Special summer exhibitions showing

WHERE: Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville. WHEN: Through August 31, 2012. BRIEF ABOUT: A collection of works from the museum’s permanent collection, “Hollers and Harvests” highlights the relationship…

2012 NEA National Heritage Fellows

     Paul and Darlene Bergren, Dog Sled and Snowshoe Designers and Builders, Minot, North Dakota.  (www.arts.gov/honors/heritage/fellows/fellow.php?id=2012_02&type=bio)           Mike Auldridge, Dobro Player, Silver Spring, Maryland. (www.arts.gov/honors/heritage/fellows/fellow.php?id=2012_01&type=bio)    …

Educator given ‘evolution’ honor

     (AAPNW-KY) – Biology professor James Krupa recently received his second major accolade from the National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) in the past two years. After taking home the…

A magnolia blooms to the top

High school senior Kristen Dupard from Ridgeland, Mississippi, has won the 2012 Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest. “My favorite poem is ‘What Work Is’ by Philip Levine,” said Dupard.…

WHERE: The Netherlands. WHEN: Through August 2012. TITLE: Fifth International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam BRIEF ABOUT: The University of Kentucky College of Design architecture students will have their work in exhibition…

IN: Huntington

WHERE: Robert E. Wilson Gallery on the campus of Huntington University. WHEN: March 26 through April 5, 2012. An award reception will take place at 6:00 pm on Saturday, March…

OH: Dublin

WHERE: Dublin Arts Council. WHEN: On view through April 20, 2012. TITLE: Yesterday: Columbus College of Art & Design Student Exhibition BRIEF ABOUT: This youth-focused show is inspired by memories…

ME: Portland

WHERE: Portland Museum of Art. WHEN: Through April 1, 2012. TITLE: National Youth Art Month BRIEF ABOUT: In collaboration with the Maine Art Education Association, PMA has organized this student…

IN: Huntington

WHERE: Longaker Recital Hall of the Merillat Centre for the Arts. WHEN: Friday, March 23, 2012, 7:30 pm. BRIEF ABOUT: A combined senior recital with soprano Breana Balliet and clarinetist…

WHERE: Workhouse Arts Center. WHEN: Saturday, March 30-April 29, 2012, TITLE: 4th Annual Sgt. Scott Lange Kirkpatrick High School Poetry Scholarship BRIEF ABOUT: WAC invites 2011-2012 juniors and seniors from…

OH: Kettering

WHERE: Kettering Seventh-day Adventist Church. WHEN: Sunday, March 18, 2012, 3:00 pm. TITLE: Spring Concert of the Dayton Philharmonic Youth Strings BRIEF ABOUT: Conducted by Elizabeth Hofeldt, the concert begins…

Crowned the ‘Hoosier King of prose’

     (AAPNW-IN) – Chosen from 17 participating finalist from Indiana schools, Indianapolis Broad Ripple High School’s Jordan Mather-Licht took top honors in the 2012 Indiana Poetry Out Loud recitation contest.…

AL: Gadsden

WHERE: Mary G. Hardin Center for Cultural Arts. WHEN: On view through March 9, 2012. TITLE: Craig Wedderspoon: Sculpture and Installations BRIEF ABOUT: Wedderspoon has had solo exhibitions in Ohio,…

Works reflect America

     (PNAN-VA) –  At the U.S. Department of Education headquarters in Washington, D.C., “Together we can…” is an arts exhibit featuring award-winning artwork from 26 students nationwide selected from the…

The original ‘Spider Woman’

     In 1600s Europe insects were commonly known as the “beasts of the devil,” and most people tried to ignore them whenever possible.  But from a very early age, Maria…

African masks unmasked

Many people in Western society think of a mask as a disguise or a way to play the role of another person or animal at Halloween.  But when Pablo Picasso…

Herblock lampooned the mighty

     “The political cartoon is not a news story and not an oil portrait.  It’s essentially a means for poking fun, for puncturing pomposity.  Cartooning is an irreverent form of…

     (AAPNW-KY) – University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto today announced that the 4,140 students comprising this fall’s first-year enrollment represent the most academically accomplished class in this institution’s nearly…

The glamour star of Art Deco

     For many designers, the bold bright colors and geometric designs of Art Deco (“Arts Decoratifs”), which reached its peak in the Roaring 20s, represent the best and purest forms…

It’s official: Capilouto to reign

UPDATE: With a unanimous final vote today (Tuesday, May 3), the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees selected University of Alabama Birmingham Provost Eli Capilouto to be UK’s 12th president.  He…

He made art of great beauty

     Edourd Manet (1832-83) promoted a very quiet revolution in painting.  The fashion of the day, in painting, called for careful color, subtle blending and polished “finish.”  But Manet preferred…

Ganesha: The elephant-headed god

     Paintings and sculptures of the elephant-headed deity popularly known as Ganesha have intrigued people for thousands of years.  Hindu sacred texts relate a variety of stories explaining his appearance. …

     (AAPNW-MO) –  The St. Louis Arch soars, gleaming untarnished against the bright blue Midwestern skies, a powerful welcoming for those choosing to pioneer west. It is an architectural design…

     (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’…

‘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…

     (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…

     (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…

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…

     (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…

     (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…