Victor Geduldt. PHOTO: SUPPLIED The Visual Arts Foundation, led by co-founder Jay-Dee and Victor Geduldt, has been making waves in community development. The non-profit organisation, initially based in Bloemfontein, relocated to Brandfort as they recognised the pressing need for upliftment in this community. According to Geduldt, the organisation’s mission is to address the unemployment challenges…

Wednesday, January 24, 2024 Michael Rose, Art Contributor View Larger + PHOTO: Michael Rose The textile arts were the backbone of the local economy for generations and played a role in the working lives of many New Englanders. For Rhode Island artist Deborah Baronas, textiles are a fine art medium that brings impressive results and…

Every year, Homer Council on the Arts recognizes individuals and businesses for their contributions to the local art community during a public awards ceremony. “As an organization that benefits from a robust and creative artistic community, we feel it is important for HCOA to give back by uplifting up and coming talent, achievement and community…

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This story is part of a series about arts and culture in Washtenaw County. It is made possible by the Ann Arbor Art Center, the Ann Arbor Summer Festival, Destination Ann Arbor, Larry and Lucie Nisson, and the University Musical Society. “I make art because ultimately I’m a refugee, you know,” says Cambodian sculptor Sopheap…

Andrew Cranston and his partner Lorna Robertson paint in adjoining studios separated by a bare concrete wall. North light filters through high windows at the back of the building on the river Clyde in Glasgow – a steady light that does not streak like the southern sun. It is rather grey, but good, Cranston says, for…

Ebenezer Galluzzo, Faggot, From the series As I Am, 2018-2019. Pigment print. Image courtesy of the artist. Portland-based artist Ebenezer Galluzzo wants you to know that he is sacred, and so are you. Working primarily in photographic self-portraiture, over the last two decades Galluzzo has built a body of work that investigates gender, explores the…

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – An Iranian-born artist whose work gives viewers a clearer understanding of the challenges immigrants face as they transition into life in a new country will be on display in downtown Shreveport beginning Jan. 26, as will the work of two other Iranian-born artists. Sara Rastegar uses installation art, sculpture, photography, and…

Squamish’s waterfront has a large, new public art installation going up as part of the Oceanfront Squamish development. Commissioned by the developer, Matthews West, the piece, called ‘Lacuna’ is by Squamish-based visual artist, Maskull Lasserre. “Wikipedia will give you a more definitive definition, but I understand ‘Lacuna’ as ‘the space between things”, said Lasserre in…