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Remain in Light
The inaugural InLight fifteen years ago was held on a First Friday in September and attracted approximately 5,000 curious art lovers along Broad Street. The event’s nonprofit organizers, 1708 Gallery, thought it would be a one-time thing, but they may have underestimated Richmonders love of artwork that glows at night. Returning to its roots and…
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Upper Peninsula Arts, Cultural Organizations To Receive $666,000 From State
—Information compiled by Vicki LaFave— The Michigan Arts and Culture Council (MACC) is pleased to announce that it has recently awarded a total of $666,567 in grants to U.P. arts and cultural organizations and individuals for the 2023 fiscal year. The Upper Peninsula Arts and Culture Alliance (the Alliance) promotes MACC grants to U.P. organizations…
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Chulalongkorn University’s Institute of Thai Studies Presented the Outstanding Thai Heritage Conservation Agency Award 2023
Newswise — The Institute of Thai Studies, Chulalongkorn University, received the Outstanding Thai Heritage Conservation Agency Award for the year 2023 from the Thai Heritage Conservation Day Steering Committee, Fine Arts Department, on Thai Heritage Conservation Day, April 2, 2023, which is also the anniversary of Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn’s birthday. The award is…
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North Carolina’s Nonprofit Arts & Culture Sector Delivered $2.23 Billion in Economic and Social Impact in 2022
The North Carolina Arts Council today announced that North Carolina’s nonprofit arts and culture industry generated $2.23 billion in economic activity in 2022. According to the newly released Arts & Economic Prosperity 6 (AEP6), an economic and social impact study conducted by Americans for the Arts, investments by arts organizations and arts agencies were a…
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U.P. gets $667,000 for arts and cultural funding
<!– SHOW ARTICLE –> ESCANABA — The Michigan Arts and Culture Council (MACC) recently awarded $666,567 in grants to U.P. arts and cultural organizations and individuals for the 2023 fiscal year. The Upper Peninsula Arts and Culture Alliance (the Alliance) promotes MACC grants to U.P. organizations and individuals and include operating grants, which are earmarked…
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Contemporary Indigenous Art of Brazil Comes to Tufts
The Curator is Present Presiding over the entire space, via a video on continuous loop, is Naine Terena (member of the Terena Indigenous people of the Brazilian State of Mato Grosso do Sul). An artist, activist, and educator, Terena curated Véxoa’s original iteration at the Pinacoteca de São Paulo in 2020, the first Indigenous-led exhibition…
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Should San Jose ask developers to pay for public art?
(BCN) — San Jose creatives want more funding for the arts–and they are turning to the city for help. San Jose Arts Advocates, a coalition of art and culture leaders, is asking city officials to move forward on applying a “percent for art policy” on new development to fund art and culture projects. The coalition…
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Country music concert returns to American Corner
Following a five-year hiatus because of the COVID pandemic, a popular concert and top country and bluegrass stars will return Saturday, Nov. 18, to the Curtis Andrew Auction Facility in American Corner.
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Google Arts & Culture Now Includes World Heritage Sites from All Over the Country
Buda Castle in the evening Hungarian World Heritage Sites have been added to the Google Arts & Culture platform, where users can discover new places, attractions, and works of art, as well as learn more about the world’s most important historical events. The company’s press release recalled that the Google Arts & Culture initiative was…
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Area Churches Join Together to Rename Stuart Circle
Jeb Stuart’s name still lives along Monument Avenue despite his statue being removed in 2020. But if neighboring religious institutions have their way, it won’t be for long. “We, as a church, feel very strongly about the need for racial healing in Richmond,” says Jeffrey Jacobs, lay leader and Church Council president of St. John’s…