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Call for artists for annual juried show
The Norfolk Arts Center has an open call for artists to apply for its annual juried show. Now in its 17th year, the juried show is an opportunity for artists of all expertise levels to showcase their latest work. The show encompasses artwork of all mediums, styles and genres. Twenty to 30 original fine artworks…
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Book review: Shaping Art in Wales – David Bell, Kathleen Armistead and the modern artist By Ceri Thomas
Shaping Art in Wales by Ceri Thomas is published by the H’mm Foundation Sarah Tanburn ‘A city’s art collection is a living, breathing thing, constantly changing and in conversation with what went before and what comes after. Each work and period of time is in dialogue with the broader culture and society in which it…
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Arts collective exhibition opens at Pumphouse
The Niagara Pumphouse Arts Centre is starting the new year with a group exhibition featuring a diverse selection of artworks by professional artists fromNiagara-on-the-Lake. Running to March 24 in its Joyner Gallery, the NOTL Arts Collective Group Exhibition will showcase the exceptional creativity of its member artists, says a Pumphouse news release. Expressing anticipation for…
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Comic artists drawing for a new audience: researchers
Explaining complex science in just the right way is a daily fight for science communicators. Researchers at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design are trying something new – pairing scientists with artists to create a comic to bring research to life. But hundreds of scientists have already signed up for just 15 or so…
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North-east artists set to feature in new Visual Arts Scotland Centenary Celebration
Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! On a winter’s eve in Edinburgh, 1924, Visual Arts Scotland (VAS) held their first-ever meeting, becoming early pioneers of inclusivity within Scotland’s artistic landscape. Then and Now brings together artists from across Scotland to celebrate 100 years of VAS. Picture: VAS One-hundred years later, the organisation…
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What can the National Gallery offer Britain as it turns 200?
“We shape our buildings, and thereafter they shape us,” Winston Churchill said of the House of Commons. This is true too of the National Gallery, the single building most emblematic of British cultural life. The gallery celebrates its 200th birthday on May 10 with the launch of the year-long project NG200. This includes the blockbuster…
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Diane Fitch at Highland Center: Hominess inspired by the Great Masters
A half-completed Scrabble game sits on a coffee table, bag of letters and rack with tiles awaiting the next move beside it. On an adjacent table, a manual typewriter holds a sheet of paper, partway through the roller. Around the paused game, there’s a warmth in the lived-in room with pictures on the walls and…
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Fields of Vision: Juried Fine Art Exhibition | 1/13/2024 | Event Calendar
From Schitt’s Creek to Bear Lake: A Retro-Modern Motel Transformation Marta Turnbull is something of a globetrotter, with her career in business and marketing taking her all across the map, fr… Read More >>
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High School Portfolio Reviews: Winter 2024 | 1/13/2024 | Event Calendar
From Schitt’s Creek to Bear Lake: A Retro-Modern Motel Transformation Marta Turnbull is something of a globetrotter, with her career in business and marketing taking her all across the map, fr… Read More >>
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Anne Labovitz: The Blue Hour Artist Walk-through
Eric Mueller Photo: Eric Mueller Saturday, January 13, 2024 at 11 AM Athenaeum Music & Arts Library All Ages Free Inspired by the blue cast of twilight, Anne Labovitz uses light and its profound meanings in various contexts as the central construct of “The Blue Hour.” Small libraries, illuminated windows, and Tyvek sculptures explore physical…