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Boaz students place at NACC Arts Con
Boaz High School was invited to compete for the first time in Arts Con at Northeast Alabama Community College. On Thursday, Oct. 26, 33 BHS students competed in various categories, but four students won awards. Styles Waldrep won second in grammar and first in instrumental playing piano; Ethan Williams won second in instrumental playing his…
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Herald Community Calendar for week of Dec. 1, 2023
Herald Community Calendar for week of Dec. 1, 2023 Published 6:20 pm Saturday, December 2, 2023 The Herald Church and Community Events calendar is published each Friday. Items must be submitted by 10 a.m. Monday for that Friday’s calendar. Events should be emailed to [email protected]. NOVEMBER 30 TRIVIA — Three Roads Brewing, located at 312…
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Glasstire’s Jessica Fuentes Among 2023 Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant Recipients
The Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant has awarded a total of $935,000 to 27 writers, including Glasstire’s News Editor, Jessica Fuentes. The Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant 2023 Awardees Following conversations with practicing writers and editors in 2005, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts launched the Arts Writers Grant program to…
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Track & Field Opens Indoor Season with Strong Showings – Eastern Michigan University Athletics
Story Links Final Results: SVSU | Boston YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) — The Eastern Michigan University track and field programs opened its 2024 indoor season Saturday, Dec. 1, with the Eagles sending competitors to a pair of meets, including Saginaw Valley State University’s Holiday Open & Multis meet in Saginaw, Mich., and Boston University’s Sharon Colyear-Danville…
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Reminisce: Nebraska’s treasure trove of all the arts
Sarah Joslyn gave $3 million to build a 155,000-square-foot memorial to her late husband, George. She labeled it simply a home for Omaha’s arts community. On Nov. 29, 1931, what was then called Joslyn Memorial opened to the public. Sheritha Jones Omaha World-Herald Chief Librarian CHRIS MACHIAN, THE WORLD-HERALD The memorial — now named the…
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Frederick Artists Night Featuring Jennifer Boyer
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Rice Lake veterans statue nearly ready, more funds needed for installation
RICE LAKE — Community members can expect to visit a new statue honoring veterans from every war this spring in Rice Lake. “The Burden” is an approximately 1,000-pound bronze statue depicting a paratrooper kneeling after landing in Afghanistan based on a photograph by a photojournalist and an artistic rendering by Tim Cortes. Work preparing the…
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Woven portraits of women who champion water come to Madison
Rachel Carson exposed the dangers of pesticides, wrote the environmental science book “Silent Spring” and helped advance the environmental movement of the 1960s. Gretchen Gerrish, Carol Warden and Emily Stanley conduct research out of the UW-Madison Trout Lake Limnology Station in Vilas County, while Aleta Baun is an indigenous Mollo activist from Indonesia who helped…
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NWSA opens exhibition from private collection of Latin American artists
Painting by Latin American painter, Emilio Falero, 1990, (Cuba), is part of the NWSA Private Collection.(Photo by Maria Flores) After more than a decade, New World School of the Arts’ visual arts division has curated an impressive exhibition showcasing more than a dozen artworks from established Latin American artists. The pieces in “Selected Works from…
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How shamanism is changing art
Image: Martin Engelmann/imageBROKER/picture alliance Whether in dance, the visual arts or music, shamanism is making an unexpected comeback. The emphasis is now on healing and being in tune with nature. Has the heyday of Western rationalism come to an end? Are artists using ancient practices, the new shamans? Or is shamanism just something Westerners are…
