August 5, 2024
Artists

Call to Artists for Interactive Murals to Provide Joyful Moments

Brooksville Main Street is inviting artists to apply for the eighth round of their Mobile Mural program, but aside from giving creatives the opportunity to contribute to the landscape of downtown Brooksville, this particular round promises to give local residents the chance to become part of the art! Indeed, artists are now invited to create

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‘Heartbreak’ as 40 Dublin-based artists face eviction from city centre studios

‘We painted, cleaned, sanded, swept, laid floors, repaired boilers and toilets. We turned this into the space that it is’ A group of 40 artists have been using Dean Arts Studios based in Chatham Row, which is wholly funded by the Press Up Hospitality Group, for the past 18 months. They will now have to

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An artist’s initiative in enabling youth creativity through art education

Education can unlock opportunities. How do you see art education playing a role in creating opportunities for individuals and communities, and what changes do you wish to bring to art education through your initiatives?  Education has the power to create opportunities in all fields, but in the case of art, there has been a significant

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Artists Collaborative Theatre to bring ‘The Best Christmas Pageant Ever’ to stage for holiday season | News

Just in time to celebrate the holiday season, The Artists Collaborative Theatre is bringing to life its heartwarming tradition of ‘The Best Christmas Pageant Ever,’ with opportunities to watch all December long. The show will open at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 1 at the Pikeville High School Alumni Auditorium with additional showings at 7:30 p.m.

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Heroic, short, callous, crumpled, Christlike: how artists portrayed Napoleon before Ridley Scott | Art

So you think Napoleon was short? Well, it’s a myth. Britain’s great satirist James Gillray didn’t just caricature the French leader relentlessly, he also pulled off arguably the greatest cartoon coup of all time, convincing the world even to this day that he was pint-sized. It was all based on a mistranslation (and no doubt

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Artists and vendors in 100,000 square feet

Now a 5-acre campus, The Shirt Factory in Glens Falls has grown over 20 years to be home to almost 100 artists, craftspeople, shops, galleries and more, and exterior walls around the property are being painted to create a “muralgarten.”  Courtesy The Shirt Factory Among the Shirt Factory tenants is Barn & Brick Co., which founder and artist

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Two local artists collab on public art show | Life

Williamsport, Pa. — Two local artists are putting on a collaborative art exhibit this December for the public to enjoy. Joanne Landis and Brian Spies will be exhibiting paintings produced over the course of two years and the original photographs that inspired them. The collaborative show, simply titled “Women,” will be on display at The Other

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Cranbrook art exhibits spotlight young, Black, Detroit-based artists

Four bold and dazzling new art exhibitions are currently on display at Bloomfield Hills’ Cranbrook Art Museum, with much of the wall space devoted to young, Black and Detroit-based artists. “Skilled Labor: Black Realism in Detroit” focuses on a local community of artists who have developed expert skills in drawing and painting. The exhibition was

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Mural artists inspire Lowell High and UML students, future of city’s creative economy 

Adam O’Day points to an image of his Felipe Ortiz’s piece, “The Bee,” one of Lowell’s newest murals, and speaks to a packed room of Lowell High School and UMass Lowell students during an Artist Discussion at Project LEARN’s Youth Innovation Space, 58 Prescott St. (Tara Hong/Project LEARN) LOWELL — Last month, mural artists and

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‘Luminance,’ an exhibit of paintings by Georgeanne Gaffney at Adirondack Artists Guild | News

SARANAC LAKE — Featured Artist Georgeanne Gaffney taps the romantic and dreamy side of her works in “Luminance,” which opens Dec. 1 at the Adirondack Artist Guild in Saranac Lake. A reception will be held on Friday, Dec. 1 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the gallery located at 52 Main St. Saranac Lake.

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