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Squamish’s newest waterfront public art piece coming together
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…
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María Magdalena Campos-Pons, New Red Order, and EJ Hill Among 50 Winners of 2024 USA Fellows
The Chicago-based nonprofit United States Artists has named the 50 recipients of its annual 2024 USA Fellows, which comes with an unrestricted cash prize of $50,000 per winner. The fellows are selected across 10 different disciplines, including visual arts, writing, film, craft, and traditional arts. The winners come from 22 different states as well as…
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WBAY Cares: S.A.G.E provides free space for artists to create and collaborate
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) – It’s a special place where local artists can congregate and collaborate; SAGE is an arts advocacy nonprofit giving people a space to create for free. SAGE stands for “share, accept, grow and encourage.” The organization started in 2017 after founder Stacey Von Busch moved to Green Bay and connected with…
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Q&A: Visual artist Titus Kaphar makes a personal film debut with ‘Exhibiting Forgiveness’
PARK CITY, Utah — Titus Kaphar wanted to find a way to talk to his children about his life experience, his addict father, generational trauma and healing. An acclaimed painter and MacArthur fellow, Kaphar found that images were insufficient on their own. Words were, too. He even tried making a documentary to tell the story,…
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Sylvester Manor Joins East End Arts Scene with Call to Local Artists
Sylvester Manor The East End arts scene is vast, with centers dedicated to the arts firmly planted in every corner of the region — well, almost. East Hampton has Guild Hall and the LongHouse Reserve. Water Mill has the Parrish Art Museum and the Watermill Center. Sag Harbor and Southampton have several arts institutions each.…
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CREATIVE CAPITAL NAMES RECIPIENTS OF 2024 “WILD FUTURES” AWARDS
<!– _ _ _ ____ _ _____ _ ___ | | (_) | _____ / ___|___ __| | ___ | ____| |__|__ | | | | |/ / _ | | / _ / _` |/ _ | _| | '_ / / | |___| | Creative Capital Names Recipients of 2024 “Wild Futures” Awards…
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Artist Opportunities: January and February 2024 via Creative Capital
Start the New Year off right with new artist opportunities in the form of grants, residencies, and more. Apply for residencies in the Midwest, live performance open calls, and opportunities for playwrights. Tulsa Artist Fellow Sarah Ahmad’s studio during Tulsa Artist Fellowship’s Open House, 2023. Photo by Dylan Johnson. Sponsored Tulsa Artist Fellowship 2025-2027Tulsa, OklahomaApplication…
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Individual Artist Fellowship Applications closing Feb. 5
The Individual Artist Fellowship program, which awards up to 18 creatives $5,000 each, will close for applications Feb. 5. The grant program is awarded to three creatives in six rotating categories annually. Categories this year are: docu-genre; multisensory art; contemporary craft in ceramics and/or glass; novel or memoir writing; community engagement; and high fashion or…
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Szabo named new director of the Springfield Area Arts Council
The Springfield Area Arts Council has named it’s next executive director. Isabella Szabo, who most recently has served as manager of the University of Illinois Springfield Visual Arts Gallery, was selected after a national search. Szabo is also a UIS Art and Artifacts Committee member, an instructor at the Springfield Art Association, and an independent…
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Washington Pavilion welcomes adults for a night of cosmos and cocktails
The Washington Pavilion is set to host a Cosmos and Cocktails event 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, giving adults older than 21 an opportunity to explore the Kirby Science Discovery Center, Visual Arts Center and Wells Fargo CineDome & Sweetman Planetarium. The new programming experience, the first introduced for adults only since the opening…
