Category: Arts and Culture

  • Morris County Proclaims October 2023 Arts & Humanities Month

    Morris County Proclaims October 2023 Arts & Humanities Month

    Published on October 25, 2023 Morris Arts and Friends Join Presentation The Morris County Board of County Commissioners proclaimed October 2023 “Arts and Humanities Month” during tonight’s work session meeting in Morristown. Commissioner Director John Krickus read parts of the formal resolution as he presented the framed proclamation to Tom Werder, Executive Director of Morris…

  • It all starts with a spark! Manchester consults on major 10year cultural strategy

    It all starts with a spark! Manchester consults on major 10year cultural strategy

    The Council has begun a major conversation with the people of Manchester to gather feedback about the plan to ensure culture is at the heart of the city over the next decade. The It all starts with a spark consultation is reaching out to local people along with creative, arts and cultural organisations to help…

  • Harvard Announces Study of Psychedelics in Society and Culture Following $16M Donation | News

    Harvard Announces Study of Psychedelics in Society and Culture Following $16M Donation | News

    Harvard will be launching a new interdisciplinary program focusing on psychedelic drugs, the University announced last week. Funded by a $16 million donation from the Gracias Family Foundation, the Study of Psychedelics in Society and Culture will fund “cutting-edge scholarship” and “research support,” along with endowing a professorship in the field, according to the Harvard…

  • Open Call for Corpus Christi Arts Grants 2024

    Open Call for Corpus Christi Arts Grants 2024

    CORPUS CHRISTI, TX – The City of Corpus Christi’s Arts & Cultural Commission announces an open call for 2024 Arts Grants applications. This grant funds cultural events by local organizations that attract visitors to Corpus Christi. The program offers matching grants of up to $15,000. Art Grants are available to 501c3 non-profit organizations within Corpus…

  • Pittsburgh film festival puts eyes on Poland

    Pittsburgh film festival puts eyes on Poland

    This is WESA Arts, a weekly newsletter by Bill O’Driscoll providing in-depth reporting about the Pittsburgh area art scene. Sign up here to get it every Wednesday afternoon. Though it was overshadowed last week by the awful events in the Middle East, the news from Poland was as encouraging as it was surprising: In national elections,…

  • Arts & Culture: We Should All Read Mary Oliver

    Arts & Culture: We Should All Read Mary Oliver

    As is the curse that befalls many young, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed literature enthusiasts, I discovered one of my favorite writers a year after her death. The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver slipped under my radar for a long time, though when I came across her poetry during the pandemic, there was something familiar about it.…

  • Going abroad with Project GO

    Going abroad with Project GO

    Riding camels in the desert, taking in sunset vistas across waves of sand dunes, or browsing through colorful gifts at busy Middle Eastern marketplaces are Instagram moments reserved for affluent students on university-sponsored study abroad trips. Or so Evan Furgal thought. “Definitely go for it,” Furgal said of a unique program designed for ROTC students.…

  • ARTS PICKS | Oct. 27-29

    ARTS PICKS | Oct. 27-29

    Jacksonville Today Arts and Culture Editor Matt Shaw shares his arts and culture picks for the weekend. Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835 – 1900), Actors Ichimura Kakitsu IV as Asahina Tōbei (R), Nakamura Shikan IV as Washi no Chōkichi (C), and Sawamura Tosshō II as Yume no Ichibei (L), Edo period–Meiji era, 1868 (Keiō 4/Meiji 1), intercalary…

  • Economic Impact of Door County Arts and Culture Revealed

    Economic Impact of Door County Arts and Culture Revealed

    Door County’s nonprofit arts and culture industry generated $38.6 million in economic activity in 2022, according to the newly released Arts & Economic Prosperity 6 (AEP6), an economic and social impact study conducted by Americans for the Arts.  That economic activity – $16.8 million in spending by nonprofit arts and culture organizations, and $21.8 million…

  • Nonprofit arts industry generated $9.6M in ‘22

    Nonprofit arts industry generated $9.6M in ‘22

    Nonprofit arts industry generated $9.6M in ‘22 Published 6:40 am Wednesday, October 25, 2023 <img data-perfmatters-preload width="200" height="200" src="https://news.myworldfix.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/YAC.jpeg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" srcset="https://www.oxfordeagle.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/01/YAC.jpeg 200w, https://www.oxfordeagle.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/01/YAC.jpeg?resize=150,150 150w, https://www.oxfordeagle.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/01/YAC.jpeg?resize=90,90 90w, https://www.oxfordeagle.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/01/YAC.jpeg?resize=45,45 45w, https://www.oxfordeagle.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/01/YAC.jpeg?resize=24,24 24w, https://www.oxfordeagle.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/01/YAC.jpeg?resize=48,48 48w, https://www.oxfordeagle.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/01/YAC.jpeg?resize=96,96 96w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" data-attachment-id="136797" data-permalink="https://www.oxfordeagle.com/2023/01/04/yac-events-for-the-new-year/yac/" data-orig-file="https://www.oxfordeagle.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/01/YAC.jpeg" data-orig-size="200,200" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="YAC" data-image-description data-image-caption=" Yoknapatawpha Arts Council ”…