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On the CBS Evening News
For those of you who missed it last night, you can play your own encore of Charlottesville's CBS news report regarding artPark as one of the top three "Wired-In Businesses." Click here to go to the video. And go here for the web article – make a...
artPark chosen as Most Wired-In Business
Our local CBS affiliate (WCAV) has chosen artPark as one of this area's three "Most Wired-In Businesses." A feature story will run on tonight's 6 o'clock news. Yes... I'll be on TV tonight! Tune in.As part of Sweeps Month, our CBS station (chann...
Things I learned from the Internet
There's a reason why we find it easier to "get" modern art than avant-garde music, and it's not just about our natural conservatism and love of Mozart. >>> Are Liberals smarter than Conservatives? An interesting discussi...
From the art auction front
In September 2008, we posted about the sale of a particularly nice Alan Dehmer photograph ("Low Country", pictured right) that we made to Michael Danoff. Mr. Danoff was the curator and buyer for the famed Neuberger Berman-Lehman Brothers ...
The fall Art Fairs are upon us
October, November and December mark the height of the art fair year. It all starts in London at the Frieze Art Fair and culminates with December’s art-fair-orgy in Miami, Florida (featuring over 20 art fairs in just one week). Needless to say, eve...
Ruth Duckworth, 1919-2009
I'm sad to report the passing of modernist sculptor Ruth Duckworth at age 90. Ms. Duckworth is best known for her abstract (and not so abstract) ceramic sculptures. Her career spanned over six decades. She worked daily, and her reputation as one o...
There\'s a new blog in town
Attention art readers: There's a new art blog in town. Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville's 36 year old not-for-profit art space has launched a blog. They call it Second Look. Read it here. As an art space that is dedicated to bringing cont...
Looking back 25 years
Is a 25 year old observation still relevant? Or is it stale? You decide. What are the arguments about right now? There are arguments about whether it is still OK to paint, to make painted images. There are arguments about the possibility of fe...
UVa Art Museum Renovation
Who can tell me what collection of art the University of Virginia Art Museum is best known for? What area of art highlights their collections? You know... The Williams College Museum of Art is best known for it collection of modern American art (Hopp...
Art After Dark at the Ackland Art Museum
This Friday, September 11, the Ackland Art Museum - on the campus of the Univesrity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - is hosting a talk by photographer (and Migration favorite) Alan Dehmer as part of its Out of the Studio program - the Ackland's ong...
EXCLUSIVE: Arturo Mallmann’s painting technique
This is a rare treat for all of us... Arturo Mallmann has cracked the door to his studio and given us a glimpse at his mystical painting technique. Migration has been proud to represent Arturo and his work on the east coast for over three years. His ...
Damien Hirst rolls in Paris
In a beautiful marketing scheme to promote the Lance Armstrong Foundation’s recent art bikes exhibition called STAGES (hosted by Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin in Paris), Lance Armstrong pedaled a Damien Hirst decorated bike (one of the exhibit's entrie...
Art Bikes for the Lance Armstrong Foundation
During these long, hot July nights with slim pickings on tv, I’ve been tuned into the Tour de France. Thanks goodness I like to cycle and have a general appreciation for what these guys are going through. Not to mention the sheer beauty of both the...
Employment Opportunity at PCA
Piedmont Council of the Arts, the leading arts agency of Charlottesville and Albemarle County, seeks candidates for the Communications Manager position. PCA offers programs and services for artists and arts organizations, educators, and young people ...
Opportunities
ArtInfo, the website for all things Art, has launched a new Art Jobs Board for jobs, internships, residencies, and artist calls for entry. There are categories for nonprofits, museums, artist's assistants and arts administration, as well as consultin...
Opening tonight
Tonight, Laura and I will be headed to Piedmont Virginia Community College to enjoy the opening of Vessels featuring the pottery Tom Clarkson, Kars Marshall and Kevin Crowe (in the North Gallery). The show will run through April 23. Tom Clarkson has ...
Seattle, Washington
Laura and I have returned from a week in Seattle. We covered a lot of ground, saw a lot of beautiful things (landscape and art), ate a lot of food, drank gallons of coffee, and had a terrific time with my brother and his wife – thanks, Ted and Cher...
Call for artists (to donate)
This one goes out to artists in the central Virginia area... Charlottesville's Art in Action (not to be confused with Virginia Artists in Action) is sponsoring an afternoon of art and advocacy on the campus of the University of Virginia here in Charl...
The artPark redesign
Regular followers of artPark have probably noticed a few changes here. After a couple of weeks of digging things up and redesigning the site, the dust has settled and I hope you find your visits to be more informative and entertaining. As always, I w...
Maggie Casey - You saw her here first
This time last year, I reported on a group of artists I saw exhibiting at the American Craft Council's Baltimore exhibition who caught my eye (out of the 700+ artists exhibiting at the convention center). I highlighted a handful of them with a shout ...
Marketing C'ville as a ???Creative Community???
A little while ago, I attended and reported on the Piedmont Council of the Art???s Creative Conversation regarding the Marketing of Charlottesville as a Creative Community. Now, Sean Tubbs of the Charlottesville Podcasting Network has produced and na...
Art Beat
I just spent some time reading Art Beat ??? the arts blog of PBS's Online NewsHour. It was my first time to the site. Check it out here. Art Beat covers news from the world of visual arts, literature, film, music culture and performing arts. Articles...
