August 17, 2024
Artists

Detroit artist behind African bead museum resigned to demolition order

Detroit — Detroit artist and muralist Olayami Dabls has lost hope the building serving as an exhibition of his work will be saved from city-ordered demolition. “No miracle can save it now,” Dabls said of the building that has stood at the corner of Grand River and West Grand Boulevard for more than 25 years. “I

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5 Must-See artists at the Quebec Summer Festival » // MELODIC Magazine

Quebec’s biggest music festival FEQ is back at the Plaines d’Abraham from July 4th through the 11th. This year’s lineup is stacked with big names such as Post Malone, J Balvin, 50 Cent, Nickelback and many more. Among the 100+ artists who will perform that weekend, here are five of them you don’t want to miss. #1

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Artist’s First Amendment Under Threat by Luxury Hotel in Beverly Hills

A new battle has just begun between behemoth luxury hotel chain Dorchester Collection and artist Daniel Justin Ownsby. Ownsby has been producing limited-edition fine art prints with a firearm motif since 2022, featuring notable brands from designer retailers to the Beverly Hills Hotel. Fine art artists are no strangers to the battle of protecting their

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St Louis gallery takes down artists’ pro-Palestine exhibition after deeming it antisemitic

A St Louis art centre has come under fire for taking down artists Dani Collette and Allora McCullough’s exhibition Planting Seeds, Sprouting Hope after finding some of the featured works to be antisemitic. Collette and McCullough were selected by the Craft Alliance, a craft-focused gallery space, gift shop and education hub, as artists-in-residence in July

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Artists Justin and Caitlin Truong pay homage to Little Saigon and seek a future of vitality

One of seven signal boxes in Little Saigon covered with art by siblings Justin and Caitlin Truong. This piece is from series The Children of Small Business Owners. Photo by Chetanya Robinson. As Vietnamese Americans, how do we offer agency to the many invisibilized peoples within our communities? How can we maintain and further cultivate

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Summer internship at Butte’s historic Clark Chateau inspires young artists

BUTTE — School is out for the summer, but for a group of intrepid high school artists in Butte, it’s just the beginning of a nine-week lesson on creating different art forms as they embark on a journey of self-expression and personal identity in the Clark Chateau’s high school summer internship program. “Art can be

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Westbeth Artists Housing Debuts Art Take-Over

Westbeth Artists Housing announced today an inaugural Art Take-Over to reopen and transform three historic mixed-use spaces within the famed interior courtyard space. Four original spaces – including the Westbeth Gallery – are hosting innovative exhibitions to activate the spaces with publicly accessible art offerings for the neighborhood. The exhibitions are now open and run

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Tracy Lawrence Shares Wise Word of Advice To Up-And-Coming Artists

Tracy Lawrence shared a word of advice to aspiring artists and songwriters planning to pursue a career in Nashville, Tennessee. The legendary singer-songwriter and producer recently caught up with brothers and podcast hosts Dan and Reid Isbell on an episode of God’s Country. When asked about the advice he would give to up-and-coming performers and

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Crowds and artists praise the 2024 ERJ | Vincennes PBS

Crowds and artists praise the 2024 ERJ | Vincennes PBS | 1200 North Second Street, Vincennes, IN 47591 About two hundred people braved the heat this past weekend heat to attend the Electric River Jam. The 4th annual event at the French Commons was held on Saturday with several new bands

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Top July arts events in Sarasota-Manatee area

July is often a slow month in the Sarasota area arts scene, but it has turned out to be a busy one this year, with several new stage productions, two theaters giving a test drive to new works with staged readings, art exhibits and a lot of improv comedy with the return of the Sarasota

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