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Share your views on the future of culture in Royal Greenwich | Royal Borough of Greenwich
Published: Friday, 24th November 2023 We’re developing a new Culture Strategy for the borough and we want your help. We’re asking people who live, work, study and socialise in the borough what cultural opportunities they want to see offered in Royal Greenwich. We want to find out more about local experiences of cultural or creative…
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Calgary ranks middling among Canadians cities for being gen Z-friendly
Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Article content Living in Calgary is not as easy as it is in many other cities in Canada for generation Zs, a new survey has found. The city ranked 26th among…
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You can shop small, dream big at The ARTery
There’s so much dazzling, beautiful, unique art on display at The ARTery, 3913 14th Ave., Rock Island, it’s hard to know how to pick something for those on your “nice” holiday list. It’s a big weekend for the Quad Cities art gallery – as today (Black Friday) is its monthly Final Friday, with an opening…
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‘This is going to be our Angel of the North’: Leeds unveils Yinka Shonibare sculpture
Set against a grey-blue sky, surrounded by archetypal red-brick buildings is one of the most striking public artworks of recent years. A brightly coloured exotic flower decorated with batik – Indonesian fabric designs popular across west Africa – bursts from the ground in a small, quiet park in the south bank of Leeds city centre.…
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Ethiopian artistes add an extra dash of rhythm, colour and culture at the Tri Hills Ensemble II festival
First Published: 24th November, 2023 21:05 IST Six villages—Nongkynrih, Mustoh, Ïalong, Babadam, Umladkhur, and Wahkhen—were honoured as ‘Arts and Crafts villages’ at the festival Written By Northeast Live Digital Desk SHARE IT NOW Reported by Purbasha Bhatacarjee Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma urged the people of his state to preserve the rich culture and heritage of…
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What’s on the List? Games and Toys for 2023
The Sears & Roebuck Wish Book may have gone the way of the dodo bird, but children still make Christmas lists with games and toys at the top. According to a Research and Markets study, the worldwide games and toys market is worth $342 billion.
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Low wages leave US arts workers with few prospects
Passion does not pay the rent. Entry- and mid-level workers at US art institutions often earn wages below the cost of living. A pay equity project in the Berkshires is attempting to change that pay to a living wage. A region where tourism is largely fuelled by the arts, drawing millions of visitors annually, the…
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Iron Age gold brooches at risk of leaving UK
Export bar placed on Iron Age gold brooches to allow time for a UK institution to acquire them. Arts and Heritage Minister Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay has placed an export bar on a set of Iron Age gold brooches dating back to the first century BC, so that a domestic buyer can be found.…
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Arlington Commission of Arts & Culture
YourArlington’s third underwriter Stewart Ikeda, representing the Arlington Commission of Arts & Culture, discusses the Town of Arlington organization supporting the arts: Under the brand ArtsArlington.org, the Arlington Commission for Arts & Culture serves as the umbrella organization for all town-related arts and culture activities, with responsibilities ranging from actively promoting and advocating for arts and…
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A new show at UO art museum forecasts ‘Strange Weather’
A new exhibition at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art on the UO’s Eugene campus features contemporary art works that are meant to illuminate and reframe the boundaries of bodies and the environment. “Strange Weather: From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation” spans five decades, from 1970-2020, and are drawn together for…