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VMFA awards nearly $120,000 to 19 Visual Arts Fellowship recipients
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) has announced the 2024–25 recipients of its Visual Arts Fellowships. This year, nineteen professional artists and graduate and undergraduate students were awarded $118,000 toward their artistic careers. “The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is committed to nurturing professional artists and students from throughout the Commonwealth — this is…
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National Arts Organization Offers New Grant for Underrepresented Artists in Cincinnati and Beyond
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Michener Museum shows 40 years of helping artists get a leg up
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! When Ron Tarver arrived in Philadelphia in 1983 to take a job as a photojournalist at the Philadelphia Inquirer, he believed he had found his “forever” job. Which, effectively, he had. Tarver would…
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‘Arthshila- an immersive platform for creating and sharing ideas centeredaround the arts’
There is a potential rise of the new age emerging art spaces in India. This trend marks a significant shift from traditional galleries to more dynamic, inclusive venues. These new-age centers are not confined to the metropolitan hubs alone but are flourishing in tier-II cities as well, bringing a fresh perspective to India’s cultural landscape.…
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Basquiat in LA
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The call came one evening in November 1982. It was Larry Gagosian telling me that the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat was in Venice, California, and asking if I, as founder of the print publishing business New…
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Poetry + Art Intersections: Cleveland Poetry Festival announced for April
Literary Cleveland’s Cleveland Poetry Festival returns for its third year, this year to explore the intersection of poetry and visual art, on Friday, April 12 through Sunday, April 14 at the Cleveland Museum of Art Community Arts Center in Tremont. Since 2022, Literary Cleveland has held a poetry festival celebrating the Northeast Ohio legacy of…
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Moving Mountains
According to Japanese fashion designer Rei Kawakubo, “What’s interesting about collaborations is the possibility for one plus one to equal three.” For proof of the power of collaboration, look no further than the new print exhibit at VMFA, “Producing the Picturesque: Watercolors and Collaborative Prints by Kawase Hasui.” The exhibition features Hasui works donated since…
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Art for health’s sake
Share the post “Art for health’s sake” For Lieutenant Commander Will Singer, serving as the Deputy Director of Navy Communications and Media often involved juggling multiple high-pressure roles. CAPTION: Lieutenant Commander Will Singer works on his repurposed bicycle sculpture as part of the ADF ARRTS program at the University of Canberra’s Inspire Centre. Story by Flight…
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FSVAA to host children’s art show
The Fairfield-Suisun Visual Arts Association will host its fourth annual children’s art show beginning Wednesday in conjunction with the Solano Town Center and the Fairfield Solano County Library. A collection of artwork made by children in the Fairfield-Suisun City Unified School District will be displayed in the second-floor gallery of the Solano Town Center until…
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Presidential Communications Office
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. highlighted on Tuesday the importance of supporting Filipino artists, especially in honing their crafts and pursuing their endeavors as they are the definition of the Philippine culture, arts and tradition. “Government must take the lead and the reason why I consider it very, very important and I’ve always done so,…