The Arboretum at Penn State is calling for proposals from Pennsylvania-based artists for a new outdoor art exhibition titled "Penn’s Woods Outdoor Art Exhibition." The exhibition will feature 10 works displayed in the H.O. Smith Botanic Gardens from June through August, with wood as a central material or inspiration. Selected artists will receive a $1,000 honorarium, and proposals must be submitted by February 28.
The City of San José’s Office of Economic Development and Cultural Affairs is hosting an art exhibition reception on November 7, 2025, at The Citadel Art Studios to showcase projects by the 2025 Creative Ambassadors. The five ambassadors—Julie Cardenas, Matt Casey (More Mas Marami), Jessica Gutierrez, Miguel Ozuna, and Steven Rubalcaba—have each developed community-engaged creative works over the past year, including a shared film camera photography project, zine-making workshops, a community audio archive, a collaborative collage using repurposed materials, and art workshops for mothers and children.
BGC Glass Studio is presenting “GLASSWORKS: A Contemporary Glass Art Exhibition,” featuring works by nine emerging glass artists. The show highlights diverse techniques including glassblowing, fusing, and mixed materials, alongside a special collection tracing the evolution of Thai glass art.
A group of 11 rings and two medallions, believed to be medieval, was discovered at a Thrifty Boutique charity shop in Chilliwack, British Columbia. A volunteer found the items while sorting donations, and a customer with an archaeology background alerted staff that the objects might be ancient. The manager contacted Sabrina Higgins, an associate professor at Simon Fraser University (SFU), who arranged for the artefacts to be donated to the university's Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. Higgins and colleague Cara Tremain have designed a course for autumn 2026 in which students will analyze the objects' materials and designs to determine their provenance, culminating in an exhibition at the museum.
Heather Hertel, a professor of art at Slippery Rock University, led a team of students to create a floating art exhibition at the Erie Yacht Club on August 14. The artworks were painted directly onto recycled J22 yacht sails, attached to working yachts, and sailed out on Presque Isle Bay. The project began in 2015 when Hertel, an experienced sailor, wondered why she had never painted on sails. The team conducted material investigations to find paint that would stick to sail cloth, ultimately producing nine large-scale paintings. The exhibition also involved cross-disciplinary learning, with engineering professor Louis Christensen giving a presentation on sailboat physics to ensure the sails moved correctly.
Melissa Nightingale reports on a two-year art project inspired by binge-watching *Wheel of Fortune*. The project reimagines the game show's prize wheel, replacing material goods like sewing machines and cars with intangible rewards such as belonging and dignity. Participants can spin the wheel, but the prizes are conceptual rather than physical, reflecting a shift in values from consumerism to human connection.
Three master’s students from Stellenbosch University—Rebekah Pringle, Thabo Ngwenya, and Emily Fitzgerald—launched an exhibition titled "Matter of Self: Private fragments, public forms" on 7 August at the Gallery University Stellenbosch (GUS). The show is part of a master’s review series that highlights their academic year progress. Pringle’s work explores her domestic experience and caretaker relationship with her grandmother using repurposed furniture; Ngwenya’s pieces address alienation as a Ndebele man in Zimbabwe through pop culture references and self-portraits as "boundary objects"; Fitzgerald’s art challenges patriarchy and heteronormativity using archival photographs, clay, and photolithographic processes.
The Riverfront Arts Center in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, is inviting artists to submit proposals for an upcoming fall exhibition titled "The Studio." Unlike traditional shows, this exhibition will focus on the creative process by recreating artist workspaces, displaying tools, materials, and works-in-progress rather than just finished artworks. Proposals are due by August 22, 2025, with no entry fee, and participating artists will receive free entry to the center's open calls throughout 2026.
A Recology art show brings discarded materials from the dump into a gallery setting, featuring works created by artists who have participated in Recology's artist-in-residence program. The exhibition transforms trash into art, highlighting the creative reuse of waste materials.
Rachel Du, a specialist in Chinese art and history, has written an article examining the Reeves Collection of Asian ceramics, focusing on the cross-cultural exchanges reflected in these objects. The collection, housed at the Reeves Center in Washington and Lee University, includes porcelain and ceramic pieces that trace trade routes and artistic influences between Asia and the West.
Oolong Gallery in La Jolla, California, is presenting 'Sun Goin’ Down,' the first solo exhibition of painter John Singletary, a 2025 UC San Diego MFA graduate. The show features a series of haunting, symbolic paintings that explore memory, myth, and themes of death, love, and fear through techniques like sgraffito and sanding. It runs through June 25, with a special Juneteenth event planned for June 19.
Pakistan's first textiles museum, The Haveli, has opened in Karachi, housed in the Modernist villa of collector Nasreen Askari and her husband Hasan Askari. The museum preserves indigenous weaving, embroidery, and dye work from the Sindh province, focusing on the material culture of diverse communities including Hindus and Muslims. Nasreen Askari began collecting these textiles in the 1970s while working as a doctor, inspired by the intricate designs on her patients' clothing that revealed their identity, religion, and social status. The collection includes rare shawls, bridal tunics, and embroidered dowry pouches called bujhki, many from nomadic and tribal communities.
St Stephen’s College is hosting a wine and cheese art exhibition fundraiser called "Palette of Love: Sip, Savour, and Celebrate" today at 6 p.m. at the JR&D Centre in Princes Town. The event features an art exhibition centered on love, paired with fine wines and cheeses, and includes an interactive art experience for attendees.
Nereida Apaza Mamani presents a solo exhibition at ICPNA Cultural in Miraflores, Lima, featuring 150 works across watercolor, painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture, embroidery, and installation. The show traces stories of migration and displacement through cartographies, maps, and family trees, drawing on embroidery techniques inherited from her mother and grandmother. Curated by Miguel López, the exhibition explores belonging in a country marked by discrimination and centralism, incorporating the artist's notebooks begun in 2009 and works that address political violence and memory.
DON NADIE THE LATIN AMERICAN PROJECT AT MILANO DESIGN ART WEEK
The design collective DON NADIE, founded by Ecuadorian industrial designers Lisandro Carrasco and Mono Alvarado, is presenting its project "1 m² / 1 second" at Milano Design Week. The installation, part of the IN BETWEEN collective at the Fuorisalone circuit, consists of sixteen folded-paper pieces within a cubic meter, each referencing native plant morphology. It translates the rate of deforestation into a tangible measure of time, representing one square meter of forest lost every second.