Spring 2026

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A colorful harbor stretches toward a large church on a hill. Small dots of color create the bright, shimmering landscape.

Notre-Dame de la Garde

By Melanie Meza Lucero When I took a look at the painting I gasped as I fell in love with the colors and composition of it. They were bright and stippled onto the canvas in such a creative way. Some were stippled into the shape of sailboats and some of […]

Several circus performers and musicians stand outside a brightly lit circus tent at night. The figures appear still and orderly, painted with tiny dots of color.

Circus Sideshow

Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque), Georges Seurat, oil on canvas, 1887-88. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Bequest of Stephen C. Clark, 1960. By Chantelle Castillo There it was, towards my right, in Gallery 825. Hung this very alluring but peculiar painting. Circus Sideshow by Georges Seurat. As I witnessed it […]