http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/category/visualarts visualarts news from TucsonSentinel.com - Tucson's independent nonprofit online news en Copyright 2010 2010-09-06T13:41:40+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/080310_drug_loot/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/080310_drug_loot/#When: 17:29:19Z John Otis Under a thick layer of dust in a Bogota warehouse lie goods confiscated from drug traffickers that range from fine art to just plain crap, from elephant tusks to dented bicycles. news, business, crime, arts_culture, visualarts, nationworld, breaking, globalpost, mexico_latin 2010-08-03T17:29:19+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/060510_prescott_fired/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/060510_prescott_fired/#When: 17:22:18Z Dylan Smith A Prescott radio host embroiled in a controversy over an elementary school environmental mural is off the air, while the school reversed a decision to lighten the faces of students depicted in the mural. flags, news, politics, education, family, local, arizona, arts_culture, visualarts, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-06-05T17:22:18+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/060410_firestone/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/060410_firestone/#When: 03:58:43Z Dylan Smith Eric Firestone closed his short-lived gallery on North 6th Avenue last month, but may be poised for a grander success in the Hamptons. The furniture and art dealer is opening his “East Coast Space” in East Hampton, N.Y., with the “Warhol, From Dylan to Duchamp” exhibit that debuted in Tucson. flags, arts_culture, visualarts, entertainment, celebs, film, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-06-05T03:58:43+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/060410_prescott_mural/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/060410_prescott_mural/#When: 22:55:22Z Michael Truelsen Artists say Prescott officials have asked them to lighten the faces on children depicted in a school mural. flags, news, politics, education, family, local, arizona, arts_culture, visualarts, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-06-04T22:55:22+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/052510_obamaphoneshop/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/052510_obamaphoneshop/#When: 06:41:12Z Roberto De Vido Is it real or is it Photoshop? Nearly all of the time, somewhat regrettably, it’s Photoshop. nationworld, news, politics, media, opinion, comics, arts_culture, visualarts, breaking, lead_ok 2010-05-25T06:41:12+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/051310_weekend/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/051310_weekend/#When: 03:51:42Z Maggie Golston There is a definite air of civic engagement in the programming offerings of clubs and arts organizations this week, as well as a commitment to the unique cultural hybrid that is Tucson. If the 24-hour news cycle portrayal of your community has made you despair of late, the perfect remedy is a visit to some of these choice weekend events. Boycott your television and embrace some local culture. flags, arts_culture, books, theatre, visualarts, entertainment, film, music, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-05-14T03:51:42+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/051210_dunn/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/051210_dunn/#When: 23:54:03Z Maggie Golston The MOCA Sounds/ Defining Music season will end Thursday with a lecture and performance by composer and sound artist David Dunn. flags, arts_culture, classical, visualarts, entertainment, music, breaking 2010-05-12T23:54:03+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/051110_frazetta/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/051110_frazetta/#When: 19:14:02Z Maggie Golston llustrator and comic book artist Frank Frazella, best known as the illustrator of the covers for Robert E. Howard’s series of Conan the Barbarian adventure novels, died Monday. flags, arts_culture, books, visualarts, entertainment, celebs, film, music, breaking, lead_ok 2010-05-11T19:14:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/051010_voicesinc/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/051010_voicesinc/#When: 18:59:44Z Maggie Golston Voices Inc., a local nonprofit community media project, celebrates another successful academic year with a “free fundraiser” at the Temple of Music and Art on Wednesday. flags, news, education, local, arts_culture, books, visualarts, entertainment, film, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-05-10T18:59:44+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/050710_weekend/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/050710_weekend/#When: 17:44:41Z Maggie Golston Perhaps you are the sort for whom a hike in this heat sounds like a fate worse than death. If so, here are three options for each weekend day to keep you cool. flags, arts_culture, classical, dance, theatre, visualarts, entertainment, film, music, style, todo, food, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-05-07T17:44:41+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/050610_2ndsaturdays/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/050610_2ndsaturdays/#When: 23:12:45Z Dylan Smith The launch of 2nd Saturdays Downtown is Saturday from 5-10 p.m., and features live music at several venues, an outdoor stage, and out on the thoroughfare. Does this new event have the formula for resurrecting a downtown tradition? flags, news, business, downtown, arts_culture, classical, visualarts, entertainment, music, todo, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-05-06T23:12:45+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/042910_weekend/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/042910_weekend/#When: 14:30:55Z Maggie Golston Here at the Sentinel, we would like to commemorate National Poetry Month’s end by invoking Baudelaire’s poetic imperative to “Get Drunk.” Not that this necessitates the imbibing of potent potables; Baudelaire goes on to direct readers to intoxicate themselves “On wine, virtue, poetry, whatever!” flags, local, arts_culture, books, dance, visualarts, entertainment, music, style, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-04-29T14:30:55+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/042810_poetrycenter/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/042810_poetrycenter/#When: 21:36:16Z Maggie Golston The University of Arizona Poetry Center announced today that it received a $49,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to further develop its extensive audio/video collection.  flags, arts_culture, books, visualarts, entertainment, film, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-04-28T21:36:16+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/041810_17words/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/041810_17words/#When: 18:39:55Z Dave Low I do so love a set of rules designed to enforce chaos and disorder. flags, news, politics, crime, opinion, comics, arts_culture, visualarts, weird 2010-04-18T18:39:55+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/041510_17words/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/041510_17words/#When: 00:54:30Z Dave Low As far as the work-to-payoff ratio goes, gag cartoons must be somewhere towards the bottom of the artistic pile. The punch line in a cartoon is typically simple and immediate, and afterward, the cartoon offers its reader little else. There aren’t a lot of layers; unlike a poem or a painting, the cartoon has used up its usefulness as soon as it’s been ‘gotten.’ flags, news, family, opinion, comics, arts_culture, visualarts, breaking, weird 2010-04-16T00:54:30+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/041510_weekend/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/041510_weekend/#When: 22:10:20Z Maggie Golston Spring is in full force, and despite all the blooming and birth around you, perhaps you feel a bit uninspired. Never fear. These ten weekend events are at least as likely to locate your inner muse as your GPS is. flags, arts_culture, classical, dance, theatre, visualarts, entertainment, music, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-04-15T22:10:20+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/041310_17words/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/041310_17words/#When: 23:34:30Z Dave Low I’m not one of those types who sews a Canadian flag onto his backpack when traveling overseas. I’m just not. That’s because I don’t sew very well. The fact is, during my last sojourn to Europe in 2004, I faced an up-hill climb in combating the stereotypes Europeans (those I talked to, anyway) had of Americans as loutish, close-minded, vainglorious oafs (with access to long-range missiles and a sense of entitlement). Now, either those attitudes were based somewhat in truth or the Europeans I met happened to be as close-minded as they believed my countrymen to be. Or both. I’d like to say that I fought the good fight and dispelled some stereotypes, but my cause was not aided by the fact that Bush was visiting the continent at the time. And that I behaved pretty much like an oaf. A loutish one at that. nationworld, opinion, comics, arts_culture, visualarts, weird 2010-04-13T23:34:30+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/041210_artscrisis/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/041210_artscrisis/#When: 17:40:08Z Maggie Golston Michael W. Kaiser, president of The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts told Tucson arts leaders Monday that groups that all arts nonprofits, and particularly ethnically diverse groups, need to increase private funding. flags, news, business, arts_culture, books, classical, dance, theatre, visualarts, entertainment, music, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-04-12T17:40:08+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/040810_weekend/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/040810_weekend/#When: 21:50:13Z Maggie Golston Before you slather yourself in sunblock and head out to Spring Fling this weekend, or Sunday’s KFMA Day at the Pima County Fairgrounds, why not give yourself a nice dose of culture? It’ll only hurt a bit. flags, arts_culture, theatre, visualarts, entertainment, film, music, todo, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-04-08T21:50:13+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/040110_17words1/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/040110_17words1/#When: 00:26:28Z Dave Low In the lives of many young art enthusiasts, frames are extravagances that go unnoticed until the fateful day that they head over to Michaels, concert poster in hand, and learn how ridiculously expensive custom framing is. flags, news, family, opinion, comics, arts_culture, visualarts, weird 2010-04-04T00:26:28+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/040210_streeter/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/040210_streeter/#When: 16:45:43Z Victoria Blute Alex Streeter, a world-famous jewelry artist and silversmith, has relocated to Tucson after a 30-year stint in SoHo. His long-time fascination with ghosts, gold mines and cowboys, the Gem, Mineral and Fossil Showcase and the rodeo connection brought him to Tucson. flags, news, business, local, arts_culture, visualarts, entertainment, style, breaking 2010-04-02T16:45:43+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/040110_weekend/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/040110_weekend/#When: 19:54:43Z Maggie Golston Plan your three-day weekend with the Sentinel. In addition to the KXCI Festival en el Barrio Viejo and the 28th Tucson Poetry Festival, there is plenty to do in Tucson this weekend. flags, local, arts_culture, books, dance, theatre, visualarts, entertainment, film, music, style, todo, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-04-01T19:54:43+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/032610_17words/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/032610_17words/#When: 17:34:42Z Dave Low When it comes to visual art, I’m one of those people who, unless it’s really obvious, doesn’t tend to “get” when things aren’t what they’re actually “supposed to be.” flags, opinion, comics, arts_culture, books, visualarts, breaking, lead_ok, weird 2010-03-26T17:34:42+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/032510_weekend/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/032510_weekend/#When: 18:40:21Z Maggie Golston You probably know about Powhaus’ “Trash” and Ted Leo, but here are seven more weekend events you won’t want to miss. flags, arts_culture, books, dance, theatre, visualarts, entertainment, music, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-03-25T18:40:21+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/032410_postcommodity/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/032410_postcommodity/#When: 19:43:16Z Maggie Golston This Thursday and Saturday, MOCA begins a new lecture/performance series. MOCA Sounds/Defining Music starts with the Postcommodity collective, a multi-disciplinary art and performance group. flags, arts_culture, visualarts, entertainment, music, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-03-24T19:43:16+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/031310_warholcolombia/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/031310_warholcolombia/#When: 17:19:36Z John Otis With run-down schools and museums few and far between, rural Colombia can be a cultural wasteland. Beer and eight ball is about as high-brow as it gets. So what’s Andy Warhol doing out here? nationworld, arts_culture, visualarts, breaking 2010-03-13T17:19:36+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/031110_weekend/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/031110_weekend/#When: 20:26:34Z Maggie Golston It would be a sin to miss this weekend’s events in Tucson. Below find seven promising options. flags, arts_culture, classical, visualarts, entertainment, film, music, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-03-11T20:26:34+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/030910_aviles/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/030910_aviles/#When: 23:00:50Z Michael Moffett Rising out of tidal terrain reclaimed from generations of pollutant industries, the outer structure of the Oscar Niemeyer International Cultural Center promises a brighter future for those living in this secluded land of Spain’s north. flags, arts_culture, visualarts, breaking 2010-03-09T23:00:50+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/030510_mocaopen/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/030510_mocaopen/#When: 19:17:54Z Maggie Golston On Saturday, MOCA opens its new, permanent home to the public with “Made in Tucson/Born in Tucson/Live in Tucson.” flags, local, arts_culture, visualarts, entertainment, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-03-05T19:17:54+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/030410_weekend/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/030410_weekend/#When: 20:26:17Z Maggie Golston As the weather warms, it may occur to Sentinel readers that getting off the screen, out of the house and into the world is the best laid plan. Hatch your weekend itinerary from the events below. flags, arts_culture, dance, theatre, visualarts, entertainment, celebs, film, music, style, food, bars_drinks, eating, restaurants, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-03-04T20:26:17+00:00