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Woodhaven Art Circle hosts inaugural gallery show ‘Love, Left Open’ in Kew Gardens

The Woodhaven Art Circle artist collective launched its inaugural gallery exhibition, titled 'Love, Left Open,' at the Neighborly Events space in Kew Gardens, Queens. The show features introspective works from over 16 local artisans, ranging from ink illustrations and digital photography to mixed-media pieces, all exploring themes of personal and communal love. The opening night was complemented by poetry readings and a celebration of International Mother Language Day, emphasizing the intersection of cultural heritage and creative expression.

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museum exhibitions schedule Feb 7, 2026 visibility 12 link 4 artists

How the Edam exhibition is giving ‘edam’, or space, to Kerala’s women artists

The article reports on 'Edam', a collateral exhibition of the Kochi Muziris Biennale curated by Aishwarya Suresh and KM Madhusudhanan. Featuring 36 Malayali artists, the show consciously avoids stereotypical depictions of women as confined to home and family. Instead, it highlights deeply personal works by women artists such as Priti Vadakkath, Indu Antony, Nithya AS, and Devika Sundar, whose art reflects their individual struggles and lived experiences. The curators also faced challenges including financial constraints, spousal opposition, and helping recent art graduates gain confidence to articulate their work.

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museum exhibitions schedule Feb 6, 2026 visibility 8 link 2 artists

Telfair Academy unveils restored gallery dedicated to African American art history

Telfair Academy in Savannah has unveiled the Walter and Linda Evans Gallery of African American Art, a permanent gallery dedicated to late 19th and early 20th-century African American artworks. The gallery is named for collectors Walter and Linda Evans, who donated 28 works from their collection in 2023. The space, originally the Dining Room, underwent a full restoration and opens to the public on February 6, 2025, after a sold-out reception. The exhibition highlights the challenges and successes of African American artists and the emergence of cultural centers in the Midwest and Northeast, while also reflecting on Telfair's historical relationships with local African American artists.

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article local schedule Jan 29, 2026 visibility 12 link 1 artist

Museum of Pell City opens 2026 with Art exhibition by Sundi Hawkins

The Museum of Pell City will launch its 2026 exhibition schedule with 'Sundi Hawkins Art,' a showcase of acrylic paintings by local artist Sundi Hawkins. The exhibition runs from February 5 to 21, featuring an opening reception on February 6 where the public can meet the artist and purchase her work.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 26, 2026 visibility 11 link 1 artist

Howard Architecture Students’ Work Displayed in New York Art Exhibit

Howard University third-year architecture students traveled to New York City to see their work displayed in an exhibition at Leroy Street Studio in Chinatown. The exhibit features sun shading devices for window frames, designed in an environmental systems class led by Assistant Professor Nea Maloo and Associate Professor Danny Sagan of Norwich University, integrating biophilic design principles. Students also participated in a sketching exercise led by architect Danai Metoyer and networked with professionals like Natalka Khodarchenko.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 26, 2026 visibility 13 link 2 artists

‘A force of nature’: Posthumous show at Lawrence gallery celebrates the feminist textile art of Becky Johnson

A posthumous exhibition at Off-Site Art Space in Lawrence, Kansas, celebrates the feminist textile art of Becky Johnson, who died in September 2025 at age 47 from bladder cancer. The show features her weavings and feltwork, including a floor loom programmed by Johnson where visitors can contribute to a communal weaving using scraps from her studio. Co-curated by Merry Sun, the exhibition spans two rooms and includes experimental pieces with materials like felt tucked into pockets, showcasing Johnson's prolific output from a brief year-and-a-half period in grad school.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 16, 2026 visibility 8 link 2 artists

I'm bringing my Bottoms exhibition to my home city

Sunderland-born artist photographer Dean Raymond Gooch is bringing his debut solo exhibition, "Bottoms," to his home city at the National Glass Centre's NGCA gallery. Opening January 31, the show features large photographic works, screenprints, and risograph prints that explore gay identity and communities through pop art, advertising, and fashion photography. Gooch, a recent University of Sunderland graduate and current MA student, was nominated for the New Blood Art - Emerging Art Prize 2025 and received The Lizzie Rowe Award. A second exhibition, "Smoke and Mirrors," opens simultaneously, featuring 15 contemporary artists who challenge traditional landscape representation through digital and mixed media.

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article local schedule Dec 30, 2025 visibility 9 link 3 artists

The Gallery: “Open House” by Area C Projects

The City of Tampa has added the monumental sculpture “Open House” by Area C Projects to its Public Art Collection, installed at the City Center at Hanna Avenue. Created by Rhode Island-based husband-and-wife team Erik Carlson and Ericka Carpenter, the piece features house silhouettes in vibrant sunset-inspired panels and illuminated street-name inscriptions.

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article local schedule Dec 8, 2025 visibility 13 link 1 artist

Local Artist David Hughes MBE celebrates 100th Birthday with charity art exhibition

Local artist David Hughes MBE is celebrating his 100th birthday with a charity art exhibition titled *Celebration* at Arts Centre Washington, running from 20 November to 20 December 2025. He has donated a collection of his paintings to STS Charity, the official charity of South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust, to raise funds for the Stroke Unit Fund and the Vision Appeal, which supports a new Eye Hospital in Sunderland opening in summer 2026. Hughes, who taught himself to paint after retiring at age 60, credits Sunderland Royal Hospital with saving his life twice—after a stroke in 2024 and a pacemaker procedure in 2010.

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museum exhibitions schedule Nov 26, 2025 visibility 11 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 local schedule Nov 25, 2025 visibility 8 link 4 artists

Christmas magic on display as Greenock Art Club return with winter exhibition

Greenock Art Club has opened its winter exhibition at Stables Studios in Gourock, showcasing over 100 artworks from around 50 members. The exhibition, which opened the previous weekend, continues on Saturday, November 29 and Sunday, November 30, featuring paintings, handmade crafts, jewelry, and Christmas decorations available for purchase. Featured artists include Lana Zukevych, a 22-year-old Ukrainian member who joined earlier this year, alongside club secretary Arlene O'Donnell and trustee Catherine Soulier.

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article local schedule Nov 6, 2025 visibility 12 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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museum exhibitions schedule Nov 6, 2025 visibility 9 link 1 artist

‘The Heart of the Prairie’ art exhibit now open at Beck Gallery

M State's Charles Beck Gallery in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, has opened a new exhibition titled 'The Heart of the Prairie: Four Muses, Four Stories,' featuring works by four rural Minnesota artists: Della Conroy, Deb Connolly, Kerry Kolke Bonk, and Phyllis Joos. The show, which runs from November 6, 2025, through January 9, 2026, includes landscapes, florals, textured prints, and still-life pieces that celebrate the beauty and spirit of the prairie. A reception with the artists is scheduled for November 13.

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article local schedule Oct 20, 2025 visibility 15 link 1 artist

Tucson Artists Protest group unveils art exhibit on tail of No Kings Day

The Tucson Artists Protest group has launched an unjuried exhibition titled "Expression Against Repression" at the Historic Y arts space in downtown Tucson. The show opened Sunday with a parade, film screening, and poetry reading, featuring 82 works including a paper mache effigy of President Donald Trump, a comic strip about healthcare, and a portrait of a father and child. Founder Betty Harris, also first vice-chair of the LD20 Democratic Committee, organized the exhibit to merge art and politics without campaign advertising, inspired by an earlier "Roots of Resistance" show at Raices Taller 222 Art Gallery and Workshop.

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museum exhibitions schedule Oct 20, 2025 visibility 13 link 1 artist

'All That Remains' faculty exhibition opens Oct. 21

A faculty exhibition titled 'All That Remains' opens Oct. 21 at Tyler Art Gallery on the SUNY Oswego campus, featuring works by art faculty members Peter Cardone and Christopher McEvoy. Cardone presents a photographic series of the Oswego West Pierhead Lighthouse, capturing empty interior spaces and lake views that evoke presence and absence. McEvoy contributes large abstract paintings with layered organic and geometric forms that explore perception, memory, and the construction of meaning. The exhibition includes related events on Oct. 28, such as a presentation by H. Lee White Maritime Museum curator Michael Pittavino, artist talks, and a poetry reading with faculty poets.

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museum exhibitions schedule Oct 7, 2025 visibility 14 link 2 artists

Nicolaysen Art Museum hosting open house for Arts Council Biennial Fellowship Exhibition: Wyoming Wind

The Nicolaysen Art Museum in Casper, Wyoming, is hosting an opening reception on October 9 for its new exhibition, the Arts Council Biennial Fellowship Exhibition: Wyoming Wind. The event will feature a curatorial conversation with curator Ginger Shulick Porcella and will showcase works by ten Wyoming artists selected as Visual Arts Fellowship recipients, including Aubrey Edwards, Adrianna Hinds, Wendell Field, and others. The exhibition runs from October 3 to December 19.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 23, 2025 visibility 10 link 2 artists

Solo exhibition for local artist

Martin Dominguez of Warwick, Uruguay, presents his solo exhibition “PLACEment” at Orange Hall Gallery, SUNY Orange, from September 26 through November 21, 2025, coinciding with Hispanic Heritage Month. The show features paintings, sculptures, and hand-crafted stop-motion film sets that explore the immigrant experience through themes of displacement, resilience, and belonging. An opening reception on September 26 includes pianist Darius Beckford.

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article local schedule Sep 4, 2025 visibility 9 link 2 artists

New music and art series will rock the block in Redwood City

The Center for Creativity in Redwood City, California, is launching a new fall series called Art+Sound on Broadway, held on three Sunday afternoons in September and October 2025. The series combines live concerts by local musicians, a juried visual arts exhibition titled "Art of the Community: Redwood City 2025," and hands-on art-making activities led by local artists. Performers include Alex and Maya Valdivia, Melissa Modifer, Andy Z, The Corner Laughers, Ol' Blue Genes, and Redwood Souls, while artists such as Elizabeth Gomez, Gadget, and Corinne Feldman lead community workshops. The series is funded by a grant from the Redwood City Arts Commission and takes place on a pedestrian-only block of Broadway outside the historic Hotel Sequoia, where the Center for Creativity is temporarily housed until 2027.

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article local schedule Sep 3, 2025 visibility 6 link 1 artist

At 86 she started an art gallery. Now almost 98, she's not stopping any time soon

Audrey Cooper, who is about to turn 98, continues to run the Art With Panache gallery in downtown London, Ontario, which she opened at age 86. The gallery, located in the Talbot Centre, showcases local artists who can hang their work for free, with Cooper taking a commission on sales. Cooper, a self-taught painter of 'urban folk art,' shifted from painting to promoting other artists, building the business through personal connections.

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article local schedule Aug 20, 2025 visibility 10 link 2 artists

McPherson County Artists Exhibit At McPherson College’s Gallery

McPherson College’s Friendship Hall gallery is hosting a new exhibition featuring artwork from local artists in McPherson County, Kansas. The show, which resulted from an open call issued last spring, includes a diverse range of works by 23 artists from the community. A closing reception is scheduled for Sunday, September 28, from 2 to 4 p.m., and the exhibition will also be on view during the college’s Homecoming events on September 26–27.

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museum exhibitions schedule Aug 20, 2025 visibility 9 link 1 artist

Sundog Gallery to showcase five decades of Stanton Englehart’s art

Sundog Gallery, a newly opened art space in downtown Mancos, will host an exhibition starting September 5 showcasing five decades of work by Cortez-born painter Stanton Englehart (1931–2009). The show includes rare and never-before-seen pieces, along with personal notes and reflections on his creative process. Englehart, known for paintings of the American Southwest, earned a master's degree from the University of Colorado and taught for 30 years at Fort Lewis College before retiring to paint full-time.

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article local schedule Aug 6, 2025 visibility 9 link 1 artist

Local Stand-Up Comedian to Open Artist Studio, Gallery in Over-the-Rhine

Local stand-up comedian and portrait photographer Kevin James Thornton is opening a new creative studio and gallery called Shamala Hamala at 1306 Main Street in Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine neighborhood this Friday. The space includes a private artist workspace with a photographic darkroom, curated exhibitions, and a gallery selling art and creative goods. An opening night celebration on Friday features a harpist, live crocheting, and work from local artists, with free walk-in access after 8 p.m., followed by open hours Saturday and Sunday.

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article local schedule Aug 6, 2025 visibility 12 link 2 artists

I Jump the Moon Exhibit Featuring Local Artists to open at USU's Sorenson Center

The 'I Jump the Moon' exhibit, featuring 12 artists with physical and developmental disabilities from the Jump the Moon studio, opens August 12 at the Lyndsley Wilkerson Gallery in Utah State University's Sorenson Legacy Foundation Center for Clinical Excellence. Each artist receives a dedicated wall displaying two or three pieces, with a reception on August 15. Founder Michael Bingham, a retired art teacher and USU alumnus, also reserved a wall for 200 drawings of his cat Benny by residents of three assisted living centers. The nonprofit studio, now in its eighth year, recently gained national recognition from a PBS News segment.

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article local schedule Jul 28, 2025 visibility 9 link 1 artist

UWF invites community to Sunken Series art exhibit

The University of West Florida College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities is hosting "After Hours with the Artist: Sunken Series," a collaborative event between the Florida Public Archaeology Network and The Art Gallery at UWF. The event features artist Jenna Zydlo, whose ceramic exhibit reimagines a fictional 17th-18th century Spanish shipwreck, blending art and archaeology. It takes place on August 1, 2025, at the Destination Archaeology Resource Center in downtown Pensacola, offering the community a free opportunity to meet the artist and view her work.

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article local schedule Jul 6, 2025 visibility 11 link 2 artists

Sawtell Art Gallery’s 37th show a success

Sawtell Art Gallery's 37th Annual Show opened on June 28 with a celebratory party attended by exhibitors and community members. The exhibition featured nine prize categories, each with a $500 award, plus a $100 Youth category, sponsored by local businesses and organizations. Winners included Jordanna Hinton, Jayden Whitton, Bronwyn Fife, Helen Goldsmith, Andrea Hitchcock, Willie Berkof-Ober, Nico Reynolds, Shellie Kelly, Sharon Sykes, Lachlan Wainwright, Max Greenaway, and Stella Dodd. The People's Choice Award is pending announcement at the exhibition's close.

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article local schedule Jul 3, 2025 visibility 12 link 3 artists

Humanitas Braided art, a new interdisciplinary certificate, and a space for local artists

Yale University's latest Humanitas column highlights several arts and humanities developments: an exhibition by artist Nontsikelelo Mutiti at Schwarzman Center titled "Rusununguko," inspired by Black hair-braiding traditions and community; a new interdisciplinary certificate in Native American and Indigenous Studies approved by Yale College Faculty; and a Yale-run art space opening to local New Haven artists. Mutiti's installation uses black vinyl braids to transform the domed gallery, reflecting her experiences as a Zimbabwean graduate student finding community in Harlem's hair-braiding salons.

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article local schedule Jun 13, 2025 visibility 11 link 1 artist

6-13-25 Student Excellence in the Arts - SUNY

The State University of New York (SUNY) has announced the 2025 recipients of its annual arts awards, including the Thayer Fellowship of the Arts, the Patricia Kerr Ross Award, and the Best of SUNY art exhibition winners. Key Bird from the University at Albany and Misael Hernandez from the University at Buffalo each received a $7,000 Thayer Fellowship, while Rush Carson from Purchase College won the $1,000 Patricia Kerr Ross Award. Three students received Best of SUNY Awards, with four additional students earning honorable mention. The awards were presented by SUNY Chancellor John B. King Jr. and the SUNY Board of Trustees.

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article local schedule Jun 6, 2025 visibility 9 link 5 artists

Surprise art exhibition in Gourock brought together 18 artists from Inverclyde

A surprise art exhibition in Gourock, Scotland, brought together 18 artists from Inverclyde in a pop-up shop on Kempock Street. Organized by local painter Catriona Reid on just a week's notice, the show featured paintings, sculptures, photography, and illustrations, including works like Linda Ross's oil painting 'Rain Storm' and Andrew King's sunset photography. The event drew many visitors and received an overwhelmingly positive response.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 16, 2025 visibility 7 link 2 artists

He can’t speak, so his art does it for him — Nonverbal Bethesda artist debuts expressive artwork

Charles Lunn, a 35-year-old nonverbal autistic artist from Bethesda, Maryland, will debut his exhibition "Nonsense & Hopeful Songs: My Inner Fight to be Heard" at Lost Origins Gallery in Mount Pleasant, Washington, D.C. The show features his paintings and poetry, which serve as his primary means of communication. Lunn's mother, Lorie Peters-Lauthier, explains that his art allows him to express emotions and social commentary that his body cannot verbalize due to a brain-body disconnect.

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article local schedule Apr 29, 2025 visibility 13 link 4 artists

NW Minnesota Arts Council announced its NW Minnesota Art Exhibit Winners

The Northwest Minnesota Arts Council announced the winners of its 2025 Northwest Minnesota Art Exhibit, awarding $2,300 in cash prizes to student and adult artists from a seven-county region. The winners were recognized at a reception in Crookston on April 27, with juror Glen Henry, an Indigenous artist and Director of Exhibitions at Minnesota State University Moorhead, selecting the awardees. Categories included adult and student divisions, with top prizes going to Elizabeth Kitchell-Rockstad for mixed media and Alyssa Foster for drawing, among others. Selected works will travel to area libraries and five student pieces will be displayed in Senator Mark Johnson's office.

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