On Friday the Greater Hartford Arts Council kicked off its summer events alongside artists, musicians and local elected officials. “Every weekend there’s something happening that’s a large public event and even smaller events though our organization,” said the CEO of the council Dr. Shelley Best. The council created Hartford Creates, which received $3 million in
International, national and local El Paso artists gather to paint during Memorial Day weekend at the 2024 Borderland Jam public graffiti art show at Segundo Barrio in El Paso. GABY VELASQUEZ/ EL PASO TIMES International, national and local El Paso artists gather to paint during Memorial Day weekend at the 2024 Borderland Jam public graffiti
STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — Berkshire Art Center, formerly IS183 Art School, announced their five selected resident artists, Dai Ban, Grigori Fateyev, Stacy Scibelli, Kara Smith and Kyle Strack, for the Berkshire Artist Residency Program 2024. The Red Lion Inn, in their seventh year hosting a resident artist, will be welcoming Kara Smith. Chesterwood,
Every single month, the staff at HotNewHipHop gets together to discuss artists that we have yet to cover on the website. Overall, it is an effort to get us all engaged with various different subgenres or movements within the culture. Furthermore, it helps us expand our horizons beyond just the mainstream artists that always dominate
The Cedars has long been an enclave for artists just south of downtown Dallas. A new grassroots effort to beautify the area gave artist Claudia Maysen the opportunity to bring an earlier drawing to life on a larger scale. Cedars resident Madison Mask has been matching local artists with neighborhood spots that could use a
Before last week, I had never interviewed someone who had seen me naked. That changed when I went to an art fair in Gowanus, Brooklyn, that invites New Yorkers to “Get Nude, Get Drawn.” In front of seven artists, I laid my bare thighs on the floor and posed for these strangers. The next day
Two more standout portraits are by Gertrude Kearns — one of a soldier suffering PTSD and another of then Major-General Jennie Carignan, the first female Canadian combat soldier to reach that rank (Carignan is now a Lieutenant-General). The portraits of these two women, painted some five decades apart, illustrate just how far the often-troubled relationship
Artist from Budapest wins 2024 EOD ‘People’s Choice’ Ruth Schmidt, an artist from Budapest, Hungary, won the People’s Choice award for her work “Friendsheeps” at Embracing Our Differences’ 2024 outdoor exhibitions celebrating kindness, respect, and inclusion at Sarasota’s Bayfront Park and St. Petersburg’s Poynter Park. “My wish is to achieve paintings that speak the unspeakable,”
In Boston — where it can seem like every square foot of space is becoming a hot commodity — some people are being left behind in the real estate crunch, including those in the creative economy. In fact, Catherine Infantino of New Atlantic Development says it takes a conceited effort to keep artists in the
It’s a big birthday this year for the plucky non-profit Studio Voltaire which has developed into a key art hub in South London over the past three decades. The not-for-profit art space housed in a former Victorian Methodist chapel in Clapham is a small organisation with big impact, giving pivotal shows to artists such as