Roberta Hanna won first prize in the December Tahoe Art League Contest with a charming 21-by-21-inch silk painting of a sleepy young bear resting in a tree. The original photo was taken by Ernie ...

Over the centuries, silk has become a Chinese symbol, and is often used as a gift to send to a foreigner, especially a hand-painted silk piece. Well, there's a particular Beijing resident that knows ...

Tahoe Art League will sponsor a silk painting open workshop from 9 a.m. to noon Feb. 5, 6, 12, 13 and 20 at the South Lake Tahoe Senior Center, 3050 Lake Tahoe Blvd. All classes are free for the ...

PORT ANGELES — The group in Karen Sistek’s art studio Wednesday demonstrated how small the world has become, as students from three continents gathered for a silk painting course and discovered they ...

While most recall drawing and painting in high school art classes, Laguna Beach students got to try their hand at a very unique medium. Thanks to a grant by Laguna Outreach for Community Arts, silk ...

The female curves are vividly expressed in a series of lacquer and silk paintings at the "Ve Phai Dep" (Painting Women) show in Hanoi. The exhibition, taking place Nov. 1-7 in the art gallery at 29 ...

PORT ANGELES — For centuries, art students have traveled great distances to study under the great masters. Pablo Picasso in Paris, Vincent van Gogh, in the Netherlands, Michelangelo in Rome, Karen ...

The York Art Association (YAA) continues its quarterly member meetings from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, June 12, with demonstrations by local artists for members and the public. Susan Wierzba will be ...

For the past four years as a culture reporter covering the arts, from paintings and sculptures to design and crafts, I’ve visited many exhibitions, talked to plenty of artists and reported extensively ...

NAGAHAMA, Shiga Prefecture--A silk painting dating to the time of Toyotomi Hideyori (1593-1615) will go on display at a special exhibition here following a painstaking restoration. The image, which is ...

This painting on a wooden panel shows scenes from the Central Asian story of the Silk Princess. According to this legend, a Chinese princess smuggled the secret of how to make silk out of China and ...