August 26, 2024
Artists

Local artist Jessica Jones brings color and life to downtown Conway with new mural project

CONWAY, Ark. (KATV) — Downtown Conway is about to get more colorful with a new mural attraction outside city hall. Artist Jessica Jones said the mural will consist of fireflies, a big moth, and the iconic hanging baskets and lamp posts scattered around the city. “I estimated that this project will take about a month,”

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Visual artists

Performa Keeps It Live and Real in the Age of TikTok

It’s 2023. Using only your smartphone you can study dance moves in Berlin, shout along with protests in Iran, watch opera in Finland or witness catastrophe in the Middle East, if not live then close to it. In other words, it’s easier than it’s ever been to believe you’re everywhere when you’re actually nowhere, to

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European Art

Robbin Bain, Pageant Winner and ‘Today Girl,’ Is Dead at 87

Robbin Mele Gaudieri, who, as Robbin Bain, embodied traditional women’s roles as the winner of a beauty contest designed to promote beer in 1959 and later as the “Today Girl,” handling fashion and beauty segments, on the popular NBC-TV morning show, died on Oct. 21 in Southampton, N.Y., on Long Island. She was 87. Her

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European Art

Protest marches by thousands in Europe demand halt to Israeli bombing of Gaza

The marches reflected growing disquiet in Europe about the mounting civilian casualty toll and suffering from the Israel-Hamas war, particularly in countries with large Muslim populations, including France. The Palestinian death toll in the Israel-Hamas war has reached 9,448, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza. In Israel, more than 1,400 people have been

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Visual artists

Norman Lewis Made Hundreds of Works on Paper, Original Paintings and Drawings That Chart Developments in His Visual Language

NORMAN LEWIS (1909–1979), “Untitled (Seachange),” 1975 (oil on paper, 22 x 30 inches / 55.9 x 76.2 cm, signed). | © Estate of Norman Lewis. Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, N.Y.   CELEBRATED FOR PRODUCING large abstract paintings, Norman Lewis (1909–1979) made transcendent pictures. His moody and dramatic canvases are full of

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Artists

Artists put their craftsmanship on display at annual holiday festival in Kutztown

Bruce Garrabrandt of Lancaster County is surrounded by his colored pencil drawings at the Reading-Berks Guild of Craftsmen’s 73rd annual Holiday Fine Art & Craft Festival at Kutztown University. (SPECIAL TO THE READING EAGLE – SUSAN L. ANGSTADT) Janet Fasnacht’s fingers fluttered furiously, moving so quickly it was hard to even tell what they were

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European Artists

Mouth and foot painting: Hamilton artist’s work selected for Christmas range

Mouth artist Sam Livingstone painted his Bichon Maltese dog Mikelo who died. Photo / Malisha Kumar Sam Livingstone of Waikato never thought he would be an artist until a road accident left him a quadriplegic and art gave him a new purpose. Before his accident, Livingstone was a real sports ace. He followed his dad

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Visual artists

Opening eye on graduating artists

THE works of Federation University’s graduating visual arts students are set to go on display next week as part of the institution’s annual end of year, or EYE, exhibition. Featuring five bachelor of visual arts students and two TAFE graduates, the show, which has long taken place at the Ballarat Mining Exchange, will this time

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Artists

Madonna, Dua Lipa and Coldplay will headline Glastonbury next year as two female artists top festival bill for first time ever

Madonna, Dua Lipa and Coldplay will headline Glastonbury next year, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. After months of discussions, it has been agreed that they will all appear on the world-famous Pyramid Stage, with Madonna closing the music extravaganza on Sunday night. British singing sensation Ms Lipa will be Friday’s top act, and Coldplay

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Artists

Late Korean artist’s paintings displayed by CAC during November

Salem Gibson, executive director of the Columbus Arts Council, listens while Helen Campassi, daughter of the late painter Susan E. Lee, speaks on her mother’s behalf during the opening reception of her mother’s exhibition at the Rosenzweig Arts Center on Thursday night. Lee was a Korean artist who passed away on Oct. 6 at the

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