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The Gift of Art
Seattle University is home to an impressive permanent art collection—from modern and contemporary art to large-scale sculptural pieces, paintings and masks to mixed media works—that is awe-inspiring. Throughout campus, from buildings—including the Chapel of St. Ignatius, which itself is highly regarded as a work of architectural artistry—to green spaces, art is all around us. There…
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VASA’s winter exhibition roundup
The spirit of creative collaboration is in full view at Visual Arts Studio Association (VASA) as members host a traditional winter exhibition. As we move into the Christmas season, we’re also heading into the height of winter, and at times it’s tough to think about anything except crappy weather and gloomy skies. The best respite…
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Regina artist wins Governor General’s Award for Visual and Media arts
Regina Métis artist David Garneau is one of eight winners of the 2023 Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media arts. Some of his work is part of a new exhibit now open to the public at the National Gallery of Canada. “I’m still absorbing it. It’s still soaking in,” said Garneau. He was presented…
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Mike Parr dropped by gallerist Anna Schwartz after political performance piece
Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size One of Australia’s most high-profile contemporary artists Mike Parr has been dropped by his long-term gallerist Anna Schwartz, after a performance last Saturday where he painted the words “Israel” and “apartheid”. Parr, 78, one of Australia’s leading performance artists and printmakers who has been represented by the…
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Castellani Art Museum awarded $25,000 by New York State Council on the Arts
Castellani Art Museum file photo Fri, Dec 8th 2023 04:50 pm Castellani Art Museum announced a grant award totaling $25,000 from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) to support the nonprofit arts and culture sector. Through New York’s investment in arts and culture, NYSCA has awarded over $80 million since spring to…
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Hui Noʻeau Visual Arts Center hiring Maui-based Teaching Artists
December 8, 2023, 12:57 PM HST PC: Hui No‘eau Visual Arts Center Hui Noʻeau Visual Arts Center is seeking experienced Teaching Artists to support a wide range of arts programs for youth and adults; including arts outreach serving keiki and families in Lahaina. Hui Teaching Artists engage and encourage students of all ages to explore…
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Dawoud Bey’s Photographic Trilogy Of African American History at Virginia Museum Of Fine Arts
Fights and films are famed for trilogies. Ali vs. Frazier. “The Godfather.” The visual arts are distinguished by one-off pieces. Singular masterpieces like Michelangelo’s Pieta, Picasso’s Guernica or Dorothea Lange’s Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California. Dramatic in scope, stunning in execution, Dawoud Bey (b. 1953; Queens, NY) has created a photographic trilogy every bit as engrossing…
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Idaho Commission on the Arts accepting grant applications to artists, educators, apprentices
The Idaho Commission on the Arts announced it is providing financial support through grants to professional artists, arts educators and arts administrators. In a press release Wednesday, the commission said it is accepting applications for all of its annual grant programs, which include the following: Entry track grants support public programs in the arts delivered…
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Community voices support for Art House 360
Art House 360 – a nonprofit organization aimed at creating access and inclusion to arts education and programming – is hoping to sign a lease at the former New Century School building by the end of this month, a decision community members expressed support for during a Nov. 13 Common Council meeting. Art House 360…
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MFA opens its new Judaica gallery on the first night of Hanukkah
Just a few moments after we meet, Simona Di Nepi, the Museum of Fine Arts’ first-ever Curator of Judaica, makes a matter-of-fact point: “I’m Jewish,” she says, “but my master’s degree is in late medieval Sienese crucifixions.” It’s a sort-of confession, by way of explanation. “Judaica, or Jewish art, Jewish visual culture, has not been…
