August 24, 2024
Art Investment

How much do we value public art? Wagga Council debates future investment in outdoor spaces

Wagga City Council has voted against a motion to lift the cap on public arts funding. Photo: Chris Roe. Wagga City Council has voted down a proposal to amend the city’s public art policy and remove a cap on funding that has stalled recent investment in outdoor art across the local government area. Councillor Jenny

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Artists

Meet the 38 drag artists fighting hard to drag out the vote!

Get Out the Vote (GOTV) efforts are one of the most important aspects of campaigning, especially for local and state elections. A research paper publish in 2022 titled “You Better Vote: Drag Performers and Voter Mobilization in the 2020 Election” found that drag queens have a place in queer community that makes them incredibly effective

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Art Investment

Five Strategies to Invest in Fine Art Profitably

Five strategies to invest in fine art profitably have been put into action at a company called Treasure Investments Corporation that showcased its capabilities in a display at the recent FreedomFest Conference in Las Vegas that unveiled a pure silver head of the famed “David” monument designed by Michelangelo. “We own the single, largest master

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Artists

Alumna of Rice’s Shepherd School selected for Met Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Program | Rice News | News and Media Relations

While studying voice at the Shepherd School with Professor Nova Thomas, Tessa McQueen starred as the title role of “L’incoronazione di Poppea” and the Female Chorus in “The Rape of Lucretia.” (Photo by Jeff Fitlow) Tessa McQueen, a 2024 master’s graduate of Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, has been selected as one of 14 participants for

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Artists

2024 Artists in Open Gardens

What could be better than visiting “Open Gardens” throughout Western New York. The answer would be, artists! Yes, that’s what Artists in Open Gardens is all about – a chance to explore the region’s most exquisite gardens, accompanied by free arts programming thanks to a collaboration between Gardens Buffalo Niagara and Open Gardens. If you stop

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Artists

Brandusa Niro & Dmitry Prut Reflect On Creative Visions, Artistic Careers, And The World Of Art

15 Avant Gallery founder and president Dmitry Prut discovers and celebrates new-to-mid career artists at his esteemed South Florida galleries, and the latest talent he’s showcasing is The Daily Front Row’s very own Brandusa Niro, who’s exclusively signed with Avant Gallery and will be showing her “Models” series of acrylic paintings at the Hamptons Fine

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Artists

River City asking artists for design ideas for Martin Luther King District street banners

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – The River City Company is looking for more artists with ideas for downtown banners. They’ve been going district by district to replace the banners the city has used to decorate streetscapes. So far, they’ve refreshed the Southside, Riverfront and Northshore district banners. Now it’s the Martin Luther King District’s turn. River City

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Visual artists

Preview: James Jean solo exhibition Meadowlark

Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Article content Meadowlark: James Jean Solo Exhibition When: July 25 to Sept. 15 Where: CICA Vancouver, 228 Abbott St. Info: cicavancouver.com The number of visual artists who have made the leap

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Artists

Artists create new mini murals in Oak Park 

Public transit lovers, drivers and pedestrians alike who have long admired the results of the local mini-mural program that decorates the railroad retaining walls along the Chicago Transit Authority Green Line now can spot some new pieces.  Joey Depakakibo, a Berwyn resident and artist for as long as he can remember, just finished his mini

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Artists

Walter Scott on His Latest Comic Book and an Artist’s Role in the Revolution | ELLE Canada Magazine

Wendy is a hot mess, and that’s why we love her. So what happens when the beloved Canadian art-world anti-hero cleans up her act? A decade ago, Walter Scott’s first Wendy comic book, Wendy, was published. Readers instantly connected with the character’s party-girl persona, multi-page hangovers and relentless insecurities as she navigated the streets of

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