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Blue. The Exhibition exposes new visual art and artists
Ampliy’s upcoming art exhibition started with a simple conversation. The Amplify Youth Advisory Committee was sitting around a table tossing around ideas on how to feature the boundless creativity of youth. They decided to create Blue. The Exhibition and ask local youth to submit their top visual arts projects for a one-of-a-kind art show taking place in the…
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Renaissance painters also used “emojis” as sexual metaphors
The icon indicates free access to the linked research on JSTOR. A cursory glance through any Zoomer’s chat history or social media DMs will reveal images of various fruits, vegetables, and animals used in lieu of regular written communication. Many of these “emojis” are used as sexual metaphors today, a practice that isn’t new by…
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New Year, New Bachelor of Arts Program
Patrons listening to the mariachi band in the Campus Commons. The University of Northern Colorado’s School of Music celebrated a new Bachelor of Arts program that is coming to the College of Performing and Visual Arts. It is a Latinx Music degree program and this concentration is the first of its kind in the US.…
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Ovation TV Partners With Charter Communications for Seventh Consecutive Year of Stand For The Arts Awards
LOS ANGELES – Ovation TV, America’s premier arts network, and partner Charter Communications, Inc., today announced the recipients of the 2023-2024 Stand For The Arts Awards, which recognizes local arts, cultural and educational organizations and programs. Since the initiative started in 2017, Ovation TV and Charter have given out 70 awards totaling $700,000 towards arts education.…
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Art of Looking opens at Prim Library’s Tahoe Gallery | University of Nevada, Reno
Old Friends and Plastic by Kelly Chorpening Kelly Chorpening, interdisciplinary artist and chair of the Department of Art, Art History and Design, spoke at the University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe’s Prim Library last Thursday, October 19. Her exhibit, Art of Looking, opened to the public in the Tahoe Gallery and features detailed mixed-media…
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For half a century, BMW Group has been a major patron of culture, supporting hundreds of projects around the world. The Group contributes to the diffusion of knowledge and the arts through long-term partnerships such as the one forged two decades ago with Paris Photo. BMW France supports the VIP programme and provides Paris Photo with a fleet of electric cars to transport collectors, artists, curators and fair VIPs.
Each year, the BMW ART MAKERS programme supports an artist-curator duo in the creation of an experimental project in the visual arts. Eva Nielsen and Marianne Derrien, the 2023 winners, present their project INSOLARE. Eva Nielsen was selected by Fiona Rogers, curator of the Elles x Paris Photo programme, launched by the French Ministry of…
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Jill Medvedow, Who Remade ICA Boston, to Depart
She will leave her post as the Institute of Contemporary Art’s director in 2024, but isn’t sure what’s next. “I don’t think I am capable of real retirement,” Medvedow said. After nearly 25 years as the director for the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, Jill Medvedow has decided to move on. “When I started,…
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‘A leader in the arts,’ Dorchester District Two receives over $100K in grant funds
SUMMERVILLE — Schools from Dorchester District Two have received more than $100,000 in state arts grants. The South Carolina Department of Education awarded the Arts Curricular Innovation Grants to DD2 through the Distinguished Arts Program. The program provides funds for one-year projects, and part of the criteria includes having a strategic plan to incorporate art…
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Holmes Art Show weekend to include lots of live music, theater, creativity, and, of course
DETROIT LAKES — The Holmes Art Show is back for its 20th year! More than 30 regional artists will fill the Midwest Bank Ballroom at Detroit Lakes’ Historic Holmes Theatre on Nov. 9-11. Show hours are 4:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, and 10 a.m.-7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 10-11. “Right now, I think…
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DD2 arts educators receive $108K in competitive grants
Six schools in Dorchester School District Two received $108,000 in state grants to support the district’s award-winning arts education program. The South Carolina Department of Education awarded the Arts Curricular Innovation Grants through the Distinguished Arts Program (DAP). DD2 educators were chosen to receive the DAP funds because of their strategic plans to incorporate arts…
