum of Art in Athens and remains on view through March 17, 2019. This exhibition focuses on the reigns…

Photos capture roots of Arizona

    In collaboration with the Barry & Peggy Goldwater Foundation and Arizona Highways magazine, the Scottsdale’s Museum of the West has on exhibit, “Photographs by Barry M. Goldwater: The Arizona Highways…