Central Lakes College is set to host "Atrophy of Reality," a multidisciplinary exhibition featuring the work of studio arts instructor Casey Hochhalter. The event, scheduled for April 17 at the Brainerd campus, will include an artist lecture followed by an opening reception where the public can engage with Hochhalter regarding his creative process and research.
Central Lakes College Art Gallery is hosting "Atrophy of Reality," a multidisciplinary exhibition created and curated by Studio Arts Instructor Casey Hochhalter. The show features an artist lecture on April 17 at the Brainerd campus, followed by an opening reception where Hochhalter will discuss his creative process and research into art philosophy and metacognition.
The "From Italy With Love" exhibition recently debuted at Il Gelato di Carlotta’s gallery space in Niagara-on-the-Lake, showcasing works created during immersive painting workshops across Italy. Led by artist and instructor Sandra Iafrate, the collection features oil, acrylic, and mixed-media pieces produced on location in regions including Tuscany, Sicily, and Puglia. The show runs through June 30, with additional works displayed at Iafrate’s local Gate Street Studio.
The Museum of Graffiti in Miami’s Wynwood district has launched a new permanent artist studio residency program featuring Jel Martinez, James “Ras Terms” Monk, Nicole “Nico” Holderbaum, and Entes. These four established artists, who began their careers painting illegally on the streets, now occupy professional workspaces that are open to the public seven days a week. Fully funded by the museum, the initiative allows visitors to observe the creative process in real-time and purchase works directly from the artists through an on-site sales gallery.
The Art Bridge Gallery in Yangon is hosting a group exhibition titled 'The Beginning,' which showcases the work of multiple contemporary artists. A standout feature of the event is the inclusion of live painting sessions, allowing visitors to witness the creative process firsthand as artists develop new works within the gallery space.
Sarasota Art Museum presents "Radical Softness," a retrospective exhibition spanning visual artist Janet Echelman's 40-year career. The show features her signature large-scale mesh sculptures suspended in cities worldwide, including the temporarily closed "Bending Arc" in St. Petersburg, alongside full-scale pieces and scale models. Echelman's work originated from a 1997 Fulbright lectureship in India, where lost paints led her to create art with fishing nets. The exhibition also includes her computer-programmed sculptures, which calculate angles, weight, and wind forces.
Artist Linny Venables presents 'Sweet Factory,' a new exhibition at The Atkinson in Southport, opening October 18, 2025 and running through February 28, 2026. The show draws parallels between glassmaking and sweet-making processes, featuring Venables' glass artworks alongside pieces created by workshop participants from Southport and Bootle, as well as research and objects from local sweet factories.
The New York Times profiles an artist who revisits and reworks their earlier pieces, creating new versions at an accelerated pace. The article explores the creative process behind this "do-over," where the artist reinterprets past works with fresh perspective and technical refinement, producing them in double time compared to the originals.
The Riverfront Arts Center in Stevens Point is hosting a new immersive exhibition titled "The Studio," opening with a reception on September 18, 2025. The exhibit recreates the studio spaces of eight local artists, including Ravi Barkey (ceramics), Barnplotter (pen plotting), Ryan Gaska (drawing/painting), Erin Prais-Hintz (mosaics), Twinky Satterthwaite (oil, acrylic, pastel), Roz Schuettpelz (quilting/appliqué), Toni Starr (painting/drawing), and Cate Thomding (repurpose/upcycling). The show runs through October 19 and will conclude with a watercolor workshop led by Roberta Laine.
Children from four local primary schools along the St Brendan Way—Ardfert NS, St Brendan’s Fenit, Spa NS, and Scoil Naomh Eirc Kilmoyley—have created a collaborative art exhibition titled 'Colour Me Brendan' at Kerry County Museum. Led by artist Amanda Bentley-Curran, the project began in March and features colorful collages and paper-mâché displays reimagining the life and adventures of St Brendan the Navigator. The exhibition runs until June 9 and was funded by Creative Ireland and Kerry County Arts Office.
The 20th arrondissement of Paris will host the Open Studios at Père-Lachaise from May 8 to 11, 2026, organized by the association Ateliers du Père-Lachaise Associés (APLA). Approximately 30 local painters, sculptors, engravers, photographers, and other artists will open 15 studios to the public, offering free tours through the streets, courtyards, and passageways between Père-Lachaise Cemetery and Place de la Réunion. Visitors can meet artists, see works in progress, and purchase original pieces.
Vandalfest, a street art exhibition supporting the youth homeless charity SASH, has opened at 2 Low Ousegate in York. Organized by the non-profit Vandals at Work (formerly Bombsquad), the exhibition runs over three weekends in July across four floors of galleries, featuring work from over 30 artists. It includes immersive art, DJ sets, live installations, an on-site and online shop, and an auction, with a room installation by SASH that involved young people supported by the charity.
Visually impaired artist Charlynne 'Char' Boddie is showcasing her unique creative process ahead of a new exhibition. Despite being legally blind, Boddie utilizes specialized techniques, including tactile markers and high-contrast lighting, to produce vibrant paintings that challenge traditional perceptions of accessibility in the arts.
Artwork created by adults with learning disabilities is now on display at Hull's Streetlife Museum in an exhibition titled 'Regeneration,' running until 5 July. The show is organized by CASE Training Services, a charity that helps people with disabilities gain new skills and engage in social activities. The exhibition features sculpture, video, photography, paintings, and portraits, along with interactive 'talking tiles' that visitors can press to learn more about the pieces. Creative arts teacher Pete Vernon and museum curator Frankie Hodson both emphasized the importance of giving these artists a public platform to share their work.
Fermanagh-born artist Rachael Johnson is set to debut her solo exhibition, "Pareidolia," at the Strule Arts Centre in Omagh. Running from May 1 to May 30, the show features a collection of mixed-media works that utilize paint, ink, charcoal, and organic materials to explore the psychological phenomenon of finding meaning in random patterns. The exhibition serves as a retrospective of sorts, blending new creations with selected pieces from her diverse career.
A solo exhibition titled 'In Full Bloom' by a local blind artist has opened in Kansas City. The show features the artist's work, which explores themes of nature and perception through a unique sensory and tactile approach.
Cal Poly Pomona's Art Department is hosting a triennial exhibition at the Kellogg University Art Gallery, with an opening reception scheduled for February 3, 2026, from 4 to 6 p.m. The showcase features art and graphic work by department faculty and students, exploring themes of environment and nature through landscape, architecture, history, memory, spirituality, and contemporary culture.
San Francisco International Airport's museum (SFO Museum) has faced criticism for an exhibit featuring AI-generated art, with detractors labeling the work as 'AI slop.' The artist behind the exhibit has responded to the backlash, defending the use of artificial intelligence in the creative process.
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.
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.
The Gallery at Penn College is hosting "Five Artists: Explorations and Conversations," a summer exhibition running June 4 through July 24, 2025. The show features works by five Pennsylvania-based artists—Meredith Eachus Armstrong, Elizabeth Z. Bennett, Jean E. Downing, Peggy Blei Hracho, and Cecilia J. Rusnak—who have met monthly for nearly a decade to critique and support each other's creative processes. Their shared commitment to using textiles as an essential element is evident across a range of techniques including hand and machine stitching, dyeing, printing, collage, and assemblage. A free public reception with a gallery talk is scheduled for June 8.