“Houston Collects: African American Art” * 8/3 – 10/26/08

Kojo Griffin , Untitled from the series Field Theory: group scene , 2000 African American art from the 20th and 21st centuries on view at the Houston Museum of Fine Art . According to the museum site, the collection of over a 100 works will include “early crafts, self-taught artists, Southern...

Bronzes From West Africa

“ Benin - Kings and Rituals: Court Arts of Nigeria ” July 10– September 21, 2008 Royal sculptures from the Benin Kingdom of Nigeria (Edo Empire) – it flourished from about 1440 to the late 1800’s – will be on display at The Art Institute of Chicago beginning 7/10/08. Featured...

“Dali: Painting & Film” * June 29 – September 15, 2008

“The Persistence of Memory” (1931), will return to MoMA as part of an event featuring the art of Salvador Dali (1904 – 1989) as both painter and filmmaker – especially with Spanish director Luis Bunuel , (1900 – 1983). Dali’s paintings, drawings, movie scripts will...

J.M.W.Turner at the Met 7/1- 9/21/08

J.M.W.Turner at the Met 7/1- 9/21/08
British painter Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775 – 1851) will have a retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Art this summer. Labeled an “English Romantic”, he worked in both oil and watercolor and painted primarily landscapes/seascapes. He hasn’t been on view in the U.S. for more than...

Magical Possibilties for Youth with Disabilities and their Families

In the last two weeks, I’ve seen two productions of the Jungle Book performed by the Arizona Magic of Music & Dance. Both productions were equally fabulous. What had these performances work is the four days at the Arizona Magic of Music and Dance Camp. Quoting Sue Grzybowski, Camp Volunteer...

Glass!

“Chihuly at the de Young” * Thru 9/28/08 The de Young Museum in San Francisco, CA presents Dale Chihuly – American glass artist. You will see beautiful shapes, daring configurations, all in glorious color. Very dramatic. His explanation of why people like his work, “People like to look at glass;...

Beaches, Movies = Paradise!

Turks & Caicos International Film Festival (TCIFF) October 15 – October 18, 2008 Film watching in the Caribbean – a perfect mix. (I know, its probably hot where you are now, but come October, a bit of sun, a few tropical drinks will look pretty good!) By using international, independent...

At the Tryst Gallery in Chandler, AZ this week.

Serendipity was in play this past week. I received a call to hang some of my work in a hurry. A Gallery, the Tryst at Inspirado was holding a reception for the Phoenix Black Chamber of Commerce. Got the call on Thursday and delivered on Friday. Lots of people, some inquiries and you never know. Related...

A Conversation with Artist and Teacher, Dr. J. Eugene Grigsby Jr.

Artist Eugene Grigsby born in 1918 has taught at Arizona State for 20 years and spent two decades teaching in Phoenix public schools. What are the ideas or points of view that you’ve wanted to communicate in your paintings? I don’t know what I am communicating really until the paintings...

Women Impressionists * June 21, 2008

Berthe Morisot, MaryCassatt, Eva Gonzales, Marie Bracquemond are labeled the “forgotten women” of the artist world in this exhibit. These 4 female impressionists will have their work shown together for the first time in the U.S. at the Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco , CA ....

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