The Arts Council partners with the Irish Prison Service for Culture Night’s book gifting initiative, Read Mór, including Mountjoy’s Progression Unit & Dóchas Centre | The Arts Council
Free books by 30 Irish authors distributed in 13 prisons Helping to make the arts and Culture Night accessible to all Seven events in prisons with participating authors, including Mountjoy’s Progression Unit & Dóchas Centre The Arts Council announces that it is partnering with the Irish Prison Service this year to deliver its third annual Culture Night book gifting initiative,…
The MFAH will be the exclusive U.S. Venue for “Gauguin’s World” – theartwolf
From November 3, 2024, through February 16, 2025, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, will host an ambitious exhibition of the work of French Post-Impressionist artist Paul Gauguin (1848–1903). Source: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston · Image: Paul Gauguin, Three Tahitians, 1899, oil on canvas, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh. “Gauguin’s World” chronicles what curator Loyrette characterizes as Gauguin’s “inner…
AMERICANS FOR THE ARTS ANNOUNCES INTERIM LEADERSHIP
(WASHINGTON, May 30, 2024)—The Board of Directors of Americans for the Arts (AFTA) announce that beginning June 1, Suzy Delvalle and Jamie Bennett will serve as Interim Co-CEOs while a national search for a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is underway. Both Ms. Delvalle and Mr. Bennett have extensive experience and proven track records of leadership in the arts &…
Watercolor Painting Workshops and Classes
“Atelier Provence and Barcelona Art Tour” June 25 – July 6, 2025 A unique art workshop/art tour open to artists of all levels and media (oils, acrylics, watercolors, etc.). Seven days of plein-air painting, art history/theory lectures, and gastronomy in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence followed by four days visiting Barcelona’s top art sites and enjoying Catalan cuisine. The price of…
Photography Workshops and Classes
“Netherlands and Belgium – Painting Tour” June 14-22, 2025 The unique aspect of this tour is the opportunity to explore two incredible countries in a single trip, witnessing the diversity of landscapes, architecture, and culture as you hop between the Netherlands and Belgium. You’ll be guided by our knowledgeable instructor, Vlad, along with wonderful local guides. Are you…
Drawing Workshops and Classes in Charcoal, Pen & Ink, Colored Pencils, and Watercolor Pencils
“Pines & Palms 8th Annual Plein Air Paintout” October 1-5, 2024 5-day Plein Air Event will be an artist’s oasis of cotton fields, pine forest, ponds, moss-covered oaks, and historic streets of downtown Thomasville. Join award-winning artists Mary O Smith, Steven Walker, Orit Reuben, Phil Sandusky, Craig Reynolds and Paul Ladnier for an opportunity to learn from these…
Ceramics and Pottery Classes and Workshops
“KinderART & Clay (Ages: 4-6)” Saturdays, September 21 – November 23, 2024 In this course, children discover new mediums and ideas in art. They begin to identify differences in art such as distinguishing between bright and light, as well as dull and dark colors, find basic shapes within larger objects, and identify types of lines, such as long/short,…
Acrylic Painting Workshops and Classes
“Enamel Jewelry: Glass on Metal” Thursdays, September 12 – December 12, 2024 In this demonstration focused, multi-week class, students will learn the foundations of enameling on metal to create lightweight, wearable jewelry. Utilizing traditional metal fabrication and cold connections, students will learn silver soldering, earwire fitting, filing, sanding, and sawing, and light forming. They will then take their…
Art Competitions and Juried Art Exhibitions
NationalCall for Artists Sep27 2025 Miami University Young Painters Competition Miami University announces a call to artists for a juried art exhibition, January 27 – March 14, 2025 at the Hiestand Galleries in Oxford, OH. $10,000 Yeck Purchase Award; $2500 Second Place; $2000 Third Place. Juror: Alexis Rockman. Year 2025 is for Representational Realism Painting. U.S. Artists, aged 25-…
Arts Council announces 184 new schools will join its Creative Schools programme | The Arts Council
1,100 schools part of the programme since 2018 New group includes 51 DEIS schools and 23 Irish language schools Working to ensure all children can fully enjoy their right to arts and culture The Arts Council announced today that 184 new schools and Youthreach centres across Ireland will join its Creative Schools programme. This brings to 1,100 the number of…
The Impressionist Moment at the NGA Washington – theartwolf
After its presentation at the Musée d’Orsay, Paris, the exhibition “Paris 1874: The Impressionist Moment” will be shown at the National Gallery of Washington from September 8, 2024 to January 19, 2025. Source: National Gallery of Art, Washington · Image: Claude Monet, “Impression, Sunrise”, 1872 On April 15, 1874, an exhibition by the “Anonymous Society of Painters, Sculptors, and Engravers,…
Race Forward and Americans for the Arts unveil the Anchor Projects for the Inaugural Cultural Week of Action
Fourteen local organizations, from Alaska to Alabama, are set to lead thought-provoking programs that advance a multiracial democracy throughout the week of September 27 to October 5, 2024. (WASHINGTON, June 11, 2024)— Race Forward and Americans for the Arts (AFTA) announced today the 14 projects that received funding to anchor the inaugural Cultural Week of Action on Race and Democracy,…
