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Your Frisco, Texas Visual Art Guide
Frisco may be called Sports City USA, but don’t let that distract from its emerging art scene filled with talented artists and incredible public works. On Oct. 4, 2024, Frisco celebrated the grand opening of Kaleidoscope Park, a new public space that promises to be a destination for arts, entertainment and other community events. Its…
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Co-founder of rural arts center reflects on the value in supporting the arts
Every rural person and place has a story. Change is part of that story. “Rural Utah at a Crossroads” is part of the Smithsonian traveling exhibit Crossroads: Change in Rural America, which explores the changing meaning of rural life and identity. Utah Humanities is touring Crossroads to eight rural communities across Utah in 2024. As…
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ANNOUNCING THE 2025 YOUNGARTS AWARD WINNERS
MIAMI, Nov. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — YoungArts announces the 2025 YoungArts award winners—more than 800 of the most accomplished young artists from across the country, heralding the next generation of artists to watch. YoungArts award winners are selected through a highly competitive application, which is reviewed by panels of esteemed, discipline-specific artists in a rigorous adjudication…
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Handmade Holiday Market to be hosted at High Country Motor Lodge on Dec. 5
Local creatives and artists will host an annual Handmade Holiday Market set to take place from noon to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 5, at High Country Motor Lodge. The festive holiday market includes a variety of high-quality handmade gifts that are handpainted, handpicked, handthrown and handsewn. The items are all made by local artists,…
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ArtsvilleUSA supports artists hit hard by Helene through visual, audible storytelling
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Eight weeks ago, Helene ripped through western North Carolina leaving some of the worst destruction on riverside properties, like the River Arts District. But that’s not a reason for these local artists to give up. Three initiatives have been announced, all to help community artists as they work to rebuild their…
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UK artists earning an average of just £12,500 per year, says new report
Visual artists in the UK take home a median annual salary of only £12,500 a year, a 40% decrease since 2010, a new survey commissioned by the Design & Artists Copyright Society (DACS) has found. The UK Visual Artists’ Earnings and Contracts Report 2024, produced by DACS with the University of Glasgow, is based on…
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Meet the artists who bring Mount Auburn Cemetery from darkness to light
On the darkest nights of the year, Mount Auburn Cemetery will be awash with light, sound, and art, as MASARY Studios presents its fourth annual “SOLSTICE: Reflections on Winter Light” December program there. “It’s a tradition of recognizing that moment of our shortest days through large, monumental media artworks specific to Mount Auburn,” said MASARY’s…
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Fall student art exhibition breaks boundaries
The reception for Brookhaven campus student art exhibition was held on Nov. 7, in which attendees had a chance to look at the art and to attend the award ceremony. The gallery was open from Oct. 21 until Nov. 27 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Forum Gallery in room F102. Each Dallas…
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Warmth and Mystery Emanate from Illustrations by Myriam Wares
Illustration for ‘Quanta Magazine’ about the history of Neutrino research. All images courtesy of Myriam Wares, shared with permission Warmth and Mystery Emanate from Illustrations by Myriam Wares November 25, 2024 Illustration Kate Mothes Share Pin Email Bookmark “In a way, I was always an illustrator at heart, at least since I was old enough…
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Sagicor Foundation pumps $25m in Visual Arts Studio at Edna Manley
Sagicor Foundation has pumped $25 million into the rebuilding of the Hope Brooks Painting Studios, at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts (EMCVPA) in St Andrew. Ground was broken at the facility last week. The Edna Manley College is one of the beneficiaries of the 25th Sagicor Sigma Corporate Run in…
