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Poppy Project Showcases Area Students’ Artwork
The third annual William N. Campbell Poppy Project was held on Nov. 16 at the Connors Family Fine Arts Center. The red poppy is a nationally recognized symbol of sacrifice. It is often worn by Americans to honor those who died during military service. The Fine Arts Center displayed artwork from six area schools at…
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ART BEAT: Tannery Row Artist Colony Ready For Holiday Season
Inside the historic Tannery Row building and out into the streets of Buford, Tannery Row artists are celebrating the holidays by creating art and offering it to the public in festive events. Judy Isaak, one of Tannery Row’s most popular and endearing artists, is busy fashioning her delightful ceramic nativity scenes and dove ornaments. She…
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First exhibition opens at Riyadh AI art museum
A museum dedicated to computer-generated art in Riyadh’s historic site of Diriyah inaugurates its first exhibition this week, showcasing the history of digital art from the 1960s to the present day. The exhibition is hosted by Diriyah Art Futures, the Gulf’s first hub dedicated to computer art, under the title “Art Must Be Artificial: Perspectives…
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7th Albany Museum of Art Heart of Albany Festival deemed success
ALBANY ─ Beautiful weather and captivating art were a winning combination for the 7th annual Heart of Albany Festival presented by Publix at the Albany Museum of Art. “We could not have asked for a lovelier fall day or better festival partners than Publix and our generous community-minded sponsors,” AMA Executive Director Andrew J. Wulf…
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CPS makes changes to Senn High School arts program
CHICAGO (WLS) — There is frustration at Chicago’s Senn High School, because of changes to the arts program. That’s what the school is known for. Each day, students take two classes in their particular discipline. But starting next year, arts time will be cut by nearly half. CPS says that will give students time to…
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River Arts Show returning to West Side
Unitarian Universalist Congregation on Charleston’s West Side will host more than 20 artists in a variety of mediums, including ceramics, stained glass, photography, art prints, textiles, jewelry, wreaths, soaps and more at the 20th River Arts Show. The River Arts Show will provide tarot and astrology card readings, music, a Friday night reception on Friday,…
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When I need to reconnect with myself, I go to museums
In the summer after my first year of college, I considered some of my closest friends to be the statues in the Greek and Roman Art section of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Feeling emotionally disconnected from my high school friends and physically separated from my college friends, I was quite lonely. As a remedy,…
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How artists respond to technology
“The Living End: Painting and Other Technologies, 1970-2020,” which opens November 9 at the Museum of Contemporary Art, as with so much of our lives, begins with the Internet. Specifically, with MCA Manilow senior curator Jamillah James, who observed the Internet’s effects on artistic practices in the early 2000s, and who organized the show with…
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Arts All-Star: Mackenzie Gorski
WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) – Art has always been in Mackenzie Gorski’s life. The Indian River visual artist is this week’s 7 News Arts All-Star. She plans to study health sciences with the goal of becoming a physician assistant. “I feel like art itself is a communication and it helps people speak to each other…
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Mural Arts’ Afromation Avenue third installment in historic Black neighborhood
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Afromation Avenue, a project funded by Mural Arts Philadelphia, has chosen the historic 7th Ward as its latest home. Now in its third installment, Afromation Avenue is a “collection of curated positive affirmation…