13 years ago composer Paola Prestini received a phone call that would change the course of her life. The caller was fellow composer and tax attorney Kevin Dolan who has been called “the Andrew Carnegie for emerging artists … but without the deep pockets.” And he had a vision. Sawdust as part of Black Science

By Linda Parker Pennington Bay Area art lovers look forward to the open studio event at Hunters Point Shipyard and the growing “Black On Point” artists’ collective did not disappoint last weekend. Of the 250+ artists with studios at the historic shipyard, there are now over 25 Black artists to discover amid the sprawling, repurposed

BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. — A Twin Cities artist is making a splash in Target stores across the country. Brooklyn Park native Ameen Taahir has been drawing and designing ever since he could hold a pencil. “Literally since I could pick up a pencil,” he smiled. Creating art on a blank canvas quickly became an outlet

TRI-CITIES, Wash.– Educational Service District 123 is looking for participants to take part in an arts-based residency that will ultimately teach them to work with students. According to a representative with ESD 123, they are working with ArtsWA and Washington State Wolf Trap to put on the seven-week artist residency program. ESD says the residency

“Carlos Cortéz: 100 Años,” currently running at the National Museum of Mexican Art, is one of many Art Design Chicago exhibitions that explore the role of artists as activists, problem-solvers and interpreters of history. (Rachel Ruttle / Rudd Resources) The Terra Foundation for American Art has announced a new citywide initiative with Chicago-based artists and

Cuban artist and political prisoner Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara has been incarcerated for over two years. The island’s best-known political artist and co-founder of the San Isidro Movement was sentenced to five years for alleged “contempt, defamation, and public disorder” charges. Prior to his sentencing, he had been arrested more than 50 times for his

Nick Seraphim visited East Berlin and felt sad when he first saw the Berlin Wall — the Cold War obstacle to freedom. Like Germans and people around the world, he was thrilled to see the wall fall. More than 30 years later on a sunny Monday morning, Seraphim is helping restore a portion of the

Kayleigh McEnany poked fun at a courtroom sketch of Trump on “The Five” on Monday. The artist, Elizabeth Williams, said that “dumping on court artists” is becoming more and more common. Williams has drawn Trump in court since the 1980s, back when “no one knew or really cared about” him. A courtroom sketch artist has responded to a

Artemisia Gentileschi, Self Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria (ca. 1615–17). Collection of the National Gallery, London. Renaissance art calls to mind some of the greatest names in art history—Da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello, just to name a few. Lesser known, however, are the influential women artists who shaped the era. Referring to a

Artists from Henri Matisse to Dieter Roth have relished conceiving and creating their own books, allowing them to meld techniques and styles across a variety of disciplines. An exhibition at the British Museum, Artists Making Books: Poetry to Politics (until 18 February 2024), and an accompanying publication shift the focus however to an extensive collection