August 8, 2024
Artists

Holocaust Museum LA and Hollywood artists launch innovative app

Holocaust survivor Harry Davids has dedicated his life to uncovering the story of the parents he never knew. Born in Nazi-occupied Holland in 1942, Davids was just an infant when his parents were deported to the Sobibor extermination camp in Poland and murdered. After the war, he was raised by relatives in South Africa and

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Stress Less! campers hone coping skills, artistic talents  – Examiner Online

LoCo Art’s Stress Less! campers pose with their reverse silhouette artwork Friday that was revealed for the audience at the parent performance at the Holland Theatre. (EXAMINER PHOTO | Mandy Loehr)  Youths in Logan County from different school districts came together last week for a unique opportunity to find the beauty, enjoyment and comfort in

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Visual artists

Gallery500 opens new exhibit featuring collaborative works by local fine artists | Observer Local News

Musicians collaborate. Why can’t fine artists? A new exhibition at One Daytona’s Gallery500 explores the theme of collaboration featuring a series of works by five artists: Robert Shirk, of Ormond Beach; Beau Wild, of Port Orange; Jean Banas, of New Smyrna Beach; and Lillian Verkins, and Jennifer Payne, of Orlando. The exhibition opened on Friday,

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List of Open Artist Commissions for San Diego Comic-Con 2024 [UPDATE #2 July 1]

If you’re reading this (and you clearly are), you love two things: San Diego Comic-Con and art. SDCC is one of the magical places you can go to meet the artist(s) behind your favorite comics, talk to them, and even commission original artwork from them. Of course, these commissions take time, and while some artists

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Artists

Artists With the Most Weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200: Full List

Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department tops the Billboard 200 for the 10th week this week (chart dated July 6), which ups Swift’s career total of weeks at No. 1 to 79. This extends her lead as the solo artist with the most weeks on top in the chart’s history. Swift’s strong showing is impressive

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Artists

Local Artist’s Assemblage Works Displayed in County Library

Weston Turner shows his daughters Lucy and Ella some of the assemblages in Angelina Bennett’s exhibit at Sweetwater County Library, on display through July. Bennett is a Green River artist who has worked in several different mediums and teaches watercolor and collage. Courtesy photo GREEN RIVER – Local artist Angelina Q. Bennett’s work is being

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Artists

Spotify Removes Music by Pro-War Russian Artists

Spotify has removed the music and profiles of several Russian artists who support the Ukraine invasion and have been sanctioned by the European Union and elsewhere in the West, Billboard has confirmed. The removals were first reported by The Moscow Times. “Platform Rules clearly state that we take action when we identify content which explicitly

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Artist Alexandra Metcalf Gallery-Hops Her Way Through London

Welcome to Wet Paint in the Wild, the freewheeling—and free!—spinoff of Artnet News Pro’s beloved Wet Paint gossip column, where we give art-world insiders a disposable camera to chronicle their lives on the circuit. To read the latest Wet Paint column, click here (members only). As I wrote in my column last week, London seems

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Artists

Detroit artist behind African bead museum resigned to demolition order

Detroit — Detroit artist and muralist Olayami Dabls has lost hope the building serving as an exhibition of his work will be saved from city-ordered demolition. “No miracle can save it now,” Dabls said of the building that has stood at the corner of Grand River and West Grand Boulevard for more than 25 years. “I

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Artists

5 Must-See artists at the Quebec Summer Festival » // MELODIC Magazine

Quebec’s biggest music festival FEQ is back at the Plaines d’Abraham from July 4th through the 11th. This year’s lineup is stacked with big names such as Post Malone, J Balvin, 50 Cent, Nickelback and many more. Among the 100+ artists who will perform that weekend, here are five of them you don’t want to miss. #1

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