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Sunderland children’s access to arts and culture given £1million boost
Young people in poverty can be helped by the arts Watch more of our videos on Shots! and live on Freeview channel 276 Visit Shots! now A new three-year programme of arts and culture to help children and young people living in poverty in Sunderland will launch next year. The Culture Start programme, supported by a…
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Teacher uses jazz to explore California history, race and culture
Guillermo Tejeda and the Neighborhood Orchestra performing at the Venice Beach Jazz Festival. Guillermo Tejeda Do you count on EdSource? If so, please make your donation today. The first thing Guillermo Tejeda does when he visits a new school is hunt for the piano. At most schools, the teacher finds a dusty old instrument, out…
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Wearable Art
Fashion designers are the new painters, X’avier Alexander says. But it’s not the ‘80s anymore, where people flocked to see Warhol or Basquiat at an art gallery; it’s the moment for wearable art, he explains. Alexander is a VCUarts fashion design student who won the Council of Fashion Designers of America’s 2023 CFDA Design Scholar…
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$46K in Arts for All grants awarded to valley arts and culture organizations
Sixteen local arts and culture organizations secured a combined total of nearly $46,000 in Arts for All funds provided by Teton County and the Town of Jackson. “These grants provide direct support to organizations and individual artists to address gaps in existing art programs, broaden public access to the arts, enhance arts education, support the…
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Octagon Theatre takes centre stage in This is Mcr award
The Octagon Theatre won the recipient of Leading Arts and Culture Venue Award. The annual awards ceremony champions and recognises individuals and organisations rooted in Greater Manchester within the fashion, entertainment, sports, hospitality and food and drink industries, as well as individuals and organisations who have contributed to the community. For this particular award the…
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‘Methodology for healing’: Hanes visiting artist shares ancient wisdom through art
In a video performance she shared called “Lix Cua Rahro / Tus tortillas mi amor” — in English, “Your tortillas, my love” — the artist speaks Q’eqchi’while she grinds corn with her mouth to make tortillas. She then shapes and presses the tortillas with a heart stamp and fills them with blood from a wound on her finger. Parth…
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Thai textile artist Jakkai Siributr weaves social commentary into his works
Through patchwork, embroidery, beadwork, stitching and adorning them with daily objects such as Thailand’s ubiquitous religious amulets, Jakkai offers different points of view about gender, identity and equality. “Silent = Death”, “Come Out Now”, and “We Will Not Be Erased”, works by Jakkai Siributr on loan from the Sunpride Foundation for the exhibition at Chat…
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A celebration of female art
During the 1990s, female artists had limited opportunities and space to showcase their work. But in 1995, a group of such women, including Jittima Pholsawek, Mink Nopparat and Phaptawan Suwannakudt, organised an exhibition titled “Tradisexion” at Concrete House. The show was praised as a “new dimension” in the contemporary art scene. Its success led to…
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£1m to transform Sunderland children’s access to arts and culture
NEW £1m three-year programme to use arts and culture to help transform the lives of children and young people living in poverty in Sunderland will launch next year. The Culture Start programme will be supported by a £1.196m Place Partnership award from Arts Council England through the National Lottery and will benefit more than 8,000…
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Bush House Market in Crestview to feature arts and crafts, live music
CRESTVIEW, Fla. (WKRG) — A showcase featuring arts and crafts, cottage industry foods, and gently used items is coming soon to the Hub City of Northwest Florida. The Bush House Market is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 9, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., in the Wilson Street parking lot adjacent to the Bush House. EVENT…
