September 6, 2024
Artists

BVEC Hosts Local Artist Competition – by Carly Winchell

The Legacy Stage in McPhelemy Park features live music during Independence Day celebrations. Photo by Carly Winchell The Buena Vista Event Cooperative (BVEC) is hosting a local artist competition with a prize of $450 for the winning design. BVEC encourages local artists to submit a drawing or image that shows the spirit of Buena Vista

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‘Texture’ opens at River Arts

River Arts is pleased to announce the opening of their first exhibition celebrating the theme: texture. For “Texture” submitting artists delved into the intricate interplay of tactile surfaces, exploring the sensation and visual allure of texture in its myriad of forms. The artists applied actual texture or implied visual texture in their submissions. They interpreted

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Arab American musical artists to check out for Arab American Heritage Month – The Daily Texan

April marks Arab American Heritage Month, a time to celebrate Arab culture and recognize the achievements and contributions made by Arab Americans. To commemorate this month, The Daily Texan compiled a list of Arab American musical artists to listen to.  Zeina Brooklyn-born and Montreal-raised singer-songwriter Zeina incorporates her Lebanese-Egyptian roots in an impressive multilingual discography

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Two Ypsilanti-based women open accessible space for local artists to grow and connect

A new community arts space is getting ready to bloom in Ypsilanti. Spearheaded by local artists Amanda Moore and Alexandria Daniels, Ypsi Bloom Studio & Gallery has a grand opening set for May 3 with open studio hours, a gallery shop, exhibitions, events, workshops, and other arts programming. The two artists met in 2022 at

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Pelican Bay artists pitch in for Guitars of Hope

Ten incarcerated artists at Pelican Bay State Prison hand-painted guitars to raise money for the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Del Norte. Guitars of Hope, established in 2022, is a fund-raising partnership between Bicoastal Media Radio and Pelican Bay State Prison, both in Crescent City. This year, the prison’s Mural Art Team artists designed

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Meet Stanford’s spring and summer quarter guest artists

This season’s roster includes celebrated alumni and favorite performers from years past, as well as several artists making a splash with their first shows on the Farm. Among the repeat guests is Canadian puppeteer Ronnie Burkett, who returns to Bing Studio with a new Stanford Live-commissioned work, Wonderful Joe, examining the feelings of isolation and

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Fansland Music Festival 2024 Unveils Artists Lineup

The summer is fast approaching, and festival-goers across the globe are gearing up for this year’s exciting gigs. One of the events to look forward to is Thailand’s Fansland Music Festival 2024, as it has unveiled its final lineup of artists. The upcoming two-day festival is all set to take place on Saturday, May 4,

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Artist Rachel Rossin Transforms the Guggenheim’s Iconic Rotunda

For the 2024 Young Collectors Council Party, presented by LG Display, art and technology worked in tandem to immerse attendees Courtesy Guggenheim Museum. Photo: Scott Rudd ©2024 Scott Rudd Events For more than six months, visionary painter and programmer Rachel Rossin developed tactile, yet shifting sculptures alongside interactive digital artwork on eight LG Transparent OLED screens to transform the Frank

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The Eelam Tamils artists who won a Norwegian Grammy – Interview with 9 Grader Nord

Last week, Mira and Dipha Thiruchelvam, of the award-winning Tamil folk rock band 9 Grader Nord, sat down with Tamil Guardian to speak about their music; life in Norway as second-generation Eelam Tamils; and for Eelam Tamils to find their own voice. This interview comes as the band has just won the Spellemannsprisen, often described

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Visual artists

INSPIRE: Visual artist Kerri Blades shares her journey and art style inspired by family and travel

From mother of four to cancer survivor, Kerri Blades’ life and passion have informed her art through the years. Blades has always been the creative type. “From the age of five, I remember someone particularly asking me, ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ and I knew from then I wanted to

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