Jersey City has awarded more than $1 million in funding to 78 artists and arts organizations in its third round of grants from the city’s Arts and Culture Trust Fund, Mayor Steve Fulop announced Friday. The latest funding consists of 44 program grants, 13 arts education grants, 21 general operating grants and 20 individual artist
With its homestyle cuisine, friendly service, and bright yellow paint job, the mansion-like Miller’s Seawall Grill has been a Galveston institution for almost 50 years. Earlier this month, it added yet another asset: one of the island’s most striking murals, courtesy of artist Justin Lopez. Lopez had already done one for the restaurant’s upstairs bar/gazebo
Tom Smart describes his humble beginnings in the art world as that of an art school dropout, a hippie, an actor, a scene painter, commercial artist and book illustrator. “That’s kind of my bedrock — I was a rogue,” he said. “I went back to school in English Lit, thinking through English Lit I could maybe
Whidbey Island beachcombers may find pretty rocks, colorful shells and sea glass, but Oak Harbor resident Libby Hammer sees something more in the bits and pieces that collect on the shore: skirts, hats, pants, shoes, butterflies, kites and balloons. Under the name Ragamuffin’s Rock Art, she creates portraits and scenes entirely out of “rocks and
Lismore Castle Arts stages exhibitions at historic venues in and around the scenic village of Lismore and its eponymous 11th-century castle, in Waterford, Ireland. Currently on show are site-specific installations by Aleana Egan, Caroline Agruirre, and Niamh O’Malley, in addition to an annual group exhibition, ‘Each now, is the time, the space’, featuring artists Veronica
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Several influential business people showed support for the decision by the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) that sponsoring cultural events can be included in their ESG annual reports. Cultural Minister Lee Yung-te (李永得) announced on Monday (Jan. 9) that the FSC starting this year will now credit companies that sponsor art events
The first rotation saw the top two from qualifying Ukraine and GB take to the floor exercise. Radomyr Stelmakh was up first and took a huge stumble on the second pass for Ukraine, revealing straight from the off that this was going to be a nervy occasion. Courtney Tulloch stepped up first for the Brits,
VENICE, Italy — Venice has always been a place of contrasts, of breathtaking beauty and devastating fragility, where history, religion, art and nature have collided over the centuries to produce an otherworldly gem of a city. But even for a place that prides itself on its culture of unusual encounters, Pope Francis’ visit Sunday stands
Lorinda Dudley, “New London Road” (Submitted) Agnes Harrison Lincoln, “Peonies” (Submitted) Audrey Heard, “Pears” (Submitted) Marjory Horn, “Red Lobster Shack” (Submitted) Lorinda Dudley, “Mystic River with Pilings” (Submitted) Over centuries, the artists who were featured in major exhibitions and books tended to be men. So were the people who created those exhibitions and wrote those
Image source, Ian West/Reece Straw/Holly Revell Image caption, Jack McNeill, Azraa Motala and Emma McGordon were chosen by a panel to produce a piece of work Article information Author, Samantha Jagger Role, BBC News, North East and Cumbria 41 minutes ago Three artists have each been awarded £25,000 in a project celebrating a county’s heritage.