August 5, 2024
Artists

Back Mountain Artist creates ‘Kielbasa’ themed Christmas Cards

DALLAS, Pa. — Inside the Back Mountain Makery in Dallas, you’ll find crafts from nearly 80 different local artists… each item completely handcrafted.  “Everything in here is 100% handmade. That is one of the rules of being at the Makery,” said owner Tanya Sakulich. The shop is a passion project for Sakulich, opening the shop

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Local artists to sell work at Kris Kringle Artist Caravan | Business

The Kris Kringle Artist Caravan will make its annual visit to Temple soon, and this year the event will cover three days. For the second year, the event will be held at Sterle Fine Art Studio, located just west of downtown at 8 N. Ninth Street, and this year the arts and gifts sale will

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Watch Artist Salman Toor Prepare to Hang His Dreamlike Paintings at the Frick

People As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. Production still from the Art21 “New York Close Up” film, “Salman Toor’s Emerald Green.” © Art21, Inc. 2021. What does it feel like to see your paintings rub shoulders with historical masterpieces at the Frick? Ask the

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Swampscott’s Coastal Collective puts local artists on display

SWAMPSCOTT — After just two months in business, Kacy Jauron-Rogers’ Coastal Collective store — an art gallery and marketplace for local vendors and artisans — has become a one-stop shop for all things Swampscott. Jauron-Rogers, who serves as president of the Jauron Family Foundation, was looking for a new office space for the foundation when

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Artist Spotlight: Peekaboo

A weekly showcase featuring local musicians Name: Peekaboo Sound: Electronic music, bass music and dubstep History: Peekaboo, known off stage as Matthew Lucas, is a Detroit-bred electronic music producer who grew up with music in the house; his dad William George Lucas played trumpet for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. After hearing a Skrillex song while

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NYSCA Grant Awards Announced for Chautauqua County Nonprofits and Artists

A total of six nonprofit organizations and individual artists in Chautauqua County have been awarded grants through the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA)’ latest funding cycle. The grants, recently announced by Governor Kathy Hochul, total $145,000. It’s part of $46 million in grant awards supporting over 1,000 nonprofit organizations and 500 individual

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San Bernardino County artist adds creative works to human rights efforts – Daily Bulletin

San Bernardino County artist Cj Jilek has a new exhibit that addresses human rights and women’s rights. (Courtesy of Tom Bostick) By Greg Archer | Contributing Columnist For decades, Cj Jilek has devoted herself to making art. Between her extensive ceramic art and porcelain offerings that lean in biomorphic forms, there is no shortage of

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6 Artists Who Prove Africa Is a Music Powerhouse

One thing we can all agree on at this point is that African music is a global powerhouse. From TikTok “For You” pages, to festivals and dance floors across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the rest of the world, African music is showing up and delivering all the vibes.  Recently, African music has grown

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‘Humour is my best gift. It’s what comes to me most naturally’

To mark the occasion of his double-bill exhibition at both the Bury Street and Helmet Row galleries of Modern Art in London, Ron Nagle had his nails done. Specifically, just his thumbnails: black on his right, pale pink on his left. Nagle, who is 84, could not travel to London for the opening, so on

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Summer Dean’s talks ‘The Biggest Life’, country music idols, faith

Summer Dean is a Texas country veteran whose long, black coiffure sits under a white cowboy hat as she speaks with the Tennessean at downtown Nashville’s 3rd and Lindsley venue. She’s mastered a hairstyle equally as resistant to the heat of urban country days and windswept Western desert nights. Such versatility is evident in Dean’s

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