March 10, 2025

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UConn School of Fine Arts Names New Dean

The UConn School of Fine Arts is delighted to announce the appointment of Deanna Fitzgerald, MFA, as its new dean, ushering in a new era of artistic education and creative excellence for the School. Fitzgerald currently serves as Vice Dean of the College of Fine Arts at the University of Arizona and has a multifaceted

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Artist Talk featuring Cuban visual artist Alexandre Arrechea

Join us for an engaging artist talk featuring the Roberto C. Goizueta Distinguished Presidential Fellow, Dr. Odette Casamayor-Cisneros, in conversation with acclaimed Cuban visual artist, Alexandre Arrechea. Dr. Casamayor-Cisneros and Mr. Arrechea will share insights and experiences as they delve into his artistic journey while showcasing images of Arrechea’s captivating work. Following the discussion, there

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Art Takes Center Stage at Growing Student Protests for Palestine

On Tuesday morning, April 23, less than a week after more than 100 Columbia University students were suspended and arrested for protesting on university grounds, 11 members of the arts faculty sent their students a letter.  “We, the undersigned Visual Arts and Music faculty, stand for your constitutional rights of assembly and free speech. We

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OAG Celebrates Five Decades of Visual Arts at the University of Ottawa – Apartment613

Advertisement:   Advertisement:   Advertisement:   Advertisement:   The Ottawa Art Gallery (OAG) is proud to announce the opening of Art School Confidential, a group exhibition commemorating fifty years of visual arts at the University of Ottawa. The exhibition showcases the work of fifty artists who have contributed to the rich

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A Celebration of Eight Graduating Visual Arts Students – Chicago Maroon

Through April 21, the visual arts B.A. thesis exhibition ARACHNIDAE showcased the work of eight undergraduate artists who will be graduating this June. A curiously woven patchwork of materials, moods, and moments, each piece stood simultaneously on its own, within its artist’s collection of works, and in the midst of the exhibition as a whole.

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How to bid at the Fairwinds Fine Art auction in Cowes on Friday

An art auction and show will raise funds for the Andrew Cassell Foundation (ACF), this weekend, in memory of keen Isle of Wight sailor, John Garlick. The Fairwinds Fine Art Exhibition and Sale, at Cowes Yacht Haven, will run from Friday, April 26 to Sunday, April 28. Opening night and the auction itself is on

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Catalyst: Creative residencies in Cumbria

A poet, a visual artist and a musician have each been awarded £25,000 to each create a brand new piece of art for Cumbria over the next 10 months. More than two hundred artists from across the UK submitted applications as part of the Catalyst creative residencies in Cumbria project, a unique collaboration between Art

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Kehinde Wiley’s New Show Seeks Enlightenment in Darkness

This article is part of our Museums special section about how institutions are striving to offer their visitors more to see, do and feel. To enter Kehinde Wiley’s show “An Archaeology of Silence” is to step into darkness, where only the art itself seems to emit light. The space feels somewhere between a crypt and

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How Festival of the Arts generates $28M in economic activity for OKC

Listen to this article OKLAHOMA CITY – The 58th annual Festival of the Arts produced by Arts Council Oklahoma City opens Thursday with 144 visual artists, 80 of them new to the city. Seth Lewis, festival director, said more than 200 new artists from coast to coast applied to exhibit after ACOKC cut the number

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Tom Lidtke and Annemarie Sawkins recognized at MOWA’s 2024 Wisconsin Visual Art Achievement Awards

West Bend, Wi – The Museum of Wisconsin Art recognized the former director of the West Bend Gallery of Fine Arts (later known as the Museum of Wisconsin Art) during its recent 2024 Wisconsin Visual Art Achievement Awards. Tom Lidtke and Annemarie Sawkins, spent five years researching and writing a comprehensive book about Wisconsin’s Art

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