August 29, 2024
Artists

13 Local Artists Explore Grief And Life at Contemporary Craft

PHOTO BY REAGAN WEST-WHITMAN Two statues entitled “Lives/Works” with holes in their torso. A coffin made of hemp. A semi circle of candles surrounding a pillow. Contemporary Craft’s current exhibition “Hereafter” explores the themes of grieving, mourning and the celebrating of life through more than 50 works in a variety of mediums. “Grief and mourning

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Artists

40-foot, 5-ton trolls are invading America. What is this garbage?

Trolls, the menacing otherworldly beings of folklore, are gaining a foothold across America. They haven’t gobbled anybody up yet, but they still hope to shake everyone who meets them to their core and deliver a new message: Trash is treasure. “It’s an advertising campaign for trash,” quips Thomas Dambo, the Dr. Frankenstein to over 150

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Visual artists

2024 Queensland Regional Art Awards Opportunities – ArtsHub Australia

2024 Queensland Regional Art Awards The highly anticipated Queensland Regional Art Awards (QRAAs) are Flying Arts Alliance’s annual visual arts awards for established and emerging artists living in regional Queensland. Offering Australia’s largest regional art awards prize pool of over $140,000, the QRAAs are one of Australia’s pre-eminent awards. Finalists are exhibited in Brisbane with

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Artists

Blanton’s newest exhibition showcases photography-based work by contemporary Native American artists – The Daily Texan

Tied by themes of indigenous identity, historical trauma and reverence towards tradition, the Blanton Museum of Art’s newest exhibition, “Native America: In Translation,” features over 60 works of nine contemporary native artists who capture their stories through a different lens — a camera lens.  The exhibition, open until Jan. 5, 2025, draws upon the Fall

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Art Investment

Navigating the digital art revolution: Is it worth an investment?

An article by Fabian Ritter, head of community at CAST Studios The way art is created, sold and owned will change forever. Yet the question remains: is digital artwork worth the investment?To answer this question, let’s look closely at the two core elements: Art and Digitisation. Modern digital art concepts The digital art revolution has democratised the

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Visual artists

Catapult + Adelaide Fringe Mentorship Opportunity Opportunities – ArtsHub Australia

Generously supported by the James and Diana Ramsay Foundation, the Catapult + Adelaide Fringe mentorship will provide a funded opportunity for a South Australian visual artist, craftsperson or designer to undertake a 6-month mentorship with a chosen mentor, culminating in a public program, presentation of new work or performance as part of the 2025 Adelaide

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European Art

UNT’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute explores art crime in cross-country European tour

Trekking through Europe in search of stories and evidence of art crimes is not a souvenir most people can claim. On a recent trip to Italy and Malta, members of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of North Texas were able to become art crime sleuths on a guided tour of the history

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European Artists

an artists’ collection for two centuries

The National Gallery has not always been housed in a neoclassical palace on Trafalgar Square. Two hundred years ago, the national collection first opened its doors to visitors with a fine if modest collection of 38 paintings from the private collection of John Julius Angerstein down the road in his townhouse at 100 Pall Mall.

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Art Investment

Preservation, curation, investment – how Gallery G strengthens the art ecosystem

Launched in 2014, PhotoSparks is a weekly feature from YourStory, with photographs that celebrate the spirit of creativity and innovation. In the earlier 790 posts, we featured an art festival, cartoon gallery. world music festival, telecom expo, millets fair, climate change expo, wildlife conference, startup festival, Diwali rangoli, and jazz festival. Gallery G at Lavelle Road in Bengaluru is hosting a group exhibition this month, featuring the works of

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Artists

Canyons of the Ancients National Monument seeks 2025 artists-in-residence – The Journal

Canyons of the Ancients is seeking applicants for their 2025 artist-in-residence program. Painting done by former artist in residence Jeff Potter of Alameda, New Mexico. Chosen artists complete an art residency at the national park The Canyons of the Ancients National Monument is seeking applicants for its 2025 artist-in-residence program’s winter and summer programs. The

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