Collaborative Campaign for the Arts
If you call Central Florida “home,” then United Arts of Central Florida encourages you to help make your community an Arts for ALL community, by making a donation to the 2018 Collaborative Campaign for...
The Mills 50 Dumpster Art Project wins Main Street Award!
The Mills 50 Dumpster Art Project, made possible through funds from the Mayor’s Matching Grant program won the City of Orlando Main Street Award for “Best Design!”
Fifteen dumpsters, painted by local artists, were transformed into pieces of...
Asian Art Museum Sweeps Industry Awards
Critically-acclaimed exhibition The Rama Epic wins multiple prestigious accolades from Association of Art Museum Curators and American Alliance of Museums
San Francisco, May 12, 2017 — The Rama Epic: Hero, Heroine, Ally, Foe, an unprecedented...
Sculpture Recreates Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ in 50,000 LEGO
Japanese LEGO builder Jumpei Mitsui tweeted his new work, one of Japan’s most iconic images — the recreation of Katsushika Hokusai’s “The Great Wave off Kanagawa.” The wave effect is super three-dimensional and dynamic. It...
First Exhibition to Pair Rival Artists Kuniyoshi and Kunisada at MFA Boston
AUGUST 11–DECEMBER 10, 2017
In August, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), opens an exhibition of works by rival artists Utagawa Kunisada (1786–1864) and Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797–1861), the two foremost designers of ukiyo-e woodblock...
Unique Wings To Walls Mural Unveiling Celebrates Orlando B-Boy Dance Talent
As part of the Wings to Walls art in public places initiative partnership by the Mills 50 District and Red Bull, local artist Andrew Spear is creating and unveiling the second of a three-part...
Orlando Museum of Art Announces Themes for its 2018-2019 1st Thursdays Season
Presented by the Associates of the Orlando Museum of Art (OMA), 1st Thursdays parties are held on the first Thursday of every month from 6-9 pm. 1st Thursdays is an opportunity for the Central Florida community to...
SAINTS AND KINGS ARTS, CULTURE, AND LEGACY OF THE SIKHS
MAR 10 — JUN 25, 2017
Celebrate the artistic and cultural heritage of the Sikhs.
With nearly 27 million adherents worldwide, Sikhism is among the world’s largest religions, and also one of the youngest. A diverse...
Taiwanese collection of priceless violins to make a homage visit to Cremona, Italy
On September 18, during a ceremony at the Chi Mei Museum in Tainan City, Taiwan, a collection of violins were displayed to the media and given a suitable sendoff by their caretakers before embarking...
Meet the Global Peace Film Festival’s Executive Director
First established in 2003, Nina Streich was hired to create the Global Peace Film Festival (GPFF) here in Orlando.
“The festival started in 2003 - the year the Iraq War began and the motivation for it...