League calling artists for 2011 B&W show
(NWPR-OH) – Registration for the Findlay Art League’s “Black and White Show” will be Thursday, January 6 from 7:00-9:00 pm and Saturday, January 8 from 9:00 am till noon.…
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Man-made works are touching views
(PNAN-ME) – Approached by the Limited Editions Club of New York in early 1941, Edward Weston was commissioned to make photographs to illustrate its deluxe edition of Walt Whitman’s…
Popular holiday program on lunch menu
(NWPR-OH) – On Friday, December 17, Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra’s Carillon Brass members Charles Pagnard, DPO Principal Trumpet; Alan Siebert, DPO Second Trumpet; Sean Vore, DPO Assistant Principal Horn; Tim…
Sisters’ works are an ‘eye-healing’ view
(NWPR-OH) – They have more than a common bond as sisters; they also are in the medical field. Laura Wolery is a medical doctor, while Janet Wolery is a…
Stuart and Dean are chosen
(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…
Club sponsors children’s art program
(NWPR-OH) – The Wassenberg Art Center of Van Wert recently received a sponsorship donation from the Wetzel Motorcycle Club to help support the art center’s summer Art Camps for…
Winter show surveys a ‘genius’ works
    (PNAN-ME) “Rackstraw Downes: Onsite Paintings, 1972-2008†exhibition goes on view Thursday, December 16 at the Portland Museum of Art, featuring paintings more than 30 major works ranging from the…
Emerging ‘masters’ to show works
(PNAN-MO) – “Beyond the Resume” is an exhibit showcasing works of artists who have achieved their Masters degree in the Fine Arts or Arts within the last three years.…
Holiday spirit to come live to stage
(NWPR-IN) – Presented by the Huntington University Theatre Company and Huntington University music department, “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”, “Blue Christmas”, “Deck the Halls” and other popular Christmas tunes,…
Bryan to give gallery a grand welcome
(AAPNW-WV) – Former U.S. President John F. Kennedy said, “Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss…
Locals’ works in the artmart
(NWPR-IN) – “We have a great selection of gifts for the artsy people in your life,” says Deb Washler of Artlink in Fort Wayne. “Our new artists this year…
Proof in puddin’ report validates the Arts
(PNAN-DC) – The recent publication by the Mayors’ Institute on City Design (MICD), “Creative Placemaking” is a resource for mayors, arts organizations, the philanthropic sector and others interested in…
Bells of St. Mary’s to toll the coming
(NWPR-IN) – On Sunday, December 5 at 7:30 pm, the St. Mary’s Catholic Church bells will be proclaiming one of George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) most famous works, “Messiah.” Presented…
Ancient artifacts and mummies now ‘playing’
(NWPR-OH) – More than 150 objects spanning 3,000 years of history, “The Egypt Experience: Secrets of the Tomb” is on temporary view at the Toledo Museum of Art, in…
Film series are truly classical chills
(AAPNW-IN) – The Indianapolis Museum of Art’s third annual Winter Nights Film Series begins on Friday, January 7 to February 25, 2011, with curtain time all at 7:00 pm…
Eyes will marvel over rare Japanese ceramics
(NWPR-OH) – “Life in Miniature: Ceramic Netsuke from the Silverman Collection” showcases more than 200 rare objects in Toledo Museum of Art’s Asian collection, most of them from Japan’s…
Wolber’s world goes on view
(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…
Holiday news briefs
Show and auction on the calendar (PNAN-VA) – On view Wednesday, November 24 in the 2nd floor of Gallery W-16 at the Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton, “2010 MAD…
‘Native Son’ to make ivories sing
(NWPR-OH) – Somewhat a different version of a saying could be, “A family that stays together, plays together,” and in this case, Jai Jeffryes, who is a pianist, another…
Holiday event is about cheer and charity
(AAPNW-KY) – On Thursday, December 9, the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft in Louisville will stage its 9th Annual Martinis & Mistletoe Party from 5:00pm to 8:00 pm.…
Exhibit lauds an artistic Ohio icon
(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.…
Small Works Auction pays forward
(PNAN-MT) – This year the Yellowstone Art Museum and the Yellowstone AIDS Project in Billings have united with the addition of a special segment of the Small Works Auction,…
Tradition to bloom again
(PNAN-VA) – Beautifully expressed by someone, “Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are those we can’t even describe, aren’t even aware…
Programs invite an engagement of minds
(PNAN-CA) – Beginning at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on Thursday, December 2 at 8:00 pm, “Left Coast Learning” is the second annual festival in partnership with Youth…
Regional Show on the ‘marquee’
(NWPR-IN) – Works of art will be showcased in 8th Regional Exhibition at Artlink in Fort Wayne on Friday, December 10. A Gallery Walk-through begins at 6:00 pm with…
Artists honored from both ‘fence’ sides
(PNAN-TX) – As a collaborative union among the El Paso Museum of Art, Museo de Arte INBA de Ciudad Juarez, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, CONACULTA-INBA, the Mexican Consulate…
Members have show’s spotlight
(NWPR-OH) – Part of the Wassenberg Art Center’s (WAC) mission is to encourage and support local artists, who a number of the members work in the fine and creative…
Winter Concert is a Picasso for the ears
NWPR-OH – Not only will the airways in the Kettering Seventh-day Adventist Church be filled with music by Corelli and Mozart, masters of the Baroque and Classical periods, as…
Grant door open for artists
(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…
Seniors set to show works
(NWPR-IN) – Senior graphic design and art education major, Jamie Thurston from Van Wert, Ohio, and Ashley Ray, a senior graphic design major and fine arts minor from Elida,…
Art center launches ‘talk show’
(NWPR-OH) – Evolving out of a past exhibit title, “Where Do We Go From Here?” which was held at the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, new programming is the…
Works of art are large with life
(NWPR-IN) – Tony Smith aka Anthony Peter Smith was born in South Orange, New Jersey on September 23, 1912 and passed on December 26, 1980. As an American sculptor,…
Shows all about human subjects
(PNAN-TX) – The human figure has been an artist’s subject that has been mostly depicted throughout history. During the last half of the 20th century, when Cubism and Expressionism…
Virginia show loaded with wows and wees
(PNAN-VA) – The 2010 Biennial award-winning works are on view at the Peninsula Fine Arts Center in Newport News through January 2, 2011. Chosen for exhibition by Richard Hunt…
Hub happenings to be told
(AAPNW-OH) – On Saturday, November 20 at 2:00 pm, “Art Hub: Dialogue with Contemporary Art Curators” hosted by the Contemporary Art Society of the Cleveland Museum of Art will…
Decades of history blooms in book
(PNAN-ND) – Although we might not use it now, in our thoughts we have a plan for it in the future. Those who may open our drawers and see…
Families sought to create works of art
(AAPNW-OH)- There is a saying, “One man’s junk is another man’s treasure,” and there is the Akron Art Museum that is putting those words into action on Saturday, November…
Calling connoisseurs of the pen
(AAPNW-IN) Organized by the Women’s Creative Writing Group of Lafayette, Indiana, the program, “An Afternoon to Write About” is open to all on Saturday, December 4 from 1:30-3:30 pm,…
Theatre troupe to tour schools
(NWPR-IN) – They refer to themselves as “The Troupe at Huntington University” is comprised of 11 students in the theater department and a few other departments. Their goal is…
‘Understudy’ becomes Symphony’s star
(AAPNW-TN) – The curtains will rise as scheduled at Lipscomb University’s Allen Arena, with American country singer Jo Dee Messina, replacing Jewel, who is ill and cannot go on…
Classical rockers to give legends life
(NWPR-OH) –Old and new Beatles fans now can experience a live show on Saturday, November 20 in the comfort of a Schuster Center concert hall, as the Dayton Philharmonic…
New Mountain senator names Bill to board
   (AAPNW-WV) – “I want to express my thanks to Governor Manchin for his demonstration of faith in me by appointing me to the State Board of Education,†said Bill…
Collection will inspire all eyes
(PNAN-MS) – Awed by an exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City in 1985, Jewell Younger Graeber of Marks found the “Angel Tree” to be…
Rare painting on loan to museum
(PNAN-NC) – A very rare painting, “Madame X Dressed for the Matinée” (1878), by Mary Cassatt goes on view Saturday, November 20 in the Jones Gallery at the Mint…
Couple’s passions set for view
(AAPNW-MI) – First time ever shown at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, “A Passion for Collecting: Prints of the 1960s and ‘70s from the Collins Collection” opens on Saturday,…
Canadian duo has second school on the horizon
(PNAN-CN) – Its mission aims at becoming a principal educational center fostering the art of cinematography in Africa with the newly-formed partnership among Kwasa International Development and Consulting Center…
Music, art and spoken word form a unity
(PNAN-VA) – “PFAC is the perfect venue to combine great art, fresh music, interesting people, and strong poetic voices, “ said Toni Wynn, who is an author, art educator…
Surprises in store for viewers
(PNAN-NM) – Opening Friday, November 19 at the New Mexico Museum of Art, “Case Studies is an occasion to show some of the gems of the collection, and to…
Big Band venue to be a toe-tapper
(NWPR-IN) – Former First Lady Barbara Bush said, “You just don’t luck into things as much as you’d like to think you do. You build step by step, whether…
Free Jazz Masters tickets available
(PNAN-DC) – “Jazz at Lincoln Center is honored to once again produce the concert to celebrate the great American Jazz Masters with the National Endowment for the Arts,” said…