LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Arts Council and Arkansans for the Arts have announced that the state of Arkansas’ nonprofit arts and culture industry generated $306.4 million in economic activity in 2022. That economic activity – $202.1 million in spending by nonprofit arts and culture organizations and $104.4 million in event-related spending by their audiences…

A national study has found that arts and culture have made significant contributions to the Wichita economy.   An Economic Prosperity Study was conducted by the organization Americans for the Arts. The study said the arts generated $184.7 million in economic activity in 2022.   That involved $78.5 million in spending by arts and culture organizations and…

Oct 21, 2023, 8:26pmUpdated 35m ago By: News 12 Staff The first ever “Yonkers Fall Arts Festival” got underway in the city on Saturday, featuring live art demos, music and food. Ray Wilcox, executive director of Yonkers Arts, said the free event aims to expand Yonkers’ arts and culture scene. Wilcox added that the Carpet…

Scott DeVine took over both the administrative and artistic duties at Ensemble Theatre Company this month as the organization’s permanent Executive Director. | Credit: Courtesy Launching its 45th anniversary season earlier this month with the satirical comedy The Thanksgiving Play, Ensemble Theatre Company (ETC) appointed industry veteran Scott DeVine to the permanent position of executive…

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mayoral candidates John Krol and Peter Marchetti discussed the city’s cultural economy on Tuesday at the Colonial Theatre.   Hosted by Berkshire Theatre Group and moderated by Senator Paul Mark, the forum covered topics ranging from workforce housing and youth engagement to panhandlers and ride-hailing services.   Questions were solicited from cultural…

Image via Taste of Soul Expect a crowd. That’s our theme today, because this Saturday features boatload of big public events around Los Angeles… all free and open to the public. On deck for today in L.A. you’ll find Grand Ave Arts: All-Access in DTLA, Taste of Soul in Crenshaw, Procession at L.A. State Historic…

The rivalry between France and England is long-running and bitter. The Wikipedia entry for “France-United Kingdom Relations”, at more than 15,000 words, is almost the length of a novella. Since William the Conqueror did what his name suggests in 1066, the French and English have vied for superiority with swords, guns, words and—more recently—art auctions.…

Thanks to the visiting scholars’ program, Ohio University Eastern welcomes professional artist Hiromi Katayama. Katayama, a native of Ibarki, Japan, is currently working from her private studio in Houston, Pennsylvania. Her love for creative art began at the age of nine years old and was influenced in the studio of her mentor, Renjoin Sensei. Before…

Geoff Bennett: The 57-year-old Rucker headlining his own music festival and celebrating the release of a new country album, promoting it with an in-store performance at Charleston’s Monster Music. We were there as Rucker entertained the crowd packed into this old-school record store with a trio of hits, including this one, “Wagon Wheel.” This song…