In a revealing interview with Hip TV, Olorunyomi Oloruntimilehin, popularly known as Bad Boy Timz, shared his insights on the music industry’s financial landscape, emphasizing the limited financial gains from music streaming. He highlighted the importance of live performances, tours, and sponsorships as more lucrative avenues for artists. This discussion sheds light on the evolving
Following a successful pilot program in 2023, the Neighbourhood LAB program returns in 2024 as part of the G21 Making Change Strategy, to extend artist support and sustainability across the G21 region. Selected artists will collectively explore and interrogate the key challenges and enablers of maintaining a regional arts practice. Through facilitated monthly gatherings, guest
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts has announced the winners of the 27th annual Nebraska Young Artist Awards. The awards recognize 11th-grade students from Nebraska for their talents in visual art, dance, music, theater, and film and emerging media arts. Eighty students from more than 40 high schools across the state have
On March 21, Yu-Wen Wu, an interdisciplinary artist based in Boston, spoke with Sarah Laursen, the Harvard Art Museums’ Alan J. Dworsky Associate Curator of Chinese Art, to engage in a conversation about Wu’s multi-faceted art. The audience was invited to explore an engaging, slide show map of Wu’s art throughout the Boston area; audience
Artomatic is back. After a hiatus of seven years, the sporadic, peripatetic art festival, known for taking up residence in whatever empty building it can find and for giving area artists a chance to get their work in front of tens of thousands of eyeballs, opens Friday in a vacant former office building in Foggy
The collaboration between the Firnew Farm Artists’ Circle and the Poetry Society of Virginia has culminated in an innovative exhibition titled “The Ekphrastic Exhibition,” where visual arts meet poetry to spark new, inspired works. Set to enchant art and literature enthusiasts alike, the exhibition promises an evening of creativity and inspiration. Art Meets Poetry: A
This is an exclusive preview of the upcoming Rothko Chapel Art Auction, an online auction on Artsy that is live now through this Thursday, March 7 at noon. Since 1971, Houston’s Rothko Chapel has been an international pilgrimage site for art acolytes and human rights activists, as well as a spiritual “sanctuary for the seeker,”
Contemporary artists have come together to cover songs by bands that Stanley Mouse, the iconic artist known for his album covers and posters, brought to life through his enchanting artwork. This collaborative project, titled The Mouse That Rocked: A Tribute to Stanley Mouse, aims not only to celebrate Mouse’s vast contributions to music and art
Minority ethnic artists and their work are significantly under-represented in the school curriculum, a report has suggested. Only 2.3% of all named stand-alone artists referenced in GCSE art and design exam papers are from black or South Asian backgrounds, according to the race equality think tank Runnymede Trust and charity Freelands Foundation. The analysis –
Joy Chen Hiu-yan’s journey as a self-taught artist began at the age of 13 when she discovered her love for art through Jandy Nelson’s I’ll Give You the Sun, a young adult novel that meditates on life and art. “Art is my way of understanding the world and expressing my thoughts and feelings,” said the