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‘Tis the season ...
The Connecticut Trolley Museum, 58 North Road, East Windsor, is holding its Winterfest celebration through Dec. 28. Take a trolley ride under the stars through a tunnel of lights. The Visitor’s Center will be transformed into a Winter Wonderland complete with model trains.
Journal Inquirer |
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Chicago’s Field Museum opens ‘The Aztec World’
An ambitious new exhibition at the Field Museum reassembles some fragments of a world that was shattered forever on Aug. 31, 1521.
The State Journal-Register |
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There’s an elephant in my yard
ZIMBABWEAN sculptor Lysiase Nyamurova is hiding what could be one of the biggest steel and iron sheet elephant artworks in East London in the backyard of his Southernwood flat .
Daily Dispatch |
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Antiques center shows local artists
The New Bedford Antiques Center is hosting an artists' exhibit and sale during the holiday shopping months of November and December.
The Standard-Times |
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Ludacris as Curator of His Own Hip-Hop Museum
Consider Ludacris an enthusiastic re-enactor and also the rare Southern rapper who considers working with DJ Premier or time traveling, as it were a feather in his cap.
New York Times |
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Egyptian Government And St. Louis Museum Struggle Over Ancient Mask
The U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security is now involved in a dispute over the Ka-Nefer-Nefer burial mask, a 3,200-year-old golden relic which was recorded in storage in Egypt in 1959 but somehow wound up being acquired - apparently legally - by the St. Louis Art Museum in 1998.
Arts Journal |
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"I have yet to find a curatorial colleague who regularly beats a path to the fragrance counter in search of, say, Joy ...
Olfactory Masterpieces: Why Isn't Perfume Taken Seriously As Art? Yellow Odalisque in Philadelphia. And yet, the parallels between what ought to be more properly regarded as sister arts are undeniable.
Arts Journal |
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With multitude of visions, artists work and live outside lines
DANVERS - The artwork is as diverse as you could find at any gallery, from a charcoal drawing of the Maine seashore to psychedelic mindscapes in bright acrylic to a painstaking collage of General William Tecumseh Sherman. What they have in common is that the artists who created them are living with Asperger's syndrome.
Boston Globe |
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Stewart's paintings, sculptures can be found across S.A.
After studying with modern artists, Mack Hamilton Stewart worked in California, settled in San Antonio
San Antonio Express-News & KENS 5 |
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Spaces exhibition revolves around nightmarish sculptures that resemble biology experiments
Steven Litt/The Plain DealerA sculpture by Jason Briggs looks as if it could breathe. Viewers may experience a fight-or-flight response. The spirit of Frankenstein hovers over at least part of the current group show at Cleveland's Spaces gallery -- not...
The Cleveland Plain Dealer |
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Hot picks: Family Day at the Mattress Factory
Not looking forward to fighting the shopping mall crowds this coming Black Friday? Then bring the whole family to the Mattress Factory for a Family Day full of hands-on activities, guided tours of the museum and special surprises.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |
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Holiday happenings abound
1. Scene around the county: "The Art and the Artist," exhibit of works by Vitus Kaiser continues, Gannon University's Schuster Gallery, third floor, Nash Library, 619 Sassafras St., through Jan. 19 during regular library hours. Free. Call 871-5467.
Erie Times-News |
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Art Center visitors will find not only trees, but wreaths too
The Albert Lea Art Center’s Festival of Trees includes a new element this year. While decorated theme trees fill the larger of the Art Center’s two galleries, the second is filled with one-of-a-kind wreaths.
Albert Lea Tribune |
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Fight cancer, start shopping and tour homes
Freeborn is pulling together to help find a cure for cancer. Freeborn’s TB3’s and Freeborn’s Pride Builders are sponsoring a benefit for the Eagles Cancer Telethon on Saturday at TB3’s. There will be a live auction by Holland Auction Co. starting at noon and continuing until all items are gone.
Albert Lea Tribune |
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Event, in its 39th year, features 21 bands performing in Myrtle Beach
What is the difference between a violin and a fiddle? You can find the answer at the 39th annual South Carolina State Bluegrass Festival, beginning today at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center. Hundreds of people there will be able to tell you that there is no difference, but bluegrass band...
The Post and Courier |
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Crafts, sales
JEWELRY, CRYSTAL, CASH SHOW -- Sat., Nov. 29, doors open at noon -- Erepa Grotto/Saga Club, 3828 Washington Ave. -- $20, includes lunch, style show, silent auction, vendors, drawings, more -- details, reservations, 838-9568.
Erie Times-News |
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Kids, teens
FAMILY FUN FRIDAYS -- Fridays, 10 a.m.-11 a.m. -- Erie Art Museum, 411 State St., 459-5477 -- program for kids aged 3-6 and their families to explore one of the museum's exhibits using story, song, and art making -- $5 per child, free to museum members -- reserve a space in advance, 459-5477.
Erie Times-News |
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‘Local Color’
For her Christmas exhibition, Hanover Gallery owner Melissa Peirano will be highlighting the work of five artists who live in the Chattanooga area.
Chattanooga Times Free Press |
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'Remarkable' exhibit reveals region's rich past
Airport Gallery displays lifelike animals and outlandish items A massive head of a Cape buffalo sticks out of a wall at the Albany International Airport Gallery. The thing is so lifelike that I swear it moved. As I was staring it down, I couldn't help but imagine it coming back to life like the artifacts in the movie "Night at the Museum."Far from static, museum objects help us to understand ...
Albany Times Union |
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‘Textile Tale’ artists to discuss 701 Center show
The artists in “Textile Tales” at the new 701 Center for Contemporary Art will discuss the show and their art Monday night. Ellen Kochansky of Pickens, Beth Melton and Phil Moody of Rock Hill and Scotty Peek of Columbia all have art in the inaugural exhibition at the center, located at 701 Whaley St. The center opens at 7 p.m. Monday, and the panel discussion starts at 7:30 p.m. All the artists’ ...
The State |
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Opinions of gratitude
BRIGHT BULB Thanks for the giving I n the true spirit of Thanksgiving, Baltimore native Dorothy Bair gave the Walters Art Museum a painting it could never have afforded to purchase. Bair donated “The Cherry Picker,” by 19th century French academic painter William Adolphe Bouguereau, to the museum.
Baltimore Examiner |
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Makiki man charged with camera store heist
Prosecutors today accused a Makiki man of stealing over $30,000 worth of new and old photography items from a camera shop.
Honolulu Advertiser |
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Jane Franklin Dance
Jane Franklin Dance has a wealth of experience exploring the intersection between dance and performance art. Last year’s Temporal Interference featured three dancers stepping gracefully around a hulking sculpture, triggering changes to the soundtrack in real time.
Washington City Paper |
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Young Rembrandts seeks to inspire children
Cynthia Oliver, the executive director of The Children's Gallery in North Huntingdon, says the success of an after-school program she heads called Young Rembrandts offers proof that parents are increasingly interested in art as a means to cultivate creativity in their children.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |
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Student art showcased at Santa Clara County Office of Education
Permanent collection of student art now contains 700 pieces
San Jose Mercury News |
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