August 17, 2024
Artists

Sarasota County commissioners extend Hermitage Artist Retreat lease

Sarasota County commissioners have approved a 20-year extension of a lease with the Hermitage Artist Retreat on Manasota Key, allowing the non-profit arts organization to better plan for growth and preserve the site’s historic buildings. The amended lease extends the agreement through 2045, with a further extension possible through 2055, assuming that the Hermitage completes

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Artist with Jacksonville roots embraces traditional art in digital for

Kevin Stock’s “Jillian’s Sky” Kevin Stock/Provided Kevin Stock’s “Woman Standing in Water with Creeping Primrose” Kevin Stock/Provided Kevin Stock’s “Boy with Red Balloon” Kevin Stock/Provided Kevin Stock’s “Light Keeper” Kevin Stock/Provided Kevin Stock’s “From Sea to Shining Sea” Kevin Stock/Provided Kevin Stock knows central Illinois, having been born in Jacksonville and raised in Woodson before

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Roosevelt Islander Online: Gallery RIVAA & RIOC Call For Artists To Submit Design Sketches For Selection To Paint Your Mural At 19th Annual Roosevelt Island Fall For Arts Festival

 The 19th Annual Roosevelt Island Fall For Arts Festival will take place September 14, 2024. RIVAA Gallery and the Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC) today announced a Call For Artists to participate in the 2024 Roosevelt Island Fall For Arts Festival According to RIVAA Gallery RIVAA and RIOC Present: 2024 Fall for Arts Festival The

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Local Copper Works Artist David Gerton Releases Butterfly Series

Camas, WA — Lacamas Magazine asked Copper Works artist David Gerton about the release of his new Butterfly series. 1) What inspired you to do a series on butterflies?  I’ve always had a love for butterflies stemming from my bug collection as a kid in Denver. So when I did the first one, I thought

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Artist Lineup Set for First Issaquah Open Studio Tour | News

Courtesy of Cottonbro via Pexels Ten Issaquah artists, from emerging to established, have been selected for the first Issaquah Open Studio Tour occurring next month. The artists’ home studios will open for free public tours Sept. 7 to expose the artists and their work while showing the public and budding artists what the Eastside city

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Artist Lineup Set for First Issaquah Open Studio Tour | A&E

Courtesy of Cottonbro via Pexels Ten Issaquah artists, from emerging to established, have been selected for the first Issaquah Open Studio Tour occurring next month. The artists’ home studios will open for free public tours Sept. 7 to expose the artists and their work while showing the public and budding artists what the Eastside city

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Oklahoma artists featured on ‘The Voice’ play at Scissortail Park

NOW. MEGAN, TONIGHT’S CONCERT, IT’S PRETTY UNIQUE BECAUSE I’M SEEING WHAT THE CONCERT ACTUALLY STARTS IN TWO HOURS AT 8:00. AND AS YOU CAN HEAR, THEY ACTUALLY JUST STARTED WARMING UP. BUT GUYS, THIS CONCERT IS VERY UNIQUE BECAUSE IT SHOWCASES ARTISTS WHO’VE BEEN ON THE NATIONAL STAGE. WE ARE EXPECTING A REALLY BIG TURNOUT,

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Artists create a fairy ring around 44th annual Telluride Mushroom Festival | News

Mushroom art of all species, from the visual to spoken sorts and from scientific to flat-out fantastical, will be popping up indoors and out all over Telluride this week during the 44th annual Telluride Mushroom Festival, Aug. 14-18. Screen-printed T-shirts and silk screened posters, traditionally-framed photographs, sculpture, poetry, and — lest we forget — the

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eastern Iowa artists “Rock the Chalk” in downtown Iowa City

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Artists from across eastern Iowa gathered in downtown Iowa City on Friday to “rock the chalk“. The eighth annual Rock the Chalk filled three of the city’s block with chalk drawings to help celebrate the arts. Those drawings were span along Washington Street and Linn Street near the Iowa City Public

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How Artists Can Stop Music Use at Rallies

Dozens of top artists and songwriters have objected to Donald Trump‘s use of their songs at political rallies since he first ran for president in 2015 — among them The Rolling Stones, Adele, Rihanna, Sinead O’Connor‘s estate and Aerosmith‘s Steven Tyler.  “Consider this s— shut down right now,” Johnny Marr said in January when Trump

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