Taking You There: Love Amid Catastrophe With ‘Nydia, the Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii’
Several years ago, I commissioned a fine artist to paint my girlfriend’s favorite photo of her two teenage daughters. They were at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, one with her arm extended, tossing a coin into a large water bowl.
When the painting was completed, I was surprised that the artist had replaced the bowl with a statue. He said the sculpture added depth and enhanced the picture. I had to agree. But what was the piece? Research revealed that it was “Nydia, the Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii.”
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The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Names the 2021 National Medalists and Tschabalala Self as Alumni Achievement Award Recipient
The Program Today Awards National Medals to More Than 1,700 Students Nationwide, Including 16 High School Seniors Set to Receive Awards Highest Honor and $10,000 Scholarship
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Alliance for Young Artists & Writers announced the National Medalists of the 98
th annual
2021 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards the nation s longest-running and most prestigious scholarship and recognition program for young artists and writers in grades 7–12 and named painter Tschabalala Self as this year s Alumni Achievement Award recipient. This annual accolade is given to esteemed alumni whose innovative careers have influenced their industries and who credit their first acknowledgement in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards as a pivotal moment in their teenage years, providing confidence and encouragement to explore the arts and beyon
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âThis is the Lyndon House Arts Centerâs founding and anchor exhibit, which is an annual event 46 years in the making,â said Didi Dunphy, the program supervisor at the Lyndon House Arts Center.
This anchor exhibit is the Lyndon House Art Centerâs 46th Juried Exhibition, which will feature artwork from a range of Athens residents ages 18 and older.
âThis show usually represents people who are just starting their careers as artists, people who are well versed into their career as an artist, hobbyists, craftspeople, all kinds of people,â Dunphy said.
The selection for this yearâs exhibition was judged by guest juror Hallie Ringle. Ringle is the Hugh Kahul Curator of Contemporary Art at the Birmingham Museum of Art, where she has previously curated the Celestia Morgan: REDLINE and Barbie: Dreaming of a Female Future.