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Review: Southern/Modern exhibit explores the South
What comes to mind when you think of the South? Does it conjure images of wrap-around porches and sweet tea? Or does it summon images of discrimination? The “Southern/Modern” exhibit at the Georgia Museum of Art presents various paintings of the South through over 100 works created during the first half of the 20th century.…
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New exhibits at AAM; Museum announces Members’ Exhibit winners
The Academy Art Museum in Easton has announced two new winter exhibits and has also named the winners of its Annual Members’s Exhibition.
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20 Best Places to Live in Europe
In 2022, more than 75,000 Americans moved to Europe. The Netherlands, for example, saw an increase from 15,500 to 24,000 Americans moving in over the last five years, while Spain’s American expat numbers jumped 13 percent, from an estimated 20,000 to nearly 34,000 in the same time frame, according to statistics from the European Union.…
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Alexander, Alexandria, and a tribute to a great Egyptian city
Alexander the Great never saw the city he envisioned and had named after himself almost two and a half millennia ago. He was there to map it out, using grains of barley as the story goes, only to leave and carry on his conquests, before dying at the age of 32 in Babylon, more than…
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Gallery marks ten years of arts and culture with exhibition of artists and makers
Woven Stories also marks one of the final exhibitions curated by gallery director Jane Kay, who is leaving Sunny Bank Mills in Farsley after a decade at the helm. More than 30 artists and makers are taking part in Woven Stories with work that includes painting, print, textiles and ceramics. Jane Kay said: “All the…
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Emerging Scottish sculptors get chance to create work for new Edinburgh ‘culture quarter’
Leading artists are already showcased at development Vulcan by Sir Eduardo Paolozzi is among the sculptures already on display at Edinburgh Park. Picture: Laurence Winram A major new contest is being launched to help create new works of public art for a new “cultural quarter” taking shape in Edinburgh. It is aimed at finding new…
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On agenda for Monday night’s Burien City Council: location for potential Pallet Village, arts and culture grants, budget & more – The B-Town (Burien) Blog
On the agenda for Monday night’s (Nov. 20, 2023) regular Burien City Council meeting: code of conduct and services, location for a potential Pallet Village, arts and culture grants, mid-biennium budget and more. The meeting can be viewed starting at 7 p.m. in-person at Burien City Hall, on Comcast TV Channel 21, virtually via Zoom…
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Culture as a tool for revamping economy, strengthening Naira
There has been no time in the socio-economic evolution of Nigeria that the naira, the nation’s national currency, has been under more severe pressure than it is today. With the exchange rate of one US dollar to less than one naira in the 70s, the exchange rate of the naira to the dollar today has…
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Photos from Saturday’s Pangea: Cultivate Our Cultures event
MOORHEAD — Pangea: Cultivate Our Cultures was held Saturday, Nov. 18, at the Hjemkomst Center in Moorhead. The event featured food, dance and culture experiences from around the world. Chinese Heritage of Recreation and Dance performs on stage at Pangea: Cultivate Our Cultures. The event featured food, dance and culture experiences from around the world…
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Arts: Wales ‘may not produce new stars like Michael Sheen’
The Old Vic By Cemlyn Davies BBC Wales political reporter Wales may struggle to develop actors like Michael Sheen in the future amid huge arts cuts, a theatre boss fears. Wales Millennium Centre’s artistic director Graeme Farrow said there was “panic” throughout the industry. “We’ve got Michael Sheen in a big show next May about…
