Museum names new ‘plant doctor’
Following a national search, former horticulturist at the Chanticleer Foundation in Wayne, Pennsylvania, Jonathan M. Wright has been named the Ruth Lilly Deputy Director for Horticulture and Natural Resources at…
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New heads at GMA
Heather Malcom becomes the director of development and Keith Thalhamer, the director of security and facilities at the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia in…
Musical giant on the marquee
The Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra will provide a rich background of orchestral mood for Kenny G’s unmistakable saxophone as he plays favorite selections from his extensive catalog of albums when…
SPS to be celebrated
The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia will present the exhibition “Frank Hartley Anderson: Forging the Southern Printmakers Society” from Saturday, March 26 to June 19,…
Legendary jazz guitarist on the list
Born in Indianapolis, Wes Montgomery is (posthumously) among the recipients selected for the Indiana Governor’s Arts Awards. Montgomery’s unique style of playing has inspired countless guitar players from Grant…
Comic creator recipient of Arts Award
Cartoonist and entrepreneur Jim Davis is among recipients selected for the Indiana Governor’s Arts Awards. Born in Marion, Indiana and raised on a Black Angus cow farm with his family…
Found materials creates art
Opening on Friday, February 19 and on view until May 21, 2016 located in the Sen. Stan Adelstein & Lynda K. Clark Gallery at the Dahl Arts Center in…
Poetry series set to begin
Now in its fourteenth season at the Troy-Hayner Cultural Center in Troy, Ohio, the 2016 Poetry series is set to begin on Thursday, February 25 with a presentation by Cathryn…
Ligare show on Georgia’s mind
As the winter starts to seem long and cold, even in Georgia, opening on Saturday, February 13 at the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia, visitors…
Living show to ‘bloom’
Set to opening on Friday, February 19, 2016 at the Indianapolis Museum of Art in the Madeline F. Elder Greenhouse, “Color Me Orchid” exhibition is noted to be a…
Saleri show to open at Fresno State
Opening Saturday, February 6, 2016 at the Henry Madden Library in the Leon S. Peters Ellipse Gallery and Pete P. Peters Balcony gallery at Fresno State, will be a…
OH: Portland
WHERE: Hall-Moser Theatre at Arts Place. WHEN: Friday, February 26, 2016 at 7:30 pm. BRIEF ABOUT: Founded in 1997, and named after the flame-haired priest, Antonio Vivaldi, Red Priest…
Four tapped for opera program
The four vocalists were selected from national auditions to begin their residencies in the Dayton Opera Artist-in-Residence (AIR) program. Soprano Kasia Borowiec, Mezzo-Soprano Melisa Bonetti, Tenor Zachary Devin and Baritone…
Big Apple leaders to talk
At 7:00 pm on Thursday, February 4, 2016, the Johnson Collection (www.thejohnsoncollection.org) presents the third installment of “Voices in American Art” at the Chapman Cultural Center Theater in…
Open air is his special place
Robin Weiss discovered a love for Washington State while attending Olympic College, but his soul had been captured years earlier when he discovered drawing. Today, the breathtaking scenery of the…
CA: San Francisco
WHERE: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. WHEN: Performances on Friday, January 22, 2016 at 8:00 pm and Saturday, 23rd at 8:00 pm. The Odyssey–from Vietnam to America BRIEF ABOUT:…
The hills of Nashville to ring
Taking place at 7:00 pm on Sunday, January 17, at Schermerhorn Symphony Center, the program, “Let Freedom Sing” becomes the Nashville Symphony’s 23rd annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day concert,…
Half century feast of fashions
Opening in the Grand Gallery on Sunday, January 31,“Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair” and remaining on view through April 24, 2016 at the Memorial Art Gallery in…
Guild chooses new director
Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg, South Carolina has Caitlin Boice as its new Executive Director, who has been working as the Interim Director since June 2014. “Caitlin’s work ethic…
Student Exhibit soon to open
The annual Young Masters’ exhibit featuring the artwork of students in grades K-12 is returning to the Troy-Hayner Cultural Center in Troy, Ohio, will be on display from January 8…
NY: Rochester
WHERE: Memorial Art Gallery. WHEN: Through January 24, 2016. Une Une Danse des Bouffons (A Jester’s Dance) The silent, black-and-white video work by Canadian artist Marcel Dzama, which is repeated…
Symphony in a balloon
Artistic director, Michael Haefliger, of the Lucerne festival in Lucerne, Switzerland, is credited for the idea of creating a traveling balloon that could house a concert. The idea struck him…
Artists and Architects provide hope
Hurricanes, tsunami, floods and earthquakes seem more prevalent today than at any other time in recent history. Among the many volunteers that jump in to bring aid to those that…
Concert to be a seasonal joy
The Dayton Philharmonic Youth Strings, conducted by Dr. Betsey Hofeldt, will present their annual Fall Concert on Sunday, November 15, 2015 at 3:00 pm at the Kettering Seventh-Day Adventist…
Collaboration connects to Carol’s art
Opening Friday, November 6, 2015 at ArtSpace in Lima, Ohio is an exhibit, “Furnishing the Suite” that will explore of the secret life of furnishings: Where did they come…
Many awards for Spartanburg
The South Carolina Art Education Association delivered seven of the nine 2015 statewide awards to education professionals in Spartanburg County. “For seven out of the nine statewide recipients for…
Bay Area composer a first
As its first Composer Lab & Workshop Fellow, the Nashville Symphony named Gabriella Smith to return several times next year to work with music director Giancarlo Guerrero and the orchestra.…
Back among the ‘stars’
She comes on larger than life, carefree and confident. Add big beautiful blue eyes, a sexy Southern twang and you have the makings of a successful career. Paula Deen,…
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Is too much sensitivity affecting our freedom?
“Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep and doesn’t know where to find them.” Everyone remembers silly nursery rhymes like this one. Have you noticed, however, that no one writes…
Works on view span artist’s career
On view at the Georgia Museum of Art in Athens, “Ralph Chessé” (1900–1991) was an multifaceted artist: painter, sculptor and puppeteer who spent time in New Orleans, Europe and San…
SC: Pawleys Island
WHERE: Brookgreen Gardens WHEN: On view through November 1, 2015. 82nd Annual Awards Exhibition BRIEF ABOUT: National Sculpture Society, New York, New York jurors Kate Brockman, NSS; Jonathan Harding,…
Conference to highlight poet’s life
Poet Sonia Sanchez will return to the September 11-12, 2015 Kentucky Women Writers Conference in Lexington, Kentucky, on the 10th anniversary of the founding of the conference series named for…
Artist 1st solo in the Motor City
Opening Friday, September 18, 2015, this multi-year research program is one of the most ambitious undertakings to date for the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit/MOCAD. Detroit City is comprised of…
Fraser: ‘…to be a great show’
The Lorton, Virginia Workhouse Arts Center is beaming with shouts of pride as it moves closer to its inaugural 2015 Workhouse Fall Arts Festival set to include over 100…
Indy to ‘rock’ with Booth
On Friday, September 4, 2015 from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm at the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown, Actor, business owner, entrepreneur, author and renowned teaching artist Eric Booth will be our…
Meacham and Gilliam on the ‘marquee’
Historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “American Lion” and “Franklin and Winston” as well as the former editor of Newsweek magazine, Jon Meacham will headline the Martin School of Public…
IL: Chicago
WHERE: Moonlight Studios (1446 West Kinzie Street) WHEN: Sunday, September 6, 2015 from 6:00-10:00 pm. Fashion Loves Art BRIEF ABOUT: Hosted by SAStyle Studio founder, Stephanie Alexis White, the goal…
University seeks ‘possible people’
Since its inception in 1990 and still one of University of Kentucky’s most prestigious awards, the Libraries Medallion for Intellectual Achievement, nominations are now sought for the 2016 through Friday,…
He captures the stages of nature
Some people reside close to nature and others become one with the land. Tom Lockhart returned to native Colorado to help run a family business and began to appreciate…
Prof’s works to be on exhibit
Works of artist David Hannon of Muncie, Indiana will be exhibited in “Points of View” from Tuesday, June 19 through July 17, 2015 at the Portland Center of Arts Place…
OH: Troy
WHERE: Troy-Hayner Cultural Center. WHEN: Opens Friday, June 5 and on view through August 2, 2015. From Africa BRIEF ABOUT: The display includes of an array of African clothing and…
Art Scholarships goes to local students
Two South Carolina high school students, Kaleb Michael Dill of Landrum and Thaddeus John Troxell of Boiling Springs have been awarded $1,000 by the Mary Wheeler Davis Memorial Fund for…
Stop in the name of Tranquility
In a time of terror and global threats, one has to retreat inwardly for our own sanity and security. Gandhi and Buddha taught that war was never a solution. Fortunately,…
Forbidden love play to open
The Huntington University Theatre Company will present its final play of the spring semester, “Romeo and Juliet” and will debut in the Merillat Centre for the Arts at Huntington University…
Curb Concerto Competition winners
The Nashville Symphony has chosen the winners of the 2015 Curb Concerto Competition, one of Tennessee’s most prestigious student competitions, which annually showcases gifted music students between the ages of…
A ‘riveting’ test of love
On Friday, April 17 at 8:00 pm and Sunday, April 19 at 3:00 pm, in the Mead Theatre of the Schuster Center, the Dayton Opera will present “The Pearl Fishers”…
OH: Van Wert
One only has to type the words “arts” and “economy” in a search engine to find lead after lead of how the arts continue to do their part in maintaining…
OH: Columbus
WHERE: Wexner Center for the Arts in the Mershon Auditorium. WHEN: April 23 through 26, 2015 the theater is a blank page This world premiere production is the…
Show exposes self to unknowns
Opening Saturday, April 4, 2015, “To Whom It May Concern” at the Bass & Reiner Gallery in San Francisco, California, the exhibit will feature works by Alyssa Block, Jon Gourley,…