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New Washington Pavilion art consulting service connects local artists with businesses, individuals who want to buy their work
Oct. 23, 2023 This paid piece is sponsored by Washington Pavilion Management Inc. Art often can be the last thing a workplace thinks about in finishing its space. “It’s usually the last part of any project – that’s how it was for us the last time we moved into a new office too,” said Christie…
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Annual Valley Art Center exhibit blends poetry into juried show palette: Valley Views
CHAGRIN FALLS, Ohio – In a fusion of visual art and poetry, Valley Art Center presents its prestigious Annual Juried Art Exhibition featuring the work of 58 area visual artists. On view through Dec. 13, the show opening is 6-8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3 at 155 Bell Street. Adding a splash of literary arts, 6-8…
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A Philly family shares its huge collection of art by Dox Thrash
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Sometime in the 1940s in Philadelphia, the artist Dox Thrash met a boy who was blind named David McIntosh. Despite being 32 years apart, the two became lifelong friends. Thrash was a celebrated…
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PlayStation’s Visual Arts studio hit with layoffs
PlayStation support studio Visual Arts has been hit with another round of layoffs, with several former employees sharing on social media last week that they have been let go. “Unfortunately, following a wave of layoffs, last week was my last at PlayStation,” former senior level designer at Visual Arts Daniel Bellemare wrote on LinkedIn. Senior…
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‘Life is a Grave’ asks viewers to get a little uncomfortable
#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } Since she was a child growing up in Union Mills, Jessi Hardesty had an interest in the macabre and death. “I’ve been interested in Halloween and spooky things since I was very little. I don’t know what it was…
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Artwork mocked the lazy and loose in traditional society
In this series, Lagniappe presents a different work each week from the collection of the New Orleans Museum of Art, with commentary from a curator. This figure may look as if it’s signaling a touchdown at the Superdome, but its purpose is both humorous and instructive. Created by an artist or initiate of the Bwami…
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Art About Agriculture celebrates 40th anniversary
Art About Agriculture’s annual exhibition of agriculture and natural resource-themed artwork by Oregon State University’s College of Agricultural Sciences is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a touring show that will be on display from Nov. 17 to Dec. 31 in Portland. The juried show in the Antoinette Hatfield Hall Rotunda at Portland’s Centers for the…
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Johnson still marching along after 45 years in the Glenn Korff School
Rose Johnson can go just about anywhere and run into someone she’s met as part of her job. Johnson has worked in the band office at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln for 45 years and sees current and former band students even walking down the street in other towns. Over the years, she’s watched how the collaborative…
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‘On My Own Time’ exhibit gives local amateur artists a platform to share their work
Get the latest Syracuse news delivered right to your inbox. Subscribe to our newsletter here. Marie Luther finds beauty in her surroundings. As an accounting clerk in the College of Visual Performing Arts’ Office of Budget and Operations, she’s inspired by the little things that go unnoticed around campus, like the specific architecture of the…
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Readers Write: Gophers baseball, opioids, mining, Dean Phillips, St. Paul school board, the arts
Opinion editor’s note: Star Tribune Opinion publishes letters from readers online and in print each day. To contribute, click here. ••• I suggest the Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball team take its home games “on the road” within the friendly confines of the Gopher State, now that the squad has been kicked out of U.S. Bank…