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Keith Haring walked so today’s queer creatives could run. Five local artists on why the new AGO show matters
It’s been 26 years, but Keith Haring is finally back in town. The Art Gallery of Ontario has imported the “Keith Haring: Art Is for Everybody” exhibit from the Broad Museum in Los Angeles; the show started Wednesday and will run to March 17, 2024. The exhibition marks the seminal 1980s pop icon’s first major…
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Tentative deal ends actors’ 118-day historic strike against Hollywood studios
As an arts correspondent based at NPR West, Mandalit del Barco reports and produces stories about film, television, music, visual arts, dance and other topics. Over the years, she has also covered everything from street gangs to Hollywood, police and prisons, marijuana, immigration, race relations, natural disasters, Latino arts and urban street culture (including hip…
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Community Briefs
MCC Fine Arts Gallery features works from former photography professors FLINT — Mott Community College’s (MCC) Fine Arts Gallery will present “Looking Back: Works By Former Mott Community College Photography Professors,” an exhibition of works from former photography professors in celebration of the college’s centennial. The exhibit will run through Nov. 24. Featured artists include…
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Paris Photo 2023: Eva Nielsen puts our impact on the Camargue in dynamic focus
Curator Marianne Derrien recalls exploring the Camargue years ago and having the instinct that the changing landscape would lead to a collaboration with her long-time friend, the artist Eva Nielsen. What would come to fruition is ‘Insolare’ – now showing at Paris Photo 2023, 9-12 November – a dynamic exploration of our impact on the…
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Emerging Visions exhibition transforms Downtown storefronts into art photo galleries
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Art Beat: Wonka Tickets, a new show, Art Walk, Kidstock and a farewell
Escape to a world of pure imagination with ‘Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka’ Nov. 24-Dec. 17, Thursday-Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.*, Wade James Theatre, 950 Main Street, Edmonds Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka follows enigmatic candy manufacturer, Willy Wonka, as he stages a contest by hiding golden tickets in five of his scrumptious candy…
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A new tradition: Trinity Autumn Festival of the Arts
The first annual Trinity Autumn Festival of the Arts (TAFA) marks an effort to highlight art and creativity on campus this semester. Events of all sorts—stage productions, visual art exhibits, concerts, book readings and more—are included in the festival, which began on Nov. 3 and will last until the 15th. Kyle Gillette, acting dean of…
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Visual Arts Commentary: “Fashioned by Sargent” — The Elephant in the Room
By Mary Sherman The MFA’s Fashioned by Sargent alludes — only at whisper level — to the fact that many of John Singer Sargent’s clients represent questionable ideals. John Singer Sargent, Madame Ramon Subercaseaux, 1880. Photo: Wiki Common Portrait painting is a strange genre. Its clientele is typically the rich and famous. Its aim is…
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Augustana’s Eide/Dalrymple Gallery Features Retrospective of Award-Winning Political Cartoonist Rob Rogers
The Eide/Dalrymple Gallery at Augustana University will feature “Drawing Truth to Power: 40 Years of Political Cartoons by Rob Rogers,” which will be on view from Nov. 16, through Dec. 14. The artist will present a public lecture on Thursday, Nov. 16, at 4 p.m., in the Fryxell Humanities Center, Room 123. A gallery reception…
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Armed Services Arts Partnership provides free arts programs for veterans
#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } What started as an undergraduate project, Armed Services Arts Partnership has grown into the nation’s largest military-arts organization, serving veterans, dependents and caregivers with free classes and workshops in visual arts, creative writing, storytelling, standup comedy and improv. The…