February 8, 2025
Artists

San Diego tattoo artist loses home and business in flooding – NBC 7 San Diego

A San Diego woman is now left to pick up the pieces after flooding washed out her business and home. “This was my tattoo shop, which I’ve had since 1984, and we also live in the very back,” Judy Parker said. Parker is the owner of Pacific Tattoo in San Diego. Her shop is filled

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Artists

School of Art Students Receive Artists 360 Artist Awards

Artists 360 Clockwise from top left: Larissa Ramey, Jocelyn Reid, Ana Buitrago, Melissa Loney, Augusta Zuerker The Mid-America Arts Alliance announced the 2023 Artist 360 Awards last fall, and the School of Art in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences celebrates the art graduate students and an alumna undergraduate student as grant recipients, as well

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Artists

Highest-Selling Musical Artists of 2023

Taylor Swift and Drake were crowned the top two best-selling artists of 2023. As per ChartData on X, Swift doubled her 2022 sum and sold a whopping 19 million total album units last year while Drake sold almost 10 million. Morgan Wallen and Zach Bryan were listed at Nos. 3 and 4 with 8.4 million

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Artists

Open Call for Artists and Photographers

Athens Photo Festival is accepting submissions from artists and photographers for its exhibition program. The selected works will be on view from 4 June to 28 July, at the Benaki Museum / Pireos 138, one of the most prestigious museums in Greece. The Festival will feature the work of over 100 artists from all over

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Artists

Spilling The Tea On The Legal Realties Faced By Artists In The Music Industry

Written by: Imani Esmaail   By having a basic understanding of the legal side of the music industry, artists and budding industry professionals can put themselves in a position where they are more in control of their future and less at risk of legal disputes. This instalment of Law, Schooled in collaboration with Urban Lawyers

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Visual artists

teaching and learning in the visual arts

The 2024 National Visual Art Education Conference (NVAEC) took place last week (22-24 January) at the National Gallery of Australia (NGA) in Kanberri/Canberra, with online options, as well as hubs in Perth and Tasmania. Held every second year, and now in its fifth incarnation, the conference sees visual arts teachers, educators, artists and curators visiting

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Artists

Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara on his art’s meaning, and chasing the ‘carefree freedom’ of childhood

My father was working at the shrine when my brothers were born – they are about eight and nine years older than me. Growing up, they got a lot of attention because my dad was a priest and well respected in the community. Nara as a child with his mother circa 1960. Photo: Yoshitomo Nara

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Artists

Israel: The results of HaKokhav Haba’s 20th episode | Five artists advance to the semi-final!! – Eurovision News | Music

The 20th episode of HaKokhav Haba (special edition) was just concluded. HaKokhav Haba is the talent show under which the artist that will represent Israel at Eurovision 2024 will be selected. Out of the 35 artists who made it beyond the audition stage, 14 advanced to the battles’ phase, where they will compete to represent their

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Artists

4 most Philly tattoos, according to local tattoo artists

For some people, the idea of having one permanent thing for years to come can feel threatening, no matter how much you love it. Unless that something is a tattoo of your favorite city. Over the weekend, the Philadelphia Tattoo Arts Festival brought thousands of tattoo artists and ink lovers to the Convention Center. Visitors

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Artists

Caroline Monnet’s Indigenous Worldbuilding

The past few years have been busy for multidisciplinary Anishinaabe, French and Canadian artist Caroline Monnet, from completing a feature film in 2021 to 11 exhibitions in 2023 — of which four were solo shows — to having her artwork featured on the cover of An Indigenous Present (2023), edited by artist Jeffrey Gibson.  Clearly,

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