Category: Arts and Culture

  • Maestro Tan Dun champions Hong Kong’s unique art and cultural diversity on the mainland and abroad

    Maestro Tan Dun champions Hong Kong’s unique art and cultural diversity on the mainland and abroad

    [The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] Advertisement Tan Dun, the Oscar-winning composer, world-renowned musician, and conductor has empowered Hong Kong’s young talents by providing them with global platforms, nurturing artists who are both technically proficient and engaged in international artistic dialogues since his appointment as Hong Kong’s Ambassador for…

  • Mayor Parker Honors Fort Worth’s Rising Young Artists at Recent Exhibition

    Mayor Parker Honors Fort Worth’s Rising Young Artists at Recent Exhibition

    In Texas, Friday night lights shine bright on high school football fields, and athletes walk halls lined with trophies, letter jackets, and applause. But what about the kids who spend their nights hunched over canvases instead of cleats? For nearly a decade now, Fort Worth has been trying to answer that question with something more…

  • Fort Worth arts nonprofits see spike in community fundraising, support after NEA grant cuts

    Fort Worth arts nonprofits see spike in community fundraising, support after NEA grant cuts

    After the National Endowment for the Arts withdrew awards from cultural institutions across the country, Fort Worth organizations impacted by the move say they’re seeing a spike in community fundraising and support. The Welman Project, Transform 1012 N. Main Street and Maroon 9 Community Enrichment lost a collective $120,000 in funding in early May after…

  • Community Spotlight: Arts Missoula annual arts and culture awards

    Community Spotlight: Arts Missoula annual arts and culture awards

    MISSOULA — The Arts Missoula Annual Arts and Culture Awards are coming up later this week. The event takes place on Thursday, May 29, at the Holiday Inn Downtown. Watch the full Community Spotlight video: Community Spotlight: Arts Missoula annual arts and culture awards The doors open Thursday afternoon at 4 p.m. with the awards…

  • Area briefs: HCC recognizes faculty and staff at annual awards ceremony; Bands on Brewster summer concert series kicks off June 5; Williamsburg to hold celebration of arts and culture

    Area briefs: HCC recognizes faculty and staff at annual awards ceremony; Bands on Brewster summer concert series kicks off June 5; Williamsburg to hold celebration of arts and culture

    Daily Hampshire Gazette – Area briefs: HCC recognizes faculty and staff at annual awards ceremony; Bands on Brewster summer concert series kicks off June 5; Williamsburg to hold celebration of arts and culture  <!– !function(n){if(!window.cnxps){window.cnxps={},window.cnxps.cmd=[];var t=n.createElement(‘iframe’);t.display=’none’,t.onload=function(){var n=t.contentWindow.document,c=n.createElement(‘script’);c.src=’//cd.connatix.com/connatix.playspace.js’,c.setAttribute(‘async’,’1′),c.setAttribute(‘type’,’text/javascript’),n.body.appendChild(c)},n.head.appendChild(t)}}(document); –> <!– –> <!– –> Holyoke Community College English Professor Elizabeth Trobaugh of Amherst is the recipient of the 2025…

  • Culture Days 2025 Event Registration is Now Open

    TORONTO, May 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Event registration for Culture Days 2025 is officially open. Individual artists and creators, organizations, groups, and communities can now register at Culturedays.ca to present free arts, culture and heritage experiences for the public to attend as part of a Canada-wide network of activities, concerts and showcases, collective art…

  • Visit Bend Awards $300,000 for Arts and Cultural Tourism Projects

    Visit Bend Awards $300,000 for Arts and Cultural Tourism Projects

    <a href="https://media2.bendsource.com/bend/imager/u/original/23224746/screenshot_2025-05-26_at_10.25.56_am.png" rel="contentImg_gal-23224735" title="Bend Cultural Tourism Fund" data-caption="   Bend Cultural Tourism Fund” class=”uk-display-block uk-position-relative uk-visible-toggle”> click to enlarge Bend Cultural Tourism Fund Twenty organizations dedicated to Bend’s arts and culture scene will receive a total of $300,000 in grants from the Bend Cultural Tourism Fund (BCTF) to spread the word about upcoming events and to…

  • Sedona International Film Festival Unveils Plans for New Sedona Cinema Arts Center at Cultural Park

    Sedona International Film Festival Unveils Plans for New Sedona Cinema Arts Center at Cultural Park

    The Sedona International Film Festival (SIFF) is exploring a transformative relocation to its original home at the Sedona Cultural Park, with plans to develop a state-of-the-art Sedona Cinema Arts Center that will expand year-round programming and deepen the festival’s cultural impact. The move is being considered after SIFF determined that purchasing its current West Sedona…

  • Asian arts and culture celebrated in Annandale

    Asian arts and culture celebrated in Annandale

    A Balijegeg dance from Kalimantan, the Indonesian portion of Borneo. The Eileen Garnett Civic Space in Annandale is becoming the place to be this summer, with events scheduled every month. The most recent event, hosted by Fairfax County’s Community Revitalization Section, was an Asian Heritage Festival on May 24 with live cultural performances, food vendors,…

  • Preserving the George Floyd protest murals: L.A. arts and culture this week

    Preserving the George Floyd protest murals: L.A. arts and culture this week

    This Memorial Day weekend marks the five-year anniversary of George Floyd’s death. Floyd’s murder under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer sparked a protest movement that reached the streets of cities across the nation. In Minneapolis, residents, activists and artists painted murals and messages on plywood boards used to protect storefront windows during the…