This exhibit at the Mathers Museum of World Cultures is a companion piece to the book by Eric Sandweiss, and presents a survey of Cushman’s extraordinary work, an archive of photographs that is the largest known body of early color photographs by a single photographer—14,500 in all, most shot on vivid, color-saturated Kodachrome stock. It will run until December 21.

Mathers Museum hours are:
Tuesday-Friday: 9 am-4:30 pm
Saturday-Sunday: 1-4:30 pm

This installation, running from September 11 to December 31, will focus on three photographers Julia Margaret Cameron, Edward Weston, and Harry Callahan, who used their romantic partners as their subjects. Whether portraits or nude studies, these images reveal a sensitivity that comes from the artists and sitters’ close personal relationships.

This installation is presented in conjunction it the special exhibition “A Place Aside: Artists and their Partners,” on view at the Kinsey Institute Gallery, September 28–December 20.

Artists working in Paris and Lorraine during the Baroque period developed distinctive styles—which focused on the vibrancy of the line—that differed markedly from their Italian and Dutch contemporaries. The two print kiosks in the early part of the gallery feature French works by Jacques Bellange, Claude Lorrain, Jacques Callot, and Claude Mellan, whose engraving is a tour de force of printmaking that creates the face of Christ using a single line.

Seven Bloomington maiolica artists are showing work at the Farmer House Museum from Oct. 5 to Dec. 6, 2012. They are leExposition Universelle. Susan Snyder, who learned the tradition and art of maiolica in Faenza, Italy from traditional artisans, and began to share her knowledge with ceramic artists in Bloomington upon her return, by way of England, in the 1990s. “Majolica”, spelled with a “j”, is the word for a 19 century English and French style, that has little to do with the Italian style, except for the use of metal-based glazes. Snyder practices and teaches the original craft of maiolica, which began in Italy in the 1400s. It is a folk style, in which linear designs are painted in bright colors on plates, bowls and other vessels.

Hours are 10 am -1 pm Wednesday-Friday, 10 am – 4 pm Saturday, 10 am – 2 pm Sunday

Santa Claus will be appearing at the Macy’s Court area of the College Mall from November 17 through December 24. Kids are invited to come meet and greet Santa and pose for photos. Many holiday specials will also be available from retailers. Visit website to see all mall hours, including special holiday hours.

Gallery of the Art of the Western World, Doris Steinmetz Kellett Gallery of Twentieth-Century Art, first floor. The British Pop artist Joe Tilson used tabloid journalism and news photography as the basis for many of his prints and multiples of the late 1960s. Becoming increasingly political, he saw the pictures of revolutionary leaders and current events as a means for social commentary. This installation will include several of his works from this turbulent period.

Runs until December 30. Open during regular museum hours (Tuesday – Saturday, 10 am – 5 pm, Sunday 12 pm – 5 pm.)

Brown County Art Guild’s Annual Member Artists’ Winter Exhibit on Display in the Upper Loft Gallery December 1– February 23. Artists’ reception: Second Saturday, December 8, 5– 8 pm during the Village Art Walk. The exhibit features small paintings by Guild member artists to fit holiday gift budgets. Our Fine Artisans’ Shoppe is brimming with a great selection of handmade artisan wares perfect for holiday gifts, all handcrafted by Indiana artisans! The shoppe features ceramics, jewelry, glass mosaics, wood turnings, books, Member Artist and Marie Goth Collection reproductions, and much more!
Give the gift of art this holiday season! For more information, please visit: http://www.browncountyartguild.org

On Friday, November 30, beginning at 6 pm, The Venue Fine Art & Gifts will host an exhibit of all new ceramic creations by Mark White.

Mark’s ceramic fish are a beauty to behold. Some are three dimensional, some only two. All are colorful, dynamic, delicate, and exquisite. Using reductive techniques, Mark’s creations are truly spectacular.
Also on display will be Mark’s newest large bowls and platters, which are less dramatic that his fish, but have drama that is all their own. They a marked by their unusual color and shape, with an occasional frog included, for good measure.

Our complete collection of fine art and gifts will also be on display for viewing and purchase. Free parking will be available in the lot on the corner of 4th and Grant.

This exhibit will run at The Venue until Thursday, December 6. The Venue is open Tuesday – Saturday, 11 am – 7 pm; Sunday, Noon – 4 pm

Adam Thorman describes his body of landscapes, “What Light Remains in the Absence”, as an ode to the weight of light and the presence of absence. They are soft and subtle visual records of permanence and transience in the forms of rocks and tides on the American west coast. Laura Plageman’s “Response” is an equally thoughtful exploration of the same region. She challenges perceptions and our sense of what is permanent, what is precious, and what is malleable by physically altering the paper of the print and re-photographing the result to form her own new landscapes. These works will be on view together at Pictura, running through December 29.

Pictura Gallery is open 11 am – 7 pm, Tuesday – Saturday.

The Grunwald Gallery of Art is pleased to announce the upcoming BFA Thesis Exhibition. This exhibition will open to the public on Tuesday, December 4, 2012. A Reception will be held on Friday, December 7, from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm in the Grunwald Gallery of Art following the School of Fine Arts Awards Ceremony at 5:30pm in Fine Arts 015.

This exhibition will highlight artworks created by undergraduate Graphic Design, Textiles, Painting, Digital Arts, Jewelry & Metalsmithing, Printmaking, Ceramics, and Photography students in the Bachelor of Fine Arts Program at the Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts at Indiana University Bloomington. To gain professional experience, exhibiting students participate in the planning of their shows and installation of their pieces.

Gallery is open 12 noon – 4pm, Tuesday to Saturday.