Breathing Color Passes Archival Testing with International Fine Art Trade Guild (Centre Daily Times)

Following testing and approval by the International Fine Art Trade Guild, Breathing Color, Inc. has issued Archival Quality Certificates for three award-winning products it designs for the fine art and photography markets. The certificates, which provide an assurance that archival standards for print permanence are met, are for the firm's Chromata White Canvas, Elegance Velvet Fine Art Paper, ...

COM offers free art lecture (Galveston County Daily News)

TEXAS CITY — The College of the Mainland Fine Arts Gallery will host a lecture by artist Benito Huerta at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Cushing prepares for Festival in Park (Stillwater NewsPress)

Fine art and live entertainment will highlight the 20th annual Festival in the Park in Cushing’s Memorial Park Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Bleu Acier and Bustillo y Diaz Cigar Factory: Artists Handwriting and 2008 FloCas (Creative Loafing Tampa)

By Megan Voeller Around this time each year, fall arts season kicks into full gear, and the sheer number of visual arts exhibitions can be difficult to keep up with. For your perusing pleasure, here are a couple of shows currently on view or opening this week that are worth making time for. • Tampa Heights print atelier Bleu Acier invites artists represented by New York's Haim Chanin Fine Arts ...

Costume designer to be honored (Sonoma Index-Tribune)

Linda Rawls, who has translated the language of clothing into dramatic art for more than 26 years, has been named 2008 Treasure Artist of the Year by Sonoma's Cultural and Fine Arts Commission.

Deaf student fulfills goal of attending art college (Fontana Herald News)

At just 15 months old, at a time when babies are soaking up the sights and sounds of their surroundings, Joshua Conrad, now 27, lost one of his senses: his hearing.