August 18, 2024
Art Investment

Culture Secretary celebrates northern creativity in Manchester

Culture Secretary hosts WeCreate conference in Manchester to meet with businesses in the creative industries and forge ahead with plans to grow creative industries by £50 billion by 2030 Six areas across England awarded share of £10.9 million to scale up hundreds of creative industry businesses, boosting access to private finance and business support Grassroots

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Art Investment

Eye on the Arts: During inaugural State of the Arts address, county proclaims big payoff for arts investment

Phillip Dunlap, Cultural Division director, stands in front of a montage of Broward County public art venues. [Courtesy] By Marc Gave | New Pelican Writer On Oct. 26 at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, the Broward Cultural Division, in partnership with Americans for the Arts, presented the results of the Arts & Economic

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Artists

▶️ Local artists and artisans selling their work in 4th annual DCAA art show

The Dry Canyon Arts Association put on an art show at Redmond High School over the weekend. This is the 4th year the art show has taken place but the first time it was held at the school. The event featured 65 local artists and artisans selling their work in a variety of mediums to

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European Artists

Is Capitalism Dead? Yanis Varoufakis Argues Capitalists are Now Vassals to ‘Techno-Feudalists’

Greek economist/politician Yanis Varoufakis “was briefly Greek finance minister in 2015,” remembers the Conversation. Now his new book asks the question, “What killed capitalism,” with the title’s first word providing an answer. “Techno-feudalism.” Varoufakis argues that we no longer live in a capitalist society… “Today, capitalist relations remain intact, but techno-feudalist relations have begun to

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Artists

Artists come together, share inspiration at Three Rivers Art Festival in Covington

COVINGTON, La. (WGNO) — Covington’s Three Rivers Art Festival brought together artists of different calibers to showcase their talents. They say some pieces could take days, others months to finish. For artist Jana Epstein, it’s a sense of accomplishment once she steps back and admires what she’s created. Remarkable Women 2024 – Nominations are open

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European Art

Medieval fest, iconic gallery reveal mammoth $2.1m in upgrade plans

Construction has officially started on a massive $1.7m art gallery and cafe extension north of Brisbane, along with $400,000 of infrastructure upgrades to support the southern hemisphere’s largest medieval festival – attracting 25,000 knights and maidens every year. As part of the 2022-23 State Budget, the State Government committed $2.1 million to the Caboolture Abbey

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Artists

VC LIVE | Young Concert Artists’ 2023 Susan Wadsworth International Auditions’ Winners Concert

Tune in on November 12 at 4:30 PM (ET) to witness the winners of this year’s auditions We’re coming to you live from The Morgan Library & Museum‘s Gilder Lehrman Hall to hear the winners of this year’s Young Concert Artists (YCA) Susan Wadsworth International Auditions. Established in 1961, the auditions have provided emerging artists opportunities to

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Art Investment

Art exhibit tackles social activism topics through visual art and interviews – The Ithacan

On the first Friday of every month, Ithaca locals and visitors are invited to take a stroll downtown to experience in-person shows and displays highlighting the local creative art scene, depicting a colorful assortment of artistic talent. One exhibit, however, is personally examining the relationship between art and activism. The Stand Up Women! Older Women

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European Artists

The top Christmas markets for 2023

CNN  —  There’s nothing quite like a festive market to bring out the Christmas spirit in people. While these events can be traced back to Vienna – the city’s first recorded December market was in 1298 – the tradition has spread across the world over the centuries. From Germany, to Switzerland, to Singapore, to New

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Artists

Which artists, groups belong on Seattle’s music Mount Rushmore

Before a little online bookstore became a retail giant, when a local company later known as RealNetworks was pioneering something called “streaming” and 97.3 FM was still playing the oldies, Seattle’s local music scene had a loud global resonance. During a Friday edition of KIRO Nights, several KIRO personalities debated and discussed the music that

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