For years sculptor Robert Irwin Portal park room (slice) walked through John Carpenter Plaza on the east side of downtown. Installed in 1981, the 700-foot-long, 8-foot-high structure has fallen into disrepair along with the plaza itself. The realigned roads cut off what was originally intended as a kind of welcomingRead More →
Nikkolas Smith, Daniel, and CHLA President and CEO Paul S. Viviano, courtesy Los Angeles Children’s Hospital (Photo credit: Disney) The artwork “King Chad” created by former Disney imaginary Nikkolas Smith, was donated to the Los Angeles Children’s Hospital by the artist. The piece may appear familiar to many as itRead More →
If this pandemic has given us any benefit, it has been plenty of time to reflect on our sense of belonging. For some, this has taken the form of imagining the places they love while eagerly awaiting the chance to return. For others, it’s about being more attentive and listeningRead More →
FACTS: An image seen over 150,000 times on Facebook this week claims to show “lion’s mane mushrooms growing in a swamp” – but it actually shows a work of art. Lion’s mane mushroom – also known as the bearded tooth fungus – is white with long, dangling thorns, similar toRead More →
what’s new, music-theater-arts, Fluid Cartographies, art review, Belconen Arts Center, maps Nicci Haynes, Peter McLean and John Pratt: Fluid Mapping. Belconnen Arts Center, Pivot Gallery, 118 Emu Bank, Belconnen. Until May 9, 2021. The great 17th century poet John Donne, fearing his death was approaching, wrote one of his mostRead More →
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A new piece of public art by artist, writer and West Vancouver resident Douglas Coupland is about to be unveiled in Ambleside. Inspired by beachcombing, driftwood, a perfect day, as well as Coupland’s friendship with the late artist Gordon Smith, “Tree Snag” is currently installed in the public plaza ofRead More →
* Author’s Note: The image above shows Bloomsburg University student and artist Kasey Halbleib setting up her exhibit at the Greenly Center in March. Credit: Gallery Facebook page at Greenly Center. The opinions expressed in this piece are my own and I strongly support them. BLOOMSBURG, Pa .– A studentRead More →
A new public artwork by acclaimed artist, writer and West Vancouver resident Douglas Coupland is about to be unveiled in Ambleside. Inspired by the beach, driftwood, a perfect day, as well as Coupland’s friendship with the late artist Gordon Smith, “Tree Snag” is currently installed in the public square ofRead More →
UNIQUE ART SHOP. The Heyde Center for the Arts now has an art shop dedicated to local creations. (Photo by Andrea Paulseth) A local performance hall consolidates its status as a haven for local artists on and off the stage. The Heyde Center for the Arts in Chippewa Falls, aRead More →
SBJ photo file Jean and Jerry Sanders, pictured at the store’s 40th anniversary event, are retiring. There is five decades of history among the rows of art supplies and photo frames at the National Art Shop – rows that now bear signs of clearance sale. National Avenue staple storefronts areRead More →
The Houston couple married in 2012, and although Veronica immediately went off birth control, they put off trying seriously to get pregnant for a while, until their mid-30s, never imagining that they might have fertility problems. “It wasn’t something we talked about,” Veronica says, citing cultural factors. There were noRead More →
Cory Arcangel / roʊˈdeɪoʊ / Let’s play: HOLLYWOOD to Greene Naftali. Photo: Courtesy of the artist and Greene Naftali, New York Money and fame, by whatever means, has always been Kim Kardashian West’s goal. Over time, his brand sense and accumulated wealth have earned him the respect of at leastRead More →
Patt Franklin, “Rainforest Series 1-9”, 2009-2011, oil on canvas. Photo courtesy of Mayo Street Arts It’s always interesting to see artists working in different media. In some cases, as with Edgar Degas and Pablo Picasso, the imagery of their painting translates quite intact to another medium. Degas’s bronzes seemed fairlyRead More →
It’s fair to say that the current exhibition at the Wexner Center for the Arts is more about exploration than exhibition; more inclined to discovery than to teaching. Given that Associate Curator Lucy Zimmerman based the entire exhibit on a series of probing questions, that’s not entirely surprising. Determining theRead More →
SBJ File Photo Jean and Jerry Sanders operate the store. National Art Shop is closing after more than five decades in business. 509 S. National Ave. is expected to liquidate its inventory starting April 8, according to a press release. The closure is scheduled for the end of June. “AfterRead More →
“Freedom, a Fable” is on view at the Portland Museum of Art through May 2. Ben McCanna / Personal Photographer “Mythmakers,” an exhibition at the Portland Museum of Art this fall that juxtaposed works by Winslow Homer and Frederic Remington, contextualized the social attitudes of these artists — especially thoseRead More →