June show on the horizon

              At the Wassenberg with Hope Wallace, Executive Director We are getting the place ready for the check-in process for our 58th Annual June…

CA: Inglewood

WHERE: 1019 W. Manchester Blvd. (corner of Hindry). Editor’s note: 1019WEST is easily accessible to/from Santa Monica, Venice, Downtown, I-405, LAX, Loyola Marymount, and Otis College of Art and Design.…

Top student works chosen

       The Peninsula Fine Arts Center in Newport News, Virginia recognized 13 high school students for artworks exhibited in “Prefaces 2014” at an awards reception recently. The annual show…

Champs honored by UW

“United Way and communities around the world wouldn’t be where we are today without the passion and partnership of these corporate leaders and their employees,” said Brian Gallagher, president and…

There is a quote by Robert Kirby of the Utah County Journal which sums up all what I believe to be a rightful assessment of The Delphos Museum of Postal…

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Neuharth   Al said once, “Everyone should fail in a big way at least once before reaching forty.”    

  and also another video play of the many other U.S.A. “stops” where this program has rooted. https://www.youtube.com/v/yr5eufe_bqI?hl=en_US&amp

If I Had My Life To Live Over   By Erma Bombeck If I had my life to live over, I would have talked less and listened more. I would…

“From the coasts to the heartland, the Snowbelt to the Deep South, BlueHighways TV offers a window into the experiences, music, neighborhoods, art, festivals and celebrations that, interwoven together, define…

“Almost every profession has an outstanding training ground. The military has West Point, music has Juilliard, and the culinary arts has The Institute.” Craig Claiborne, Author and Food Critic, The…

The Poetry of Hollywood

With all its glamour and that harmonic pulse that keeps Tinse town alive and even to this day, it still remains a mystery since its lofty beginning in 1870. Through…

Professor’s show on the circuit

A solo show by Phil Sugden, “Pages from the Manual on Dismantling God; Directions toward the Unfolding Present” goes on view in the Goshen College Art Gallery in Goshen, Indiana…

   WHERE: Peninsula Fine Arts Center. WHEN: On view through April 14, 2014. Masterworks of American Impressionism BRIEF ABOUT: An intimate look at early 20th century American art colonies, features…

He captures the ‘souls’ of people

  Uniting with Minneapolis-based Upstream Arts (www.upstreamarts.org) , New York photographer Dirk Anschütz (http://knipser.com/#/Info/About/1),  on view through March 2, 2014 at the Bloomington Theatre and Art Center in Bloomington, Minnesota…

WHERE: Mead Theatre of the Schuster Center.   WHEN: Friday, January 24, and Saturday, January 25, 2014 at 8:00 pm.   Disney in Concert: Magical Music from the Movies  …

VA: Lorton

On view Saturday, February 15 through March 30, 2014 at the Workhouse Art Center in the McGuire Woods Gallery. Note: There will be an artist reception on Saturday, March 8…

SD: Rapid City

WHERE: Dahl Arts Center in the Senator Stan Adelstein + Lynda K. Clark Gallery WHEN: Opens Friday, January 24, 2014 with an artist’s reception from 5:00-7:00 pm. In Denial of…

Hoosier has a new head poet

     Born in Chicago and grew up in Cedar Lake, Indiana, in Lake County, George Kalamaras was selected as the new Indiana State Poet Laureate. Since 1990, he has been…

CA: Los Angeles

WHERE: Spirit Studio in Silverlake. WHEN: Saturdays: February 15, 22 and March 1, 2014 at 8:00 pm and Sundays: February 16 and 23 at 6:00 pm. Ecstasy For Everyone: A…

WHERE: Collective Center of Arts Place.   WHEN: On view through Saturday, February 15, 2014.   BRIEF ABOUT: Debby Gregory has been painting and drawing for nearly six decades, including…

ME: Portland

WHERE: Portland Museum of Art. WHEN: Goes on view Thursday, January 30 through April 27, 2014. Fine Lines: American Drawings from the Brooklyn Museum BRIEF ABOUT: This exhibition presents 110…

She dressed for success

The artist Auguste Renoir said, “I consider women writers, lawyers, and politicians as monsters and nothing but five-legged calves.  The woman artist is merely ridiculous, but I am in favor…

TN: Nashville

WHERE: Frist Center for the Visual Arts WHEN: Friday, January 31, 2014 through May 11, 2014. TITLE: Looking East: Western Artists and the Allure of Japan BRIEF ABOUT: Premiering at…

OH: Dublin

WHERE: Dublin Arts Council. WHEN: Opens Tuesday, January 7 through February 21, 2014. Timeless Beauty: World Heritage Sites of Japan BRIEF ABOUT: A photography exhibition of 67 images of world…

MT: Missoula

WHERE: Missoula Art Museum. WHEN: Opens Monday, January 27 through May 11, 2014 Jill Brody: Hidden in Plain Sight   This exhibit is a collection of photographs by Jill Brody,…

AL: Huntsville

WHERE: Huntsville Museum of Art.  Opens Saturday, January 25 through May 18, 2014. Encounters: Rocío Rodríguez      This long-running regional art showcase will continue with Atlanta artist Rocío Rodríguez’s signature…

FL: Miami

WHERE: Jewish Museum of Florida/Florida International University/FIU. WHEN: On view through Sunday, February 16, 2014. Graphic Details: Confessional Comics by Jewish Women BRIEF ABOUT: Jews have had an extensive contribution…

VA: Newport News

WHERE: Peninsula Fine Arts Center. WHEN: Opens Saturday, January 25 through April 20, 2014. Masterworks of American Impressionism BRIEF ABOUT: The exhibit will feature 55 pieces by well-known American Impressionists,…

Upcoming shows at MAG

Naruki Oshima (b. 1963), Reflections in a Scene of Two Plants (2004). inkjet print.   Sunday, January 19-March 16, 2014 in the Grand Gallery. Redefining the Multiple: 13 Contemporary Japanese…

A treasured time

One of my greatest anticipations during the summer is a journey to the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts with my sister. The Clark is located on…

Stops only once in the USA

NM: Santa Fe WHERE: New Mexico Museum of Art. WHEN: On view through March 9, 2014. TITLE: Renaissance to Goya: Prints and Drawings from Spain BRIEF ABOUT: As the only…

VA: Lorton

WHERE: Workhouse Arts Center. WHEN: Opens Saturday, January 11, 2014 from 6:00 to 9:00 pm. BRIEF ABOUT: The 2nd Saturday Art Walk showcases the diverse work of more than 100…

The Chosen: Hung and Bognár

WHERE: Dayton Art Institute Renaissance Auditorium. WHEN: Thursday, January 16, 2014 at 6:30 pm. ABOUT: The Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra DPO Concertmaster Jessica Hung has personally selected the pieces for this…

OH: Troy

WHERE: Troy-Hayner Cultural Center. WHEN: Friday, January 17, 2014 at 7:30 pm. TITLE: Dayton Mountain Dulcimer Society Annual concert BRIEF ABOUT: A winter dulcimer concert with featured artist Dee Dee…

Lecture series traces equality

In July 1917, suffragists incarcerated at Northern Virginia’s Occoquan Workhouse initiated what became the final push toward women’s voting rights.  The Workhouse Prison Museum’s five public lectures, “American Women: The…

VA: Lorton

WHERE: Workhouse Arts Center TITLE: “Drink This!” Workhouse International Ceramic Cup Show WHEN: On view Wednesday, January 8, through Sunday, February 2, 2014. BRIEF ABOUT: An exhibition of 71 works,…

Duffer: ‘This is an HU first…’

In January 2014 at the Saginaw Valley State University in Saginaw, Michigan, the Huntington (Indiana) University Theatre Company’s dramatic rendition of “Reckless” has been selected as a participating production at…

Prof’s works on view in U.P.

MI: Marquette WHERE: City of Marquette Arts and Cultural Center. Note: MACC is located in the lower level of the Peter White Public Library. WHEN: Through December 21, 2013. Note:…