Arts News

Eight prestigious Eisner Award winners and nominees (including Stan Lee, a Hall of Famer) will attend Wizard World New Orleans Comic Con, Jan. 28-29. They are among more than 170 top creators attending the show at the Morial Convention Center.

On January 28th, join us for an evening in dedication to the infamous H.P. Lovecraft featuring a film screening of six independent movies, as well as an art exhibit featuring a dozen artists paying homage to their favorite celebrated author.

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The Curtain Falls on a successful and thought-provoking IInd WE ASC World Education Culture Congress 2012 and Rises on New Dynamics of Educational Evolution

Indie rock band Beyond Conception released their fourth studio album, FLOW, with Grammy Award winning Producer Jack Douglas, who’s work includes the late John Lennon, The who, and Aerosmith, to name a few.

Card Holders: a group for artists who love to see their work on greetings cards. Launched at the start of 2012, Card Holders is a fast growing showcase for a global selection of painters and photographers who have similar philosophies and goals.

Fine Artist Jay Alders and Blues/Rock Musician G Love will share the stage at Freebird Live in Jacksonville Beach, Florida on January 25th 2012.

Mystic Coffee Roasters presents an exhibit of new photographs by local photographer and artist Rich Jarvis, The photos are part of his “National Park Collection” and will be on display until March 1, 2012.

12hr Multi Media Event 10am to 10pm a fusion of art and music with live bands and dJ's!!

The Peter Pupping Band has released its fourth album, Cafe Pacifico. There will be a concert to kick off the album on Feb. 12 at the Lamb's Players Theatre in Coronado, CA.

A selection of Evelyn Hofer's photographs of London will be exhibited at Dallywater's beginning January 17, 2002.

RAPUNZEL will be Winnetka Theatre’s popular “Especially for Kids” production this season. The one-hour musical for will be presented at the Winnetka Community House, 620 Lincoln Avenue, Winnetka, IL. All tickets are $12.

The Charlie Visconage Show (@Charlie_Show), a new late-night talk show focused on connecting audiences with DC-area artists, will premiere at 10 p.m. on January 26, 2011, at the DC Arts Center in Adams Morgan.

Miami Art Museum announces new acquisitions, presents works in exhibition opening Feb.17, 2012. "Restless: Recent Acquisitions from the MAM Collection Celebrates the Museum's Addition of New Works."

Matthew Modine Screening & Conversation at Spokane International Film Festival on 27 January 7pm at Bing Crosby Theatre

Create sparkly craft projects for your home and holiday décor with 14 free tutorials from Krylon and FaveCrafts. Find unique ways to paint all types of surfaces using Krylon Glitter Blast paint.

Chronicler Publishing will be releasing four new historical novels for the Spring market.

From a very young age, Shrewsbury-born Sam Handbury-Madin had a fascination with finding and collecting things. He's now turned the fascination into a business and has recently launched his venture as the quirkily named 'It's a Nomad Life'.

Domestic Violence Survivor and Advocate, Bestselling Author, Harpist will share powerful testimony of overcoming her plight of homelessness, domestic violence and depression.

Golpe guys, spoilt boys and revolutionaries. Dictators is a series of mixed media of pen and ink and watercolor artwork created by artist Michele Boccamazzo.

On January 29, members of the community are invited to the Hunterdon Art Museum for a FREE celebration of our 60th Anniversary.

Juried outdoor craft showcase featuring 150 crafters from 30 different states.

The country’s top artists will converge upon St. Armands Circle in Sarasota for a celebration of the arts January 28 - 29, 2012.

lastminute.com has revealed its Top Secret collection at a 10 day, showcase event in London, highlighting the retailer's 4 and 5 star products available at 3 star prices.

Kobina Wright has made a second original painting available for purchase in the new year.

The Gelett Burgess Children's Book Award program has officially opened, with a call for entries until May 15th, 2012. The awards program honors the best in family-friendly children's books published the previous calendar year.

AntiCrop 1.0 for iOS is a new launch and the first application of its kind, offering users the ability to uncrop their photos on the go. Also, AntiCrop provides innovative photo straightening technique allowing users to keep original image resolution

BIG ARTS will screen The Royal Opera's production of Puccini’s "Il trittico" via satellite Thursday, February 9, at 7 p.m. in BIG ARTS Schein Performance Hall, 900 Dunlop Road, Sanibel, Florida. Admission is $20, children under 17 are free.

Information regarding a track off Country Music singer Marty Falle's latest album, "Redneck Roadrunner."

Where The United Nations Used To Be, highlights twenty artists, collectives and performative events that have taken part in the art and artist residency program of EDELO in San Cristobal de Las Casas.

Premiere of STEREO BALANCE by Todd Jones to coincide with launch of COLLECT ART Emerging Artist Series at Yellow Peril Gallery

Western painter Tom Lucas heads south for the winter from Wyoming to be featured at the Celebration of Fine Art, a perennial favorite event of art lovers from across the country. The event is open daily from 10am-6pm through Sunday, March 25, 2012.

Loveland, Colo.: Artist Daily offers a free eBook exploring 11 reasons for drawing models and attending life drawing sessions to improve life drawings.

ReDcOX creating Daily Photographic Diary of Buffalo National River for 40th Anniversary Year. Ranked as 1 of the top 10 'underappreciated' national parks in the US Fine Art Photographer ReDcOX creates a 365 project on Flickr in response.

Sunday, January 29, 2012 the Friends of the Japanese Garden and the City of Miami, Department of Parks & Recreation will present a free event showcasing martial arts, Japanese music and the traditional craft of Japanese flower arrangement.

The vibrant floral and still life paintings by Litchfield, Connecticut artist, Liliana Kleid, will be on display in the Oliver Wolcott Library Art Gallery from January 31- February 24, 2012.

A fresh and innovative project Open to Interpretation brings together photographers and writers in a collaborative book. Launch February 7, 2012, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Open Book in Minneapolis.

The Boston String Quartet Presents Ethno Urban Orchestra on Saturday January 21, 2012 @ 7:30pm at the Littman Performing Arts Center 17011 NE 19 Ave. Miami, Florida

Metal shred guitarist Xander Demos has joined the Black Sabbath/Judas Priest tribute band known as Sabbath Judas Sabbath.

The Art4Vision Gallery, located at 1015 East Las Olas, is proud to showcase 5 new pieces from Ingrid Cran. The photographs will be hung in time for Art Walk Las Olas Thursday, January 19th.

Northumberland painter exhibits six oil paintings with online gallery

Joyce Yang, an award-winning pianist, will perform in a classical concert Thursday, January 26, at 8 p.m. in BIG ARTS Schein Performance Hall, 900 Dunlop Road, Sanibel, Florida. General $42, Loge $47, child free with adult.

Boards and Beans is a retail home furnishing store dedicated to serving customers reclaimed wood, Fair-Trade products and recycled art pieces for the home.

Art furniture and installation artist Vivian Beer is holding a weekend seminar in advanced techniques and processes for metal artists February 11-12 at the Center for Metal Arts in downstate NY. This is the second in a winter series with Vivian Beer.

Adaskin String Trio will perform a classical concert Sunday, January 29, at 3:30 p.m. in BIG ARTS Schein Performance Hall, 900 Dunlop Road. Admission is General $32 and Child free with paying adult.

BIG ARTS has announced its workshop schedule for season, signups are ongoing. This season there are new classes in iPods, iPads, and iPhone apps as well as new workshops in pastels, open studio, African jewelry, and improv.

The James Pappoutsakis Flute Competition (Jan 29 at 7 PM, Boston University Concert Hall, 855 Commonwealth Ave, Boston) will feature finalists Michel Dew, Hanol Lee, Jisun, and Bethanne Walker performing music of Handel, Enesco & Shulamit Ran. Free.

Osmundson was picked from a field of hundreds of authors who appeared on The Authors Show. Her book, entitled ‘How The West Was Drawn: Cowboy Charlies Art’, is a presentation of the work of Charles M. Russell

Tasha Zimich, a Simon Fraser University’s Visual Art Program student, took her upcoming Graduate Exhibition as an invitation to excel. Thanks to Crowdsourced Funding, her dream of producing her own Graphic Arts Books is becoming a reality.

Saturday, February 4, 2012, at 1pm, on the grounds of Casa de Las Ranas in Cieneguita, Mexico, 5 km from San Miguel de Allende. Exhibit will feature art of Chapel creator Anado McLauchlin and artist-photographer Spencer Tunick.