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Knoxville Museum of Art debuts new name, new lineup for concert series
The Knoxville Museum of Art’s signature concert series has a lineup of diverse artists and genres set for 2023-24 season, and a new name to go with it. Formerly known as “Alive After Five,” the series blending music and visual art is being rebranded as “Soundscapes at the KMA.” “Soundscapes is more than just a…
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Edwards retires from Jentel after 22 years
BANNER — By her own admission, Mary Jane Edwards has an “insatiable curiosity for people.” It’s that curiosity that takes Edwards to places few would visit — from a sardine factory in Maine to a remote Indonesian village — to meet people and hear their stories. That curiosity and passion for people is also…
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Enter into ‘Night in the Garden of Love’ at Toronto’s Aga Khan museum
As winter darkness looms, the Aga Khan Museum’s expansive new multimedia exhibition “Night in the Garden of Love” by British artist Shezad Dawood offers a seasonal reprieve, rich with the jewelled colours, sounds, textures and even scents of an imagined place that, at times, feels familiar, but will send anyone who enters the museum’s second…
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‘Understories’ at Newport Visual Arts Center
Baba Yaga’s new exhibit, “Understories,” opens this Sunday, Dec. 3, at the Newport Visual Arts Center. An opening reception will take place from 1 to 3 p.m. Admission is free, and all are welcome. Nik, the artist behind Baba Yaga, enamored with the hidden worlds along the forest floor. Having grown up in the Pacific…
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West Hills College Lemoore breaks ground on Visual Arts and Applied Sciences building
LEMOORE, Calif. (KFSN) — West Hills College Lemoore is expanding. The golden shovels were out as administrators and construction crews officially broke ground Friday morning. Construction will begin on a brand new state-of-the-art, 44,000-square-foot building that will sit right next to the Golden Eagle Arena. West Hills Community College District Chancellor Kristin Clark says this…
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Christmas Events Calendar: A list of activities around the region
Christmas Events Calendar: A list of activities around the region Published 1:30 am Saturday, December 2, 2023 Photo taken by Connor Thompson for The Farmville Herald. Ok, first of all, yes, Oliver Anthony is returning to Farmville. But we’ll get to him in a minute. It’s time again to talk about Christmas events in Farmville, Prince…
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Indigenous Histories, São Paulo review — ambitious exhibition unites artists fighting for survival
How do you make a museum show about Indigenous culture when the very idea of the museum, an invention of European enlightenment, has its roots in colonialism? This question rumbles behind but is never quite resolved in Indigenous Histories, the new show at Museu de Arte de São Paulo. It is also central to an…
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Holden Brown is an artist on and off the soccer field
When he’s not making game-winning saves or serving as team captain, Holden Brown, University soccer goalkeeper and fourth-year College student, is pursuing a pastime different from many of his teammates — art. Between poetry, sculpture, painting, drawing and photography, Brown’s skills span a variety of mediums and are never confined to a certain style or…
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ACNMWA accepting applications for Artist Award
The Arkansas Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts (ACNMWA) is accepting applications from Arkansas women who are visual artists for the organization’s annual Artist Award. The criteria and application are available online at www.acnmwa.org/programs/ artist-award. The application deadline is Jan. 31, 2024, and the recipient will be announced in March.
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TRU board of governors says final decision on visual arts cuts will come next month
Photo: Glacier Media The head of Thompson Rivers University’s board of governors says a final decision on whether to axe the university’s beleaguered visual arts program will be made next month — and it will likely be made by the board alone. That’s what board chair Marilyn McLean said during a meeting on Friday, days…