Louisa Lorenz from Bountiful, Utah explains her technique to admirers at a “quick paint” plein air competition in Capitola Saturday afternoon. The competition was part of the annual Capitola Plen Air art festival hosted by the Capitola Arts and Cultural Commission. (Aric Sleeper/Santa Cruz Sentinel) CAPITOLA — The annual Capitola Plein Air art festival, which
MANHATTAN (KSNT) – One local artist is doing her part to bring back a rare form of art, and she does it all from her home in Manhattan, Kansas. Brianna Spraque, who got her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Kansas State back in 2012, brings books to life with something called ‘hidden fore-edge painting.’
“Please join the staff of New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park and the park’s friends group, the Whaling History Alliance, in congratulating the four artists selected to be part of the park’s 2024 Artist in Residence program (artist bios below). The program, in its sixth year, includes a new artist every quarter who host open
The Art Showcase Club (ASC) hosts a regularly scheduled Thursday meeting, where they discuss plans for the club’s upcoming future. A newly founded Carlmont club, the Art Showcase Club, hopes to illustrate students’ talent through a physical magazine. At Carlmont High School, clubs are one of the best ways to immerse themselves in student life. Clubs provide safe
CONWAY, Ark. (KATV) — Downtown Conway is about to get more colorful with a new mural attraction outside city hall. Artist Jessica Jones said the mural will consist of fireflies, a big moth, and the iconic hanging baskets and lamp posts scattered around the city. “I estimated that this project will take about a month,”
It’s 2023. Using only your smartphone you can study dance moves in Berlin, shout along with protests in Iran, watch opera in Finland or witness catastrophe in the Middle East, if not live then close to it. In other words, it’s easier than it’s ever been to believe you’re everywhere when you’re actually nowhere, to
Robbin Mele Gaudieri, who, as Robbin Bain, embodied traditional women’s roles as the winner of a beauty contest designed to promote beer in 1959 and later as the “Today Girl,” handling fashion and beauty segments, on the popular NBC-TV morning show, died on Oct. 21 in Southampton, N.Y., on Long Island. She was 87. Her
The marches reflected growing disquiet in Europe about the mounting civilian casualty toll and suffering from the Israel-Hamas war, particularly in countries with large Muslim populations, including France. The Palestinian death toll in the Israel-Hamas war has reached 9,448, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza. In Israel, more than 1,400 people have been
NORMAN LEWIS (1909–1979), “Untitled (Seachange),” 1975 (oil on paper, 22 x 30 inches / 55.9 x 76.2 cm, signed). | © Estate of Norman Lewis. Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, N.Y. CELEBRATED FOR PRODUCING large abstract paintings, Norman Lewis (1909–1979) made transcendent pictures. His moody and dramatic canvases are full of
Bruce Garrabrandt of Lancaster County is surrounded by his colored pencil drawings at the Reading-Berks Guild of Craftsmen’s 73rd annual Holiday Fine Art & Craft Festival at Kutztown University. (SPECIAL TO THE READING EAGLE – SUSAN L. ANGSTADT) Janet Fasnacht’s fingers fluttered furiously, moving so quickly it was hard to even tell what they were