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UNG schedules spring art exhibits
The University of North Georgia will see four exhibits this spring lasting through June. “Emergence” by artist Kirsten Stingle is on display at the Roy C. Moore Art Gallery at the Gainesville Campus now through March 8. Stingle’s work has been shown internationally, including a piece currently displayed in Paris. She was at the gallery…
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Visual Arts Commentary: The Problematics of Multiculturalism at the MFA — On The Dallin Front
By Trevor Fairbrother Boston’s MFA owns the ethical and cultural dilemma about the location of Cyrus Dallin’s monumental statue Appeal to the Great Spirit, acquired as a gift in 1913. Onlookers view Cyrus Dallin’s Appeal to the Great Spirit from the sidewalk in 2021. Photo: Peter Gordon The necessary work charted by the multiculturalism movement of…
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Foothills Magazine Calls for Prose, Poetry and Art for Spring Edition
The Foothills Undergraduate Visual and Textual Magazine was abandoned in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It wasn’t until 2022 when Lily McManamy and Lauren Thompson teamed up and decided to bring it back to life, ending the two-year hiatus. Since its inception in 1946, the magazine produced annual editions with selected prose, poetry and…
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Textiles, AI, and antiques: Three exhibitions show the range of the Pittsburgh region’s art scene
<a href="https://media2.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/imager/u/original/25322302/ccs___aap_fiber_art_exhibition.jpg" rel="contentImg_gal-25321792" title="CCS + AAP: Fiber Art Exhibition – Photo: Chris Uhren" data-caption=" CCS + AAP: Fiber Art Exhibition Photo: Chris Uhren” class=”uk-display-block uk-position-relative uk-visible-toggle”> click to enlarge Photo: Chris Uhren CCS + AAP: Fiber Art Exhibition Pittsburgh could be described as a post-industrial city with a strong cultural infrastructure. Madeline Gent, executive director…
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THE ARTS – University kills four visual arts programs to save ‘public dollars’
<img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-9012" data-attachment-id="9012" data-permalink="https://armchairmayor.ca/2014/07/12/tru-arts-centre-option-has-capital-and-operational-cost-advantages/olympus-digital-camera-283/" data-orig-file="https://armchairmayor.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/tru-sign4-copy.jpg" data-orig-size="2472,1854" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"13","credit":"","camera":"StylusTough-6020","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1404882049","copyright":"","focal_length":"8.8","iso":"200","shutter_speed":"0.01","title":"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA"}" data-image-title="TRU – sign" data-image-description data-image-caption=" TRU has advantages over downtown options for performing arts centre, says TRUCT. ” data-medium-file=”https://armchairmayor.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/tru-sign4-copy.jpg?w=300″ data-large-file=”https://armchairmayor.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/tru-sign4-copy.jpg?w=620″ class=”size-large wp-image-9012″ src=”https://armchairmayor.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/tru-sign4-copy.jpg?w=620&h=465″ alt width=”620″ height=”465″ srcset=”https://armchairmayor.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/tru-sign4-copy.jpg?w=620 620w, https://armchairmayor.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/tru-sign4-copy.jpg?w=1240 1240w, https://armchairmayor.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/tru-sign4-copy.jpg?w=150 150w, https://armchairmayor.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/tru-sign4-copy.jpg?w=300 300w, https://armchairmayor.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/tru-sign4-copy.jpg?w=768 768w, https://armchairmayor.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/tru-sign4-copy.jpg?w=1024 1024w” sizes=”(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px”> (Image: Mel Rothenburger).…
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‘Through the Lens’: Latif Al Ani’s peerless photographs of ancient Iraq
In the 1950s and ’60s, when Iraq was bursting out of an agrarian past and into the industrial present, the photographer Latif Al Ani was there to record his nation’s seismic shift and aftershocks. Al Ani shelved his career in the late 1970s, his archive was largely destroyed in 2003, and the Iraq he celebrated…
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Inaugural Forum for Southern Art and Culture – e-flux Education
Inaugural Forum for Southern Art and CultureJule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art welcomes exhibiting artists, scholars and special guests Auburn Forum for Southern Art and Culture: February 3, 1:30–6pm Add to Calendar Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University 901 South College Street Auburn, Alabama 36830United States Hours: Tuesday–Sunday 10am–4:30pm,Thursday 10am–8pm…
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TRU’s ‘difficult process’ comes to an end as board votes to axe fine arts program
Photo: TRU Any doubt that was left as to the fate of Thompson Rivers University’s visual arts program disappeared Monday evening with a vote by the university’s board of governors. The board voted 6-2 to discontinue TRU’s visual arts major, minor, diploma and certificate, which will be phased out over the next three years. The…
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Prestigious Rome Residency Awarded to Western Sydney Artist
Acclaimed visual artist Khaled Sabsabi will spend two months in residence at the American Academy in Rome, after being awarded the highly sought-after Mordant Family and Creative Australia Affiliated Fellowship. Khaled Sabsabi’s practice is sustained and extraordinary. He is a champion of the diversity of Australian art and his contribution is only just starting to…
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Revered by Hitler, this painter fell out of favor. Now the art world is taking notice again
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by The Art Newspaper, an editorial partner of CNN Style. (CNN) — When Caspar David Friedrich died in poverty in 1840, he was almost forgotten by the contemporary art world. As his 250th birthday approaches, his reputation is reaching new heights — and the anniversary year is likely to propel…