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Springville Museum of Art's Spiritual and Religious Art exhibit wraps up its 39th season

The Springville Museum of Art's 39th annual Spiritual and Religious Art exhibit is concluding this month. The show received over 900 submissions, with only about 200 works selected for display, making it a highly competitive exhibition for living Utah artists. The museum, originally founded over 100 years ago by Springville High teachers and students, continues its mission with outreach programs for K-12 students. The exhibit features diverse mediums including sculpture, knit, paint, and photography, and includes a Spotify playlist to accompany the gallery experience.

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article local schedule Dec 3, 2025 visibility 11 link 2 artists

Witherspoon Artists Collective Exhibition at Arts Council

The Witherspoon Artists Collective is holding an exhibition of paintings and drawings at the Arts Council of Princeton's Andrew Siegel Gallery from December 13 to January 3. The show features works by 14 local artists who have studied painting and drawing at the Arts Council, including Lori Langsner, whose piece "Red Geraniums" is highlighted. An opening reception is scheduled for December 19 from 5 to 7 p.m.

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museum exhibitions schedule Dec 2, 2025 visibility 11 link 1 artist

Midlands to Miami: Prolific Offaly digital artist to feature at prestigious art exhibition

Alan Bolton, a digital artist from Tullamore, Offaly, has been selected as one of the featured artists at Context Art Miami 2025, opening December 2. He will present five new artworks at the fair, which highlights how technology is reshaping art. Bolton is one of five Irish participants among over 1,300 international exhibitors. The article traces his journey from creating Bebo skins as a teenager in Ireland to studying at Dublin Institute of Technology, moving to Los Angeles after graduation, and building a career as a leading digital artist.

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article local schedule Nov 28, 2025 visibility 11 link 2 artists

Beck Center for the Arts highlights local artists with Art Treasures 2025

Beck Center for the Arts in Lakewood, Ohio, is hosting Art Treasures 2025, an annual holiday exhibition and pop-up shop featuring handmade goods by local Northeast Ohio artists. Open through December 27 in the Hoffman-Stach Gallery, the show includes paintings, jewelry, photography, wood sculpture, comics, and more. Participating artists include Debbie Clapper, Patsy Coffey Kline, Rita Elswick, Ryan Finley, Mark Gifford, Tanya Long, Mary Pat Oliver, T.J. Rovito, and Patricia Sigmier. A free public reception is scheduled for December 5.

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museum exhibitions schedule Nov 26, 2025 visibility 12 link 3 artists

Illuminating strength, poetry of African womanhood in Olamilekan’s Bloom & Essence

Nigerian contemporary artist Okunade Olamilekan has opened his debut solo exhibition, "Bloom & Essence," at the British Council in Lagos. Curated by Paul Ayihawu, the show celebrates the resilience, dignity, and evolving identity of African women through portraits that blend African heritage with classical elegance. Standout works include the two-part painting "The One Who Paints Her Future I & II," which addresses education and aspiration. Olamilekan employs a distinctive pixel technique and bold color grids to fragment forms, inviting viewers to reflect on identity and cultural memory.

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article news schedule Nov 24, 2025 visibility 9 link 1 artist

Utilizing unstructured data to predict the art museum visitor numbers using deep learning approaches

This research paper proposes an AI-based predictive model that uses deep learning and text mining techniques to forecast visitor numbers at art museums. The study employs eight deep learning algorithms—including RNN, LSTM, and Transformer—to analyze unstructured textual data from museum websites, visitor comments, and social media, integrating a Balanced Scorecard framework with four strategic perspectives: social value, visitor experience, exhibition management, and art education.

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article local schedule Nov 20, 2025 visibility 9 link 2 artists

Artists Donate their Works to Help Save Cambodia’s only Photography School

Artists and photographers, both Cambodian and foreign, have donated works to an exhibition at Brown Coffee in Phnom Penh to raise emergency funds for Studio Images - House of Photography, Cambodia's only professional photography school. The school opened in 2024 but lost its funding for the next six months due to external circumstances, threatening the graduation of students in its two-year associate-degree program. The exhibition, titled "Art for the Future," is hosted at the café located in the former home of architect Vann Molyvann, with proceeds supporting the school's operations through the 2025-2026 school year.

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museum exhibitions schedule Nov 17, 2025 visibility 8 link 1 artist

Utah Tech University’s Sears Art Museum celebrates 25 years of Dixie Watercolor Society

Utah Tech University's Sears Art Museum is presenting "The 25th Anniversary Dixie Watercolor Society Exhibition," a juried art show and sale featuring over 150 original watercolor paintings by members of the Dixie Watercolor Society. The exhibition opens with a free public reception on November 21, 2025, and runs through January 9, 2026, with all works available for purchase to support the society's educational programs. A concurrent exhibition, "Highlights from the Sears Art Museum Collection: Watercolors from the West," will be on view in the Eccles Grand Foyer.

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article local schedule Nov 15, 2025 visibility 16 link 2 artists

‘My personal language’: Edmonds artist to hold final exhibition

d'Elaine Herard Johnson, a 93-year-old artist from Edmonds, Washington, is preparing for her final exhibition in December. Born legally blind, she began sculpting and painting as a child, later earning a scholarship to Central Washington University and a master's degree from the University of Washington. Over her career, she has completed more than 1,200 paintings, exhibited in over 700 shows, and developed a Myth and Lore series since 1971. Her final show will feature works inspired by goddesses, reflecting her journey as a woman artist. Johnson plans to donate her estate, including her art, to Edmonds College to fund scholarships through its arts program.

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article local schedule Nov 6, 2025 visibility 13 link 3 artists

Hyde Park youth artists show Promontory Point paintings in citywide exhibition

Hyde Park youth artists Via McEwen and Asha A. Edwards showcased their paintings at the annual Marwen Art Fair, held on October 17, 2025, at Marwen, a downtown Chicago nonprofit offering free art classes to low-income students. The exhibition featured over 400 works from more than 150 young artists. McEwen, a 16-year-old Jones College Prep student, displayed intimate scenes including a portrait with her girlfriend and a figure painting from a Marwen class. Edwards, 23, presented sunset depictions inspired by Promontory Point, reflecting her experiences in Hyde Park and Bronzeville.

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article local schedule Nov 5, 2025 visibility 10 link 1 artist

Dunedin Fine Art Center introducing new instructors through "Now in the Studio" exhibition

The Dunedin Fine Art Center (DFAC) in Florida is showcasing the work of three new instructors—Anders Fernbach, Ritu Haldar, and Betsy Ore Class—in the exhibition "Now in the Studio" at its upstairs gallery. The show features Fernbach's photo-realistic paintings and graphite pieces, Haldar's applique textile art, and Class's pastel water scenes, highlighting the artistic practice behind their teaching.

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article local schedule Nov 4, 2025 visibility 12 link 1 artist

Ridgeline High School's 'A Little Glimpse' Art Exhibit to Open Nov. 7 at USU

Ridgeline High School in Millville, Utah, is presenting its seventh annual student art exhibition, "A Little Glimpse," at the Lyndsley Wilkerson Gallery in the Sorenson Legacy Foundation Center for Clinical Excellence on the Utah State University campus. The show, running from November 7, 2025, through January 8, 2026, features advanced student works in ceramics, 2-D media such as watercolor, oil paint, pencil, ink, and pastels, as well as wire sculptures. Students participate in the entire process from creation to installation, with an opening reception for families and the community.

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article local schedule Oct 23, 2025 visibility 11 link 2 artists

Leslie Powell Gallery to host three art exhibitions

The Leslie Powell Gallery in Lawton, Oklahoma, will open three art exhibitions on November 15 with a reception from 6-8 p.m. The shows include "Discovery" by Thomas Stotts, featuring landscape works on canvas and wood; "So the Days Pass: Works on Paper" by Christen Humphries, a Cameron University alumna and adjunct professor; and a special exhibition of works by Eisenhower High School students. The exhibits remain on display through December 19.

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article local schedule Oct 22, 2025 visibility 13 link 2 artists

STC Alumni Art Exhibit Celebrates Mentorship & Artistic Growth

South Texas College’s Technology Campus Library Art Gallery presented its annual STC Alumni Series exhibit, featuring three former Visual Arts students: Elijah Dueñas, Irma Garza Garcia, and Michelle Ramirez. The artists, who studied under STC Art Instructor Luis Corpus and later at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley under painter Rigoberto Gonzalez, reunited for a reception celebrating their work and the mentorship that shaped their careers. The exhibit runs until December 1 at the STC Technology Campus Library Art Gallery.

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article local schedule Oct 21, 2025 visibility 12 link 1 artist

DeLuce Gallery to exhibit work by Arkansas-based artist and illustrator

Northwest Missouri State University’s School of Fine and Performing Arts will host an exhibition of work by Arkansas-based illustrator and artist Sean Fitzgibbon at the Olive DeLuce Art Gallery, opening November 3, 2025. Fitzgibbon will deliver a lecture, visit art classes, and conduct studio critiques. The exhibition features original pages from his graphic nonfiction book “What Follows is True: The Crescent Hotel,” which investigates the Crescent Hotel’s history as a Depression-era cancer hospital in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Fitzgibbon is a 2022 recipient of the Arkansas Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship Award.

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museum exhibitions schedule Oct 16, 2025 visibility 14 link 1 artist

Artist John E. Dowell, Jr. explores life experiences in exhibition titled 'I Got Through It'

Philadelphia-based artist John E. Dowell, Jr., now 84, is preparing for a solo exhibition titled 'I Got Through It' at the James Oliver Gallery, opening October 18, 2025. The show features over 20 works spanning printmaking, painting, photography, and music-inspired pieces. Dowell, a professor emeritus at Temple University's Tyler School of Art and Architecture, discusses his lifelong creative journey, his use of jazz and blues as inspiration, and his experiments with translating visual art into sound.

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museum exhibitions schedule Oct 16, 2025 visibility 21 link 1 artist

The Art of a Lifetime: USU Galleries Present Marion Hyde Retrospective

The Marion Hyde Retrospective has opened at the Tippetts & Eccles Galleries in the Chase Fine Arts Center at Utah State University. The exhibition celebrates the late Utah artist and educator Marion R. Hyde, who taught painting, drawing, printmaking, and art education at USU for 35 years, serving as department head. Curated by his son Matt Hyde (a current art teacher at Bear River High School) alongside current Art + Design Department Head Kathy Puzey, the show spans Hyde’s artistic journey from his master's thesis to his final works, including his last painting completed shortly before his death. The chronological display highlights his evolution through figurative work in the 1970s, woodcut prints of Mexican landscapes in the 1980s, a series on Park City in the 1990s, and later Utah landscapes focused on Capitol Reef.

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article local schedule Sep 25, 2025 visibility 15 link 3 artists

Citrus Heights artist wins award, will be featured in PBS KVIE Art Auction

Local artist Susan Ballenger has won a Juror Award in the Contemporary category of the PBS KVIE Art Auction for her acrylic painting "Underwater Rocks." Her work will be among over 270 original pieces featured in the 44th annual Art Auction, broadcast live on KVIE Channel 6 and streamed online from October 3–5, 2025. The event allows viewers to bid on artwork, with proceeds supporting PBS KVIE’s local productions and outreach programs. Ballenger previously won an award in the same auction in 2021 for her piece "Reach for the Heights."

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 12, 2025 visibility 15 link 3 artists

Palmer Museum of Art hosts exhibit exploring intersection of art and engineering

The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State is hosting a new exhibition titled “Structures, Systems and Society: Work at the Interface of Art and Engineering,” on view through December 21 in the Barbara and Lee Maimon Teaching Gallery. Developed in collaboration with the College of Engineering and the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education, the show features works from the museum’s collection alongside pieces by Penn State faculty, including curators Sarah Zappe, Joseph Cusumano, and Benjamin Fehl. The exhibition is organized around three themes—Structures, Systems, and Society—and aims to highlight the creative and cultural intersections between art and engineering.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 11, 2025 visibility 14 link 3 artists

Participatory Art and Abstract Works Anchor UMW Galleries 2025 Lineup

The University of Mary Washington Galleries have announced their fall 2025 exhibition lineup, featuring four major shows at the duPont and Ridderhof Martin Galleries. Highlights include Erika Stearly's participatory installation 'Take a Painting,' where visitors exchange artworks; 'Intersection,' pairing David Carlson's abstract paintings with Chee Keong Kung's geometric sculptures; and 'Adaptation, Innovation and Tradition: Art from the Patawomeck Community,' showcasing historic and contemporary Native American art. The season also includes gallery talks, a juror lecture, and a community roundtable, all free and open to the public.

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article local schedule Sep 10, 2025 visibility 15 link 1 artist

Little Picassos celebrates 20 years of creativity with spring art exhibition

Little Picassos Art Studios is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a spring art exhibition in Adelaide Arcade, opening September 26, 2025. The show features over 600 original works by young artists aged from toddlers to teens, spanning drawing, painting, clay, ceramics, sculpture, and mixed media. Founded in 2005 by Janine Boyd, the studio has become a cornerstone of children's visual arts education in South Australia.

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University Libraries to host exhibition of artist Karen Blessen’s journals

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries will host an exhibition titled “The Muck, the Seeds, the Weeds, the Blossoming: The Journals of Karen Blessen,” featuring 24 personal journals donated by the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic artist and UNL alumna. Opening September 18 and running through February 2026 on the second-floor link of Love Library, the show marks the first public display of Blessen’s journals, which span 2013 to 2022 and offer intimate insight into her creative process, personal struggles, and artistic strategies. The exhibition team includes Camilo Sanchez, curator of exhibitions at the International Quilt Museum, who designed the installation.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 8, 2025 visibility 8 link 3 artists

33 artists showcase art from the heart

The 5th Inspired Fine Art Exhibition, themed “Kita 2.0”, is being held from September 5-21 at Capital Fine Art Gallery in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. Curated by Inspired Fine Art Studio and Capital Fine Art Gallery, the show features 140 works by 33 artists from Malaysia, South Africa, China, and Hong Kong, including watercolour, oil, acrylic, sculpture, and mixed media pieces. Most works are for sale, and weekend art workshops for adults and children are scheduled for September 13-14 and 20-21. The exhibition will be officially launched on September 12 by Zulkifli Hashim, director-general of Malaysia's National Unity and Integration Department.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 2, 2025 visibility 12 link 3 artists

State Art Museum upcoming exhibits include collaborations with Hawaiʻi Walls and the Maui Arts and Cultural Center

The Hawaiʻi State Foundation on Culture and the Arts has announced a calendar of upcoming exhibits at Capitol Modern: the Hawaiʻi State Art Museum, spanning 2025 and 2026. Highlights include collaborations with World Wide Walls featuring a solo show by Shar Tuiʻaso (also known as Punky Aloha) titled “Local” and a group show “The Earth Laughs in Flowers,” as well as a mini-exhibit on traditional printmaking called “Technique and Texture.” In 2026, the museum will host the traveling Schaefer Portrait Challenge from the Maui Arts and Cultural Center, a triennial exhibition showcasing portraiture from across the islands, along with the “Trifecta” exhibit of works from the SFCA Art in Public Places Collection and the annual Hawaiʻi Regional Scholastic Student Art Awards.

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Column | Indian art in a global context

The article examines the evolution of the Indian Modern and Contemporary Art market over the past three decades, noting a shift in financial power from New York and London to Mumbai and New Delhi. It highlights the pivotal 1997 auction 'The Intuitive-Logic II' organized by HEART (Tuli Foundation for Holistic Education and Art) as a catalyst, and traces the market's trajectory through a boom period (2000-2007), a stagnation and decline (2010-2018), and a current sustained rise.

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museum exhibitions schedule Aug 23, 2025 visibility 13 link 2 artists

25 Artists in Gaza Stage Exhibition of New Works Expressing Grief Amid Genocide

In July 2025, 25 artists in Gaza staged an exhibition titled "Aphenix" inside a coffee shop in Gaza City, organized by Mohaned Asayas, a student at Al-Aqsa University. The exhibition featured 55 new works created during a month-long workshop that provided a rare space for artistic expression amid the ongoing war, offering materials like soft charcoal, pastel, and acrylic. Artists such as Bisan Al Amasy produced pieces addressing themes of starvation, displacement, bombardment, and loss, using symbolic imagery like a fatigued donkey to represent Gaza City.

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museum exhibitions schedule Aug 22, 2025 visibility 12 link 2 artists

“Lessons in Expression” Local Teacher Art Show now on display

The Woodlands Arts Council has opened a new exhibition titled “Lessons in Expression,” a teacher art show featuring works by 20 local art educators. The exhibition, curated by artist Annette Palmer, includes a range of media from ceramics to paintings and had its opening reception on August 21, 2025. The show runs from August 12 to October 23, 2025, at the TWAC Exhibition Space in The Woodlands, Texas.

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article local schedule Aug 22, 2025 visibility 9 link 3 artists

Ormond Memorial Art Museum & Gardens reflects vibrant arts district

The Ormond Memorial Art Museum & Gardens in Ormond Beach, Florida, recently completed a 16-month renovation that added expanded classroom, exhibition, and meeting spaces, as well as a new rooftop terrace overlooking its 2.5-acre gardens. The museum, founded in 1946, features rotating and permanent collections including works by Malcolm Fraser and John Wilton, along with educational programs for all ages, outreach for students and military personnel, and a garden with native and exotic plants, a turtle sanctuary, and military tributes. Upcoming exhibits include a pop-up by Carson Kapp, the International Society of Experimental Artists' 'Innovations 2025,' and a 1940s-themed show organized by the OMAM Guild.

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museum exhibitions schedule Aug 19, 2025 visibility 8 link 1 artist

China-Bulgaria art exhibition opens in Sofia

A joint China-Bulgaria art exhibition opened in Sofia, Bulgaria on August 18, 2025, featuring over 60 works by Chinese and Bulgarian artists. The six-day event showcases Chinese ink paintings, woodcarvings, embroidery, lacquer painting, tie-dye, batik, and digital art alongside Bulgarian works inspired by traditional textiles, felt, and contemporary interpretations of local heritage. Participants include 15-year-old Gabriela Georgieva, who presented two watercolor paintings.

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article local schedule Aug 16, 2025 visibility 9 link 1 artist

Madison College Student and Faculty Art Show reception

Madison College's Continuing Education program is hosting its annual Student and Faculty Art Show from August 18 to September 12 at the Truax Art Gallery on the Truax campus. The exhibition features work by over 50 artists, including ceramics, drawings, paintings, sculpture, and mixed media. A free opening reception will take place on August 16 from 4-6 p.m., offering a live art demonstration, refreshments, and wine tasting, with summer gallery hours of 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday.

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