Artistic expression has a prevalent and powerful history in the Latine community, from dance and music, to the visual arts to comedy. This year’s Latine Heritage Month theme, Illuminating Our Voices, centered educational and celebratory events around the arts – showcasing how diverse Latine experiences can help create a shared connection.  Latine Heritage Month is…

Helping a nation In his 38 years at the Smithsonian, Bunch has seen changes in how government officials view the institution, which is about 62% federally funded, but he maintains that stories like the ones he shared, and the objects that represent those stories, help people understand what it means to be American. By providing…

Visitors appreciating artworks from Fuzhou, capital of Fujian province, at an exhibition in Beijing on Wednesday. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Fuzhou, capital of Fujian province, organized a display of its traditional arts and crafts in Beijing on Wednesday. Hosted by the Fuzhou government and the Chinese Traditional Culture Museum, the exhibition features some 300 items of…

Drop in 12-1:30 next week on October 23 in the MICA Cozy Corner to enjoy some food and engage in an open community dialogue about Black Art, and why it’s so important to do it in public!⁠ You may have noticed that recently the piece “David’s Dream” was put up outside the Driskell Center! Come…

[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] Advertisement The 4th Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Culture and Arts Festival opened to a full house of over 5,000 enthusiastic audience members, with over 2.5 million online views during the live broadcasting. The event featured the world premiere of “Sound River,” a…

For culture workers in the Hudson Valley and the Berkshires, the relationship with their employers is changing. Some entry and mid-level workers in the arts are unionizing, while others are participating in a pay equity project with their employers. But passion doesn’t pay the rent. The struggle for a livable wage is real for these…

GEOFF BENNETT: Detroit has been in the headlines during this campaign season with former President Donald Trump recently comparing the city to a developing nation. But Detroit is increasingly known for its creativity. And one couple is using the arts to turn around an entire neighborhood. Special correspondent Megan Thompson visited Little Village to see…

Government and audience support For several centuries Germany has enjoyed a tradition of governmental support of the arts. Before the founding of the German Empire in 1871, the many small kingdoms, principalities, duchies, bishoprics, and free cities that preceded it—as well as Austria and German-speaking Switzerland—supported the arts; they established theatres, museums, and libraries, and…

Cuba has galleries, art museums, and community cultural centres that regularly display the works of Cuban painters. The most important (all in Havana) are the National Museum of Fine Arts, the Haydée Santamaría Gallery of the House of the Americas, the Gallery of Havana, and the Fortress Castle. There Cuba’s foremost contemporary artists—Wifredo Lam, René…

In its literature, England arguably has attained its most influential cultural expression. For more than a millennium, each stage in the development of the English language has produced its masterworks. William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare, detail of an oil painting attributed to John Taylor, c. 1610. The portrait is called the “Chandos Shakespeare” because it once belonged…