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Good news in the district
School district, educator receive state recognition for visual arts The School District of Philadelphia has been named an Outstanding Visual Arts Community from the Pennsylvania Art Education Association (PAEA).
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Two more programs on chopping block as part of TRU’s visual arts shakeup
Photo: TRU Two additional Thompson Rivers University certificate programs have been placed on the chopping block alongside the university’s visual arts programs. University senator Craig Jones said during a meeting Monday that the certificate of literary and art history and the drawing and painting certificate are being added to the proposed elimination of visual arts…
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Community invited to submit art for upcoming exhibition
The Department of Visual Arts is inviting the Brock and wider community to submit their artworks to be considered for an upcoming community art sale and exhibition at Brock’s Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts. The Department of Visual Arts (VISA) is encouraging the Brock and wider communities to showcase their artistic…
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New Hope-Solebury Distinguished As Outstanding Visual Arts Community
NEW HOPE, PA — The New Hope-Solebury School District has been recognized as an Outstanding Visual Arts Community by the Pennsylvania Art Education Association and has received a gold designation on the College Board’s Advanced Placement School Honor Roll. “Our district is constantly seeking new opportunities to prepare students for the global landscape ahead of…
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Perfect opportunity for the canny investor
Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size Perched high on the cliff above Tamarama beach is a new home that claims to take “ocean-front designer living to the next level”. “Form and function meet as one”, boasts the breathless marketing spiel, while “minimalism is totally maximised” in the design. However, if you’re tempted to…
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How Mika Brzezinski is honoring her mother
It has been just over a year since sculptor Emilie Brzezinski passed away at the age of 90, and yet her art and legacy lives on. Her daughter, “Morning Joe” co-host and Know Your Value founder Mika Brzezinski, has been continuously working on ways to share her mom’s work with the world. And on October…
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How to Make an Artistic Life: CFA Class Offers an Inside View
Directors of the college’s three schools share their stories Kinh Vu is known for his animated classroom style, but nobody saw the directors dance party coming. Vu popped on the BeeGees’ “Stayin’ Alive” so everyone could loosen up at the start of a recent session of Doing, Making & Knowing: The CFA Experience (CFA FA…
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PlayStation lays off staff at Visual Arts support dev
While Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 was taking up players’ weekend, Sony conducted layoffs at Visual Arts, a well-known support studio for PlayStation games. There was a “wave of layoffs” last week at the studio, according to ex-senior level designer Daniel Bellemare. “While this is certainly not the news I was hoping for, I’m grateful to have had a…
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Women in the arts to be celebrated in San Gabriel
The Brave Resilient Women Committee within the Alhambra San Gabriel Branch of the American Association of University Women will present a program highlighting “Brave Resilient Women in the Arts” at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 28. Artists of dance, literature, music, theater and visual arts will come to life on stage to share their stories.…
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‘It feels like dancing’: Street artist fatspatrol on the empowerment she finds in her painting
Street art has long been dominated by dudes, but Toronto artist fatspatrol is helping to change that, one gorgeous mural at a time. This month is a big one for fatspatrol (given name Fathima Mohiuddin). After years of creating acclaimed large-scale murals in public spaces, she brought her work indoors for her very first solo…
