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Woven portraits of women who champion water come to Madison
Rachel Carson exposed the dangers of pesticides, wrote the environmental science book “Silent Spring” and helped advance the environmental movement of the 1960s. Gretchen Gerrish, Carol Warden and Emily Stanley conduct research out of the UW-Madison Trout Lake Limnology Station in Vilas County, while Aleta Baun is an indigenous Mollo activist from Indonesia who helped…
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NWSA opens exhibition from private collection of Latin American artists
Painting by Latin American painter, Emilio Falero, 1990, (Cuba), is part of the NWSA Private Collection.(Photo by Maria Flores) After more than a decade, New World School of the Arts’ visual arts division has curated an impressive exhibition showcasing more than a dozen artworks from established Latin American artists. The pieces in “Selected Works from…
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How shamanism is changing art
Image: Martin Engelmann/imageBROKER/picture alliance Whether in dance, the visual arts or music, shamanism is making an unexpected comeback. The emphasis is now on healing and being in tune with nature. Has the heyday of Western rationalism come to an end? Are artists using ancient practices, the new shamans? Or is shamanism just something Westerners are…
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Knoxville Museum of Art debuts new name, new lineup for concert series
The Knoxville Museum of Art’s signature concert series has a lineup of diverse artists and genres set for 2023-24 season, and a new name to go with it. Formerly known as “Alive After Five,” the series blending music and visual art is being rebranded as “Soundscapes at the KMA.” “Soundscapes is more than just a…
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Edwards retires from Jentel after 22 years
BANNER — By her own admission, Mary Jane Edwards has an “insatiable curiosity for people.” It’s that curiosity that takes Edwards to places few would visit — from a sardine factory in Maine to a remote Indonesian village — to meet people and hear their stories. That curiosity and passion for people is also…
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Enter into ‘Night in the Garden of Love’ at Toronto’s Aga Khan museum
As winter darkness looms, the Aga Khan Museum’s expansive new multimedia exhibition “Night in the Garden of Love” by British artist Shezad Dawood offers a seasonal reprieve, rich with the jewelled colours, sounds, textures and even scents of an imagined place that, at times, feels familiar, but will send anyone who enters the museum’s second…
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‘Understories’ at Newport Visual Arts Center
Baba Yaga’s new exhibit, “Understories,” opens this Sunday, Dec. 3, at the Newport Visual Arts Center. An opening reception will take place from 1 to 3 p.m. Admission is free, and all are welcome. Nik, the artist behind Baba Yaga, enamored with the hidden worlds along the forest floor. Having grown up in the Pacific…
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West Hills College Lemoore breaks ground on Visual Arts and Applied Sciences building
LEMOORE, Calif. (KFSN) — West Hills College Lemoore is expanding. The golden shovels were out as administrators and construction crews officially broke ground Friday morning. Construction will begin on a brand new state-of-the-art, 44,000-square-foot building that will sit right next to the Golden Eagle Arena. West Hills Community College District Chancellor Kristin Clark says this…
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Christmas Events Calendar: A list of activities around the region
Christmas Events Calendar: A list of activities around the region Published 1:30 am Saturday, December 2, 2023 Photo taken by Connor Thompson for The Farmville Herald. Ok, first of all, yes, Oliver Anthony is returning to Farmville. But we’ll get to him in a minute. It’s time again to talk about Christmas events in Farmville, Prince…
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Indigenous Histories, São Paulo review — ambitious exhibition unites artists fighting for survival
How do you make a museum show about Indigenous culture when the very idea of the museum, an invention of European enlightenment, has its roots in colonialism? This question rumbles behind but is never quite resolved in Indigenous Histories, the new show at Museu de Arte de São Paulo. It is also central to an…