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April is Portland Photo Month, an event which is not a product of any one organization, but rather a collaboration of art galleries, nonprofits and individual artists. Portland, Oregon is a city of artists and art enthusiasts and accordingly is home to a multitude of artists who express themselves through the medium of photography.
Numerous Portland art galleries specialize in photography. Among these are Black Box Gallery, Blue Sky Gallery, Camerawork …more…
Photo credit: Tullis Johnson/Burchfield Penney Art Center
Upon first glance, Nancy Jurs’s installation World Peace at the Burchfield Penney Art Center at Buffalo State College is a life-size game of chess. But is it really? There are the familiar components: the checkered board, the 32 game pieces. Beyond that, World Peace—in which the artist re-contextualizes ceramic works from earlier in her career—suggests new rules of engagement that break down the …more…
Lindsey Carr. "Gifts From The Red Barbarians." Acrylic ink and gold leaf on watercolor paper. Courtesy of Roq La Rue and the artist.
You won’t find Lindsey Carr’s Pavo Simulacrum in Audubon’s The Birds of America. And you won’t find a pulp novel or a vintage burlesque poster quite like Handiedan’s mischievous pin-up girl collages. These two contemporary artists subvert familiar images and styles—naturalist painting for Carr and the pin-up …more…
Image Credit: David Goodrich
When I walked into the Leedy-Voulkos Art Center(Kansas City, Missouri) recently, I felt a sense of surreal recognition, though I knew I’d never seen the paintings on exhibit before. Something about the style seemed so familiar to me, but I could not understand why. Setting aside my confusion, I set to enjoying the incredible work before me in “Lucifer Rising.”
“Lucifer Rising” is a collection of about …more…
Roger Coleman’s latest exhibition, “that was so 19 seconds ago”, can be viewed at FLYNNDOG, an art gallery found at 208 Flynn Avenue in Burlington Vermont. The exhibit will be on view until April 28th. This exhibit is one of many that is a part of the First Friday Art Walk, a weekly showcase of local artwork held the first Friday of each month throughout the city of Burlington. Around forty art …more…
Chicago is home to an array of wonderful museums, full of amazing artwork. But if you want to tap into a vibrant, rewarding, and possibly unpredictable art experience, a trip to one of the city’s many gallery districts is the way to go. I braved the potential bad luck of Friday the 13th to explore some of the latest spring openings.
My first stop was Kasia Kay Art Projects, located in …more…
The Simsbury Open Studio Tour is set for this weekend, on April 14th and 15th from 10am-4pm. Artists are opening their home studios for the public to see, and it is only a once-a-year opportunity! I will be attending the tour and will write a post about all of the beautiful work, but for those who are interested in seeing it themselves you can find a map and more information …more…
On View now at Whitdel Arts in Detroit, MI
Music photography is not as glamorous a field as it makes itself out to be. To really succeed in the industry takes thousands of dollars in equipment and education, not to mention countless hours of practice and study. And the payoff ain’t exactly grand. Some local band asks you to take pictures of their next gig—offering a guest list spot and …more…
As the weather continues to evolve into something truly pleasant, it’s time for a stroll at The Mall. No silly, I don’t mean the kind of mall where you can buy hot dogs on sticks and spend far too much money on a shirt you will probably never wear. I mean the Gene Leahy Mall in Downtown Omaha, which is home to numerous sculptures in addition to some pretty spectacular …more…
In 2001, the Mattress Factory initiated the Gestures exhibition series to present new works by regional artists. On March 30, 2012, the sixteenth installment of the series opened at the museum’s annex gallery located at 1414 Monterey Street on Pittsburgh’s North Side.
The latest installment in the Gestures series, Gestures: Intimate Friction brings together artists, architects, and activists in an exhibition guest-curated by Mary-Lou Arscott of Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Architecture. Said Arscott of the exhibition:
“Our physical reality bumps …more…
Camilla d'Errico at the 2012 Emerald City Comicon. Photo by Elisa Mader.
Last weekend, roughly 53,000 fans swarmed the Convention Center downtown to attend the Emerald City Comicon, a gathering of the crème-de-la-crème of the comic book industry and one of the largest US fan conventions devoted to comic book arts.
ECCC is a colorful barrage of visual stimulus. Enter the main exhibition hall, squeeze past fans dressed as stormtroopers, the …more…
Passengers traveling through Portland International Airport (PDX) in Oregon this summer should allow extra time to enjoy the series of rotating art exhibits that grace its concourses. From April 1 through October 15, 2012, PDX is featuring an exhibit entitled “In Our Element.”
The display includes sculpture by eight Pacific Northwest artists—most are from Portland—that represent the elements of fire, water, earth, metal and wood. The contributing artists are: Richard Cawley, …more…
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City-Wide Open Studios is a week-long event, organized by the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, that takes place each summer in order to support local artists. This summer, CWOS will be in its seventh year, and will take place from July 24 through July 29, 2012. Artists all across the city will open their studios to the public to show off their work, interact with audiences, and discuss St. …more…
The Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York has an established track record of presenting thoughtfully curated and thoroughly engaging exhibitions. Highlights include Amedeo Modigliani & the Artists of Montparnasse in 2002 and 2003—at the time, the first American exhibition featuring the intriguing Italian artist in over 40 years—as well as its ongoing series Spotlight on the Collection—Artists In Depth which has showcased such renowned artists as Pablo Picasso, Georges …more…
In Tony Fitzpatrick’s new exhibition at Jonathan Ferrara Gallery (400a Julia St.), “Nickel History: In the Service of Ghosts” his fighter spirit is alive. In his latest exhibit, colors, sketching, and lines become blurred into an awesome spectacle of pictures. His work is detailed and precise. Taking historical figures, situations, people, and various odds and ends of life he places them in detailed sketches of intricate portrays of bravery, malice, and …more…
Gallery on the Green in Canton, CT was founded in 1960, “becoming one of Connecticut’s longest running artists cooperatives”. It serves as a place for artists to gather and exhibit their work, as well as a place for appreciation and education about the Fine Arts.
The gallery can be found in the center of Collinsville, a census-designated place in Canton. The quaint center is a historic district, complete with a beautifully …more…
Tickets just went on sale for Feminism & Co., a month-long series of lectures on art, politics, gender, and sexuality at Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, and it promises to be a fascinating experience. The series launches on April 5th with an artist talk by Catharine Opie, an acclaimed photographer whose work is currently showing at the museum in the exhibit More American Photographs.
On Friday, April 13, the museum hosts …more…
Still from "The Raft"
Today in the Bloch Building at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (Kansas City, Missouri), I saw The Raft by Bill Viola, a 10 and a half minute video. The Raft begins with a diverse group of people waiting, as if for a bus. The group is a mixture of ages and races, both men and women as well as a transgender person. Filmed at high speed and …more…
Fort Lauderdale’s Museum of Art kicks off Spring with an event-filled month. The Museum begins April with an outdoor film event on April 5th followed by a tribute to Pinot Noirs at April’s Wine Tasting on the 13th.
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amid the street noise: short films on the terrace
Peck Sculpture Terrace
All Together Now anuncia el segundo evento de cine jurado con artistas locales. Películas se proyectarán …more…
Now showing at the MFAH is Revelation: Major Paintings by Jules Olitski, which covers key works by the late artist. Olitski held the esteemed position of being the first American artist to be given a show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art during his lifetime. Although his paintings from the 1950’s-1970s show the impact of Abstract Expressionism and Color Field art, he merges these two styles to create a distinct …more…
Trash to Treasures: The Sculptures of Dave Thompson is the current exhibit showing at the Spring Preserve until May 20th 2012. Found-object artist Dave Thompson uses primarily discarded metal, recycling it and transforming it into mythical creatures and other other worldly creations.
Mr. Thompson’s works are seamlessly incorporated into the natural landscape of the Preserve and concentrated among the gardens and the paths leading towards the gardens. At the …more…
Li Chen. Earth Piercing Fire, 2008. Clay, rope, wood structure. 35 7/16 x 33 11/16 x 51 3/16 in. Courtesy of the artist.
This week, Seattle plays host to On the Edge, the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA)’s 46th annual conference, celebrating the cutting edge of contemporary ceramic arts. From Mar. 28 to 31, thousands of ceramic artists, educators and lovers of pottery and sculpture from …more…
Located just a few minutes away from the Las Vegas Strip the Spring Preserve feels like a completely different world offering a secluded peaceful oasis from all the glitz and glam. This educational and environmentally conscious facility boast many different types of entertainment for adults and children alike.
Planning began for The Springs Preserve in the late 90’s and finally began construction in 2005. It has been welcoming visitors since 2007. …more…
Natalie Lanese, Retro Future, 2011 acrylic and collage Installation at deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum Courtesy of the Artist Photo by Tony Luong
There’s still time to catch Wall Works at the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Lincoln, on view through April 22, 2012. For the exhibition six artists were invited to create site-specific wall installations in response to the deCordova’s permanent collection. The artists—Kysa Johnson, Natalie Lanese, Caleb …more…
Julie Blackmon: The Power of Now and Other Tales From Home, is the current exhibition at Houston Center for Photography until April 22nd. Blackmon’s work is inspired by Seventeenth century Flemish and Dutch paintings, a subject she studied as an art history major in college. More curiously, she also cites illustrators like Edward Gory and Tim Burton as influences as well as her own family and friends’ families. When asked …more…
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