Auburn woman visits her likeness on WPA mural

An Auburn woman immortalized on a public mural in Long Beach recently returned to see the artwork – 70 years later.Shirley Shotwell, 77, was 7 years old when she posed for a Works Progress Administration mosaic mural constructed on the Long Beach Auditorium in 1937. The WPA was one of the New Deal agencies created [...]

Contemporary Mosaics on display in SXU Gallery

Contemporary Mosaics on display in SXU Gallery
Exhibit opens Oct. 31 at Saint Xavier University
Chicago (Oct. 19, 2007) – Saint Xavier University will showcase the
mosaics of artist Chris Zonta in
“Beyond the Surface: Contemporary Mosaics,” which opens Wednesday, Oct.
31, in the SXU Gallery at Saint Xavier University, 3700 W. 103rd St.,
Chicago.
The exhibit, which runs through Nov. 20, [...]

Artist creates work in memory of April 2006 tornado victims

The tile mosaic piece ‘Dogwood Memories’ features a dogwood blossom for each of the 16 Dyer Countians who died in the April 2006 tornadoes. Georgia-based artist Alison Keogler, whose family is from Dyer County, created the piece.
Alison Tucker Keogler was working out when she learned through CNN the devastation that hit the town she considers [...]

Ulrich Mosaic Repair – Ulrich Museum of Art – Kansas

 
Ulrich mosaic repair – The facade outside the Ulrich Museum of Art at Wichita State University will undergo restoration beginning this week.
Two panels from the 28-by-52-foot mosaic “Personnages Oiseaux” by Joan Miro will be removed and their yellow-glass tiles replaced. The tiles degraded because of weather and other environmental conditions. The chipboard backing to which [...]

Duke Riley, After the Battle of Brooklyn: East River Incognita II

Magnan Projects and Magnan Emrich Contemporary are please to present Duke Riley’s second solo show in New York. After the Battle of Brooklyn: East River Incognita II further examines the artist’s fascination with and exploration of maritime history and events around the waterways of New York City. The exhibition will be on view from November [...]

Piecing together a sense of unity

Isabel Sanchez stepped back to get a good look at her work. With a nod, the pint-size 10-year-old acknowledged her hand in creating the radiant blue wave, bronze-lit sun and hot air balloon. ”All I know is that it’s really nice,” 9-year-old Kharessa Harrison said with assurance. Isabel agreed.
”I really did want to be a [...]

Camp Aranzazu unveils stained glass

Camp Aranzazu officials will host a special open house from 1 until 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28 in the sanctuary building to show five extraordinary art glass windows designed and created by Houston artists Liz Conces-Spencer and Gene Hester.
The art glass panels permanently installed in the sanctuary were commissioned by John and Prissy Watson [...]

Six mosaic sculptures commemorate heritage of Grandville Avenue (Grand Rapids)

Six mosaic sculptures created by the ArtWorks Summer Program of the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (UICA) commemorate the heritage of Grandville Avenue and the Roosevelt Park Neighborhood (RPNA).
A team of ten students ages 14 to 21 designed and installed the sculptures at 1500 Grandville under the guidance of professional artists Elisabeth Vedrine and [...]

Liberace Townhome has Stained Glass Windows Returned After 20 years

According to my sources, though unverified, Liberace was on the original board of the association, helped with the design and architecture of the complex, and then  rebuilt the model home to his own specs. There’s a all kinds of discrepancies and inaccuracies between the assessors records and the Review Journal Story that I’ve posted below.
Liberace sold [...]

UWA’s Black Belt Garden promotes breast cancer awareness

In honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, The University of West Alabama’s Black Belt Garden will dedicate a handmade mosaic bird bath, created in honor of breast cancer patients, at an outdoor ceremony at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 30. The bird bath will be placed in the Pink Garden section of the Black [...]