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Shannon Elyse Curry and Nneka Jones share an Afrofuturist 'View From Within' at Maitland Art Center gallery

Two talented young painters share their vigorous and colorful work.

By Richard Reep

May 1, 2024

It is impossible to overstate how different the world was in 1937 when André Smith created the Research Studio, now part of the Art and History Museums of Maitland. Knocking over the South's Jim Crow barriers and traditional male art-world barriers, Smith saw within the heart of the artist by collaborating with Zora Neale Hurston in nearby Eatonville, among many others...

Nneka Jones, ‘Destroy the Myth’

Orlando celebrates Black History Month in art at City Hall's Terrace Gallery

Jump at the sun

By Richard Reep
Feb 28, 2024
Gemma Correll and Pinkie Orlando want you to be 'Best Fiends Forever' on Friday

Signature, comic, nail art, flash tattoo — the mind boggles

By Matthew Moyer
Feb 13, 2024
Nude Nite returns to Orlando this week, stretching over three nights

Longtime local celebration of body art is back

By Alexandra Sullivan
Feb 6, 2024
Mount Dora Arts Festival brings hundreds of artists together for an outdoor arts takeover

Downtown arts celebration happens for a 49th year

By Alexandra Sullivan
Jan 30, 2024
Celebrate 10 years of DIY creativity at the Space Station this weekend

A veritable sprawl of independent Orlando artistry

By Matthew Moyer
Jan 26, 2024
Orlando artists Mär Martinez and Leah Sandler respond to personal and global crises with gallows humor

The Uncertainty Principle

By Richard Reep, Kyle Eagle and Jessica Bryce Young
Jan 24, 2024
Get a piece of comics history at the Original Arts Expo coming to Orlando this month

Get yourself a piece of comics history

By Matthew Moyer
Jan 19, 2024
Your Orlando weekend agenda, Jan. 19-21: Science on Tap, Repticon, DIY broadsides and more

The best stuff to do around town with your precious free time

By Kristin Howard
Jan 17, 2024
'Type Out Loud' printed-arts exhibition opens at UCF Art Gallery

Print's not dead — check out this history of the broadside

By Jessica Bryce Young
Jan 8, 2024
Orlando events Dec. 13-19: A new film from Yorgos Lanthimos, a bouquet of Nutcrackers, and lots of local holiday shopping

25 festive activities to keep you busy this week

By Jessica Bryce Young and Kristin Howard
Dec 13, 2023
Snap! Orlando presents the 'Florida Showcase' group art show, opening Friday

Give the gift of art, in a 'Snap!'

By Jessica Bryce Young
Dec 12, 2023
Last weeks to see the intimate portraits of 'us' at the Maitland Art Center

‘(Un)Common Bond: Portraits of US’ by Monica Jane Frisell and Adam Scher

By Richard Reep
Oct 25, 2023
Adventurous female photographers the focus of 'Elemental Landscapes,' opening at Crealdé Friday

By Jessica Bryce Young
Oct 20, 2023
Winter Park celebrates its 50th annual Autumn Art Festival this weekend

Nifty fifty

By Grayson Keglovic
Oct 6, 2023
Orlando diplomat-photographer uses unique access to capture sensitive portraits of Colombian life

Juan David Tena’s show hangs at the Mills Gallery through Sept. 30

By Richard Reep
Sep 27, 2023
Orlando DIY mainstay Sabra Starr exhibits emotional photographic work in ‘Corpo Fantasma’

‘I just want to create a space where it’s safe to feel.’

By Leah Sandler
Sep 27, 2023
It’s your last chance to see Florida artist Emily Martinez’s ‘1-800-Eternity’ installation

The FAVO show closes this weekend

By Victor Rodriguez
Aug 2, 2023
Orlando designer Jeff Matz revisits his Figurehead years at the History Center

Catch a live screenprinting demo and an exhibition tour this weekend

By Matthew Moyer
Aug 2, 2023
Orlando-based painter MJ Torrecampo is among the 10 artists in OMA's 2023 Florida Prize in Contemporary Art

Torrecampo's perspective — literally — is emotional, visceral, vital

By Kyle Eagle
Jun 15, 2023
Art scavenger hunt 'Game of Shrooms' spreads to Audubon Park this weekend

By Sarah Castillo
Jun 7, 2023
Orlando artist Ashley Taylor's new exhibition 'Petty' opens at Snap! on Friday

Our millennials are not OK

By Jessica Bryce Young
May 24, 2023
Orlando artist and architect Richard Reep makes treasure from trash in ‘Burglitecture’

‘It’s a larceny of the landscape, a heinous heist of high design’

By Kyle Eagle
May 10, 2023
Rollins Museum of Art’s ‘One Act of Kindness’ explores the borderlands where cultural connection can happen

By Ginger Wolfe-Suarez
Mar 15, 2023
This week is your last chance to catch ‘In Conversation: Will Wilson’ at Orlando's Mennello Museum

The indigenous people in Wilson’s portraits play an active role in how they are represented

By Ginger Wolfe-Suarez
Feb 8, 2023
Artist-in-residence Shannon Rae Lindsey explores the nature of objects at Casselberry Sculpture House

Process over product

By Nicolette Shurba
Aug 10, 2022

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