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Basketry, fused glass workshops in Chocorua, Sandwich
TAMWORTH — There are many workshops presented by ArtWorks Gallery at the Chocorua Creative Arts Center, some of which have sold out quickly so stay tuned. Only two remain on the schedule. Both require no prior experience so beginners are welcome. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be able to…
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A Poisonous New Tool Is Helping Artists Fight Back Against Generative AI
In the old days, the biggest problem visual artists faced was the threat of art tracers. These tracers, as their name suggests, stole art by tracing over another artist’s work and then creating a new piece out of the existing art. But tracers have nothing on “AI Artists,” who actively steal art to “create” their…
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Seattle Office of Arts and Culture Announces 2024 CityArtist Grant Awardees
Cherdonna Shinatra’s DITCH performance. Photo courtesy of Jenny Peterson. SEATTLE, October 24 — The Seattle Office of Arts and Culture is proud to announce recipients of $180,000 for the 2024 CityArtist grants. This annual grant supports Seattle-based individual creatives, cultural-makers, and curators in various stages of their careers, providing essential funding for the research, development,…
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Dallas Museum of Art lays off 20 employees, reduces hours
The Dallas Museum of Art on Tuesday laid off 20 employees and reduced two full-time jobs to part-time in what amounted to an 8% reduction in its staff. The cuts come amid an ongoing era of retrenchment in the cultural arts. Dallas arts groups have not been immune. Five months ago, the Dallas Theater Center…
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Afrobeats Star Mr. Eazi’s Mission to Elevate African Art Through Music
When Afrobeats star Mr. Eazi encountered a painting by Benin-based artist Patricorel in a hotel lobby, it reshaped his perspective on the connection between visual arts and music. “I saw this piece of two skeletons sitting on a bench… it was about love… ‘til death do us part. And I realized that visual arts could…
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SFA to screen ‘John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs’
SFA’s Friday Film Series will screen Derek Wayne Johnson’s film “John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs” at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3, at The Cole Art Center. NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art and the Friends of the Visual Arts will present a free, one-night screening of “John…
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New book celebrates 50 years of HSPVA
Images: Joe Brueggeman & Michael Hagerty/Houston Public Media A new book celebrates 50 years of Houston’s Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. Listen To embed this piece of audio in your site, please use this code: A new book out this month celebrates 50 years of HSPVA – the Kinder High School…
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New Orleans Opera and Young Audiences Charter School Amplify Activism Through Art
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – Ahead of the New Orleans Opera Association (NOOA)’s production of Blue on Nov. 10 & 12 at the Mahalia Jackson Theater, NOOA partners with Young Audiences Charter School, an arts-integrated public charter school serving Orleans and Jefferson Parishes, to amplify themes of art and activism as represented in Blue – a contemporary opera about racial injustice. Art students in grades 10-11 from Young Audiences Charter School conceptualized and painted…
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Cole Art Center: Works by artist Muñoz to be featured in ‘Twenty’ exhibition
Works by Benjamin Muñoz will be featured in the exhibition “Twenty” showing Nov. 2 through Jan. 19 at The Cole Art Center, SFA’s historic downtown gallery. Photograph shows Muñoz’s “Viva la Raza.” NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art and The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House will…
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McDowell Intermediate High School Receives Outstanding Visual Arts Recognition
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