August 5, 2024
Artists

The Many Faces of Guadalajara’s Famed Cerámica Suro

DALLAS — In 2003, the artist Eduardo Sarabia left his native Los Angeles for what he thought would be a few months in Mexico. He’d been invited to do an informal residency at Cerámica Suro, a studio and workshop in Guadalajara that has invited hundreds of international artists to create new pieces at their facility.

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Artists converge on Barrington to ‘paint the town’ in Plein Air

Twenty artists set out to “Paint the Town Barrington” as the village held its annual multi-day Plein Air event, and wrapped with a reception and showcase of the paintings. From Oct. 6 to Oct. 14, the artists were outdoors painting in the open air (Plein Air), borrowing from what artists in Paris have done for

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What disaster creates: A Palestinian American artist investigates conflict

In south Minneapolis, a light installation glows with photos taken in “Occupied Palestine” — in an artist’s words. Pictured are landscapes and cityscapes silhouetted against white-hot skies.  One of these images is captioned, “In Gaza, we see the sun a hundred times.”  But these are not images of a land touched by the sun. Rather

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Winter Park Resort, CO, Partners with Native Skiers and Artists to Honor our Connection to Snow, Water, and Land

The backdrop of the snow stake incorporates the same four outlines of Longs Peak, Mount Blue Sky, Byers Peak, and Parry Peak — grounding us in the four directions that anchor Winter Park. A river reminds us of the snow’s journey: from powder day to runoff in the Colorado River which then sustains all living

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Taylor Swift Is Apple Music’s 2023 Artist of the Year – Billboard

Beth Garrabrant It’s hardly a surprise, but it’s still a significant achievement: Taylor Swift is Apple Music’s Artist of the Year for 2023. She’s the No. 1 most-streamed female artist in Apple Music history and is also the female artist with the most songs to reach Apple Music’s Global Daily Top 100. “I am so

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Russia seeks an 8-year prison term for an artist and musician who protested the war in Ukraine

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian authorities on Wednesday demanded an eight-year prison term for an artist and musician who was jailed after speaking out against Moscow’s war in Ukraine. Sasha Skochilenko was arrested in her native St. Petersburg in April 2022, on charges of spreading false information about the military after replacing supermarket price tags

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Xiaohe Township in C China makes great efforts to promote local artists -Xinhua

A deliveryman is about to put oil painting works into his tricycle at Wushi Museum of Contemporary Art in Xiaohe Township of Liuyang, central China’s Hunan Province, Nov. 8, 2023. More than 400 villagers in the town, who take the brush and create paintings when there is not much work to do in the farmland,

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The First Museum Retrospective on A.I. Artist Alexander Reben Explores His Playfully Conceptual Creations

On View Reben has also become the first resident artist at OpenAI. Installation view of “AI Am I? Artificial Intelligence as Generated by Alexander Reben” at the Crocker Art Museum. Photo courtesy of Crocker Art Museum. Artist Alexander Reben is getting his first major retrospective at the Crocker Art Museum, on the heels of becoming

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Entrepreneurs, artists find a place at Making Awesome

Imagine walking into a room filled with the tools and supplies you need for virtually any crafting hobby, including 3D printers, laser cutters, woodworking tools, heavy-duty sewing machines, an electronics shop, and more, all available for you to use at any time, day or night. If it sounds like a dream, wake up — it

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GoLocalProv | Studio Visit with Artist Sharon Cutts

Wednesday, November 08, 2023 Michael Rose, Art Columnist   View Larger + PHOTO: Michael Rose   Some artists are extraordinarily productive, with minds always full of ideas and intentions. Sharon Cutts is one such individual, and from her Pawtucket studio is constantly producing inventive works that meld the fields of painting, mixed media, collage, sculpture,

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