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Serendipity Arts Festival 2023: A Cultural Extravaganza Unfolds in Goa
15 Dec 2023 | 12:46pm IST Serendipity Arts Festival 2023: A Cultural Extravaganza Unfolds in Goa Team Herald Serendipity Arts Festival, a major initiative by the Foundation, unfolds annually in December in Goa, encompassing a diverse array of arts. Curated by renowned artists and institutional figures, the festival aims to catalyze positive transformations in…
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A minute with Sophia Hadjipapa Visual artist and Associate Professor of Fine Arts at the European University Cyprus
Where do you live?I live in the centre of Nicosia with my family: two boys, their dad, two cats and a dog! Right now I am in China though, where I am teaching at the joint degree European University runs with Minjiang University in Fuzhou. What did you have for breakfast?Oats with fruit and nuts,…
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Särkänniemi lights up with ‘Valkea 2023’ – A festival of light and art
The new event at Särkänniemi is more than just an art show; it’s an immersive experience designed to bring joy and awe during the year’s darkest days. The amusement park area will not operate its usual rides but will instead focus on creating an enchanting atmosphere through light, art, music, and performances. Additionally, the event…
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Ossipee Public Library featuring artist Cheryl Shanahan
OSSIPEE — Ossipee Public Library is featuring the work of area artist Cheryl Shanahan for the month of December. Shanahan is an acrylic painter who splits her year between New Hampshire’s Lakes Region and Central Virginia. New Hampshire paintings showcase the area’s natural beauty she finds in waterscapes, skyscapes and landscapes. Her current exhibit is…
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Hand-stitched sculptures: Dickens tracks the paths of creatures large and small
Visual Arts Hand-stitched sculptures: Dickens tracks the paths of creatures large and small Friday December 15 2023 Dickens Otieno’s school uniform made with shredded aluminium cans, handwoven on galvanised steel mesh at Circle Art Gallery on December 10, 2023. PHOTO | POOL Long before he had ever heard of the Nigeria-based Ghanaian-born artist El Anatsui,…
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Saint John Community Arts Board announces new artists-in-residence
The Saint John Community Arts Board has announced its selection for the City’s winter/spring 2024 artists-in-residence. Dan Xu, David Adams, and Caroline Bell began their residency in December. Chinese-Canadian visual artist Dan Xu creates ink-wash paintings inspired by her culture. Xu passionately crafts a fusion of ancient Chinese techniques with Canadian landscapes and will take…
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Seeing is Believing
From Richmond’s Monument Avenue to Italy’s Pompeii, Marion and Greg Werkheiser are making an impact around the world with their company, ARtGlass, which provides augmented reality (AR) tours at cultural and historic sites. The College of Charleston recently awarded the couple of preservation and technology pioneers the Albert Simons Medal of Excellence for their work…
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West Chester Area School District’s Arts Program Rates Outstanding
WEST CHESTER, PA ─ The Pennsylvania Art Education Association recognized the West Chester School District’s commitment to art education with the endorsement of “Outstanding Visual Arts Community 2023. “One of the first things that I noticed while touring buildings as part of my initial week in the West Chester Area School District was the outstanding…
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‘I try to borrow the souls of my subjects,’ says state 2D artist of the year Gaspar Enriquez
Every year, Texas honors artists across the state in categories like poetry, music and visual art. This year, the state artist for two-dimensional art is Gaspar Enriquez, an artist from El Paso. Enriquez’s portraits are deeply rooted in Mexican-American culture, and he’s known to draw inspiration from his El Paso community. At 81 years old,…
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‘Super Natural’ John Alleyne at VAR Gallery
Right out of the gate the current show at VAR Gallery on Fifth Street offers a touch and a flare that feels to be from beyond the Great Lakes drainage basin. The black and red palette; the gestural use of screen printing, the hip piles of supplemental apparel—all of it smacks of something warm-blooded, sweet-and-savory,…