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,…
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…
Online Exhibitions, Art Publications, Art Contests and Grants
InternationalCall for Artists Sep11 Calling Out the Landscape Artists | Landscape Art Contest Gallery 4 Percent announces a call to artists for an online art exhibition. Up to $500 in Cash prizes. Show off your landscape artistry! We have opened submissions for our 4th Scenes & Places i.e. Landscape Juried Art Contest for artists across the world. Gallery 4%…
Culture Night is Right Around the Corner! “How Will You Culture Night Next Friday, 20 September?” | The Arts Council
Today, the Arts Council encourages everyone to start making plans for ‘How To Culture Night 2024’. Taking place next Friday 20 September, Culture Night 2024 will follow last year’s extraordinary success, where 1.2 million people participated in over 1,700 free cultural events around the country. This year, Culture Night aims to be even more inclusive, accessible and diverse while showcasing…
Poets and Lovers” – theartwolf
To mark its 200th anniversary, the National Gallery presents the exhibition “Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers” (14 September 2024 ‒ 19 January 2025) Source: National Gallery, London · Image: Vincent van Gogh, ‘Starry Night’ (1888, Musée d’Orsay, Paris). ‘Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers’ will explore how the poetic imagination and ideas associated with love evolved into central themes for the…
House Majority Vote Saves Millions in Funding for NEA and NEH
United States Representatives voted overwhelmingly in favor of protecting funding for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) during a House floor session yesterday evening, July 23. Republican Josh Brecheen had proposed two amendments to the Fiscal Year 2025 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act that would have slashed funding…
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…
