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.
Southern Oregon University's Schneider Museum of Art is opening its first exhibition of 2026, titled "The Pursuit of Happiness," featuring works by fifteen SOU creative arts staff and educators. The show, running from January 29 to March 14, explores themes of American identity and happiness in the context of the nation's 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. It includes nearly 50 works, notably a large hand-dyed quilt tapestry by educator Vanessa Jo Bahr, and marks the museum's first faculty and staff exhibition since 2019.
The Rio Grande International Study Center has announced the three judges for the 2026 Birds of the Brush art exhibition, part of the Laredo Birding Festival. The judges are Kassandra Romero, an artist and educator; Anakaren Escamilla, a Laredo-based artist focused on healing and feminine strength; and Raul Delgado, an avid bird photographer and member of the Monte Mucho Audubon Society. The free public event will take place February 5 at the Laredo Center for the Arts, featuring aviary-themed works from artists of all ages and skill levels.
Tend Space Art Center in Chauncey, Ohio, has opened a new group exhibition titled 'Caretaker,' featuring works by five artists—Chloe Sampson, Zelda Thayer-Hansen, Ellie Dale, Julia Weber, and Isabella DeRose—all of whom attended Ohio University for their undergraduate degrees. Curated by Selena 'Len' Loomis, who also runs the campus galleries at OU’s School of Art and Design, the show explores themes of personal growth, self-care, and responsibility to others. The exhibition includes ceramics, sculpture, and performance-based photography, and is on display until Saturday at 48 Converse Street.
The Pence Gallery in Davis, California, will host a new exhibition titled “Worn” from January 9 to February 8, 2026, in its Learning Center Gallery. The show features works by local and regional artists that explore the relationship between clothing, fabric, identity, and memory. Curated by Katharine Schultz, the exhibition includes a range of media such as fiber art, painting, sculpture, and photography, with a standout piece by Yi-Chuan Chen titled “Souvenir 4,” made from the artist’s own hair. The gallery, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary, issued a public call for submissions in fall 2025 to encourage broad participation and accessibility.
Arleen Olshan, a Mt. Airy–based artist and activist, opens her latest exhibition “Arleen Olshan: The Tangle I’ve Gotten Into” on Jan. 16 at iMPeRFeCT Gallery in Germantown, running through Feb. 21. The show combines two series: “Dead Dykes & Some Gay Men,” a memorial portrait series honoring LGBTQ+ activists and loved she has lost—including a long-delayed painting of her friend Gil Forman and his partner Zach—and “Women Loving Women,” large-scale figurative works from the 1970s and 1980s celebrating lesbian feminist intimacy and liberation. The exhibition also includes an archival element of memorial cards and newspaper clippings Olshan saved over decades.
This weekend in Leamington, the Friday market continues with local produce, clothing, handmade items, and baked goods, organized by CJ's Events Warwickshire. Additionally, the 'Childish Things' exhibition is on display at Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum, featuring artworks and objects from the museum's collection that explore childhood, including Anne Finlay's 'Study For A Woman's Life', alongside toys, games, and social history objects. The exhibition runs from October 24 to February 1, 2026, and is free to attend. A run club hosted by Sculpt also takes place on January 8.
San Diego artist Young Min Jo is presenting his solo exhibition "Late Autumn in San Diego" at the Pacific Beach/Taylor Library’s Community Room through January 30. The free show features his impressionistic landscape paintings inspired by nature scenes from San Diego and around the world, including beaches, palm trees, harbors, and the San Diego-Coronado Bridge. A public reception will be held on January 17.
Atelier Gallery in Wailea, Maui, will open a new exhibition titled “Weavers of Enchantment” on December 27, 2025, featuring oil paintings by Maui-based artists Carolina Manchester, Christina DeHoff, and Stephanie Sachs. The show, which runs through January 31, 2026, presents luminous, intuitive works inspired by Hawaiʻi’s light, landscapes, and natural rhythms, exploring themes of connection, transformation, and the harmony between Earth and cosmos. An opening reception will be held on December 27 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the gallery, located in Kīhei.
The National Museum of Libya in Tripoli reopened on 12 December after being closed since 2011, following the fall of Muammar Gaddafi and years of civil war. Housed in the historic Red Castle (Al-Saraya Al-Hamra), the museum was originally established by Italian colonizers in 1919 and later expanded by the British. Gaddafi opened a modernized version in 1988. A comprehensive restoration project with UNESCO assistance began in 2023 to bring the institution up to international standards.
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.
Six artists from the Artē Collective in Luggate, New Zealand, have opened their first group exhibition titled "Collective Circles" at their newly established gallery. The show features 20mm round artworks in painting, ceramics, and sculpture, created on-site as the artists take turns staffing the gallery. Works sold before the paint was dry, according to sculptor Andi Regan. The exhibition runs from December through January, with an opening event on December 5.
Diana Eusebio’s first solo museum exhibition, *Field of Dreams*, has opened at the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, featuring over 30 works that combine hand-dyed textiles with digital prints. The artist, who grew up in Miami, uses natural dyes from materials like avocado, cochineal, and indigo to overlay portraits, family photos, and landscapes, exploring themes of identity, migration, and home. The exhibition includes a Q&A where Eusebio discusses her Peruvian Dominican heritage, the influence of baseball as a symbol of the American dream, and the current climate of fear for immigrants in the US.
Tara Long's new installation *La Esquinita (little corner)* has taken over all three spaces at Locust Projects in Miami, transforming the gallery into a shop for sweets and souvenirs with over 500 miniature sculptures for sale. The immersive environment, her first major solo show, unfolds in three acts—seduction, exposure, and collapse—centered on a crumbling room-sized frosted cake. The exhibition draws parallels between Florida's early 20th-century Big Sugar land grab and today's Big Tech boom, reflecting on cycles of extraction and survival in Long's hometown. A pop-up speakeasy will run on Friday and Saturday nights (5 and 6 December).
Actors and crew members from the TV show "The Walking Dead: Dead City" purchased artworks by local artists during the "Delirium" exhibition curated by Juniper Rag at the Jean McDonough Arts Center in Worcester. Artist Scott Boilard sold three of his four exhibited paintings—two raven studies and one abstract piece—to a star of the show, learning of the sale while on vacation in Italy. Fellow artist Melinda Goodhue also sold a piece to an actor, and another artist received a commission inquiry from a cast member. The exhibition ran from October 27 to November 1, 2025, coinciding with a Halloween-themed performance and the show's filming at the same venue.
A solo exhibition titled 'Drawn from Life' by local Eswatini artist Celumusa Khumalo will be held on December 5-6, 2025, at the Mbabane National Library. The show features paintings inspired by everyday landscapes, faces, and objects, with no formal opening or speeches—visitors are invited to wander and view the art at their own pace.
The Seaport Art Walk in New Bedford, Massachusetts, is now accepting artist proposals for its 2026 edition, which will run from July 9 to October 31, 2026. The juried outdoor exhibition, themed “Good Trouble” in honor of the late Rep. John Lewis and the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, invites submissions of temporary sculptures, murals, or photography exploring civil disobedience, community organizing, and cultural resistance. Proposals are due by February 23, 2026, with stipends ranging from $250 to $2,500 per artwork.
Megan Clarke of Good Morning Washington visited McLean’s Historic Pleasant Grove Church to report on a new exhibition featuring the work of photographer Bernie Boston. Boston, a DMV native and longtime McLean resident, was the first African American member of the White House Press Corps and covered presidents from Truman through Clinton. He is best known for his iconic “Flower Power” photograph, which earned him a runner-up spot for the Pulitzer Prize. The exhibit showcases photographs spanning his career, including both celebrated images and candid shots of the photographer himself.
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.
Daniel King, an Air Force veteran and lens-based artist who once concealed his military service for a decade, is serving as juror for the 2025 Ohio Veterans and Military Art Exhibition at the Ohio Arts Council's Riffe Gallery in Columbus. The show features 37 works by 23 artists, selected by King to highlight the complex, often overlooked stories veterans tell through creative expression. King, who leads workshops through the Central Ohio VA Medical Center's veteran artist initiative, uses photography and proto-photographic techniques like cyanotypes and pinhole cameras in his own practice.
The Lytham Heritage Centre is hosting "Tony Fowler – A Retrospective Exhibition" from November 11 to 30, 2025, showcasing paintings and illustrations by local artist Tony Fowler. The exhibition features his popular scenes of Lytham and other subjects, reflecting his decades-long career as an artist and educator.
The Austin Studio Tour, organized by the artist-run collective Almost Real Things, will take place over two weekends in November 2025 with over 300 official locations—the largest edition yet. For the first time, the tour is citywide both weekends instead of split between East and West Austin, and artists can choose which days to participate. A guidebook and interactive online map help visitors navigate by location, medium, or curated paths, and free bus tours are offered to feature lesser-known stops.
San Antonio ceramic artists Michelle Hernandez, Hilary Rochow, and Rikkianne Van Kirk initiated ClaySA, a grassroots effort to unite the local ceramics community. The program includes a group exhibition titled "The Mark of the Hand," featuring 23 local artists working in clay, and 12 studio tours across two weekends in November. The exhibition, curated by Rochow, builds on a previous show called "Clay Symphony" and is supported by an all-volunteer committee including Contemporary Art Month Executive Director Roberta "Nina" Hassele and other artists.
The Ukrainian Art Studio ArtUA has launched its fifth anniversary exhibition, 'Revived by Art', at the People's Museum of Limerick, running from November 1 to 15, 2025. The exhibition features 150 works by nearly 40 artists, both Ukrainian and other nationalities, aged six to seventy-seven, using techniques such as painting, graphics, decorative arts, and graphic design. Founded by Ukrainian artist and teacher Lyubov Makarenko, who fled Mariupol after the Russian invasion, ArtUA has been holding free art classes at the Redemptorist Church in Limerick since July 2022. The exhibition focuses on personal memories and places dear to the artists, including Mariupol, Kyiv, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, and Limerick, reflecting nostalgia, pain, and love.
ClaySA, a volunteer-led committee of ceramic artists and enthusiasts, is launching its inaugural ClaySA Exhibition + Studio Tours in San Antonio, Texas, running from November 8 to November 23, 2025. The month-long celebration begins with an opening exhibition titled "The Mark of the Hand: ClaySA’s Inaugural Exhibition" at Mercury Project, curated by Hilary Rochow, featuring works from local ceramic artists. Following the exhibition, two weekends of self-guided studio tours allow the public to visit artists' working studios, meet the makers, and learn about their processes, with a special closing celebration on November 29.
Multifaceted artist Poonam Arora has established a new art studio called 'Studio Art Life' in NAC, Manimajra, Chandigarh, to support both emerging and established artists. The studio opened with a multi-artist exhibition featuring 14 artists, 22 paintings, three sculptures, and a collection of decoupage artworks, running from October 30 to November 2, 2025. Arora, who previously struggled to find exhibition spaces as a solo artist, aims to provide a collaborative platform for artists to create, exhibit, and connect.
The article reports on the 'Ghosts of the Hunt' exhibition, a photography show hosted by Greyhound Welfare SA (GWA) in Cresta, Johannesburg. The exhibition features two photographic series: one by Dean Bush, founder of GWA, documenting greyhounds rescued from the Yat Yuen racetrack in Macau, China—a facility that killed 20,000 dogs over 54 years before closing in 2018—and another by professional photographer Warren Johnson, focusing on locally rescued greyhounds. The article also highlights ongoing controversies, including a recent auction in Bela Bela, Limpopo, where SA breeders paid R2.4 million for 65 greyhounds destined for international racing, and lobbying by the Amaphisi Hunters' Association to decriminalize dog hunting in South Africa.
The City of Homestead is bringing back its 'Artist in the Spotlight' program on November 15, 2025, at the Historic Seminole Theatre. The event, presented by Councilwoman Jenifer N. Bailey in partnership with The ArtBeat and Friends of the Seminole Theatre, features a month-long visual arts exhibition titled 'Blackity: Reframing Race, Ethnicity & Nationality Across the Diaspora,' curated by founding artist Ms. Tawana in collaboration with ArtWalk Presents. The opening reception includes live performances and opportunities to meet the artists.
A traveling exhibition titled "The Lost Paintings, A Prelude to Return" is on view at the Brookline Arts Center and Unbound Visual Arts in Brighton through December 17. The show reimagines 53 oil paintings by Palestinian-Lebanese artist Maroun Tomb, which were lost in the chaos of the Nakba and the 1948 Arab-Israeli war after his 1947 exhibition opened in Haifa on the same day the UN adopted the Partition Plan. Curators Rula Khoury, Haidi Motola, and Joëlle Tomb—Maroun's granddaughter—commissioned 53 contemporary artists from Palestine and the diaspora to create new works inspired by the original titles, using mediums including textiles, prints, paintings, sculptures, and video.
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.