The recent hire of 10 faculty members in UC Berkeley’s Division of Arts and Humanities is “the largest arts hire in recent years, and it shines a light on the important role that artists play at a public research university,” said Sara Guyer, dean of the division. These new scholars, welcomed to campus to continue…

Photo by Bud Lee of artists A.A. Bronson, John Jack Baylin, John Dowd, Felix Partz and Zeke Smolinsky during Decca-Dance. Photo: Bud Lee Picture Maker, courtesy of Brooklyn Museum Nowadays, people who have a burning desire to express their opinions or to present their artistic creations but who have no other outlet turn to the…

October 22 | 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Join the Peck School of the Arts Department of Dance and Hyperlocal MKE for an afternoon of improvisation performance and interdisciplinary collaboration! We bring visual artists, dancers, and musicians together for spontaneous performance and collaborative experiments. This performance features collaborations by dance faculty, students, alumni, and Milwaukee arts…

Hancock County 4-H members were recognized for their yearlong project achievements at the annual Hancock County 4-H Achievement Program on Tuesday, Oct. 3, at the Hancock County Extension Office in Carthage. For 4-H members, the annual achievement program brings to a close a full year of work in a project area. Records are typically completed…

em { display: contents !important; } label em { display: none !important; } .photo { width: 100%; max-width: 50rem } a.fr-file { color: #0274b7 !important; } The South Arkansas Arts Center welcomes local artist Maria Oliver and her exhibition “Sources of Light” to the Lobby Gallery now through November 9th. The Visual Arts Committee will…

Bi-An 5.0, a piano recital that combines new media presentation, has been specially commissioned by the China Shanghai International Arts Festival. It will be presented at the Shanghai Grand Theater on Nov 10 to 11. CHINA DAILY From hyper-media concerts that combine live music with digital visual-audio experiences to theater productions that highlight physical performance,…

Conversations about incarcerated people often focus on statistics, how people in prison are treated and the many deficits they face. But poet Dasha Kelly Hamilton says these conversations often miss an essential part of the story: the humanity of those impacted. Kelly Hamilton is the co-host of a podcast from Wisconsin Humanities, called Humanity Unlocked.…

Pacific Legal Foundation Brad Smith and his company, Tilt Vision Art, painted this mural on the side of a commercial building in Waller, which subsequently passed a mural-regulating ordinance. One of the murals painted by Brad Smith during the last year, on the outside of a strip center in Waller, depicts a cowboy and cowgirl…

On Saturday, November 4, from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., delve into quilting and explore its applications as an artistic medium at The Church. Instructed by multidisciplinary artist William Daniels, participants will be guided through the process and technique of quilting by hand as they transform ordinary textiles into compelling compositions. Historically rooted in storytelling,…

Ruppert-Stroescu Mary Ruppert-Stroescu, an associate professor and coordinator of the Fashion Design program at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis, will discuss the current state of sustainable fashion as part of TEDx St. Louis Women: Two Steps Forward. An authority on how technology shapes fashion innovation,…