Indy museum has ‘false’ ceiling
WHERE: Indianapolis Museum of Art. WHEN: Through June 5, 2016. Richard Wentworth: False Ceiling—Indianapolis This large-scale work by Wentworth is the most ambitious installation to date and…
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Works show freedom in ones
Opening Friday, November 6, 2015 and remaining on view through March 27, 2016 at the Jewish Museum in New York City, “Unorthodox” is a large-scale group exhibition of…
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…
Fall show has no art style limits
Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg, Carolina opened with its Fall Members Show on view through November 27, 2015. An opening reception will be held Thursday, November 19 from 6:00-8:00 pm,…
Works talk visually
Nashville is also noted for its love of storytelling in words, images and voices. For years, the city has been home to major publishing houses, printing presses, nationally recognized writing…
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…
CT: Hartford
WHERE: Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. WHEN: On view through January 24, 2016. “Warhol & Mapplethorpe: Guise & Dolls” BRIEF ABOUT: First major exhibition to pair the work of artists…
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.…
Bourgeois’s works: A visual celebration
In the West Building of the National Gallery of Art, this exhibition entitled, “Louise Bourgeois: No Exit” is made up of evocative drawings, prints and sculptures by Bourgeois, goes on…
Big art awards given
Düsseldorf-born German artists Mischa Kuball and Günther Uecker are the recipients of major art awards recently. The ceremony will be held in January at the Art Museum Celle, which houses…
SC: Spartanburg
This year’s juror John Nolan, curator of the Bob Jones Museum, selected winners of the Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg’s 42nd Annual Juried Exhibition: Best in Show: “Rooted”…
NM: Santa Fe
WHERE: Museum of Indian Arts and Culture. WHEN: Opens October 25, 2015 and runs through May 2017. Oblique Views: Archaeology, Photography, and Time During 2007 and 2008, flying…
IA: Des Moines
WHERE: Des Moines Art Center. WHEN: On view through January 17, 2016 in the John Brady Print Gallery. East and Beyond: Helen Frankenthaler and Her Contemporaries In celebration of…
MI: Detroit
WHERE: Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit/MOCAD. WHEN: On view October 16, 2015 through January 3, 2016. Dor Guez: The Sick Man of Europe: The Architect Artist Dor Guez focuses on…
AK: Anchorage
WHERE: Anchorage Museum. WHEN: On view through January 10, 2016. Van Gogh Alive – The Experience Grande Exhibitions’ State-of-the-art SENSORY4™ multimedia technology combines with a tailored exhibition space on the…
TN: Nashville
WHERE: Frist Center for the Visual Arts. WHEN: October 30, 2015 through January 6, 2016. Michelangelo: Sacred and Profane, Masterpiece Drawings from the Casa Buonarroti This exhibition offers…
IN: Fort Wayne
WHERE: Artlink, Auer Center for Arts & Culture in the Mirro Family Foundation and the Sauerteig Family Galleries. WHEN: Opens Friday, October 23, 2015 from 6:00 to 9:00 pm. Remains…
France: Paris
WHEN: October 27, 2015 – January 31, 2016 SEPIK: Arts from Papua New Guinea The first exhibition in France to be devoted to the arts of the peoples of the…
Germany: Düsseldorf
WHERE: K21 Ständehaus. WHEN: On view through January 24, 2016. The Problem of God BRIEF ABOUT: Christian iconography is omnipresent in our collective memory, and many contemporary artists incorporate…
Deputy Director’s desk filled
Miah Michaelsen of Bloomington, Indiana has become the next Indiana Arts Commission agency’s deputy director. “We are so thrilled to have Miah join the staff of the Arts Commission,” said…
CA: Long Beach
The Long Beach Museum of Art has acquired a substantial Gail Factor painting for their permanent collection. Factor’s “Salmon Stripe” was completed in the artist’s California decades. About…
They ‘raised’ him up
Promoted to Associate Conductor, Vinay Parameswaran said, “It is an incredible honor to be a part of the Nashville Symphony, and I am excited for the next three years as…
She is number 1
Shawnya L. Harris became the first Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Curator of African American and African Diasporic Art recently for the Georgia Museum of Art at the University…
New leader chosen for Museum
Gary Stoppelman has been named the Museum’s Deputy Director for Marketing and External Affairs of the Indianapolis Museum of Art. “Having worked at three of the world’s most prominent museums,…
IN: Fort Wayne
WHERE: Artlink, Auer Center for Arts & Culture. WHEN: Friday, September 11, 2015, with an opening reception from 6:00 to 9:00 pm. Exhibit remains on view through Wednesday, October 14,…
OH: Lima
WHERE: ArtSpace/Lima. WHEN: Opens Friday, September 11 and runs through October 17, 2015. Mike Huffman: Till Now BRIEF ABOUT: A reception for the artist and this exhibit will be from…
IN: Portland
WHERE: Arts Place. WHEN: On view through October 2, 2015. Contemporary Mythology BRIEF ABOUT: Works by Hoosier artist Laura Levine are a mixture of traditional figurative and classical influences, as…
OH: Troy
WHERE: Troy-Hayner Cultural Center. Call for Entries BRIEF ABOUT: Troy-Hayner Cultural Center’s biennial photography competition, Through Our Eyes 10 is seeking entries. Photographers of all ages, including children, are encouraged…
NY: New York City
WHERE: Catherine Ahnell Gallery. WHEN: On view through October 11, 2015. Assumption BRIEF ABOUT: First solo presentation in New York and features new paintings that explore the parallels that can…
SC: Spartanburg
WHERE: West Main Artists Co-Op. WHEN: Through October 1, 2015. Note: The opening reception and awards ceremony will be on Friday, September 18 from 6:00-9:00 pm. 42nd Annual Juried Show…
KY: Prestonsburg
WHERE: Mountain Arts Center. WHEN: Saturday, October 24, 2015 at 7:00 pm. Bluegrass Extravaganza BRIEF ABOUT: Featuring Nathan Stanley/ http://www.nathanstanleymusic.com/index.html with the Clinch Mountain Boys and Russell Moore & IIIrd…
NY: Rochester
WHERE: Memorial Art Gallery grounds. WHEN: Saturday, September 12 and Sunday 13, 2015. M&T Bank Clothesline Festival BRIEF ABOUT: Original work by 400+ artists from across New York State,…
Exhibit mirrors artists’ worlds
In the Inez Greenberg Gallery at the Artistry in the Bloomington Center for the Arts in Bloomington, Minnesota, on view through October 9, 2015, “It’s Personal” is an exhibition with…
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,…
SD: Rapid City
Through October 23, 2015, the South Dakota College Art Association Faculty Exhibition is on view in the Sen. Stan Adelstein & Lynda K. Clark Gallery, located in the Dahl…
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…
8 decision-makers chosen
Newly elected Trustees to the Arts Partnership of Greater Spartanburg, South Carolina for the fiscal year 2015-2016 are: Winston Wingo, Jeffrey Barker, PhD, Ethan Burroughs, Kenneth Cribb, Dr. Sidney…
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…
New works to be hung
Selections From the Permanent Collection | Jeff Freeman and Signe Stuart goes on view Friday, August 14 through October 10, 2015, in the Ruth Brennan Gallery at the Dahl…
Ioannides to pass baton
At the helm for 12 seasons, Music Director and Conductor of Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Sarah Ioannides will be passing the baton to her new successor at the end of…
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…
Artist chosen to craft Bicentennial Medal
Nearly 100 design concepts from 50 artists across the state were submitted for consideration by the Bicentennial Medal Jurors and chosen was Donna Weaver of Vevay, Indiana to create the…
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WHERE: Memorial Art Gallery. WHEN: Through September 13, 2015 in the Grand Gallery. 65th Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition BRIEF ABOUT: Rochester’s oldest and longest-running juried exhibition once again showcases works…
CA: San Francisco
WHERE: Throughout the Bay Area. WHEN: October 2-10, 2015. Asia Week San Francisco Bay Area BRIEF ABOUT: West Coast’s first, major region wide event celebrating Asian art, involving 17…
Symphony picks new CFO
A certified public accountant in the state of Tennessee, Marye Walker Lewis began her career as an auditor at Arthur Andersen. After an extensive nationwide search by the Nashville Symphony,…
Creator’s genetic code raises ?s
Opening September 5, 2015 at Iowa’s Des Moines Art Center in the Anna K. Meredith Gallery, Laurel Nakadate: Strangers and Relations, focuses on an unfolding body of work by the…