As society addresses and attempts to rectify the rampant sexism plaguing creative as well as commercial communities, social media provides a platform for survivors to voice their experiences. Movements like #MeToo and #TimesUp create community for the abused, and unity for advocating change. But not all experiences fit neatly into a tweet, and not all pain can be conveyed [...]
Jean-Claude Rasch is the Editor-in-Chief for ArtScene Press. Photos: Jean-Claude Rasch
ArtScene Press will be in Miami for Art Week 2018. We will be covering many of the art fairs including Art Basel Miami Beach, Aqua Art Miami, Art Miami, Context and many more. If you haven’t already, please follow us on Instagram @artscene_press for more daily content. Jean-Claude Rasch of Orlando is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief for [...]
Dangerous Women, the current exhibition at The Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College, is a collection of artworks on loan from the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota. Primarily from the Renaissance and Baroque periods, the works in this exhibition offer an intense and insightful exploration of the way women are portrayed in art. [...]
Shifting Gaze is an exhibit drawn from works on loan from the collection of Dr. Bob Feldman, to the Mennello Museum of American Art. Although the artists included in this exhibit represent a wide range of aesthetics and backgrounds, each piece is a testament to the power of visual media in how they use the language of culture to [...]
Orlando has many notable venues, ones you must make a point to visit. But only one continuously brings the best indie music and events, and that’s Will’s Pub. This well-loved dive bar in the Mills 50 district has been serving Orlando since 1995 with not just brews and booze but the best in audio and visual music. Will’s set [...]
The Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Brooker Sr. Grand Gallery of Orlando Museum of Art has been transformed into a fantasy world where trash becomes treasure and an art exhibition becomes a fully engaging art experience. Guests approaching the gallery encounter a massive wall of swirling colors and large mirrored letters spelling out the show’s title. Nick Cave: FEAT. [...]
Chiang Mai, Thailand, and Central Florida have a few things in common. Both are tourist destinations with lush subtropical climates. And both desire international recognition as art centers. One big difference: Thailand has had the largest number of political coup attempts in the world, making it one of the least stable governments and a difficult place to define a [...]
Downtown Arts District, a City of Orlando agency, makes art accessible throughout the city and perhaps most notably at CityArts Factory at Orange Ave. and Pine St. for the past 12 years. The district’s mission lives on—but starting in January, it will live in its new home: a vintage building two blocks up the street. The new location is [...]
Time Stretch, the current exhibition at the UCF Art Gallery, is a resplendent commentary on the joyful absurdities of everyday life. Artists Erin Elizabeth and Harry William Sidebotham II have combined their creative energies to produce Time Stretch under the name Elizabeth/Sidebotham. With each artist contributing equal parts to the art-making process—a parallel to their personal relationship—Time Stretch explores [...]
