Dr. Christina Smylitopoulos, a professor of art history in the College of Arts, has been named the Ontario Art Education Association’s Post-Secondary Art Educator of the Year for 2023. Dr. Christina Smylitopoulos “This is a true honour,” said Smylitopoulos, who teaches in the School of Fine Art and Music. “It is a privilege to contribute
It’s not surprising that Marseille, a charming coastal city located in the south of France, was the inspiration behind Marseille Bleu, the Minted + Brides Wedding Color of the Year for 2024. This picturesque port city has a long relationship with the color, from the region’s 19th-century blue “chore coats”—which remain popular to this day—to
and paper transfer on canvas. On view at Denver Art Museum. Chadd Scott Free advice for America’s leading art museums. Not entirely free, following through could cost several million dollars. Consider it an investment. Amoako Boafo (b. 1984; Accra, Ghana) has a painting on view in his exhibition at the Denver Art Museum entitled Sunflower
This weekend’s Clark County Open Studios Tour marks 10 years for the event, an annual pilgrimage through artists’ work spaces that draws thousands of visitors. The tour is capped at 50 artists every year, so it hasn’t grown in scope, but it has grown in influence. Organizers say the event has enlivened Clark County’s arts
Imagine, for a second, that you have a spare $100,000. For some reason, you decide to spend it on art. You’ve never bought art in a serious way before. Let’s say you live in a suburb of a large American city but not a major art hub. Philadelphia, perhaps. You visit the city’s art museum
Some of the old photographs by Chao-Chen Yang (1909-1969) could have been taken today. They are immediate, tender or funny, and bear no traces of having been created decades ago. Others show telltale signs of their eras: cars or attire from the 1940s or the high-key tones of 1950s color photography. Edmonds’ Cascadia Art Museum
Of all the artists associated with West Coast art, Edward Ruscha is one of the best known. He was there at the birth Los Angeles’s postwar art scene, which sprang up in the late 1950s and early 1960s around a sprinkling of forward-looking galleries, including the Ferus Gallery. Ruscha had is solo debut there in
Christmas and winter markets serve as a key highlight of the Benelux holiday season. (Courtesy photo) (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL CHIEVRES AIR BASE, Belgium – For visitors and residents alike, Christmas and winter markets serve as a key highlight of the Benelux holiday season. Found across the region from mid-November to early January,
‘The market does not respond to pop stars.’ Jeffrey Campbell, economics professor, University of Notre Dame Even if the naysayers are right that Swift isn’t such a driving force in the economy — or even a symbol of the spending we’ve seen in recent months — that doesn’t mean she hasn’t changed the game in
In the fast-paced world of real estate, success hinges on the ability to connect with clients. Recently, I dedicated some time to listening in on phone conversations between real estate agents and prospective homebuyers during their initial interactions. From this experience, one overarching and fundamental theme emerged: the importance of listening. During my time listening