Category: Arts and Culture

  • Explore Milton’s history through arts and culture lens

    Explore Milton’s history through arts and culture lens

    How much do you know about your community’s history, from an arts and culture standpoint? Those with little insight – or even a lot – on that rich local heritage may want to join Milton Public Library’s The Show Must Go On: Entertainment, Art and Culture in Milton on Jan. 22. Held at the Main…

  • Poet Laureate Lady Brion Wants Artists to Go After Their Dreams

    Poet Laureate Lady Brion Wants Artists to Go After Their Dreams

    Arts & Culture The director of the Pennsylvania Avenue Black Arts District is the second Black woman, and the youngest in the state of Maryland, to hold the seat. By Alanah Nichole Davis | January 2025 —Photography by Schaun Champion Poetry has been a lifelong calling for Brion Gill, aka Lady Brion. Growing up near…

  • Chair named for Creative Scotland review

    Chair named for Creative Scotland review

    Scottish Culture Secretary Angus Robertson has confirmed that Dame Sue Bruce will chair a review of Creative Scotland assessing how the country’s culture sector is being supported. Examining the funding body’s remit, functions and how it can best support the culture sector’s ambitions for renewal, the review’s recommendations are expected to be published in the…

  • The Other Columbus: The arts are not optional

    The Other Columbus: The arts are not optional

    As a city, Columbus struggles with an identity beyond Ohio State football. Leaders both in and out of City Hall have tried all manner of campaigns to crack that particular buckeye, to little avail. While citizens argue about what that identity should be, politicians have basically given the keys to developers and big business to…

  • Salida Arts and Culture Call for Artists

    Salida Arts and Culture Call for Artists

    Local artists are invited to submit heart-themed art for the February show “Follow the Hearts to Salida” at the SteamPlant’s Paquette Gallery. Submission Details: Submit a JPG of your artwork and a completed application to [email protected] by February 1st. Opening Reception: February 6th.

  • City to Receive $30,000 Award from the National Endowment of the arts

    City to Receive $30,000 Award from the National Endowment of the arts

    Published on January 14, 2025       Funds will support a public art maintenance project.  SAN ANTONIO (January 14, 2025) – The City of San Antonio’s Department of Arts & Culture is pleased to announce it has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for a Grants for Arts Projects award of…

  • Treefort Talk: Music artist profiles, window art and Snowfort

    Treefort Talk: Music artist profiles, window art and Snowfort

    Treefort 13 is just around the corner, coming like a freight train loaded with talent — so far, more than 300 artists have signed on to perform across dozens of stages in downtown Boise, from The Shrine to the main stage at Julia Davis Park and beyond. About 48,000 attendees applauded for close to 500…

  • Connecticut Community Foundation launches Arts and Culture Grant Program (US)

    Connecticut Community Foundation launches Arts and Culture Grant Program (US)

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  • Photos: Young people mark Coming of Age Day in Japan

    Photos: Young people mark Coming of Age Day in Japan

    Japan’s Coming of Age Day is a sure sign of winter, arriving after New Year celebrations and before the cherry blossom parties of early spring. The national holiday is held on the second Monday of January. People turn out to admire the elaborate outfits young people don to celebrate the transition from childhood to adulthood.…

  • Hibernation to hyper activity: UAE art season springs to life in 2025

    Hibernation to hyper activity: UAE art season springs to life in 2025

    As part of their five-year partnership, the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) and Mubadala, have announced two new programmes: ‘Artfully Living’ and the ‘House of Artisans Design Competition’. The programmes involve a series of initiatives that promote and reinforce the emirate’s cultural scene. ‘Artfully Living’ marks the partnership’s focus…