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Arts Benicia goes ‘dark’ for curated exhibit

September 14, 2018 by Nick Sestanovich Leave a Comment

Although most would rather not think about it, the Halloween season is starting to creep in. Just look at all the Halloween decorations in stores, advertisements for pumpkin spice lattes and emergence of Halloween specialty stores— all in the middle of September. Arts Benica’s curated exhibition, “After Dark,” is not Halloween-themed, but it is still […]

Filed Under: Features, Front Page, News, The Arts, Visual Arts Tagged With: art exhibit, Arts Benicia, Benicia, jen tough

Arts Benicia brings out the glass for new juried exhibition

July 20, 2018 by Nick Sestanovich Leave a Comment

If its newest juried exhibition is anything to go by, Arts Benicia has a heart of glass. That is a compliment, as demonstrated by the creative ways artists from all over have chosen to incorporate glass. If you need proof, it can be seen in the exhibit “Cutting Edge— Nontraditional Glass,” which opens tomorrow in […]

Filed Under: Features, Front Page, News, The Arts, Visual Arts Tagged With: Arts Benicia, Benicia, Carrie Lederer, Clifford Rainey, glass, juried exhibit, Mary B. White

Benicia offering art, movie camps for artistically inclined children

May 25, 2018 by George Johnston Leave a Comment

For those who have children interested in the arts, then Benicia has the perfect outlet for them: EcoArt Camp. Arts Benicia’s summer camp, now in its fifth year, will once again provide children with the opportunity to attend three class sessions to learn more about and practice the craft of art. The first session, “Cartoon […]

Filed Under: Features, Front Page, News, The Arts, Visual Arts Tagged With: Arts Benicia, Benicia, EcoArt Camp, Incrediflix, movie making, summer camps

CSC to review grant reports Monday

May 18, 2018 by Nick Sestanovich Leave a Comment

The Community Sustainability Commission (CSC) will discuss its semi-annual grant reports and provide necessary direction to staff at its Monday meeting. Six grant reports are on the table for the CSC: those for Arts Benicia, Benicia Community Gardens, Bicycle Benicia, the Economic Development Department’s Business Resource Incentive Program (BRIP), the Parks and Community Services department’s […]

Filed Under: Features, Front Page, News Tagged With: Arts Benicia, Benicia, Benicia Community Gardens, Business Resource Incentive Program, Community Sustainability Commission, drip irrigation expansion, grant reports, turf replacement

Benicia preparing for Open Studios this weekend

May 3, 2018 by Editor Leave a Comment

By Jean Purnell Special to the Herald Over 90 artists and galleries are participating, and many of said artists have been preparing for months for the big event: it’s Benicia Open Studios, taking place on May 5 and 6, one of the largest, most widely advertised opportunities for the artists to exhibit their work, discuss […]

Filed Under: Features, Front Page, News, The Arts, Visual Arts Tagged With: Arts Benicia, Benicia, Open Studios

Arts Benicia highlights ‘Next Generation’ of local student artistry

March 11, 2018 by Nick Sestanovich Leave a Comment

Once again, the artistic youth of Benicia have their works displayed in the same gallery often reserved for seasoned artists. In other words, Arts Benicia’s “Next Generation” exhibition is open for viewing. “Next Generation,” a semiannual exhibit showcasing work by Benicia artists ranging from kindergarteners to high school seniors, had its official opening yesterday. The […]

Filed Under: Education, Features, Front Page, News, The Arts, Visual Arts Tagged With: art, Arts Benicia, Benicia, Benicia Unified School District, exhibit, Next Generation

Annual Arts Benicia program returns to bring local artists together

January 25, 2018 by Nick Sestanovich Leave a Comment

The biggest gathering of Arts Benicia’s member artists’ works will return to Benicia on Saturday, with one of the gallery’s longest-running annual exhibitions “The Art of a Community.”    Since its inception in 1995,  “Art of a Community” has been a means to showcase the work of Arts Benicia member artists from the community and […]

Filed Under: Features, Front Page, News, The Arts, Visual Arts Tagged With: Art of a Community, Arts Benicia, Benicia, Mary Shaw

Arts Benicia to host After School Art program at Farmar in February

January 24, 2018 by Nick Sestanovich Leave a Comment

While a school day is not always enough time to learn the basics of art, Arts Benicia is here to make sure creatively inclined students have additional opportunities to hone their craft. After School sessions will be held at Mary Farmar Elementary School throughout February. Arts Benicia’s After School program, sponsored by Benicia Unified School […]

Filed Under: Education, Features, Front Page, News, The Arts, Visual Arts Tagged With: Arts Benicia, Benicia, Benicia Unified School District, Les Overlock, Mary Farmar Elementary

Benicia organizations to participate in Giving Tuesday

November 26, 2017 by Nick Sestanovich Leave a Comment

In the first few days after Thanksgiving, the sequence goes like this:Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, a break on Sunday, Cyber Monday, Giving Tuesday. Giving Tuesday was founded in 2012 by New York community center 92nd Street Y and the United Nations Foundation as a means to support organizations through charitable means and kick off […]

Filed Under: All Topics, Features, Front Page, News Tagged With: Arts Benicia, benciia library foundation, Benicia, Benicia Education Foundation, Benicia Historical Museum, giving tuesday, Sustainable Solano

Arts Benicia exhibit to honor ceramic work of Arneson, students

October 13, 2017 by Editor Leave a Comment

By Larnie Fox Special to the Herald There is a show just installed at Arts Benicia – opening Saturday – that you need to see. It’s called Bay Area Clay – a Legacy of Social Consciousness. It is a true blockbuster, one of the most interesting and important shows Arts Benicia has produced in its […]

Filed Under: Features, Front Page, News, The Arts Tagged With: Arts Benicia, Benicia, ceramics, larnie fox, Lisa Reinertson, Robert Arneson

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