August 16, 2024
Artists

Community Briefs: Call for artists | Friday evening shopping | Volunteer fair | EBRPD 90th anniversary

San Ramon City Hall at 7000 Bollinger Canyon Dr. (Photo courtesy City of San Ramon) Call for artists The City of San Ramon has announced a call for artists as it prepares its gallery schedule for the upcoming year, with the deadline set for Friday (Aug. 9).  The call is open to all artists with

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A cutting-edge service is helping artists get their music featured on Spotify’s algorithm-based playlists

Being part of Spotify’s playlists is a tactic to boost visibility and expand a fan base. One Submit has introduced a method that uses Spotify ads to trigger Spotify algorithmic playlists and increase streams, for artists. Triggering Spotify’s algorithm, a groundbreaking ad campaign by One Submit ensures that an artist’s music receives a number of

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New artist’s bench on Noyes springs from reclaimed car parts

Nate Rosalie, the creator of this bench he calls “The Back Seat of My Ride” Credit: Nate Rosalie Another artist-made bench has appeared in the second floor public art gallery at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center, 927 Noyes St. This one is a two-seater and is altogether strange, funny and ingenious. It is made from

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Local Artists Flood the Beacon Hill Greenway With (Temporary) Public Art Installations

This iteration of the Office of Arts and Culture’s Art Interruptions ends this month. by Jas Keimig E.T. Russian’s “RESTING IN RELATION I” sits right on the northern edge of Jefferson Park facing South Spokane Street. Russian’s pink sculpture takes the form of a person in a supine position with crossed legs, their head resting

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Great Plains Art Museum highlights Native artist Tammy Faw Faw

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – In a state rich with Native American history, a local organization is helping Nebraska acknowledge its past. Mannequins at the Great Plains Art Museum hung two handmade coats and a robe created by an Otoe-Missouria artist from Oklahoma that highlights Nebraska history. One represents the missing and murdered indigenous people. The

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Poet and Artist Jzl Jmz Re-Creates Childhood Bedroom for Exhibit

Poet and artist Jzl Jmz’s childhood bedroom in South Central Los Angeles wasn’t anything glamorous. Actually, it was just the living room of her and her mother’s one-bedroom apartment with a bed in it. But decades later, the humble but beloved space has formed the basis of Jzl Jmz’s (pronounced “juh-zell james”) fine art exhibition

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Applications open to young adults for paid artist apprenticeship with Van Go – The Lawrence Times

Share this post or save for later Young adults in Douglas and Jefferson counties have an opportunity to apply for a nine-month paid artist apprenticeship with Van Go. The Arts Train is a part-time employment program for people ages 18 to 24 who are not currently enrolled in school, according to Van Go’s website. TAT

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Call for artists open through September | News

The Wynne Home Arts and Visitors Center is currently accepting applications for exhibit consideration for 2025-2026 in the Lela Mae Brown Wynne Gallery. Artists or art collection owners must submit an application for art exhibition. All applications must be submitted by 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6. Applications are available online, can be picked up at

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Doug Flutie, Jr. Foundation Scores Touchdown for Local Autistic Artists

Press Release from A Little Compassion Typically, you can find artists such as Murray Newton, Molly Faulkner, Abbey Weiss, and their artwork at The Possibilities Boutique at The Nest Coffee House in Deep River. Recently, however, these artists traveled with their artworks to participate in the Doug Flutie, Jr. Foundation for Autism’s Shop the Spectrum

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Musical Artists Share What To Play for Summer’s Last Cookouts

A few ingredients are needed to have a memorable cookout: family, friends and bonafide members of the diaspora in attendance. And there’s the menu so good your paper plate is dripping because you’ve returned for seconds…twice. But baby, if the cookout ain’t got the right tunes, we all might as well stay home. The cookout

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