Works are all about Friley
(AAPNW-OH) – On view at the Dublin Arts Council through April 22, “All about Evenatom” are works by Professor Emeritus Eugene Friley, who taught for more than four decades…
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Buckeye screenplay vie open
    (AAPNW-OH) –  Who will be standing center stage and bestowed for one of the three categories: Best Screenplay, Best Voice of Color Screenplay (written by or about people of…
No childhood storybook romance in film
(PNAN-USA) – Projected to hit the marquees in New York, Los Angeles and Bucharest in November 2011, the movie “Abused in America” will not only raise the eyebrows of…
Terrific treats
(THE VITTES REPORT) – The Classic Film Scores of Bernard Herrmann, Charles Gerhardt and the National Philharmonic, RCA Red Seal (once again a valuable trademark) The audiophile, watch your…
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…
Looking ahead to the watercolor exhibit
    (NWPR-OH) – The Wassenberg Art Center’s exhibit, “The Art of Fiber,†ended last Friday. As these story-backed quilts and rugs come down to make way for the traveling Ohio…
Show to ‘arrest’ viewer in tracks
(PNAN-CALIF) – Closing with a reception on Thursday, April 14, at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, “Graphic Intervention: 25 Years of International AIDS Awareness Posters 1985-2010” is an exhibition…
And the winners are . . .
(NWPR-IN) – Artlink presented their first-ever Artlink Visual Art Awards (AVA) on Thursday, February 17 at the Hall Community Arts Center, which is the home of Artlink and the…
Classic tales will beguile goers
(NWPR-OH) – On Sunday, March 6 at 3:00 pm, the Lima Symphony Orchestra will present “Four Fables,” their annual family concert for all ages with stories that have enchanted…
New school on the horizon
(AAPNW-IL) – Chicago’s first charter high school, Instituto Health Sciences Career Academy, which is dedicated to preparing students for health science careers, got Governor Pat Quinn’s ‘foot of approval’…
Personal references for memory jogging
Most artists can’t just pull a picture out of their heads on short notice. Unless they are painting a completely abstract picture, they usually have to have something to…
Thank you for the welcome!
Thank you to everyone who stopped by the reception on Sunday February 20th to welcome and support me in my new post as director of The Wassenberg Art Center!…
‘Boosts of green’ are awarded
(AAPNW-OH) – Through the Greater Columbus Arts Council Board of Trustees’ vision and leadership, advocacy and collaboration, they have stepped up to the plate and awarded 11 grants totaling…
Music and art to unite in show
(PNAN-CALIF) – “Sound Art is the first in a series of brick-and-mortar exhibitions based on LarkGallery Online’s 2010 international competition, Colors of Life, which involved interactively matching art and…
Emerald Isle group is a breadth of spring
(AAPNW-TN) – As one of Ireland’s finest classical ensembles, Camerata Ireland is also known for its fresh approach and musicality. Under the direction of founder and pianist Barry Douglas,…
Color is dearest to artist
A delightful, fragrant aroma, the feel of silkiness on each vivid petal; our senses can be deceived so easily when art is done just right. The correct mixture…
Watercolor works to go on view
(NWPR-OH) – If you ask people, “What kind of paintings do you most enjoy?” — the answer is very often “Watercolor.” Watercolor paintings are fresh, exciting, colorful, and very…
Show is annual highlight
(NWPR-OH) – Art students from 17 area high schools are exhibiting in the 23rd Annual Kewpee High School Art Invitational at ArtSpace/Lima. An opening reception will be held on…
Critic’s Classical Choices
(THE VITTES REPORT) – It is hard to find an authentically “German” performance of Brahms at his most epic, tragic and dramatic, and it is these qualities alone which…
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…
It’s a feel good show
(AAPNW-MI) Opening Friday, March 11 at 8:00 pm at the Center Stage Theatre in Midland, “The Full Monty” is a musical comedy about taking charge of your life and…
A pondering of ‘hums’ to go on show
(PNAN-IA) – Opening Friday, March 4 at the Des Moines Art Center, “Off Guard: Street Photography from the Permanent Collection” is an exhibition where such artists as Harry Callahan,…
Scott is new ‘in-house guest’
(PNAN-MT) – “My pieces often have a feel of something ancient. I know everything I am comes from that which is ancient and will continue on in the process…
POL finals a Hoosier go
(AAPNW-IN) – Beginning at 11:00 am on Saturday, February 26, the sixth annual Poetry Out Loud Indiana State Finals goes on ‘ear’ at the Clowes Auditorium of the Indianapolis-Marion…
Feuer to ‘express’ the lay of the land
(PNAN-NY) – “Landscape Pairings will be comprised of pairs of oil paintings, one representational landscape with one abstract hung side-by-side. Some aspect of each pair enhances a conversation between…
Fellowship program is for art voices
(PNAN-CALIF) – Applications are being accepted by Tuesday, March 29 for the Seventh NEA Arts Journalism Institute in Theater and Musical Theater by the University of Southern California’s Annenberg…
Four tapped for first-ever awards
(PNAN-UT) – One of the largest companies in India, the Mahindra Group, which is known throughout the world for its commitment to excellence and to social responsibility, and one…
A real ‘vintage’ shoe
If you’re a woman who wears a size 7 shoe and you happen to be 5,500 years old, your lost right moccasin has been found, and it’s in great…
Fee to ‘rap’ on Jesus
(NWPR-IN) – Dr. Christopher Fee will examine “The Anglo-Saxon Christ Militant” during the Forester Lecture Series at Huntington University on Thursday, February 24 at 7:00 pm in the Zurcher…
Teachers are on DPO’s ‘honor roll’
(NWPR-OH) – “We are out in the community all season long and we see, first-hand, the hard work of area educators serving our youth. We know, intimately, the immense…
Play is ‘hot’ with content
(NWPR-IN) – Winner of four Tony’s in 1996 and a Pulitzer Prize for drama, the Fort Wayne Civic Theatre opens with “Rent” on Saturday, February 26 at the Arts…
Series opener is a ‘sweet’ experience
(NWPR-OH) – The Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra will present the first concert in the 2011 edition of the Graeter’s Symphony Sundaes Series with a performance on Sunday, February 20 at…
Whose work will lead the pack?
(NWPR-IN) – “Color My World” is a colored pencil drawing by Adeline Jackson that took the Best of Show 2010. Who will be the 2011 winner will be known during…
Hooked rugs and quilts featured
From Hope Wallace By now I hope that many of you have visited the Wassenberg Art Center’s “Art of Fiber” exhibit. This is a popular show and has attracted people…
AVA to make its ‘historical’ debut
(NWPR-IN) – This past November, nomination forms were sent to university art departments, public school systems, galleries, including other art organizations and art-related businesses. The nominations were compiled into…
Symphony skies to shine with stars
(AAPNW-TN) – When the Nashville Symphony returns to Schermerhorn Symphony Center this fall, it will be the start of a world-class gala of art in performance; a season that…
Father and son share ‘resting’ space
(AAPNW-KY) – On view through March 31, at the Public Policy Archives at University of Kentucky Libraries in Lexington, are works of political cartoonist and Kentuckian, Clifford Berryman and…
Bests to show their beauties
(PNAN-AK) – One of their missions is to “Maintain an active and diverse changing exhibition program that acquaints the community with the global spectrum of human artistic, cultural and…
He raised the genetic bar
(PNAN-NM) – On view through December 31 at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe, “Creative Spark: The Life and Art of Tony Da” is the…
Years of dedication spawns public wealth
(PNAN-AL) – Anniversaries don’t happen without commitment, and in the most part, their intended purpose is a role that keeps on giving by building upon the original path for…
Getting to the mood with Color
    The alarm clock goes off and you reach to swat the off button. After a few moans and groans, you rub your eyes to awaken them, and swing yourself…
Prof is among noted scholars
(AAPNW-KY) – University of Kentucky’s School of Journalism and Telecommunications Professor Thomas R. Lindlof has been given the 2011 Distinguished Scholar Award by the Broadcast Education Association (BEA). He…
What did the artist see in that?
A contractor visiting a one-man art exhibit walked up to the artist, looking puzzled. “Why on earth do you want to paint dilapidated farm buildings that are falling down,…
Center celebrating African culture
(AAPNW-OH) – Who am I is a question that cannot be answered with simply as son or daughter of. It takes telling the stories about those before us which…
Who they are
They are people who take on the role to deliver the goods, services, missions, objectives, ideals as well as participate in the unloading of the old and loading…
Words to guide us
    Hi Van Wert!     It’s very exciting to be here! I am humbled and grateful for the open, warm welcome from all of you. Thank you! It will equally…
Genres to unite in performance
(PNAN-VA) – On Thursday, February 17 from 5:30-7:30 pm, Art After 5 at the Peninsula Fine Arts Center in Newport News features Sol Libre, a modern guitar duo made…
Black and white challenges
One of the biggest challenges of watercolor is how to handle areas of black and white. Although there are tubes of black and white watercolor, they don’t behave as…
Bill and Jamie tapped for board
(AAPNW-WV) – Two new decision-makers have been appointed to the Board of Governors at West Virginia University. Wheeling resident William D. Wilmoth and Parkersburg’s James “Jamie” Six both received…
Kamin to bring his magic on stage
(NWPR-OH) – Noted for developing the physical comedy sequences for the movies, “Chaplin” and “Benny and Joon,” on Sunday, February 13 at 3:00 pm, Dan Kamin will bring to…