February 8, 2025

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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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National Sawdust Brings Music And Artists To Brooklyn In A Uniquely Epic Way

13 years ago composer Paola Prestini received a phone call that would change the course of her life. The caller was fellow composer and tax attorney Kevin Dolan who has been called “the Andrew Carnegie for emerging artists … but without the deep pockets.” And he had a vision. Sawdust as part of Black Science

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‘Black On Point’ Artists Sparkle at Fall Open Studios

By Linda Parker Pennington Bay Area art lovers look forward to the open studio event at Hunters Point Shipyard and the growing “Black On Point” artists’ collective did not disappoint last weekend. Of the 250+ artists with studios at the historic shipyard, there are now over 25 Black artists to discover amid the sprawling, repurposed

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Brooklyn Park artist’s design featured in Target’s tech accessories line

BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. — A Twin Cities artist is making a splash in Target stores across the country. Brooklyn Park native Ameen Taahir has been drawing and designing ever since he could hold a pencil. “Literally since I could pick up a pencil,” he smiled. Creating art on a blank canvas quickly became an outlet

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Residency Offered for Local Artists | News

TRI-CITIES, Wash.– Educational Service District 123 is looking for participants to take part in an arts-based residency that will ultimately teach them to work with students. According to a representative with ESD 123, they are working with ArtsWA and Washington State Wolf Trap to put on the seven-week artist residency program. ESD says the residency

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Art Design Chicago Showcases Local Artists, Arts Organizations With Citywide Events and Exhibitions | Chicago News

“Carlos Cortéz: 100 Años,” currently running at the National Museum of Mexican Art, is one of many Art Design Chicago exhibitions that explore the role of artists as activists, problem-solvers and interpreters of history. (Rachel Ruttle / Rudd Resources) The Terra Foundation for American Art has announced a new citywide initiative with Chicago-based artists and

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Cuban Artist’s Message of Defiance From Prison

Cuban artist and political prisoner Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara has been incarcerated for over two years. The island’s best-known political artist and co-founder of the San Isidro Movement was sentenced to five years for alleged “contempt, defamation, and public disorder” charges. Prior to his sentencing, he had been arrested more than 50 times for his

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Artists restore Berlin Wall segment at Reagan Library

Nick Seraphim visited East Berlin and felt sad when he first saw the Berlin Wall — the Cold War obstacle to freedom. Like Germans and people around the world, he was thrilled to see the wall fall. More than 30 years later on a sunny Monday morning, Seraphim is helping restore a portion of the

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