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Signal Boost
The nonprofit Gallery5 is looking for 100 people who want to party, be entertained, and ensure that the art gallery and venue continues to program inclusive community events such as First Fridays, jazz night and Classical Incarnations. “Gala5: Signal Boost, An Intergalactic Fundraiser” on Nov. 10 will be Gallery5’s second annual gala. This year’s throwdown…
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Brush to canvas: News from the visual arts scene
It may just be the biggest weekend of the year for Creative Pinellas, the county’s umbrella arts support organization. Arts Annual 2023 begins with special events Thursday and Saturday, with a massive exhibition at the starting gate and ready to roll on through the end of the year. The Party, 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday,…
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Franck Vigroux on his experimental sound and visual art practice
The French artist Franck Vigroux wears many hats—he works with music composition, stage design, experimental sound and visual art, and has been practising for over 20 years. He introduces himself, and his craft, telling STIR, “I live in France and make music and theatre; my work integrates video art, light art and bodies with movement.…
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What’s Right With Our Schools: CCA Visual Arts Display
26 minutes ago CHATTANOOGA, TN (WDEF) – The Chattanooga High School Center for Creative Arts more than lives up to its name when it comes to its latest visual arts exhibit. The theme for the display is “Flight”. What the students came up with is a soaring example of what’s right with our schools. Chad…
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‘Georgetown Glow’ Returns to Light Up The Nights
Time to bundle up and pack that thermos of hot chocolate. As winter darkness returns, the Georgetown Business Improvement District (BID) has plans to spark “Merriment in Georgetown” with the 9th edition of “Georgetown Glow” – a “free outdoor public light art experience” – as well as accompanying walking tours, a special shopping night, a…
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UC Santa Barbara Reads ‘Your Brain on Art’
This article was originally published in UCSB’s ‘The Current‘. Creative activities such as painting, dancing, playing music or expressive writing are known to ease distress, invigorate communities, improve learning and academic achievement, and simply to bring us joy. For these reasons and more, they’re essential to our daily lives. Such is the case made by…
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Texas Vignette Art Fair gives under-recognized women artists a place to shine
Portrayals of motherhood, paintings of the female gaze and video installations of fragility. Women artists across Texas shared the complex and joyous moments of womanhood at the Texas Vignette Art Fair. “Texas Vignette has been more than an art fair for the last three days,” said Claudia Maysen, a mixed media artist from Keller, said.…
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UIS Visual Arts Gallery presents the 2023 silent auction and benefit
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WICS) — The University of Illinois Springfield Visual Arts Gallery annual silent auction and benefit will take place both online and in-person this year. The silent auction and benefit, featuring original works of art donated by local and regional artists, will launch online on Monday, November 13th, and remain live through final bidding…
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Architecture lab’s computational textiles work featured in upcoming exhibition
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Work by Felecia Davis, associate professor of architecture in the Stuckeman School, and her team of Computational Textiles Lab (SOFTLAB) researchers in the Stuckeman Center for Design Computing at Penn State that explores Black culture, its relationship to technology and concepts of translation in architectural design will be featured in a…
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Perry will be ‘alive and bustling’ as annual Art on the Prairie festival returns this weekend
Visual artists, musicians and poets from across Iowa will add a bit of extra flare to several historic buildings when the annual Art on the Prairie festival returns Saturday and Sunday in Perry. This year’s festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. “One…