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Art Works Downtown Presents: "The Elements" Juried by Maria Medua, Director of SFMOMA Artists Gallery
Art Works Downtown announces “The Elements,” a new exhibit in the main gallery at 1337 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA, March 9 through April 27, Opening Reception on Friday, March 9 coinciding with 2nd Fridays Art Walk. A 2nd reception will coincide with April 13, 2nd Fridays Art Walk. - February 25, 2012 - Art Works Downtown
Artis Entertainment Announces the Nationwide Release of Critically-Acclaimed Indie Feature Film "Heart of Now" - A Film by the Sabi Company
Artis Entertainment announces the nationwide home entertainment release by Vanguard Cinema of The Sabi Company’s critically acclaimed indie drama “Heart of Now” - a film by Sabi. “Hugely Impressive” by Twitch Magazine, “Absolutely Gorgeous” by Ain’t it Cool News, and Filmmaker Magazine noted director Zak Forsman’s work "is very accomplished… Amazing!” - February 23, 2012 - Artis Entertainment
Two Local Artists of North Idaho Open Their Online Shop "Midnight Travellers Art"
Midnight Travellers Art offers oil paintings to the local community and beyond that feature everything from Landscape scenery, Oceans Seascapes, Waterfalls and even abstract art. - February 23, 2012 - Midnight Travellers Art
Botticelli in Bucks County – Uffizi’s "Offering of the Angels" Comes to Michener Art Museum in Doylestown
What: For the first time ever, a selection of 45 paintings and tapestries from the famed Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy, is coming to the James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Pa. When: April 21, 2012 through August 10, 2012. Where: The James A. Michener Art Museum is located at 138... - February 23, 2012 - The James A. Michener Museum
The Moral Dimension of Climate Change and What to do About It
Dr. Donald Brown, Associate Professor of Environmental Ethics, Science, and Law at Penn State University will present a lecture, “Turning Up the Volume on the Ethical Dimensions of Climate Change,” at the Erie Art Museum, Thursday, February 23, at 7 p.m. An audience Q&A will follow. - February 23, 2012 - Erie Art Museum
Howard Alan Events Presents the 22nd Annual Downtown Stuart Art Festival
Osceola Street in Downtown Stuart will be the place to be this weekend. February 25th and 26th from 10 am to 5 pm stop by and take a stroll through our beautiful outdoor art gallery. Come and meet the artists, they will be there all weekend. - February 22, 2012 - Howard Alan Events
Spring Studio Art Classes Forming at the Erie Art Museum
Studio art classes are forming now for the Erie Art Museum’s Spring Semester with registration beginning February 19. All registrations made before March 19 are eligible for a $10 off Early Bird Discount for each class. Spring classes begin the week of March 26 and include a broad range of... - February 21, 2012 - Erie Art Museum
Jazz Gurus to Jam in Erie February 19
Members of the Chicago-based Ethnic Heritage Ensemble are no strangers to Erie, and the jazz trio returns Sunday, February 19 at 4pm to deliver a fiery afternoon of jazz on the Museum’s stage. Comprised of internationally renowned percussionist Kahil El’ Zabar, Ernest Kahbeer Dawkins... - February 21, 2012 - Erie Art Museum
STEREO BALANCED: Closing Reception for Todd Jones’ Visual and Aural Art Concept "STEREO BALANCE" at Yellow Peril Gallery
Yellow Peril Gallery to Host STEREO BALANCED, Closing Reception for Todd Jones’ Visual and Aural Art Concept "STEREO BALANCE"; Premiere New Music Video to Conclude Exhibit. - February 20, 2012 - Yellow Peril Gallery
Rick Stevens: Shaping the Unknown at Gallery KH in Chicago
The highly anticipated new exhibition from New Mexico abstract artist Rick Stevens opens February 24, 2012 at Gallery KH in Chicago, 5-8PM. - February 18, 2012 - Gallery KH
Howard Alan Events Presents the 24th Annual Downtown Sarasota Festival of the Arts
Sarasota’s premier art event, The Downtown Sarasota Festival of the Arts returns February 18 - 19, Saturday & Sunday, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, produced by Howard Alan Events and hosted by the Downtown Sarasota Alliance. It is consistently ranked as one of the top 100 fine art shows in... - February 16, 2012 - Howard Alan Events
A Rare Occasion: the Best of Today's Mosaic Art from Around the World Assembled in a Single Venue
Award winners are announced for Mosaic Arts International 2012, on display February 27th through April 27, 2012, at the Lexington Center Museum and Gallery, Lexington, Kentucky. - February 15, 2012 - Society of American Mosaic Artists
West Linn Arts Festival 2012 Announces Call for Artists
Applications now being accepted from local talent for celebrated annual festival. - February 13, 2012 - West Linn Arts Festival
The Mural Artists, Murals by Jericho Announce Partnerships with Likeminded Trades and Services
The mural artists, Murals by Jericho has just announced they have partnered with likeminded trades to provide a comprehensive church restoration and decoration service to their customers. Murals by Jericho is a team that consists of mural artists, painters and interior designers who work on... - February 10, 2012 - Murals by Jericho
International Arts Movement Welcomes Wunderkammer Company's EX: Collaborative Creation
Creative Collaboration honors and breaks surrealist conventions, bringing a diverse collection of artists together, conversing through corpses. - February 09, 2012 - International Arts Movement
Celebrity Artist William Quigley Donates Works to be Auctioned at Celebrity Event in New York to Raise Funds for Charity
Celebrity Artist William Quigley donates print from his limited edition series of his new works to the Seeds of Africa Fund to be auctioned off at their February 13th Star Studded Charity event in New York City. - February 09, 2012 - Seeds of Africa Fund
Lexander: G. B. Jones at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Opening February 11 at MCA Chicago, "This Will Have Been: Art, Love and Politics in the 1980s," an exhibition in which five works of art by G. B. Jones are included. Jones, who is represented by Lexander, is one of the foremost woman Appropriation artists and a groundbreaking pioneer of Third Wave Feminism. - February 08, 2012 - Lexander LLC
Threads and Paint Shape Raul De La Torre’s Art Universe at Artspace Warehouse Los Angeles
A Barcelona-born artist, Raul de la Torre, organically embroiders his way on the Los Angeles art scene with a sweeping artwork installation at Artspace Warehouse. - February 04, 2012 - Artspace Warehouse
Lauren Abshire: Mapping a Visual Language of Place
Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature the original work of Philadelphia printmaker, Lauren Abshire in The Substance of Abstraction. The exhibition is scheduled to run from February 10, 2012 through March 1, 2012 (opening reception: Thursday, February 16, 2012). - February 04, 2012 - Agora Gallery
Chicago’s Francesca’s Forno to Feature Neo-Impressionist Painter Gregory A. Page This Friday
This Friday, February 3, 2012, from 7 to 9 p.m. Chicago’s acclaimed restaurant Francesca’s Forno will be hosting a wine tasting featuring Neo-Impressionist Painter and Chicago native Gregory A. Page. The fine dining Italian restaurant first invited Page to be a guest artist last month... - February 03, 2012 - GregoryAllenPage
Beckendorf Gallery is Now Offering Gift Certificates
Well-known Texas art gallery Beckendorf Gallery is now proudly offering gift certificates. These gift certificates will be perfect to offer to friends and family for various occasions and are valid on all art pieces. Beckendorf Gallery is now offering gift certificates to its many patrons. The... - February 03, 2012 - Beckendorf Gallery
Technology, Innovation and Engagement at the Heart of #occupy Exhibit at Yellow Peril Gallery
#occupy Exhibit to Integrate Art with Technology Such as Augmented Reality Tattoos, Real-Time Tweets Cast Upon Walls, and Chairs with Voices - February 03, 2012 - Yellow Peril Gallery
Lilith Ohannessian Announcing Art Exhibition “Seeing the Spirit”
The exhibit will include the Sumi-e paintings and graphite pencil drawings of Lilith Ohannessian which are a demonstration of artist's interest in interpreting the spirit rather than the a photographic representation of an object. Lilith Ohannessian is a contemporary Canadian artist of Armenian... - February 03, 2012 - Lilith Ohannessian Studio
overstockArt.com Introduces New Artwork to Decorative Ceramic Tile Product Line
The Art of Georgia O’Keeffe and Wassily Kandinsky Comes to Life in Decorative Inlay Tiles and Art Trivet Tiles - February 02, 2012 - overstockArt.com
Murals by Jericho Partners with Trades and Complimentary Studios to Offer Complete Church Decoration Services
Murals by Jericho has announced that their partnerships with like-minded studios have enabled their business to offer complete church decoration services to church renovation committees and administrators. These partnerships include services such as stained glass, custom statuary, custom stone... - February 01, 2012 - Murals by Jericho
888 Auctions to Showcase Quality Chinese Ceramics February 23
888 Auctions is proud to highlight fine Chinese ceramics in its February 23 Chinese Antiques and Estates sale. For those on the lookout for great value and exceptional quality, do not hesitate in previewing the 476 lot sale. With high estimates ranging from $200 to $60,000, bidders from all... - January 29, 2012 - 888 Auctions
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Announces Licensing Agreement with 1000Museums
Frank Lloyd Wright archival reproductions now available at 1000Museums.com. - January 27, 2012 - 1000Museums
New Artists Reveal All at Gallery 114
Contemporary Portland, OR, art gallery, Gallery 114, to host group exhibition of avant-garde artists, showcasing diversity of vision. - January 27, 2012 - Gallery 114
The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk Tapped TFI Envision to Create the “FINtastic RefurbFISHment” Promotional Materials
TFI Envision combined iconic images and simple typography to create the playful theme that carries through the promotional pieces, including an oversized full color postcard and an invitation that came in a shimmering sea foam green envelope. - January 26, 2012 - TFI Envision, Inc.
“The Kiss” by Gustav Klimt Named Most Romantic Oil Painting for Valentine’s Day 2012
Klimt’s Masterpiece Portraying a Man and Woman in a Tender Embrace Garnered the Highest Traffic in overstockArt.com’s Romantic Gallery for the Second Consecutive Year - January 25, 2012 - overstockArt.com
Scholarship for Sculptors at the Center for Metal Arts
The Center for Metal Arts is offering one scholarship to Vivian Beer's Creative Sheet Forming Seminar II for intermediate to advanced participants. - January 24, 2012 - Center for Metal Arts
OCCUPY [Fill In The Blank] at Yellow Peril Gallery: Meet the Artists
Yellow Peril Gallery introduces Artists selected for OCCUPY [Fill In The Blank] Group Exhibition on March 15, 2012 - January 21, 2012 - Yellow Peril Gallery
Watch Quentin Blake Tell His Life Story and How He Started Work on the As Large As Life Exhibition at London's Foudling Museum at WebofStories.com
An exhibition entitled As Large as Life by Quentin Blake, the much loved illustrator of many of Roald Dahl’s books, has opened at London’s Foundling Museum. The exhibition shows 60 previously unseen works specially commissioned by four hospitals in the UK and in France. The series took five years to complete and coincides with the recent release of a commemorative collection of stamps depicting Blake's most famous illustrations used in the Roald Dahl classics. - January 21, 2012 - Web of Stories Ltd
Lexander: Seeing Spots in the Blue Chip Contemporary Art Market
In a recent commentary on the art market, Lexander reveals how the recent Damien Hirst worldwide exhibition at Gagosian, "The Complete Spot Paintings: 1986-2011," prefigures the rise of the emerging avant-garde of the 21st century. - January 19, 2012 - Lexander LLC
STEREO BALANCE: Visual and Aural Art Concept to Launch COLLECT ART Emerging Artists Series
Premiere of STEREO BALANCE by Todd Jones to coincide with launch of COLLECT ART Emerging Artist Series at Yellow Peril Gallery. - January 19, 2012 - Yellow Peril Gallery
Zhang Daqian Painting Sells for $504,000 at 888 Auctions
888 Auctions concluded its first auction of the year January 12th, featuring sales of fine Chinese Paintings & Asian Works of Art with a triumphant total of $717,180. The sale, comprising 598 lots, witnessed robust participation from around the world. Collectors bid enthusiastically for works... - January 17, 2012 - 888 Auctions
Protest Meets Grandeur in the Art of Kiko Sobrino
The Brazilian artist Kiko Sobrino employs a number of techniques –– including acrylics, ink, serigraphy, and even computer graphics on canvas and wood –– to create works that move fluently between the figurative and the abstract. - January 16, 2012 - Agora Gallery
Shyamala Rao's Wild Life Paintings Inspire and Inform at Agora Gallery
Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature the exotic wildlife paintings of Indian artist, Shyamala Rao in Figuratively Speaking. The exhibition is scheduled to run from January 17, 2012 through February 7, 2012 (opening reception: Thursday, January 19, 2012). - January 15, 2012 - Agora Gallery
National Orange Show Art Gallery Opening
The Art Gallery at the National Orange Show in San Bernardino is soon to be open to the public. Opening festivities to be held on Friday, January 20th from 10:30 am to 6:00pm and on Saturday, January 21st from 12:00pm to 5:00pm. - January 14, 2012 - National Orange Show Events Center
Mecca Design & Production Creates an Historical Timeline Photo Wall Display with 3-D Bottles for New Dublin Dr. Pepper Museum in Dublin, Texas
Mecca Design & Production created new 3-D photo montage wall displays for the new W.P. Kloster Museum Annex in Dublin, Texas for Dublin Dr. Pepper including history of Prim and Kloster family biographies and stories of "Mr. Dr. Pepper." - January 14, 2012 - Mecca Design & Production
Press Preview: The National Academy Museum Annual 2012 Tuesday, January 24, 2012
National Academy Museum is inviting the Press to be treated to breakfast and then receive an introduction to the Annual 2012 exhibition. - January 14, 2012 - National Academy Museum & School of Fine Arts
Neo-Impressionist Painter Gregory A. Page Receives Rave Reviews Following Art Exhibition
Following a successful showing at Francesca’s Forno’s art exhibition last Friday, Impressionist painter Gregory A. Page has been invited back to host ongoing exhibitions. - January 14, 2012 - GregoryAllenPage
New York Artist Judith Gwyn Brown Debuts "The New York Series" at Bendheim Gallery in Greenwich This Winter
First exhibition of the artist’s signature investment collection plus other works to be hosted by Greenwich Arts Council, Jan. 11 – Feb. 12. - January 12, 2012 - Judith Gwyn Brown
Zane's Bicycle Recycle 2012 Sculpture Competition
Here is a large box with a variety of recycled bike components inside. Now make something out of them. Zane's Cycles in Branford is challenging all professional artists from all over Connecticut to create a sculpture using recycled bicycle components provided to them by Zane's. This is the first... - January 12, 2012 - Zanes Cycles
Lexander Announces Opening of Prolific Exhibition of East German Political Posters and Photographs of East German Life & Culture in Los Angeles
Lexander will open the first ever showcase of East German political posters in Los Angeles on January 20th, along with a selection of photographs depicting life and culture in the German Democratic Republic. In addition, a selection of Soviet political art and sculptures will be presented. - January 12, 2012 - Lexander LLC
Andrew Kirby Premiers a Collection of Abstract Original Paintings at Makin Waves Salon in Huntington Beach January 2012 with Proceeds Benefiting Cystic Fibrosis
Andrew Kirby Gallery is pleased to premier a new exhibit of abstract original acrylic on canvas paintings January 2012 at Makin Waives Salon in Huntington Beach, California. The paintings will be featured as a part of the Huntington Beach Art Walk February 15, 2012 and remain on exhibit through the... - January 11, 2012 - Andrew Kirby Gallery
Beckendorf Gallery to Offer a Variety of Artworks at Affordable Prices
Fredericksburg’s premier art gallery, Beckendorf Gallery, is now offering a selection of art pieces for under $100. This assortment is perfect for art lovers affected by the economy, who still wish to get their hands on artwork by Charles Beckendorf. In an attempt to offer products at the... - January 07, 2012 - Beckendorf Gallery
Holocaust Memorial Center Names Beth Snider as Director of Annual Giving
In this role, Snider is responsible for all aspects of annual fund and membership support from individuals, corporations, foundations and government agencies. - January 06, 2012 - Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus
Calder: Sculptor of Air Debuts on DVD January 31
Kultur is proud to announce the release of Calder: Sculptor of Air available on DVD on January 31, 2012. Unique modern artist Alexander Calder (1898-1976) revolutionized the art of sculpture with his distinctive modernism, freeing sculpture from its stand and adding movement to the art itself. He... - January 06, 2012 - Kultur International Films Ltd
Entrepreneurship Program from “Starving to Striving” for Artists Debuts in Delray Beach Florida
Business training, coaching and funding for local artists comes to life in a program with a name evoking mixed reactions from the community. - January 05, 2012 - Rainbow Marketing Inc Dba Global Business Development Center