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Things to Do: Local art and theater and a musical from across the pond Check out art exhibits at Speedwell Projects and a Mayo Street Arts Pop-Up Gallery Photo by Matt Crockett Streaming through Tuesday, April 20. Via Strand Theatre, $15. rocklandstrand.com Find a comfortable spot at home and travel with the Strand Theatre to London for a filmed production of the Tony Award-winning musical “Kinky Boots.” The show is based on actual events involving Charlie Price who inherited a show factor...

March 8, 2021 at 9:10 PM BERNARDS TWP., NJ _ The Farmstead Arts in Basking Ridge is showcasing the works of Ridge High School’s Advanced Placement (AP) Studio Art, AP Photography and Photography III students in an online exhibit entitled "Portraits: The Artists View." The show will run online at www.farmsteadartscenter.org through April 16. Under the guidance of Wendell Jeffrey, Ridge High School Art Teacher, and William Ortega, Ridge High School Photography Teacher, 48 student artists c...

For Subscribers Maine Arts Commission says hiring head of its board, though unusual, is the right move at a crucial time David Greenham will step down from the board to begin a two-year term as the interim executive director. Share David Greenham in his Gardiner home. Greenham, the current chairman of the Maine Arts Commission’s board, will become its interim director of the Maine Arts Commission in March, for a two-year term. Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer The Maine Arts Commission has hi...

New Belfast studio aims to bring glassblowing to the masses Waterfall Arts plans to start hosting affordable classes in the spring at the community studio. Share Seen through doors on a newly constructed wall, glassblower David Jacobson repairs part of a glassblowing furnace in a basement room at Waterfall Arts in Belfast. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer Glassblower David Jacobson had been toying with moving from Montville to Belfast when the pandemic forced his decision. An artist and teache...

By None on 1/22/2021 Retail Profile: Kensington A discussion of furniture design trends that also examines the relationship between form, function and what consumers will be looking for to meet their home furnishings needs as we exit the pandemic.   For this installment of the Design & Designer series, Furniture World interviewed SCAD (Savannah College of Art and Design) professor Sheila E...

Jack Lenor Larsen, 1927-2020 Weaver, designer, collector, gardener, author, world traveler, entrepreneur, teacher, and cultural scholar, Jack was mentor to textile connoisseurs, designers, artisans and artists. 30th December 2020 Jack Lenor Larsen died peacefully on the evening of December 22, 2020 of natural causes in East Hampton, New York at LongHouse Reserve, the 16-acre garden and arts center that is his legacy.  Larsen’s, companion of more than 30 years, Peter Olsen, was at his side. ...

Jack Lenor Larsen Founder of LongHouse Reserve & Larsen Fabrics Has Passed Away Larsen’s remarkable career as a textile designer began in the early 1950s when he founded his studio, Jack Lenor Larsen Inc., in New York City.by BWW News Desk Weaver, designer, collector, gardener, author, world traveler, entrepreneur, teacher, and cultural scholar, Jack Lenor Larsen was mentor to textile connoisseurs, designers, artisans and artists throughout his eventful and gratifying 93 years. He died peace...

Jack Lenor Larsen, Innovative Textile Designer, Dies at 93 He blended ancient techniques and modern technology to weave fabrics that are in the collections of MoMA and the Louvre, which gave him a one-man retrospective. Jack Lenor Larsen in his studio in 1982. His textile designs influenced artists and architects, and his work is in major museums around the world.Credit...Susan Wood/Getty Images By Julie Lasky Dec. 23, 2020 Jack Lenor Larsen, a textile designer who blended ancient techniques an...

December 23, 2020 Jack Lenor Larsen EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. — December 22, 2020 — Weaver, designer, collector, gardener, author, world traveler, entrepreneur, teacher, and cultural scholar, Jack Lenor Larsen was mentor to textile connoisseurs, designers, artisans and artists throughout his eventful and gratifying 93 years. He died peacefully on the evening of December 22, 2020, of natural causes in East Hampton, N.Y., at LongHouse Reserve, the 16-acre garden and arts center that is his legacy. ...

Dorothy Gill Barnes, 93, Artist Whose Raw Material Came From Trees, Dies She created works from bark, wood and roots, sometimes carving patterns into trees and waiting years to see the scarring. She died of complications of Covid-19. Dorothy Gill Barnes, a sculptor in bark and wood, could make tree fiber seem as malleable as clay. Credit...Tom Grotta Published Dec. 17, 2020Updated Jan. 1, 2021 This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. Read about o...