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Pass the Mic: Teaching the truth about African American history and culture
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Announcing the 2023 Soros Arts Fellows
NEW YORK—The Open Society Foundations today announced the recipients of their 2023 Soros Arts Fellowships, the preeminent award supporting socially engaged art. This year marks the fellowship’s largest cohort, awarding $100,000 to 18 mid-career artists for impact-driven art projects that propose bold solutions to address the climate crisis, reclaim and uplift indigenous knowledge, and imagine…
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Arts Consulting Group Recruits New Leader for the New England Museum Association
October 24, 2023 – Boston-based search firm Arts Consulting Group (ACG) has assisted in the recruitment of Kayla Coleman as the new executive director of the New England Museum Association (NEMA). Wyona Lynch-McWhite, senior vice president, and Geoff Chang, vice president, led the assignment for the search firm. “The NEMA staff and board are thrilled to welcome Kayla…
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Luminous City Final Saturday set for Oct. 28 in Mansfield
MANSFIELD — The first downtown Luminous City Final Saturday event will take place on Saturday, Oct. 28, with an Artist Popup, Beergarden, and Live Music Event. The event will be hosted at the art installation and venue “Luminous City” located in studio parking lot by Mankind Murals Inc. This event is open and all are…
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creative:impact
Creative industries in Washtenaw County add hundreds of millions of dollars to the local economy. In the weeks and months to come, host Deb Polich, the President and CEO of Creative Washtenaw, explores the myriad of contributors that make up the creative sector in Washtenaw County. John Bommarito / 89.1 WEMU Creative Washtenaw CEO Deb…
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Cultural collaboration between remote Kimberley art centres
WARNING: This story features the names and of Aboriginal people who have died. Among the north-western region’s red escarpments, deep gorges and winding river systems, where heat shimmers across the windswept desert jila, marshlands and spinifex plains, a group of art centres align with a shared purpose through the guidance of cultural practice. In speaking to the…
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A Perspective on Increasing Unionization in the Arts and Culture Sector
Right now, our country is experiencing a historic resurgence in union organizing. For example between October 2021 and September 2022, there was a 53% increase in union election petitions filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Meanwhile, according to the Economic Policy Institute, an estimated 60 million nonunion American workers were interested in unionizing…
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Flagler County Cultural Council Wants You To Know: ‘We’re Here To Stay.’ But It’s Going to Need Help.
Pam Richardson, a member of the Flagler County Cultural Council’s board, presenting the organization’s new website at its annual meeting last Friday at the Flagler County tourism office. (© FlaglerLive) Note: to take the survey to help the cultural council define the future of arts and culture in Flagler County, a community survey, open until…
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Governor Hochul Announces Groundbreaking for $65 Million Flanigan Square Transformation in Troy
Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the groundbreaking for Flanigan Square, a $65 million mixed-use development on River Street in Troy, Rensselaer County. Developed by First Columbia, the project spans three buildings and will include more than 200 units of housing, including low-income and senior housing, an affordable grocery store, and more than 40,000 square feet…
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Lane County Arts and Culture Roundtable
November 6, 2023 | 4:00 p.m. | Wordcrafters 436 Charnelton St. Ste 100, Eugene OR 97401 Join arts leaders from the Lane County community as they answer questions about justice-oriented artistic work. The theme of this conversation is “Yesterday to Tomorrow,” and panelists will speak from their connections to various communities, art forms, and lived experiences and how…
