August 5, 2024
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Evanston Art Center hosts 21st Annual Winter Expo to support local artists Evanston Art Center hosts Winter Expo

The Evanston Art Center is hosting its 21st Annual Winter Arts and Craft Expo from Nov. 18 to Dec. 20. The pop-up market features crafts created by local artists and serves as a platform to showcase new and upcoming artists for those looking to holiday shop.  A panel of three to four board members selects

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Wicklow artists invited to apply for exhibition funding

A stunning piece by Bray visual artist Lorna Lennon. Wicklow visual artists, especially emerging artists, recent graduates, and early/mid-career artists with solo or collaborative projects, are invited to apply for the Artist-Initiated Projects 2024 from Pallas Projects/Studios. Pallas Projects/Studios is seeking proposals for funded three-week exhibitions from artists across all contemporary visual art forms. The

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Tehachapi artist co-op supporting local artisans for over forty years

Video shows Gallery n Gifts in downtown Tehachapi, an arts co-op showcasing the work of 35 local artists. The gallery first opened in 1979, and as a not-for-profit store, they support future artists with scholarships for high schoolers who pursue art education. BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT: For over 40 years, the Tehachapi Valley Arts Association, or TVAA,

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Detroit artists using their canvas as a platform to express frustrations with DTE

(CBS DETROIT) – Detroit artists are replacing their voices with their paint brushes to speak on issues impacting their communities. Dr. Chanel Beebe has been painting nearly her entire life. “Paint has always been like a real easy and relaxing medium,” she said. Beebe uses her paintbrush as a tool to express herself. “It kind

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In a burn scar on Basalt Mountain, artists mobilize to help restore the landscape

Google “The Most Famous Artist,” and one of the first links that comes up is for a guy named Matty Mo. His work is designed to grab attention online — he’s best known for turning the “Hollywood” sign into one that said “Hollyweed,” and says his preferred medium is “tomfoolery.” But after years of flashy

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Before Picasso, Joaquín Sorolla Was America’s Favorite Spanish Artist

DALLAS — “Everywhere the air was full of miracle,” wrote the American philanthropist Archer M. Huntington about Spanish painter Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida’s first major exhibition in the United States in 1909. “Nothing like it had ever happened in New York,” Huntington continued, “Ohs and Ahs stained the tile floors. Automobiles blocked the street.” Sorolla

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British Artist Justin Bateman Crafts Pebble Portraits Of The Mona Lisa And Picasso

Like the colored sand mandalas painstakingly crafted by Tibetan Buddhist monks who ritually dismantle them once completed, Justin Bateman’s art is ephemeral. Using found pebbles as his medium, his stone mosaics only exist the time of their creation before he destroys them by scattering the stones back at their original location or letting the weather

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Using the law to help struggling artists

Most, if not all, Canadian artists will at some point need legal services they can’t afford. Law students in Manitoba are pioneering a legal clinic for artists to get free legal advice and assistance. It’s an initiative that can inspire small and solo practitioners looking to assist this historically underserved clientele better. The Manitoba Legal

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Melissa Simone And Dess Dior On The Artist’s New Creative Director Role At The Swimwear Line

Courtesy of Melissa Simone Swim As a Scorpio, it’s only right for Dess Dior to announce her role as creative director at Melissa Simone, an eponymous swimwear brand during her astrological season. The stars are in her favor right now. The buzzy company collaborated on an eight-piece capsule collection with Dior, a rising fashion star

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Graffiti Prodigy KEO XMEN’s Artistic Renaissance with Love Watts

In the grand tapestry of graffiti and street art, names like Basquiat, Haring, Warhol, and the electrifying 80s graffiti scene of New York City stand as towering pillars of creativity and cultural impact. They are the legends whose work has left an indelible mark on the art world. And now, a name that once stood

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