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article local schedule May 7, 2026 visibility 15 link 1 artist

San Francisco’s Vaillancourt Fountain Catches Fire During Controversial Removal

San Francisco's Vaillancourt Fountain, a Brutalist concrete structure at Embarcadero Plaza since 1971, caught fire on Wednesday morning as workers used blow torches to disassemble it. The fire ignited rubber tubing and debris inside the sculpture's cantilevered arms, producing smoke that forced the temporary evacuation of nearby paddle board courts. The fountain is being removed to make way for a $32.5 million redevelopment of the plaza and playground into a five-acre park.

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article local schedule Apr 21, 2026 visibility 12 link 2 artists, 2 galleries

Solvang Fine Art opens in heart of tourist district

A new gallery called Solvang Fine Art has opened at 482 First Street in Solvang, California, specializing in historic fine prints by American and European artists like Rembrandt and Salvador Dalí. It will also feature contemporary landscape paintings by prominent California artists, particularly those from the Central Coast.

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article local schedule Oct 1, 2025 visibility 14 link 2 artists

October at the Torch Theatre gallery: Local artist Sam Farmer’s first exhibition

Local artist Sam Farmer, a former primary school teacher from Pembrokeshire, will hold her first-ever art exhibition at the Joanna Field Gallery inside the Torch Theatre in Milford Haven this October. Titled "Under Pembrokeshire Skies: Seascapes and Stones," the show features paintings inspired by the Welsh landscape and the concept of Cynefin—a sense of rootedness and belonging. Many of the works also appear in her recently published children's book, "Little Puffin’s Pembrokeshire Home." The exhibition runs from October 4 through the end of the month.

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article local schedule Jul 9, 2025 visibility 9 link 4 artists

New gallery Forever Changes in downtown Akron brings inclusive approach for local artists

Art x Love, a creative agency owned by Allyse and Mac Love, has opened a new gallery called Forever Changes in downtown Akron, Ohio. The gallery offers local artists of all skill levels the opportunity to display and sell their work through both free and paid display options, with a community open house scheduled for July 11. The space at 35 S. Main St. features over 200 artworks by 22 local artists, including both newcomers like Boo Koch and Day Watajii, and established artists such as Karen Koch, Julienne Hogarth, and David Lile. The gallery operates on a non-curatorial model, accepting nearly all submissions suitable for public display, and aims to provide a zero-risk platform for artists who have never shown their work before.

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article local schedule May 10, 2026 visibility 15 link 1 artist

'Do or die': Flick's journey from jail to artist and First Nations mentor

Flick Chafer-Smith, a First Nations artist, turned her life around after being incarcerated on her 18th birthday and spending six years in and out of prison due to drug addiction. Through the Victorian Indigenous arts program The Torch, she discovered painting as a means of expression and healing. She is now among 424 artists featured in Confined 17, an annual exhibition at Glen Eira Town Hall showcasing works by First Nations artists with lived experience of incarceration in Victoria. The exhibition includes paintings, weavings, ceramics, and carved emu eggs, with sales proceeds going directly to the artists.

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article local schedule Nov 10, 2025 visibility 13 link 1 artist

East Cobb painter to present holiday art exhibit in Buckhead

Lynne McDonald, an abstract artist and entrepreneur from East Cobb, will present a Holiday Art Exhibition at Serendipity Labs Buckhead in Atlanta on November 19, 2025. The event will feature the unveiling of her new pieces, with guests enjoying light refreshments. McDonald, who began painting in 2015 and became a full-time artist by 2020, creates vibrant organic artworks using acrylics and unconventional tools like blow torches and forks. She has sold works internationally and held over 18 shows, including 15 solo exhibitions.

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