Category: Visual Arts

  • 6th annual Fusion Fest returns to Downtown Orlando

    6th annual Fusion Fest returns to Downtown Orlando

    ORLANDO, Fla. — Fusion Fest is returning for its 6th year in downtown Orlando. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS Over 70 vendors are gearing up for the 2-day festival that begins Saturday, November 25th. It will bring together cultures through a variety of activities ranging from food and fashion showcases to performances. READ: Holidays…

  • Scott Tady: Ambridge winery books bands; Hat Trick ceases; Morgan Gruber headlines Munhall

    Scott Tady: Ambridge winery books bands; Hat Trick ceases; Morgan Gruber headlines Munhall

    <img alt class="gnt_em_vp_img gnt_em_vp_img__yn" src="https://news.myworldfix.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/maxresdefault-82.jpg" onload="if(this.naturalWidth Three weeks after its grand opening, Harkins Mill Wines has booked a bunch of musical performances at its cozy Ambridge winery. While sipping a Chardonnay, sangria or Sangiovese, wine enthusiasts can enjoy live, local music. The schedule: Nov. 25: Meet Virginia, sounds of the season. Dec. 1: Doug Edgell.…

  • ‘Extreme Tension’ at Berlin’s new national gallery

    What is the best title for art created between 1945 and 2000? The Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin is giving it a go for its new permanent exhibition and came up with “Zerreissprobe” — translated into English as “Extreme Tension.”   From performance to pop art, it is a ride through recent art history and shows the complex relationship…

  • This nationally-recognized SC arts school is now accepting applications

    This nationally-recognized SC arts school is now accepting applications

    Looking for a place for your young artist to thrive? Enter: The SC Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities, a place where arts-focused high school students can pursue their passions. Located in downtown Greenville, the school serves SC students with a passion for creative writing, dance, drama, film, music, and visual arts through pre-professional…

  • 15 Must-See French Art Foundations

    15 Must-See French Art Foundations

    Around the world, art foundations are formed for a variety of reasons. Beyond the tax advantages that may accrue to an individual, a family, or a corporation may lie a desire to preserve a collection, to promote particular values, or to keep a collector’s memory alive. Whatever the reasons, members of the public are the…

  • Minneapolis-based record club invites patrons to sample sound, visual arts

    Minneapolis-based record club invites patrons to sample sound, visual arts

    Dada Duende isn’t your classic record club.  The offbeat production comes from Minneapolis residents Hannah and Chris Lynch, Lucas Gunther and Steve Price and aims to pair the lost tradition of mail-order records with visual art in a subscription box service. Every quarter, subscribers receive a lathe-cute record, handmade by Chris Lynch, along with a…

  • A new show at UO art museum forecasts ‘Strange Weather’

    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…

  • Community Arts Council of Fort St. James celebrates 45 years

    Community Arts Council of Fort St. James celebrates 45 years

    The Community Arts Council of Fort St. James has been working in our community since 1979 to promote and support the arts. It is hard to believe 45 years has gone by for the organization. The society was originally incorporated February 07, 1979. Elizabeth Halleran was the president, David Pauquette was vice-president, Lorrie Green was…

  • Interview: Hito Steyerl & Lawrence Lek

    Interview: Hito Steyerl & Lawrence Lek

    Hito Steyerl and Lawrence Lek discuss the implications of deep learning AI for the practising visual artist. London-based Lawrence Lek is an artist working in the fields of virtual reality and simulation, known for his ongoing series of CGI films, soundtracks, games and installations, many of them set within his own meticulously realised and ever-expanding…

  • He quit a GenAI leader in protest. Now he wants to create fairer systems for artists

    He quit a GenAI leader in protest. Now he wants to create fairer systems for artists

    Ed Newton-Rex had reached a breaking point. As the vice president of audio at Stability AI, the 36-year-old was at the vanguard of a revolution in computational creativity. But there was growing unease about the movement’s strategy. Stability was becoming an emerging powerhouse in generative AI. The London-based startup owns Stability Diffusion, one of the…