September 6, 2024
Artists

Better Looking at You than for You, San Fran salutes New Irish Artists

DUMMING UP SUPPORT: African drummer Manas Itene closed out opening night at “The Look of the Irish” Festival Community Features & Events April 13, 2024 by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir Irish Culture Bay Area joined forces with San Francisco’s Presidio Theatre for the 2024 Irish Arts & Writers Festival last month to bring the Bay Area a

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The International Student Community, Being an Artist from the Diaspora, and our Love of SLC with Sifiso Mabena — The Phoenix

If you’re an international student, you probably know Sifiso Mabena for sending out emails checking on our mental health, and letting us know about upcoming events her office organizes. If you see her on campus, she will never ‘Sarah Lawrence’ you. She will always say “Hello”, check up on you, and—at least in my case—attempt

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“UNFOLD” Art Installation At Chattanooga Airport Showcases Local, Regional Artists

CHA Art Space, a modular exhibit space located in the ticketing area of Chattanooga Airport, features a new juried show titled “UNFOLD.” Curated by local artist Carrie Pendergrass, this installation includes works from 14 local and regional artists and is the tenth installment since the art space’s debut in July 2021.   Officials said, “The

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Broadway’s ‘Lempicka’ showcases a queer artist’s dazzling life : NPR

Amber Iman and Eden Espinosa in Lempicka. Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman/Lempicka hide caption toggle caption Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman/Lempicka Amber Iman and Eden Espinosa in Lempicka. Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman/Lempicka Musicals can be inspired by a variety of sources. Just this spring, three shows based on books that were turned into movies

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Career decisions in artistic professions during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany—an experimental study

Ackermann B (2021) Health issues for those participating in musical activities. In: Creech A, Hodges DA, Hallam S (eds.) Routledge International Handbook of Music Psychology in Education and the Community. Routledge. pp. 286–300 Aghaei-Jeshvaghani A, Jalalvand L, Zavari G-A(2006) A comparison of personality traits of artists and ordinary people. Radošā Personība Zinatnisko Rakstu Krājums 4:63–74

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Artist of the Week: Jarv Dee

Jarv Dee is a Seattle-based musician who makes rap, dance and house music. Seattle Refined: How long have you been writing/performing?Jarv Dee: I started writing lyrics when I was about 8/9 with one of my childhood friends, but really started putting lyrics into songs when I was about 14/15. Performing was around the same age

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Artists Explore Ideas Of Home In ‘Somewhere To Roost’ At American Folk Art Museum

Thornton Dial Sr. (1928 – 2016), “Birds Got to Have Somewhere to Roost,” Alabama, 2012. Wood, carpet … [+] scraps, corrugated tin, burlap, nails, and enamel on wood, 61 1/4 × 48 × 102 in., Collection of the American Folk Art Museum, Gift of the Thornton Dial Family, 2013.6.1. American Folk Art Museum “Home” can

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Open Wall nights could lead to the next artistic visionary : NPR

Preview visitors attend the Neo Rauch exhibition “Begleiter” at Pinakothek der Moderne art museum in Munich, Germany, on April 19, 2010. Johannes Simon/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Johannes Simon/Getty Images Preview visitors attend the Neo Rauch exhibition “Begleiter” at Pinakothek der Moderne art museum in Munich, Germany, on April 19, 2010. Johannes Simon/Getty Images

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El Paso artist Patrick Gabaldon creates El Paso stickers

El Paso artist Patrick Gabaldon loves stickers. Usually you can find his stickers for free at his favorite spots. Gabaldon, however, recently decided to make some that people can easily buy. The sticker pack of nine retails for $35 at his online store, at www.gabaldonart.com. “I consider this set the El Paso set because it’s got

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Drag story hour evokes earlier controversy at Lancaster library over gay artists | Local News

Complaints that the Lancaster Public Library is out of touch with community standards. Calls for the county commissioners to get involved and, if the library fails to change course, to withhold funding. Only this isn’t another story about the Drag Queen Story Hour the library scheduled for last month only to see it canceled when

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