August 29, 2024
Artists

Escape Artists’ Dream is a surreal and puzzling adventure

After going through the experience, I can’t see a way someone in a wheelchair would be able to participate in much of this room without missing out on large chunks. It also meant that crawling was necessary several times to backtrack and gather clues and, as a team filled with adults, this was occasionally rough

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Artists

A Short History of Artists Sneaking Their Work Into Museums

An aspiring artist who made his living working for the modern art museum in Munich must have harbored dreams of fame and adulation when he hatched a plot to secretly put his own work on the walls. Unfortunately, his bosses did not see this as a legitimate way to gain a prestigious exhibition history. He

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Visual artists

WaterFire Symposium: Author and Visual Artist Robert Zeller

WaterFire Symposium: Author Talk with Robert Zeller A WaterFire Symposium, New Surrealism: The Uncanny in Contemporary Painting with author and visual artist Robert Zeller Join us with our partners at Symposium Books for the first WaterFire Symposium of 2024 in the gallery at the WaterFire Arts Center on Thursday, April 25 starting at 6:30 p.m.

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Liaison Artists Growth Mirrors Rise in Underground Electronic Music

When he first started his own agency, Andrew Kelsey worked out of a tiny, windowless office in San Francisco’s Mission District. He had no experience as an agent, but he did have a passion for underground electronic music and an ambition to get bookings for artists who were making it.  Twenty years later, Kelsey has

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Artists

Gafney Library April Artists of the Month and Reception

WAKEFIELD – The Gafney Library is hosting a multi-artist exhibit through April entitled “Eye See Seven.”  The exhibit will feature seven area artists and 37 pieces of their combined work in needlepoint, oil, watercolor and acrylic. The seven artists are Renée Hardy, Kimberly Muese, Jill Vendituoli, Grace Ferguson, Evelyn Nitzberg, Corina Willette, and Peter Abate who

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Visit the studios of 150+ artists in Brooklyn this weekend

This weekend, over 150 artists will open their Brooklyn studios to the public. Taking place on April 13 and 14, DUMBO Open Studios provides a behind-the-scenes look at the neighborhood’s art scene as well as conversations with artists about their latest creations. The annual event also features interactive guides on this year’s participant artists and

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3 Pop Artists Who Are Making Jazz Cool Again In 2024

If pop is the musical equivalent of widely enjoyed fast food, jazz would be its high-brow, haute counterpart. However, several mainstream artists aim to combine the best of modern pop and classic jazz worlds. Jazz will occasionally peek its head into the world of Top 40 tracks every one or two musical cycles, with artists

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The Questions of a Life: A Review of “Mina Loy: Strangeness Is Inevitable” at the Arts Club

Mina Loy, installation view of “Strangeness Is Inevitable,” the Arts Club of Chicago, 2024/Photo: Michael Tropea Mina Loy, the underknown artist, poet, inventor and maker of otherworldly lamps, was once in love with a boxer. Loy’s second husband, Arthur Cravan, was called the “prizefighter poet.” Though their time together was marked by poverty and struggle,

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Artists

Discover new works at the Savannah Local Artist Market

Now that spring has officially sprung, many gardening enthusiasts and aspiring botanists eagerly peek out the window to see the fruits of their labor bloom. The same can be said for local artists as the Savannah Local Artist Market’s (SLAM) spring market hosts a blossoming field of creativity on April 13. This grassroots market has

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Painting comes ‘naturally’ to Boneyard Arts Signature Artist | Arts & Entertainment

CHAMPAIGN — As the Boneyard Arts Festival approaches, a striking image of a multicolored bull on a bright yellow background has started popping up around town. It’s this year’s Signature Image: Yeong Choi’s Life-Bull_8. For Choi, being the Signature Artist represents being accepted into the local community. “As an immigrant, the language barrier puts me

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