Visual Arts

Aussies are avid readers of poetry (The Australian)

A MAJOR survey has revealed 85pc of Aussies are avid readers of poetry and literature, while visual arts has the biggest number of participants.

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Aussies are avid readers of poetry (The Australian)

Larry Wilson: A reading and writing renaissance in Pasadena (Pasadena Star-News)

A relatively few novels and verses aside, Pasadena’s literature has underperformed its visual arts and architecture over the last 150 years. Novelist Jervey Tervalon and writer and community advocate Carla Sameth are out to change that with their Pasadena Writing Project.

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Larry Wilson: A reading and writing renaissance in Pasadena (Pasadena Star-News)

Students earn awards for artwork (Peninsula Gateway)

Dakotah Carr won the Visual Arts category. Key Peninsula Middle School celebrated some of its artists last month in a contest sponsored by the PTSA.

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Students earn awards for artwork (Peninsula Gateway)

Alameda County Arts Commission accepting grant applications (The Daily Review)

The Alameda County Arts Commission is accepting applications for its 2010 ARTSFUND Grants Program for county-based nonprofit organizations. The ARTSFUND program supports all types of arts programming such as dance, literature, media arts, music, theater, visual arts and multidisciplinary arts

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Alameda County Arts Commission accepting grant applications (The Daily Review)

Alameda County Arts Commission excepting applications for grants (Contra Costa Times)

The Alameda County Arts Commission now is accepting applications for its 2010 ARTSFUND Grants Program for county-based nonprofit organizations. The ARTSFUND Grants Program supports all types of arts programming such as dance, literature, media arts, music, theater, visual arts and multidisciplinary

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Alameda County Arts Commission excepting applications for grants (Contra Costa Times)

Judith H. Dobrzynski on Culture (Arts Journal)

Consider attendance at several arts activities: classical music concerts, jazz concerts, musical theater, non-musical plays, art museums & galleries, craft & visual arts festivals, parks & historic sites, and reading of literature.

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Judith H. Dobrzynski on Culture (Arts Journal)

Vassar College to Celebrate the Arts with 8th Annual Modfest (Art Daily)

Stringendo © Vassar College/ Gabriel Schuster ‘11. POUGHKEEPSIE, NY.- The eighth annual Modfest, a celebration of new music, dance, drama, film, literature, poetry, and the visual arts at Vassar College , will feature 30 events at various locations across the Poughkeepsie campus from January 21 through February 7, 2010. Programs and events will be open to the public without charge.

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Vassar College to Celebrate the Arts with 8th Annual Modfest (Art Daily)

Native mask carver Eaton wins $50K USA Fellowship grant (Anchorage Daily News)

Alutiiq mask carver Perry Eaton is among 50 recipients of grants announced on Tuesday by United States Artists, a national artists’ advocacy organization. Eaton will receive a $50,000 USA Fellowship grant along with the other honorees, who represent the fields of architecture and design crafts and traditional arts, dance, literature, media arts, music, theater arts, and visual arts.

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Native mask carver Eaton wins $50K USA Fellowship grant (Anchorage Daily News)

Smith Clove Elementary students define beauty (The Photo News)

Central Valley - Children from Smith Clove Elementary received awards for their participation in the 2009-10 Reflections Program on Nov.

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Smith Clove Elementary students define beauty (The Photo News)

Barratt Elementary School Reflections winners (Provo Daily Herald)

The school has listed its Reflections contest winners. They include: Literature — Cassidy Elmont, Matthias Harris, Ashlee Eggett, Skye Karlinsey, Abigail Dean; Visual Arts — Collin Thorpe, Emeron

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Barratt Elementary School Reflections winners (Provo Daily Herald)

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