NewView Oklahoma is all about empowering individuals who are blind or have low vision, opening them up to a world of possibilities. “[We] provide specialized services for people who are losing their vision or who have lost their vision,” said NewView President and CEO Lauren Branch. This is year 75 for the nonprofit and the

BECKLEY, WV (WVNS) – Beckley Events will be celebrating one of Beckley’s famous natives, Bill Withers on July 6, 2024. Bill Withers Plaza is closer to getting its own statue Bill Withers made hit songs like, “Lovely Day”, “Ain’t No Sunshine”, and “Lean on Me”. To honor Withers, the annual Bill Withers Music Festival will

For the second year, the Downtown Davenport Partnership (DDP) is seeking artists to create a mural during the 2024 Alternating Currents festival Aug. 15-17, 2024. New murals created in August 2023 during Alternating Currents, in an alley south of East 2nd Street, off Pershing Avenue. Alternating Currents features 200+ performances across 30+ venues with a

The long July/August school holidays are fast approaching. During this school break it is important for children to have activities which are fun, engaging, and keep them occupied, curious and entertained. The Youlou Arts Foundation has been focused on doing all of the above. They have consistently created fun, and educational art activities, through their annual art programme

In recent weeks, Spotify has been gradually releasing country-level data as part of its annual Loud & Clear music economics report, an initiative that it says makes it “the only streaming provider to share data on artist remuneration.” To be clear, that data is aggregate only (Spotify won’t tell you how much Bad Bunny earned

Opening at The Church in Sag Harbor this weekend is “Are You Joking? Women & Humor,” an art exhibition that shares with a public audience the quirkiness and comedic relief necessary in today’s times. Curated by Sara Cochran, the show runs June 22 to September 2, and it highlights the work of 40 female artists

Gloria Smith of Blacksburg has created textile art depicting activity of night, including a Luna moth. Noise and business surround us – social media, family, jobs … “Works by the Textile Artists of Virginia, now on display at the Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley, can help us refocus on the Quiet around

Staff Reports Two local artists, Jane Lovstuen and Nikki Hagen, participated in the Show Me Neighborhood Art Week, an outreach effort by University of Missouri Extension and Creating Whole Communities, which seeks to empower public art made by residents as a contribution to the area’s sense of place where they live. Lovstuen’s art was displayed

To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. THE HEADLINES RECORD CHARDIN. A Jean Siméon Chardin still-life painting The Sliced Melon has sold to a European collector for a record $28.7 million, over its much lower estimate of 8 to 12 million euros at Christie’s on Wednesday, according to French reports. The painting was shown at France’s official

Kevin Mazur/WireImage They love him, they really love him. For the seventh time in his career, Ed Sheeran has been named the most-played artist in the U.K. According to The Guardian, Sheeran, 33, topped the list of music played across U.K, radio, TV and in public places for the seventh time in nine years on