Whether you’re a new photographer, a seasoned veteran, or simply someone with a passion for visual arts, there’s a place for you at Photo Connect. Photo Connect Photo Connect, conceived by Astitva Photo, is not just a meetup but a platform designed to nurture a vibrant ecosystem of photographers and visual artists. Its core mission revolves
The 2024 list of Black Music City project winners is here. 30 Black Philly-area artists across mediums will be awarded grants of $1,500 to $5,000 to fund art aimed at honoring Philadelphia’s Black music heritage. The winning projects, which include live performances, photo and video storytelling, and multi-media visual art installations, will be exhibited in
For decades, Region residents have dressed up and gone out for a night of professional theater at the Theatre at the Center in Munster. They’ve laughed. They’ve been moved. They’ve cuddled with their spouse as the lights darken and spotlights illuminate the stage. They’ve caught up with neighbors, old friends and classmates in the lobby
Photo by Michel Porro/Getty Images At heart, I am analogue. I know podcasts are the thing, but they must be downloaded by the converted, not listened to by chance. I much preferred the sense of thrilling possibility when my arts series Dead Famous kicked off on BBC Radio 4, as hopefully it would connect with
The Houston-based artist Rick Lowe has spent much of his adult life trying to reconcile his inner artist with his inner activist. Inspired by a student who asked him: ‘If you’re creative, why can’t you create a solution?’, in the 1990s Lowe shifted from painting to social practice art with a focus on community development.
March 13 of this year marks the 125th birth anniversary of legendary Bulgarian composer and musician Pantcho Wladigeroff, who was a pioneer of a number of genres in Bulgarian music, such as the instrumental concerto, the violin sonata, miniatures for violin and piano, and the piano trio. He was one of the first to successfully combine
The Whitney Biennial, New York’s most prominent showcase of new American (or American-ish) art, thrives on argument: in print, in comment threads, in barrooms and sometimes in the galleries themselves. Its 81st edition opens Thursday to museum members and to the public on March 20, and it introduces a “dissonant chorus” — in the phrase
I first met Tom Wilson in 1980 at the Dundas Valley School of Art, just outside of Hamilton, Ontario, where I was a student and he was hired to strum his guitar at a reception there. Being involved in the local music scene as I was, I introduced myself to the lone stranger. Not long
A visual artist from the Province of Bohol is set to receive in Milan, Italy the Leonardo da Vinci International Art Prize – a recognition for contemporary artists worth their artistic merit. Elvin Perocho Vitor, a seasoned painter and multimedia artist, is recognized for his 53×89-inch hyper-surreal work depicting Boholano fellow artist and environmentalist Pedro
Amidst the rising threat of deep fake images and videos targeting politicians and celebrities, Ai-Da is urging global governments to adopt a universal symbol for AI-generated content. ADVERTISEMENT This wasn’t my usual interview. As I logged in to the Zoom meeting, there, on my computer screen, was a figure unlike any I had ever encountered.