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Editor's Letter: Place

Thursday, May 28, 2026 | Frank Juárez

The idea of place can conjure a variety of meanings, interpretations, and responses. For me, the first image that comes to mind is a table. This inanimate object has deeper relevance because it provid ...

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A Cherry Blossom Tree Study: Kinesthetic Learning with Children and Parents

Thursday, May 28, 2026 | Aileen Pugliese Castro

Spring invites us to notice growth both indoors and out. In an Art with Mommy early childhood class (ages two to three), we observed the trees and flowers changing just beyond our classroom—espe ...

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National Hamburger Day: Art by Claes Oldenburg (1929-2022 US, born Sweden)

Thursday, May 28, 2026 | Karl Cole

National Hamburger day – origin unknown – has been celebrated since 2010 as a tribute to the beginning of summer. Who better to make fine art out of a hamburger than Pop artist Claes Olden ...

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Artist Birthday: Arturo Herrera (US, born 1959 Venezuela)

Wednesday, May 27, 2026 | Karl Cole

Arturo Herrera’s work includes collage, works on paper, sculpture, relief, wall painting, photography, and felt wall hangings. His work taps into the viewer’s unconscious—often inter ...

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Artist Birthday: Ashley Bickerton (1959-2022 US)

Tuesday, May 26, 2026 | Karl Cole

Ashley Bickerton’s work was symbolic of the late 1900s current in Neo-Geo movement in which surface and composition were secondary to the emphasis on documenting past attempts to order society w ...

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Artist Birthday: Tsujimura Shirō (born 1947 Japan)

Friday, May 22, 2026 | Karl Cole

Like many of the Japanese artists born after World War II (1939-1945), the art of Shirō Tsujimura is a reverent combination of honoring ages-old Japanese artistic traditions, and adding contemporary a ...

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Artist Birthday: Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528 Germany)

Thursday, May 21, 2026 | Karl Cole

Like the great Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Albrecht Dürer was a singularly “Renaissance Man.” He was not only an accomplished printmaker and painter who ...

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Artist Birthday: William Thornton (1759-1828 US)

Wednesday, May 20, 2026 | Karl Cole

William Thornton was once called “First Architect” because his design for the US Capitol building was accepted by America’s first president. He is one of the architects responsible f ...

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Artist Birthday: Gabriele Münter (1877-1962 Germany)

Tuesday, May 19, 2026 | Karl Cole

Gabriele Münter was one of numerous women artists associated with German Expressionism. For some time she was a companion of pioneer abstractionist Vasily Kandinsky (1866-1944). There is nothing ...

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National Visit Your Relatives Day

Monday, May 18, 2026 | Karl Cole

What better way to observe this national day than by visiting family, such as these three adorable children (of ten) of the Lincoln family from New York state? Precious little is known about American ...

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National Bring Someone Flowers Day: Art by Joseph Blackburn (ca. 1730-ca. 1778 US)

Friday, May 15, 2026 | Karl Cole

Although the origins of this national day are obscure, National Bring Someone Flowers Day has been celebrated on 15 May to encourage the spur-of-the-moment gesture of giving flowers to someone dear. B ...

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Artist Birthday: Richard Estes (born 1932 US)

Wednesday, May 13, 2026 | Karl Cole

Like the American Scene works of Edward Hopper (1882-1967), Richard Estes’ Photorealistic views of American cities and towns are virtually devoid of a human presence outside of the evidence of t ...

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Artist Birthday: Frank Stella (1936-2024 US)

Tuesday, May 12, 2026 | Karl Cole

The paintings, sculptures and installations of Frank Stella have defied a single stylistic designation throughout his career. He among the many artists who established their mature artistic vision in ...

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A Weekly Beauty Attack

Monday, May 11, 2026 | Karl Cole

Beauty Attack Monday 11th of May is also the birthday of major Op Art artist Yaacov Agam (France, born 1928 Palestine [present day Israel]). Agam along with Julio le Parc (born 1928 Argentina) and Jes ...

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This Day in History: Passing of Pietro Longhi (1702-1785 Republic of Venice)

Friday, May 8, 2026 | Karl Cole

The Republic of Venice was established as a Duchy of the Byzantine Empire in 697, and was nominally its own country until Napoleon conquered Italy in 1797, not long after Pietro Longhi’s passing ...

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National Packaging Design Day: Art by Ruben Rausing

Thursday, May 7, 2026 | Karl Cole

National Packaging Design Day was first observed in 2015. Design Packaging, a company known for crafting creative and functional packaging, established this day to honor the designers who bring produc ...

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