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UIS Visual Arts Gallery to host John Early’s election-inspired installation
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCCU) — The University of Illinois Springfield Visual Arts Gallery is presenting “A More Perfect Union” by St. Louis-based artist John Early. Coinciding with the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election, “A More Perfect Union” is a sculptural installation made for a nation at a pivotal moment. Early is a multidisciplinary visual artist whose site-based…
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Betty Blayton, artist of spiritual abstractions
Janyce talks with the late Betty Blayton’s younger brother, Oscar, who is working with the artist’s archive and shares much of Betty’s history of being an artist in New York from 1960-2016, where she was friends with many Black artists and founding director of the Harlem-based Children’s Art Carnival. Blayton’s paintings, which are spiritual in…
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Four Youth takes long-term ‘quality over quantity’ approach to helping kids achieve
Four Youth participant Jairus Branch used a drone to shoot this photo and software to manipulate it. Courtesy of Four Youth WILMINGTON — Four Youth is committed to its long-term mission. “There’s this metric in which [organizations offering grants] ask you how many kids you serve,” said co-founder Theresa Emmett. “But for us, it’s more…
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Mural Paying Homage to Pete Rose Completed Just in Time for BLINK
A new mural honoring the legacy of Cincinnati Reds player Pete Rose has been unveiled, just in time for BLINK. Following Rose’s death on Sept. 30, the Reds and BLINK co-founder AGAR teamed up to create a mural memorializing The Hit King. The mural, which can be found on a building at the northwest corner…
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New Mural Memorializing Cincinnati Icon Jerry Springer to be Dedicated This Weekend
A colorful mural paying tribute to one of Cincinnati’s most colorful characters now adorns an Over-the-Rhine building housing an organization that meant so much to him. A ceremony to dedicate the new Jerry Springer mural at Tender Mercies will be held Saturday morning. In March, ArtWorks announced it was working with Tender Mercies, a nonprofit…
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Burns Visual Arts Society marks 45 years of enhancing Calgary’s cultural community
Breadcrumb Trail Links Business Local Business Published Oct 15, 2024 • Last updated 23 minutes ago • 3 minute read Cecilia Gossen, who will exhibit with other members of BVAS at city hall. Courtesy, BVAS Photo by Courtesy, BVAS /Postmedia network Article content Calgary is fortunate to have a healthy arts culture, vital to the livability of…
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Wisconsin art museums work together to increase art visibility throughout the state
Racine, WI October 15, 2024 Racine Art Museum (RAM) in downtown Racine, Wisconsin, is thrilled to continue its collaboration with renowned art museums across the state as part of Wisconsin Art Destinations—an art museum collective that is the first of its kind in the Midwest. Founded in 2023, Wisconsin Art Destinations is an assembly of…
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The Art Institution of the Future
In 1993, Lawrence Weiner’s AS LONG AS IT LASTS was installed on the Rotterdam Euromast overlooking the birthplace of gabber, Club Parkzicht. A year later, Dutch photographer ARI VERSLUIS began the project Exactitudes, investigating the identity, uniformity, and duration of subcultures as long as they last.
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KAC hosts ‘Ink on Paper’ exhibition opening in Clinton
CLINTON — How different can one ink drawing be from another ink drawing? The answer to that question may be found in the exhibition “Ink on Paper,” opening from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19 at the Kirkland Art Center, 9 1/2 E Park Row. The inner world meets the outer world in the fantastical, detailed…
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Dana-Fiona Armour Wins 2024 Sigg Art Prize
The Sigg Art Foundation has announced Dana-Fiona Armour as the winner of the 2024 Sigg Art Prize. Armour is a Paris-based German-Scottish artist-researcher, known for her exploration of the symbiosis between species through her interdisciplinary work. Collaborating closely with scientists, her installations and sculptures offer new perspectives on how humans relate to the natural world.…
