A Fairview Twp. native who went to the Fine Arts Fiesta growing up is coming back, this time as a featured artist-in-residence. “It’s really lovely to come full circle and return as an artist to the festival,” said potter Kim Allen Gleed. She graduated from the former Bishop Hoban High School in Wilkes-Barre in 1991
May and June are the start of the art degree show season. It is an opportunity to see the brightest and newest talent as they showcase their final submitted works. These exhibitions have a good track record of launching new talent and are often the first step for emerging artists. They are also a great
Morehead State University Bachelor of Fine Arts students Maija Wehr and Miana Ratcliff were selected for Windgate Fellow Scholarships. They will participate in one-week workshops in a medium of their choosing for this summer at the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Arrowmont is a renowned art school specializing in artist residencies
Jace Anderson Grade: Sophomore. Age: 16. Art focus: Pottery. Memorable arts achievement: Being nominated as fine arts student of the week for pottery as well as digital photography. Adviser nomination: “Jace continues to give his time to each project so that a high level of craftsmanship is achieved for each piece that he creates,” adviser
“They sort of unite Dad’s two selves and are clearly by someone who is both a comic and an artist. They are spot on, sharp and funny. They are Edna one-liners in visual form.” Humphries began painting with “conscious intent from age eight”, signing his work “Barry Humphries” and not John, his given name. By
They may not realise it, but Rosamond and Ben Brown make an entertaining double act. The mother-and-son duo have made art their life’s work, and where their tastes converge, trouble ensues. As our photographer asks the pair to pose at Ben’s house in London’s Notting Hill, 88-year-old Rosamond suddenly spots something she likes. “I love
Students of the Mostafiz Academy of Fine Arts (MAFA) won eight awards at the 32nd World Children’s Picture Contest. This internationally acclaimed competition, organised by the renowned IE-NO-HIKARI Association of Japan, received a total of 11,479 artworks from 68 countries and regions this year. Out of these, only 200 entries were selected for awards. Eight
The European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF) fair’s reputation for being at the top of the luxury spectrum lent it the air of a frenzied spring shopping spree on Thursday afternoon in New York City. Underneath bobbing strings of purple alliums, VIPs strode through the Park Avenue Armory previewing art, design, jewelry, and antiquities from 91
At the opening of Riopelle: Crossroads in Time at the Vancouver Art Gallery in mid-March, the philanthropist Michael Audain, who chairs the Jean Paul Riopelle Foundation and is one of the celebrated Quebecois modernist’s most prominent collectors, extolled the late painter as one of “Canada’s greatest artistic heroes”. After acknowledging the presence of Jean-Luc Murray,
Suzanne Rose. Submitted. Having spent 35 years as an art photographer, Suzanne Rose considers herself an artist first and foremost. But she has also curated exhibits, written a regular column on art-related topics, and recently, added another adjacent skill to her roster: fine art appraisal. “I’m an artist, appraiser, curator and journalist, and I feel