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If you’ve seen the artworks of Marianna Simnett, you know that it is not easy to forget them. The multidisciplinary artist who works between film, installation, drawing, painting, sculpture, and even theater, is a world-builder of surreal and sometimes horrific proportions. Her works lodge themselves deep into your psyche with an unsettling amount of imagery,

Explore In 2023, author Melanie Mitchell discovered that a cheap AI-generated imitation of her book on, ironically, the subject of artificial intelligence was for sale on Amazon. She reported it, but the platform didn’t take action to remove it until the story of the theft caught the attention of the media. “I was mad at

BELCHER/SAREPTA, La. (KSLA) – The Shreveport Regional Arts Council (SRAC) is calling on artists to design gateway signage along the Boom or Bust Byway in northwest Louisiana. These large road signs, which are in place from Vivian all the way to Lake Claiborne, will feature iconic imagery for the towns they represent. Seven signs have

As country music fans, we open our favorite music streaming sites, we download and listen to our favorite songs and pay our hard-earned money to go see our favorite artists play live in front of thousands. But, have you ever stopped to think what these uber-famous, successful and wealthy country artists did before they were

What was something you didn’t expect to find or see when you met Zeinab during the photoshoot? I appreciated their use of note-taking for their projects. I remember them having quite a few tests and sketches. You had a session with CondéFuture students, and since we believe that every encounter is mutual, we’d like to

Twelve Chicagoland performing artists to each receive an unrestricted grant and professional development opportunities CHICAGO, June 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Walder Foundation today announced it will award $2.4 million to performing artists through its inaugural Platform Awards, which support accomplished Chicagoland mid-career music, theater, dance, and interdisciplinary performance artists who are enriching the city’s creative

It’s likely that you have encountered a Google bomb online, even if you’re not familiar with the phrase. There used to be only a few, if any, of them on the internet, but now there are hundreds of them. Sometimes they are used to humiliate a well-known person. The term “liar” was used against Tony Blair

Brian Keeler sat on the sidewalk near the top of a hill in downtown Towanda. He wore a wide-brimmed hat to block Wednesday’s hot sun. A tray of oil paint in a rainbow of colors hung from an easel. “I’m painting this view right here of Poplar Street looking towards the Bradford County Courthouse, and

Submitted by Alchemy Arts Center Alchemy Art Center, in partnership with the San Juan Islands Museum of Art, is hosting a series of artist talks featuring our 2024 Artists-in-Residence. These free events can be attended in person or via zoom, and are hosted either in the Alchemy Art Center Dome or in the SJIMA upstairs