Want to be a successful creative? In a previous era, you’d have been told to focus on one thing and one thing only. Whether that was oil painting, digital illustration, animation or whatever, you’d need to buckle down, hone your focus and keep doing the same thing again and again until you become a true
Get ready for an unforgettable day as the 26th Annual Art in the Village returns to downtown Carlsbad on Sunday, June 23rd, from 9 am to 5 pm. This beloved event, organized by the Carlsbad Village Association (CVA), will transform Grand Avenue and State Street into a bustling hub of creativity, showcasing the work of 130
The exhibition Hidden Worlds Expanding presents Outsider Art mainly created in Eastern Europe, bringing for the first time together in one exhibition exceptional works hitherto hidden from the broader public in so many countries. The exhibition displays more than 200 works from the collections of historical and contemporary Outsider Art from 10 countries by a
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‘You make more noise when you buy curtains!” California blues singer England Brooks, a Bodø resident for 20 years, gently berates her audience for their typically Norwegian diffidence when asked to join in on a song. They laugh, and at the next attempt sing a tiny louder. This is the latest in a series of
ART ON THE MOVE is now accepting applications for the Touring Exhibition Development Initiative. The initiative supports exhibition development proposals from independent Western Australian curators, artist collectives, or arts organisations with the intent to tour regionally. The selected exhibition will receive up to $10,000 towards research and/or development and access to professional support from the
Nigerian visual artist Olawunmi Banjo unveiled some of her artworks themed ‘The Wait’ at the newly renovated British Airways lounge at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos State over the weekend. British Airways recently opened a newly renovated lounge at the Lagos airport after revamping the unit for six months. The airline said the space
Walton Arts Center is accepting submissions for the fourth annual “Our Art, Our Region, Our Time,” a group art exhibit featuring works from Northwest Arkansas visual artists, curated by local artist Kathy P. Thompson. Artists from all visual art mediums who older than 18 and from Northwest Arkansas are invited to apply with works completed
This year’s New York art auctions disappointed. The $1.4 billion in spring sales were 22 percent lower than 2023, and off 36 percent from 2022, according to the industry publication Ocula. There is plenty of speculation about why, but one reason may be capital gains taxes. Under current law, the long-term federal capital gains
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