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Supervisors Dedicate $500K for Eastern Loudoun Art Center Project
County supervisors last night advanced plans to develop an eastern Loudoun art center, allocating $500,000 for the initial design. The approval comes after staff members and representatives of the consultant group Page on Jan. 14 presented their final report to the board’s finance committee following a two-year study of options to provide more space for…
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Bold New Books in Art and Visual Culture From the MIT Press
“Visual culture is central to meaning making, and meaning making is central to the production of knowledge. The books we publish at the MIT Press probe the ways that visual culture is inscribed with power, and they unflinchingly examine what is at stake in that power. They amplify understudied subjects; they advance the field through…
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Investing in art and community
In 40 degree weather on the morning of Friday, Jan. 17, local muralist Audifax joined Art House 360 co-founders outside the former schoolhouse on West Verona Avenue to watch the installation of the nonprofit’s biggest mural to date. One of the few limitations Art House 360 received for leasing a historic city-owned building is to…
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Guest Art Exhibit Open at Norman Hall Through Feb. 21
A view of the “Johnnie Mae Maberry: The Artist and Art Teacher” exhibit at Arkansas Tech University. An exhibit entitled “Johnnie Mae Maberry: The Artist and Art Teacher” is on display at Arkansas Tech University’s Norman Hall Art Gallery through Friday, Feb. 21. Norman Hall Art Gallery, located at 203 West Q Street on the…
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Transylvania Community Arts Council’s Exhibit Opens to a Full House
#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } The Transylvania Community Arts Council’s latest exhibit “Community” opened Friday evening to a packed gallery. The community art exhibition was conceived as a way to process the storm’s aftermath and the resilience it inspired within the local community. Hurricane…
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Newberg’s Camellia Trail gets a boost from Oregon Arts Commission
The Newberg Downtown Coalition will receive a financial boost in its effort to foster culture in the community. The coalition was among the 52 organizations to receive a $5,000 Art Builds Communities grants from the Oregon Arts Commission in January to, in the nonprofit’s words, “address community issues or needs through the arts.” × This…
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Exploring identity through art
For her accessories brand Fiera, 26-year-old Jazmin Delgado draws inspiration from her family—mixing and mashing her designs based on her relatives who first got her into art. The south-side native began as an earth and environmental sciences major at the University of Illinois Chicago before making the switch to art. Fierafiera-460211.square.siteinstagram.com/fiera_fiera_fiera Taking a Latin American…
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Co-Op Student Artists Shine In Senior Capstones
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Callanwolde Fine Arts Center Presents Shape II
Get ready to be inspired by the incredible artworks created by talented women artist-educators at SHAPE II. Immerse yourself in the creations of several artists navigating the intersection of creativity and pedagogy. This exhibition delves into the profound role of educators who maintain a rich personal creative practice, shaping both the artistic landscape and the…
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This Menil Series Proves Drawing Is a Serious Art Form
<figure class="c-media c-media–image c-align–full" data-entity-class="image" data-entity-id="84854" data-entity-method="embed" data-image-align="center" data-image-caption="Ronnie Quevedo's C A R A A C A R A is the latest entry in the Menil Wall Drawing Series, and will be on display until August 31.” data-image-selection=”{“x1″:0,”y1″:0,”x2″:3000,”y2″:2012,”width”:3000,”height”:2012}” readability=”-17.772727272727″> Ronnie Quevedo’s C A R A A C A R A is the latest entry in…