As a child living in St. Paul’s Frogtown neighborhood, Kao Lee Thao looked at the St. Paul Winter Carnival as a thrilling series of events filled with colorful images and stories. As a professional artist, Thao has worked to channel that childhood wonder into the design of the 2024 Winter Carnival buttons. “The Winter Carnival

“The city really supports the arts here in Kettering,” said Mary Beth O’Dell, director of the city’s parks, recreation and cultural arts. “(This project) differentiates us from any other community and really demonstrates the creativity and innovation that the city prides itself on.” Kettering is funding around $5 million for renovation of the nearly 60-year-old

The Super Bowl halftime show is one of the biggest stages an artist can play. And yet, it seems to be the one stage determined to shut out country music. Over the years, singers from all genres have headlined the show, but you would have to go back nearly three decades to find anyone from

An international art competition is now underway on Facebook, and you can vote for your favorite pieces to help local artists win the top prize. What’s unique about this competition is that all the artists have dementia or other cognitive difficulties, and their art is part of the creative experiences they enjoy in the Opening

Michael Latt, a 33-year-old marketing strategist and social justice advocate who was shot and killed in his Los Angeles home Monday, leaves behind a legacy of uplifting marginalized artists — but he didn’t foresee this path for himself. After graduating from Chapman University in 2013 with a degree in public relations and advertising, Latt kick-started

Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways has become the largest corporate sponsor of the cash-strapped West Kowloon Cultural District in a three-year collaboration that includes the flag carrier bringing in global artworks and helping local artists jet off abroad. The pair launched the partnership on Saturday at a ceremony held at the cultural district, with Cathay

The Salida Council for the Arts has a busy month of art-related happenings on the calendar. A curated listing for the first part of December follows here, to help get the month off to a great start. On display through Dec. at the SteamPlant Paquette Gallery Art by Emily Moody The Paquette Gallery will be

HAMDEN — Three members of the town’s Arts Commission, including the chair, threatened to resign last week in protest of the decision to not renew the tenure of past Arts Commissioner Diane Brown.  At a meeting of the town’s Legislative Council on Nov. 20, a number of commission members spoke out against the decision, and

The Bay Area has such a staggeringly rich community of artists working in varied media — painting, sculpture, video, collage, photography, installation, found-art assemblage, and on and on — and such a wealth of museums, galleries and other sites (restaurants, bars, beauty salons and other public buildings are places displaying local artists’ works) that it

Well-wishers stop by to visit Rashad King and Yamar Carter, second and third from left, respectively, on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, in Albany, NY. The co-owners of Yamaguchie cannot operate their Lark Street business because of a recent fire.Jim Franco/Times Union Rashad King, left, and Yamar Carter, co-owners of Yamaguchie, stand in front of their