Ben Rayman
Writings by Ben Rayman mainly appear in the American Chronicle and its other affilates as well as the Art-to-Art Palette Journal.
Articles by Ben Rayman
December 12, 2011
There is a saying that deals with fine wine from Othello, II. iii. (315) by William Shakespeare (1564-1616): It goes, "Good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well used." Nita Leland´s newest book, New Creative Collage Techniques, which is a power-packed fresh updated version of t...
December 06, 2011
(PNAN) – "Collage offers exciting visual effects, spontaneity, and creative expression," says Nita Leland, author of Exploring Color, The Creative Artist, Creative Collage Techniques and Confident Color now presents New Creative Collage Techniques which is billed as a must have guide illustratin...
August 28, 2011
Music has been a strong influence and inspiration for Todd Williamson in the creation of his works. It started with the local church music of his childhood and later it would be the great orchestral and vocal works that he enjoyed as he grew into manhood in the U.S. and Europe.
Todd did ...
June 28, 2011
"The paintings on the wall are haunting and uplifting at the same time." On view at 8130 Santa Monica in West Hollywood..."...I became part of his art and this exhibition, which transformed me into another reality."
June 26, 2011
A new listing of events around the US, including The Vittes Report on the 65th annual Ojai Festival earlier this month and his "Mazda's zoom, zoom, zoom makes classical music go boom, boom, boom.." test ride.
June 26, 2011
(PNAN-USA- Recently in Washington, D.C., at the 173rd meeting of the National Council on the Arts, NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman made known the artists receiving lifetime honorific awards for their significant contributions to their respective fields of jazz, folk and traditional arts, or opera....
June 26, 2011
(AAPNW-OH) – Opening Sunday, July 10 at the Ohio Craft Museum in Columbus, a dual exhibition will feature wood in a variety of forms. The first show, "National Treasures: Art in the Making" is comprised of objects by artists who created their work using wood reclaimed from historic sites. The s...
June 24, 2011
(NWPR-OH) - Barns of the Midwest portray a story of hard work, sacrifice, loss and prosperity and family values. With each new decade, more and more of these landmarks are disappearing, never to be replaced. Referred to as eyesores, past their time or responsible for reducing property values,...
June 12, 2011
She is woman - read her 'roars' - book destined for global recognition.
June 06, 2011
(AAPNW-IN) - Each month Heartland Artists Gallery in Plymouth, Indiana features an area artist that has made a contribution to the world of art. Opening on Wednesday, June 8, "Blast from the Past: The Art and 'Senior Cords' of Rod Heckaman" opens to the public and remains on view through the e...
June 06, 2011
(PNAN-MT) - Fernando Botero´s "Monumental Cat with Whiskers" is on display through the fall at the Yellowstone Art Museum in Billings. The two-ton bronze sculpture was installed into the front planter box of the museum.
Born in 1932 in Medellín, Antioquia, in the mountains of Colom...
May 30, 2011
Stan Hitchcock´s "At The Corner of Music Row and Memory Lane" is a book that recants the many paths he has journeyed on, covering a span of over four decades from the 1960s and through the 1990s, in this book of some 50 plus chapters of stories, his travels records the ins, the outs, ups and do...
May 30, 2011
Released by Art-to-Art PaletteBooks mid-August 2010, that saying that begins with "Only in America…" is true, at least from my own front row and hands-on experience as the human go-between/production editor with the author and the publisher that only speaks in written terms. The good part about...
May 30, 2011
"I Will Always Love You" has factually left its mark on the country charts with massive public appeal acceptance, to the point of topping the charts not once, but a total of three each time it made another Parton debut.
May 30, 2011
George Gallo´s film, "Local Color" has taken the word riveting and has successfully raised its meaning to a new charted height, for this film has opened my eyes more, and has given me the return opportunity to recall the powerful direction I received from my first mentor.
The film truly d...
May 30, 2011
It has been said many of times and in many ways, but I remain completely confident we never forget our first loves; those which become so deep-rooted in the fabric of our self--we just can let them go, regardless where we are in our so-far life travels. For me and to this day, Barbra Streisand´...
May 30, 2011
I have this friend who is quite an exceptional artist with a specialty in cartooning. After reading "Precarious" by Al Riske, I envisioned myself as a general practitioner in family medicine. One of my patients - let us call him Casey, who has a genetic history of hypertension that has brought ...
May 30, 2011
I would not have separated my child from their soulful best friend; those bonds become the pillars to support the weights of sorrows, and nor would I have also chosen the higher educational institution, because I now can afford it to pay the tuition, and then expect for them to not feel the peer pressure of having to travel to and from by ´donkey´ verse their other classmates standard transportation: Daddy´s gifts of sports cars and chauffeurs.
May 30, 2011
This one will reign as the star of the main course served to friends that evening in my ´Cro-Magnon´ retreatment center aka Man Cave, a place where Minnesota Fats would go totally eight-balled over the size of the billiard table, a place where Ted Danson would roar with cheers of delight, and a domain where the entertainment activities include not only the sounds and sights from the roll the dice, cards shuffling, darts as they plunge, but also the audio joys of fun times of fellowship in an action.
May 30, 2011
She adheres to a self-philosophy: "I have learned to do what I do best and leave the rest to the others."
May 30, 2011
...the whole book is a Van Gogh in print...historical document...undoubtedly proved to be also a testament to my good times with Bozo...his tales opened up every vein in my memory to all of my favorite times spent with him.
May 01, 2011
(AAPNW-OH) – What more can readers of all ages and interests ask? – It´s open to all, free and no registration required – and all one has to do is just come to the fifth annual Ohioana Book Festival on Saturday, May 7, which will be in the Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center at 546 J...
May 01, 2011
(AAPNW-OH) – On view at the Ohio Craft Museum in Columbus, the "The Best of 2011" features nearly 100 works in clay, glass, metal, wood, fiber and mixed media by 66 artists. Juror Paula Owen, who is the President of the Southwest School of Art in San Antonio, Texas, selected the work from over ...
May 01, 2011
(NWPR-OH) – Having served as interim dean since August 2010, effectively May 1, 2011 it becomes official for Bonnie K. Mathies, Ph.D., who was appointed dean of the Wright State University Celina Lake Campus. "Dr. Mathies has shown her dedication to this university and its students for more tha...
May 01, 2011
(AAPNW-KY) - "Eli Capilouto represents the right blend of intellect, experience and innovative leadership to become University of Kentucky´s next president," said Britt Brockman, chairman of the UK Board of Trustees. "That combination of skills and attributes is exactly what our instituti...
April 28, 2011
(PNAN-LONDON) - It has been a cornerstone in the international art world since 1907. Known for its tedious selection of "the best of the best", any artist elected into this distinguished entity, The Birmingham Watercolour Society, it has been said, they have risen to the Olympics of the Arts. ...
April 20, 2011
(NWPR-IN) – Opening Thursday, May 5 in the Hugh N. Ronald Gallery at Arts Place, Portland Center, "Embracing the Stitch: Fabric Chronicles" features works by Cathy Jeffers. "I have been designing my art quilts since 2005. What came before was coloring and cutting paper, doll clothes and mud pi...
April 19, 2011
(NWPR-OH) – Nestled in southwestern Darke County Ohio, Greenville Creek gently flows through thirty-five acres of wetland, sowing generations of history along its path. The untouched stream offers generous fresh water, minerals and pristine air to its bank and islands, attracting substantial, ac...
April 19, 2011
(PNAN-VA) – When artists decide how to arrange the subject within the confines of the picture space, they are using a process called "composition." The purpose of composition is to make the work as interesting and expressive as possible, and in the Peninsula Fine Arts Center´s Genesis 201...
April 15, 2011
(PNAN-NM) – Set to open at the Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA) in Santa Fe, "Folk Art of the Andes" on Sunday, April 17, is the first exhibit to bring to US a wide range of folk art from the Andean region of South America, featuring more than 850 artworks dating from the 19th and 20th ...
April 15, 2011
The merge of the visual and performing arts was truly a spring celebration with Art Venti, Sandra Cooper, Felice Willat, Elena Beresnjak, Amy Galaudet, Kaleeka Bond, Jolanta Badyna-Budny, Michael Chearney, Pat Rayman, Georganne Heller, Ruth Dutoit, Dasha Guilliam, Lark, Juan Rosenfeldt, Elisse Pogofsky-Harris, Narine Isajanian, Vered Galor, Sallie-Anne Swift, Armineh Teimourian, Annemarie Rawlinson, Rachael McCampbell, Roy Anthony Shabla, Randal Reel, David Oldrieve, William Emboden, William Haugse, J. Reto, Eva Montealegre, Sel Sarkin, Pashyo Sarkin, SangomaBeat World Music, Saule Piktys, Artie Q, Parviz Azad, Alan Derian, Devin Galaudet, Burton Goldstein, Kinsey Michal, Kevin Nolan, Nyee Moses, S.J. Pettersson, Norman Sachs, Katherine Semple, Andrew Swift, Susan Thampi, Julia Torgovitskaya, Pamela Stein, Jeannette Koekkoek Rusty Wickell and Project Eranos.
April 08, 2011
(PNAN-ME) – It has become noted as one of the principal juried exhibitions for contemporary art in the state of Maine since its inception in 1998. The "Art Biennial" for 2011, which is on view through June 5 at the Portland Museum of Art, is the seventh in a series that showcases the best in to...
April 08, 2011
William Shakespeare said, "One touch of nature makes the whole world kin," and those in the Los Angeles-West Hollywood region can give their senses a feast of springtime at Affinity Galleries.
April 01, 2011
By Mark H. C. Bessire, Director, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine mbessire@portlandmuseum.org – www.portlandmuseum.org - 207.775.6148
"A state long renowned as the home of Frederic Church, Winslow Homer, Andrew Wyeth, Louise Nevelson, Alex Katz, and so many other artists that provide ...
April 01, 2011
(PNAN-ND) - "Creative Communities: The Art of the State of North Dakota," is the biennial Statewide Arts Conference taking place on Tuesday, April 5 and Wednesday, April 6. Regardless if you are an artist, arts administrator, arts educator, or an arts advocate, the conference covers advocacy, ...
April 01, 2011
(PNAN-NM) – Going on view Friday, April 8, at the New Mexico Museum of Art, "Kamilo" (Twisted Waters) is a video installation by Santa Fe artist Robert Gaylor. The video is the artist´s visual record of a growing environmental predicament facing our oceanic ecosystem. Filmed in Hawaii at ...
April 01, 2011
(AAPNW-NY) – Opening Friday, April 1 at the Memorial Art Gallery (MAG) in Rochester, "John Ashbery and Friends: Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror" is an exhibition centering around the 30th anniversary of Writers & Books Special event with the focus on Ashbery, who has been noted as one of Ameri...
April 01, 2011
(AAPNW-KY) – Going on view Friday, April 1, from 5:00-9:00 pm during First Friday Trolley Hop in Louisville at the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, works going on view are by more than 20 international artists who used technology in their creating process. The exhibition, "Craft Meets Technolo...
March 29, 2011
(PNAN-CALIF) - Off in the distance a siren screams but never comes close to deafening the war on the other side of the bedroom wall. School is a refuge but strung with a whole new set of problems. Finally, summer school arrives and a simple, lonely piece of chalk takes the churning, angry bom...
March 29, 2011
(NWPR-OH) – They are Russian musicians, Igor Sklyarov, Vladimir Perminov and Vladimir Popras, who play the glass instruments, producing deep low sounds that give birth by a stream of air like in a usual wind instrument. Movements of their hands, gleams of crystal, gleeful melodies are all insep...
March 29, 2011
(PNAN-CALIF) – Affinity Art Gallery and LarkGallery Online have united in series of events combining visual and performing arts entitled: "Spring Equinox." The following events began with opening receptions recently at 350 East 3rd Street and 216 Promenade in Long Beach. The Fine Art works sho...
March 29, 2011
(PNAN-ME) - From portraits and figure studies to landscapes and architectural studies, "European Drawings" at the Portland Museum of Art is an exhibition that will showcase a spectrum of styles, ranging from an 18th-century caricature to elegant architectural designs, and will demonstrate how d...
March 29, 2011
(AAPNW-TN) – Beginning at 6:00 pm on Tuesday, April 26, at Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville, Faith Hill will the special guest musical artist at the 2011 Symphony Spring Fashion Show. Presented by Marissa Collections of Naples, Florida, the event will showcase the 2011 fall collection ...
March 29, 2011
(AAPNW-IN - Works by Tawara Yusaku, a contemporary Japanese artist known for his highly energetic brushstroke, goes on view Friday, November 11 at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. This first large-scale exhibition titled: "Universe Is Flux: The Art of Tawara Yūsaku" will feature 77 artist...
March 29, 2011
(PNAN-AK) - On Saturday, April 1 at the Anchorage Museum, Fairbanks artist Rachelle Dowdy makes her first appearance with "Juggernauts," an exhibition of sculpture which explores the union of natural world with mankind. The show is part of the Patricia B. Wolf Solo Exhibition Series and will s...
March 29, 2011
(AAPNW-OH) – Set to ´spring´ into action at 6:30 pm and live to 9:30 pm on Friday, April 29, the annual Dublin Arts Council Garden Party will bloom in the Kilgour Building atrium at the Online Computer Library Center campus in Dublin. The proceeds from this annual gala goes to suppo...
March 21, 2011
(PNAN-MT) – World-renowned songwriter, storyteller, recording artist, and television and radio personality, Red Steagall is the recipient of the 2011 Charles M. Russell Heritage Award. He was recently honored at the annual Russell Society Luncheon at the C.M. Russell Museum in Great Falls.
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March 09, 2011
(AAPNW-OH) - Who will be standing center stage and bestowed for one of the three categories: Best Screenplay, Best Voice of Color Screenplay (written by or about people of color), and Best Northcoast Screenplay (set in or about northern Ohio) in the 2011 Ohio Independent Screenplay Awards, whi...
March 09, 2011
(AAPNW-IN) – Roses are red, violets are blue, just so you know there is one outstanding Indiana high school student, who is now new and has been added to the champion ranks in the Poetry Out Loud recitation contest. Warsaw Community High´s Zack Rooker took top honors from a list of 13 fin...
March 09, 2011
(AAPNW-OH) - On view at the Dublin Arts Council through April 22, "All about Evenatom" are works by Professor Emeritus Eugene Friley, who taught for more than four decades at Ohio State University in the ceramics program. The show features thematic reliefs and ceramic sculptures with explorat...
March 09, 2011
(PNAN-CALIF) – "Sound Art is the first in a series of brick-and-mortar exhibitions based on LarkGallery Online´s 2010 international competition, Colors of Life, which involved interactively matching art and music," says Larisa Pilinsky. The show will remain on view through April 27 at Th...
March 09, 2011
(NWPR-OH) – And the winners are in the Findlay Art League´s "Photo 29" show are: Best of Show, Mr. Fred Aldrich Award, Rich Kaplan for "Skyward"; First Place Award, Clifton Harvey, "The Last Tenant"; Second Place Award, Uni-grip, Inc., Timothy Hacker, "Death Valley Truck"; Third Place, Ni...
March 09, 2011
(PNAN-CALIF) - After Tufts University in Boston, where she majored in Music, International Relations and Russian and East European studies and with a minor in Philosophy, Julia Torgovitskaya performed dozens of recitals, including the concert stage circuit. Born Russian and raised in Los Angele...
March 05, 2011
Trifu is on a U.S. 'Paul Revere' ride for the children.