August 15, 2024
Artists

Marblehead exhibits its artistic side

MARBLEHEAD — The Festival of Arts held an awards ceremony for local artists at Abbot Hall last week. The showcase featured sculpture, mixed media, painting, photography, drawing, and other mediums. Artist Nicole Alexandrou won the Don Howard Award in the category of mixed media for her piece, “Nature Anthology.” Alexandrou also had a piece in

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CULTURE THINK, Fulfilling Artist Growth Partners with the orchard for Global Distribution

On july 3, CULTURE THINK, Korea’s leading voice in hip hop has entered into a global distribution agreement with The Orchard, a leading distribution and artist + label services company and member of Sony Music Entertainment. Additionally, The Orchard has entered into a global partnership with the company, enabling CULTURE THINK to

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In 35 letters, get a glimpse into the lives & friendships of India’s famed artists S H Raza & His Three Close Friends | Delhi News

In 1950, when a young S H Raza was leaving Mumbai for France to study at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts on a French government scholarship, the then 27-year-old was received at the Gare de Lyon station in Paris by artist Ram Kumar. Though Raza and Kumar often fondly recalled this instance, an exhibition

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How Can a Small Bohemian Town Help Artists Stay Afloat?

The daring bohemian downtown Manhattan of decades past is long gone — the inimitable traces of Arshile Gorky, Elaine de Kooning, and Jean-Michel Basquiat scrubbed off.  In their wake, a pricier and more prosaic world emerged. It’s a tale that has been long lamented, its conclusion foregone. But this story of creative loss is not

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Tattoo artists from across the country gather in Lexington

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Tattoo artists from all over the U.S. took part in the Lexington Tattoo Expo July 6.  What You Need To Know The Lexington Tattoo Expo began Thursday, July 4 and ends Sunday at 9 p.m. Local tattoo artists, along with artists from all over the U.S., set up shop to tattoo attendees Artists

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Boston First-Black Owned Art Gallery To Showcase Black Art

Boston’s newest art gallery, located in its Seaport neighborhood is also the city’s first Black-owned art gallery. The gallery, Blkchip Gallery, opened on June 27 and according to its proprietors it is intended to attract Bostonians of color to the neighborhood within which it resides.  According to CBS News, the artists and founders of the

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Does Generative AI Violate the Rights of Authors and Artists?

Authors, artists, and their employers are furious over generative artificial intelligence (AI) – chatbots that write novels and news copy, image generators that create artwork or music to order in the style of any artist whose work is accessible on the internet.  The list of pending lawsuits is long and growing. Major media outlets including

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Artists show off ‘The Process’ of creating their works alongside exhibition ‘My Louisiana Kodachromes’

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) – Experience and learn about the creative processes of several artists, including Academy Award-winning artist William Joyce, and experience an exhibition by artist Caroline Youngblood. On July 12, from 5 p.m. – 8 p.m., Artspace, 708 Texas Street, will host an opening reception for two new exhibitions, one highlighting the creative process

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Norfolk’s Chrysler museum shows works by indigenous artists

Greeting viewers with bright-blue acrylic wings, a tall canvas depicting a thunderbird of Native American legend looms near the entrance of the newest traveling exhibition at the Chrysler Museum of Art. A man’s face is painted into and peers out of the bird’s chest. The painting, “Thunderbird with Inner Spirit,” is a self-portrait by one

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Vendors showcase work at Bangor’s Sidewalk Art Festival

Art, music, and more brought hundreds of people to downtown Bangor to shop and support local artists. BANGOR, Maine — More than 100 vendors showcased their work at Downtown Bangor Partnership’s annual Sidewalk Art Festival on Saturday. Art, music, and more brought hundreds of people to downtown Bangor to shop and support local artists. The

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