March 10, 2025

Artists

Artists

Columbia High School Student Artists Featured in SOPAC’s ‘INSPIRED MINDS’ Exhibit

From SOMSD: MAPLEWOOD, N.J. – Artwork created by 18 Columbia High School (CHS) student artists will be displayed at the South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC)’s annual INSPIRED MINDS Young Artist Exhibition, which opens on Thursday, May 16th. The INSPIRED MINDS Young Artist Exhibition celebrates high school student artists from throughout Essex County by providing

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More than 70 artists set sights on Centre Wellington for long May weekend

NEWS RELEASE PLEIN AIR FESTIVAL ************************* Organizers of the Elora Plein Air Festival are once again gearing up for an influx of artistic talent from across Canada and the US. The four-day festival commences on Thursday, May 16, and continues through Sunday, May 19. An exquisite Show and Sale showcasing the artists’ creations will be hosted

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A Conversation with Embroidery Artist Alexandria C. Deters

Alexanria C. Deters. “I am not afraid.”, 2024 self-portrait series part of ‘R.R.R.’, iPhone14, April 22, 2024, Bronx, NY. All images courtesy of the artist. Alexandria C. Deters’s work is rooted in embroidery and the physical act of stitching. As she often brings her work with her, Alexandria’s studio is wherever she is headed. If you follow

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Artists are using social media-based comics as resources and resistance

Comics and graphic narratives have long been used to document the events of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, both by people visiting and reporting on the region, as well as by Palestinians and Israelis. Prominent texts include comic book artist and journalist Joe Sacco’s Palestine, a detailed and visually chaotic account of the artist’s visit to Gaza

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TAG launches new event management division to lure K-pop artists

Travel and event management company The Appointment Group, LLC (TAG) is launching a new touring division dedicated to Asian artists.   It comes on the back of the popularity of K-pop and Japan’s J-pop in the west. TAG is renowned for overseeing notable music tours around the world. “It’s incredible to see the impact that artists

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A fascinating Maine artist gets a fascinating book

“‘Sparring in the Dark’ is on my bedside table because, first, it is a biography, second it’s about a Maine artist – Henry Strater (1896 – 1987) – and third it was written by another Maine artist, Michael Culver, whom I happen to know and whose paintings I admire and have shown at my gallery.

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Amid buzz in Indonesia’s art scene, emerging creatives call for more support, opportunities

Indonesia’s retail art market was estimated to be worth 4 trillion rupiah (US$280 million) in 2019, according to Statista, a figure that was estimated to rise as the number of domestic buyers increased. Surabaya, Indonesia’s second-largest city, is one of the places that the creative community is hoping is ripe for an art renaissance that

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Father & daughter artists and the Doel Reed Center in Taos – The Durango Herald

Doel Reed, Cordova, 1960, aquatint and etching on paper, 11 by 19 ½ inches. Oklahoma State University Museum of Art, Stillwater, Oklahoma (Used with permission) Phil Shockley A father-daughter artistic team from Oklahoma settled in Taos, New Mexico, on acreage that is now the Doel Reed Center. Oklahoma State University owns the center and OSU

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Weaving the way: How textile artist Ptolemy Mann fell in love with paint

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails It was like a bomb went off.” The artist Ptolemy Mann is describing to me the moment when she first put paint to paper. It was mid-September 2018. She

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Free outdoor concerts bring Irwin community, businesses, artists together

Borough groups and businesses are taking advantage of the warm weather to bring a summer full of music to Irwin’s downtown. “We wanted to please a variety of crowds with different types of music, so we branched out this year with some acts little different from what we’ve done in the past,” said Keri Mace

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