It is a painting of startling simplicity. Two farm labourers contemplate their cards above an empty table, their expressions as blank as the austere background against which they are posed, little more than objects in a human still...

Lakeside Arts Foundation is partnering with The Colony Chamber of Commerce to host the "Chalk This Way!" Sidewalk Art Festival on March 24 at Five Star Complex, 4100 Blair Oaks Drive.

Artists, inspired by new scientific and technological discoveries, will be showcasing interactive and new media art forms at the Kinetica Art Fair. On the other side of the globe the Perth International Arts Festival will spring to life with a dazzling display of arts, theater and performance.

Regional artists, local craftspeople, music, food and more will be on featured from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 3 during the Historic Hastings Art Festival on The Stanton Green, just off Main Street, in Hastings.The art is an Homage to Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, a writer whose friendships with the Crackers led to her stories of pioneer life in the swamps.

A local filmmaker's documentary on the art festival that changed the face of downtown Williamsport premieres Monday on WVIA.Lorena Beniquez, originally from Dallas , wrote, directed and produced "Williamsport Art Attack," a documentary that details the

A downtown Fort Myers group says the city unfairly put their monthly art fair permit on the back burner in order to make way for a similar annual event. The mayor denies one group was favored over the other, but adds there is a silver lining.

The 2012 Art and Wine Festival was the best ever, a big success, according to Mary Ann Carson, executive director of the sponsoring Cambria Chamber of Commerce. Main Event tickets had sold out before the festival began Saturday morning, Jan. 28, she said.

The Steam Pump Village Fine Art Festival returns to Oro Valley for its second year Saturday and Sunday.

The 22nd Annual Downtown Stuart Art Festival will be in historic downtown Stuart 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. Feb. 25 - 26.

Mark Swed looks at the opening events by Judy Chicago, Hirokazu Kosaka, James Turrell and John M. White for the Pacific Standard Time Performance and Public Art Festival.