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Black Artists Shaping Asian Art: Joan Kee & Steven Nelson
In this conversation, renowned art historians Joan Kee and Steven Nelson will discuss Black artists who have incorporated Asian techniques, motifs, philosophies, and forms into their innovative works, resulting in a rich artistic dialogue that expands the boundaries of modern and contemporary art. Drawing from Kee’s recent book, The Geometries of Afro Asia: Art beyond…
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Sade Fox Jacobs, PMHS junior, receives 2024 YoungArts award in songwriting
Editor’s note: This press release was provided by YoungArts. The Pelham Examiner publishes press releases in the form received as a service to the community. PELHAM, NEW YORK (DECEMBER 7, 2023) – Sade Fox Jacobs of Pelham, New York from Pelham Memorial High School, has received a 2024 YoungArts award in songwriting. Jacobs has been…
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LSC-University Park debuts new Visual and Performing Arts Center with ribbon-cutting ceremony
HOUSTON, TX — Lone Star College-University Park (LSC-University Park) unveiled its new Visual and Performing Arts Center (VPA) with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Dec. 6. Funded by a 2014 voter-approved bond, the $25 million facility represents a major investment in the area’s cultural and academic landscape. “The Visual and Performing Arts Center opening signifies…
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Artwork removed from San Diego Airport finds new home
Nine months after the San Diego International Airport abruptly removed a public art installation, the artist has found a new venue for the controversial piece at a local nonprofit gallery. Evan Apodaca’s video installation “Monumental Interventions,“ which is critical of San Diego’s military presence, opens Saturday at the Athenaeum Art Center in Logan Heights. The…
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Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts
December 8, 2023 Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, presented Canada’s top visual arts honours to outstanding Canadians during a ceremony at Rideau Hall. Each year, the Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts honour up to eight artists: six for distinguished achievement in the visual or media arts,…
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Wyoming Arts Council Announces Free Creative Aging Training for Wyoming-based Teaching Artists
Aubree Lynn Wallace, Teaching Artist at 7th Street Studio in Laramie, providing guidance to Creative Aging students in a clay hand-building course. Courtesy photo In partnership with Lifetime Arts, the Wyoming Arts Council is now accepting applications from Wyoming teaching artists to participate in a free virtual training to learn how to design, develop, and…
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Fostering Creativity: Arts and Culture Programs in Ocean City Schools
The importance of fostering creativity cannot be overstated. Arts and culture programs have proven instrumental in nurturing students’ creative capacities, offering them a diverse and holistic educational experience. In the context of Ocean City Schools, incorporating such programs can transform students into well-rounded individuals with essential skills for the future. Introducing a spectrum of art…
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Free State pioneers its own visual arts development programme for creatives
Itumeleng Nthoba, Thiwe Ranthimo, Vusi Sihlangu TRENDING: From 8 to 10 December, Welkom in the Free State will be home to visual and performing arts veterans and hopefuls as the inaugural Vuka Arts Free State Creatives Summit gets under way. Aspiring artists from the province’s five districts will go up against each other to make…
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A Soft New World
Photo: Sabrina Santiago It is not common to feel totally at ease in an art gallery, those aloof empty spaces that amplify the sound of your breathing, the thwack of your boots, the sting of the security guard who reminds you when you lean in too close to squint at the descriptive placards. But visual…
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Buy from Detroit artists this holiday season instead of large corporations
<a href="https://media2.metrotimes.com/metrotimes/imager/u/original/34837759/img_5756-1920×1080.png" rel="contentImg_gal-34837722" title="From Playground Detroit's COMM[UNITY] II on view until Jan. 14. – Playground Detroit" data-caption="From Playground Detroit’s COMM[UNITY] II on view until Jan. 14. Playground Detroit” class=”uk-display-block uk-position-relative uk-visible-toggle”> click to enlarge Playground Detroit From Playground Detroit’s COMM[UNITY] II on view until Jan. 14. I was so close to getting my mother to agree not to…
