MN: Bloomington
WHERE: Bloomington Center for the Arts. WHEN: On view through May 17, 2013 in the Inez Greenberg Gallery. TITLE: Out of the Abyss: William Murray and the Prison Art…
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SD: Deadwood
WHERE: USA and Canada. WHEN: April 21-27, 2013. TITLE: Cowboy Poetry Week BRIEF ABOUT: This event, which is now in its twelfth year, is hosted by the Center for Western…
ME: Portland
WHERE: Portland Museum of Art. WHEN: On view through May 19, 2013. TITLE: Blueberry Rakers: Photographs by David Brooks Stess BRIEF ABOUT: By focusing his camera on the hard realities…
NY: Rochester
WHERE: Rochester Contemporary Art Center. WHEN: On view through May 13, 2013. Note: Consult the center’s websites for related events. TITLE: Eat It: Artists Explore Food and Consumption BRIEF ABOUT:…
CA: West Hollywood
WHERE: City of West Hollywood Gallery. WHEN: Opening Friday, May 10, 2013 with an Artist’s Reception from 6:00-9:00 pm. Note: This exhibition will be on view into June. TITLE: Sensations…
Visual Dialogues
Take off your earphones and enter the Sulkin/Secant Gallery at Bergamot Station Art Center in Santa Monica, California for LarkGallery’s Portal II exhibition, “Unique Choices” on Saturday, April 6, 2013…
AK: Anchorage
WHERE: Anchorage Museum. WHEN: Thursday, April 4, 2013, 10:00 am to 5:30 pm. TITLE: The Things We Make tackles major issues surrounding Alaska Native art BRIEF ABOUT: This exhibit brings…
VA: Newport News
WHERE: Peninsula Fine Arts Center. WHEN: Opens Saturday, April 6, 2013. NOTE: An artist’s reception is slated for Friday, April 5 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm, which includes a…
CA: San Francisco
WHERE: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. WHEN: Saturday, March 30, 2013, from 7:00-10:00 pm. Note: Admission is free. TITLE: A Night of Utopian Gestures BRIEF ABOUT: An interactive celebration…
‘Small’ painting began with illustrated books
     Miniature paintings started with books known as “illuminated manuscripts.† These are handmade books where the text is illustrated or enhanced with decorations. This includes fancy decorated initial letters that…
Getting revenge through painting
Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-ca.1656) is today considered one of the most accomplished painters of her generation. She was also the most important woman painter of Early Modern Europe because of…
ME: Portland
“Audiences will be challenged, engaged, and inspired by the great Tanzanian cultural objects in Shangaa,” said PMA Director Mark H.C. Bessire. “For the first time in the United States, the…
IN: Huntington
WHERE: Robert E. Wilson Gallery. WHEN: Opens Thursday, March 21 and runs through April 9, 2013. Note: An award reception will be on Saturday, April 6 at 6:00 pm. TITLE:…
KY: Lexington
WHERE: Margaret I. King Building, which is located in the central University of Kentucky campus between Library Drive and Patterson Drive and near the Classroom Building. Note: It is the…
IN: Fort Wayne
WHERE: Artlink. WHEN: On view through Wednesday, April 17, 2013. TITLE: M.A.C. Exhibit (Mixed Media, Assemblage, and Collage) BRIEF ABOUT: Around 70 area artists exhibiting one piece of their original…
ID: Moscow
WHERE: Worldwide WHEN: Closes on May 1, 2013. BRIEF ABOUT: In honor of the Appaloosa Horse Club’s 75th Anniversary, the Trail of Painted Ponies and the ApHC have united in…
NM: Santa Fe
WHERE: Museum of International Folk Art. WHEN: On view through September 2, 2013. TITLE: Plain Geometry: Amish Quilts BRIEF ABOUT: Thirty-four remarkably crafted textiles from the museum’s collection and…
IA: Des Moines
WHERE: Des Moines Art Center. WHEN: On view through April 14, 2013 in the Blank One Gallery. TITLE: Double Feature BRIEF ABOUT: Organized by Laura Burkhalter, associate curator and Jill…
A cultural celebration
WHERE: Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, Virginia. WHEN: Saturday, April 6, 2013, 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. TITLE: Asian Art and Culture Day, National Cherry Blossom Festival 2013 BRIEF ABOUT: 3rd…
PA: Philadelphia
WHERE: Philadelphia Museum of Art. WHEN: On view through June 9, 2013 in the Dorrance Galleries. TITLE: Great and Mighty Things ABOUT: “For over three decades, Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz…
SD: Rapid City
WHERE: The Emerging Visual Artists Gallery is located in the Bruce H. Lien Cultural Café, Dahl Arts Center and can be accessed through the Kansas City entrance. WHEN: Through March…
ND: Bismarck
WHERE: Radisson Hotel. WHEN: Wednesday, March 27, Social hour begins at 5:00 pm, dinner and awards at 6:00 pm. BRIEF ABOUT: The chosen the recipients of the 2013 Governor’s Awards…
VA: Newport News
WHERE: Peninsula Fine Arts Center. WHEN: Thursday, March 21, from 5:30-7:30 pm. TITLE: Art After 5 BRIEF ABOUT: Featuring local singer/songwriter Nicole Belanus (www.nicolebelanus.com) , who is a self-produced multi-instrumentalist…
It’s a final celebration (this year)
WHERE: Victoria Theatre. WHEN: Thursday, Friday, Saturday March 21, 22, and 23, curtain 8:00 pm, and Saturday March 23 and Sunday March 24, 2013, curtain 3:00 pm. TITLE: Celebration!…
KY: Louisville
WHERE: Liberty Tattoo and Art Parlor. WHEN: Opens Tuesday, March 12 and remains on view through April 27, 2013. Note: There will be an Artist Reception on Saturday, April 13,…
Duncan draws ‘pictures of love’
WHERE: Akron Art Museum in the Mary S. and David C. Corbin Foundation Gallery. WHEN: Friday, March 15, 6:00-8:00 pm. TITLE: Draw Me a Story BRIEF ABOUT: Celebrating the…
Sopranos to ‘communicate’
WHERE: Longaker Recital Hall of the Merillat Centre for the Arts/Huntington University. WHEN: Friday, March 15, 2013, 7:30 pm, Huntington, Indiana. TITLE: Junior/Senior Recital BRIEF ABOUT: Performances by soprano Sarah…
NM: Santa Fe
WHERE: New Mexico Museum of Art. WHEN: Opens Friday, April 19 and runs through September 8, 2013. TITLE: Shiprock and Mont St. Michel: Photographs by William Clift ABOUT: This one-man…
IN: Indianapolis
WHERE: Indianapolis Museum of Art. WHEN: Opens Friday, April 5 and remains on view to July 28, 2013. TITLE: Ai Weiwei: According to What? BRIEF ABOUT: The first major survey…
NY: Rochester
WHERE: Memorial Art Gallery. WHEN: Opens to the public on Sunday, March 17 and runs through June 9, 2013. NOTE: For special events, call 585.276.8938. TITLE: It Came from the…
OH: Dublin
WHERE: Dublin Arts Council Gallery. WHEN: On view from Tuesday, March 5 to April 19, 2013. TITLE: Robert Mullins: Kinetic Sculpture BRIEF ABOUT: An exhibition of aluminum and stainless steel…
OH: Lima
WHERE: ArtSpace/Lima. WHEN: On view through April 13, 2013. TITLE: 25th Annual Kewpee High School Art Invitational BRIEF ABOUT: Artists from twenty area high schools exhibiting their work in nine…
NY: Kingston
WHERE: Arts Society of Kingston. WHEN: On view through March 30, 2013. BRIEF ABOUT: A solo show by artist Liz Smith and an exhibition, “Juxtaposition” by ASK members. Primarily a…
Educators to tell all
WHERE: Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia. WHEN: Thursday, March 28, at 5:30 pm in the M. Smith Griffith Auditorium. BRIEF ABOUT: A panel discussion with Mark Abbe, UGA assistant…
Stichter to give ‘examinations’
WHERE: Troy-Hayner Cultural Center. WHEN: Thursday, March 21 at 7:30 pm. Note: This event is free and open to the public. TITLE: My Belongings in the 21st Century…Where Do I…
OH: Dayton
WHERE: Reichard Hall at the University of Dayton. WHEN: April 13, 14, May 4 and 11, 2013. BRIEF ABOUT: Calling all area student musicians to audition for the Dayton Philharmonic…
Grubbs next in spotlight
WHERE: Troy-Hayner Cultural Center WHEN: Thursday, March 28 at 7:30 pm TITLE: 12th Annual Poetry Series BRIEF ABOUT: Cincinnatian Gerry Grubbs has published several books of poetry, including Palaces in…
At the Wassenberg . . .
From Hope Wallace, Executive Director The list of individuals we are grateful is growing long. Thank you to Gary Showalter and Jerry Mazur both of Van Wert who removed…
OH: Dayton
WHERE: Mead Theatre of the Schuster Center. WHEN: Friday, March 22 and Saturday, March 23 at 8 pm. TITLE: An Evening with Rita Coolidge BRIEF ABOUT: Before Rita appears…
MN: Bloomington
WHERE: Bloomington Theatre and Art Center. WHEN: Deadline for submissions is March 31, 2013. BRIEF ABOUT: Call for emerging and established artists residing in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa…
‘ A dramatic power…’
New CD release celebrates mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Mark Swed, music critic for the Los Angeles Times, heard the performance of this cantata in person and…
MT: Missoula
WHERE: Missoula Art Museum. WHEN: On view through May 13, 2013. TITLE: Gary Horinek: The Gathering BRIEF ABOUT: Several years in the planning, artist Horinek designed “The Gathering” specifically for…
NJ: New Brunswick
WHERE: Zimmerli Art Museum. WHEN: On view through July 14, 2013 in the Voorhees Gallery. TITLE: Leonid Sokov: Ironic Objects ABOUT: An exhibition of nearly 50 works, this is the…
MA: Boston
WHERE: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. WHEN: On view through May 13, 2013. TITLE: Anders Zorn: A European Artist Seduces America BRIEF ABOUT: This is the first historic exhibition in the…
Pitmen Painters: Shed to Museum
In the early 1930s a group of off-duty British miners from the Woodhorn and Ellington pits near Ashington, England decided to start an adult education group with the help…
NH: Manchester
WHERE: Currier Museum of Art. WHEN: Saturday, March 9, 2013. BRIEF ABOUT: A special exhibition, “Lethal Beauty: Samurai Weapons and Armor” displays the striking duality of deadly weaponry and artistic…
Another Show, Another Closing
Lark aka Larisa Pilinsky has done it again. With her magic wand, and the help of an amazing team of friends and supporters, she threw a vibrant reception Saturday afternoon…
OH: Van Wert
WHERE: Wassenberg Art Center. WHEN: July-August 2013. BRIEF ABOUT: Born in Cuba, Augusto Bordelois (www.augustofineart.com) has a style all his own but reminiscent of Diego Rivera and Salvador Dali. Augusto…
NY: Rochester
WHERE: Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester. WHEN: This is a call for artists with the deadline set to submit by Friday, March 22, 2013. An application is…
A Queen’s favorite cartoonist
Ronald “Carl” Giles (1916-1995), whose birthday is today, was voted “Britain’s Favorite Cartoonist of the 20th Century” in 2000. Unfortunately, his work is almost unknown in the United States. …