August 12, 2024
Artists

Meet the C24 artists: Samara Cyn

“As I evolved as an artist, I stopped wanting to be just a ‘great rapper’” Samara Cyn tells NME, “I wanted to make really good music.” It’s in part what’s responsible for her melodic delivery and her fluid sound vocally and sonically. In her own words, she’s “a neo-soul hip-hop fusion artist” and while she

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Book Celebrates Eileen Harris Norton’s Visionary Art Collecting Career, Amplifying Artists Of Color, Women, Others

Eileen Harris Norton at ‘All These Liberations’ book launch and cocktail reception at Good Behavior … [+] at the MADE Hotel in Manhattan (c) 2024 Sachyn Mital Viewing art engages our minds, emotions, senses, and imagination, boosting our mental health, expanding our world view, and helping to foster empathy necessary to understand and appreciate others

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Fishers Arts Council gallery features Hamilton County artists • Current Publishing

Sun on the Monument by Margot Bogue is one of the pieces featured in the Fishers Arts Council’s July exhibit, “All Our Best.” (Photo courtesy of the Fishers Arts Council) Fishers Arts Council’s July exhibit, “All Our Best,” featuring work by artists of the Hamilton County Artists Association, is on display through Aug. 2 at

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Collective Artists Network Acquires galleri5 to Enhance AI Capabilities

You’re reading Entrepreneur India, an international franchise of Entrepreneur Media. Collective Artists Network, a new media entity focused on pop culture, has ventured into the realm of AI through the acquisition of Galleri5. This strategic move highlights the Network’s dedication to advancing the creator and content ecosystems using technology. Vijay Subramaniam, Founder and CEO of

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CERN and Pro Helvetia announce the artists selected for the Connect India residency

Arts at CERN, in collaboration with the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, announced today that Swiss artist Lou Masduraud and Indian artist Shailesh BR have been selected for the Connect India dual residency Connect is an art residency programme launched by Arts at CERN and Pro Helvetia in 2021, which serves as a platform to

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Let’s get physical! How contemporary artists have embraced athleticism

Some of the most compelling contemporary renderings of sport include the non-organized, non-traditional variety. We’re Up Next, a 2023 painted paper collage by Melvin Nesbitt Jr., depicts a pick-up basketball game in a public housing community like the one Nesbitt grew up in. The artist has said he seeks to capture the joy of Black

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Interview with an Artist – Key West Florida Weekly

Decker poses with her painting, now installed in the Key West Harry S. Truman Foundation’s Art Gallery. COURTESY PHOTOS Fran Decker is a long-time Key West-based artist acclaimed for her vivid and widely collected paintings of local landmarks, conch houses, marine themes, island critters and flora. On August 10, she will lead a “Paint &

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New cohort of artists for capacity-building programs – Announcements

421 Arts Campus in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates announces artists selected for the 2024–25 capacity-building programs. The programs, which include the Artistic Development Program and the Residency Program, will give seven artists the opportunity to work on major projects that explore contemporary and critical issues related to the region.   The seven selected artists are Alla

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WeHo grants history to artists

The city of West Hollywood has opened applications for its 40th Anniversary Cultural History Grant program. The deadline for applications is Thursday, August 29. West Hollywood, through its Arts and Cultural Affairs Commission, has managed its Arts Grant Program for 26 years. West Hollywood’s Arts Grant Program provides grant funding to individual artists, artist collectives

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ScHoolboy Q Blasts OVO For Not Allowing TDE Artists In Toronto

ScHoolboy Q is not happy. The TDE rapper was slated to perform in Toronto, but was allegedly kept from doing so. In response to this last-minute decision, Q hopped on Twitter and criticized the Canadian city for discriminating against his label. He not only accused Toronto of keeping TDE artists out, but hinted at some

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