Barrie is now accepting applications for its 2024 Arts & Culture Investment Program. Barrie’s arts and culture community is enhanced by funding the work of not-for-profit arts and culture organizations. Eligible organizations can apply for funding in two categories, including operational funding to support administration and programming needs. The second funding stream is for project…

Before Julia Franklin became executive director of Mainframe Studios in Des Moines, believed to be the largest nonprofit art studio in the nation, she had a studio there. Studio No. 321, with a window. The artist and educator, who departed from her role as a community investment specialist at the nonprofit Bravo Greater Des Moines,…

From Nativity scenes made of soda cans to multicultural interpretations from around the world, Northeast Ohio is home to two places featuring hundreds of displays. In Kirtland, an annual exhibit is on view throughout the holiday season. This is also the peak time for a visit to Akron’s Nativity museum. For centuries, cultures throughout the…

At the XII Board Meeting of the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) on 4 December in Berlin, Germany, Council of Europe Deputy Secretary General Bjørn Berge emphasised that “the work of ERIAC, its results and visibility continue to be essential for promoting Roma inclusion, combating antigypsyism, and for highlighting and promoting Roma…

Aspen City Council members said they were surprised by the scale and cost of a proposed public art program presented during a work session on Monday.  The proposed plan, prepared by two arts consulting firms hired by the city this spring, calls for the city to hire a new full-time employee (salary and overhead costs…

Culture Minister Yu In-chon interviews with the JoongAng Sunday, an affiliate of the Korea JoongAng Daily, at the National Museum of Korean Contemporary History in central Seoul on Nov. 13. [KIM SANG SEON]   It’s the experience that counts — especially if you’re the first two-time culture minister whose previous tenure was the longest and…

Multi-instrumentalist and singer/songwriter Keyven Dunn talks about his passion for music and creating. From his childhood love of drums, to being able to fill in for a band on a moment’s notice on just about any instrument, Dunn can’t imagine life without music.

Held to celebrate the cultivation of arts and letters on campus and in the community, FAU’s Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters hosts its fourth annual Culture, Arts and Society Today (CAST) Party headlining Florida Atlantic University alumnus and Broadway, film and television star Marc Kudisch ’88. Guests of this “friend-, fan- and…

Singapore Art Week 2024 will boast over 150 events and works by over 400 artists, alongside cultural learning and live music shows. It’s that time of the year when Singapore’s arts and cultural landscape comes alive. The Singapore Art Week 2024, featuring 150 exhibitions and programmes put together by 400 partners from all over the…