By Rebecca Froehlich for Arts Midwest.Broadcast version by Kathleen Shannon for Greater Dakota News Service reporting for the Arts Midwest-Public News Service Collaboration Murals are fast becoming a staple of Midwestern towns, and the Mural On The Wall (Mural OTW) team approaches this familiar cultural touchstone with a surprising twist. Most muralists are commissioned to
Webtoon creators in South Korea are now emerging as some of the highest-paid professionals in the creative industry. (Image courtesy of Yonhap) SEOUL, Jul. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – In a remarkable shift from the traditional image of struggling comic artists, webtoon creators in South Korea are now emerging as some of the highest-paid professionals in the
Friday evening was the dreaded kind of summer day; H-H-H: hazy, hot, and humid. That didn’t stop the die-hard Dave Matthews fans (is there any other kind?) from assembling into long, serpentine lines that wound themselves well into the great lawn of the Hall of Springs. The parking lot at Saratoga Performing Arts Center was
Artist Jolene Powell works the canvas Friday during Live Art at the Armory in Marietta where the monthly First Friday was held. (Photo Provided) MARIETTA — The Armory was a hub of artistic activity during Marietta Main Street’s First Friday Art Walk on Friday. Returning for a second year, Live Art
MARBLEHEAD — The Festival of Arts held an awards ceremony for local artists at Abbot Hall last week. The showcase featured sculpture, mixed media, painting, photography, drawing, and other mediums. Artist Nicole Alexandrou won the Don Howard Award in the category of mixed media for her piece, “Nature Anthology.” Alexandrou also had a piece in
On july 3, CULTURE THINK, Korea’s leading voice in hip hop has entered into a global distribution agreement with The Orchard, a leading distribution and artist + label services company and member of Sony Music Entertainment. Additionally, The Orchard has entered into a global partnership with the company, enabling CULTURE THINK to
In 1950, when a young S H Raza was leaving Mumbai for France to study at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts on a French government scholarship, the then 27-year-old was received at the Gare de Lyon station in Paris by artist Ram Kumar. Though Raza and Kumar often fondly recalled this instance, an exhibition
The daring bohemian downtown Manhattan of decades past is long gone — the inimitable traces of Arshile Gorky, Elaine de Kooning, and Jean-Michel Basquiat scrubbed off. In their wake, a pricier and more prosaic world emerged. It’s a tale that has been long lamented, its conclusion foregone. But this story of creative loss is not
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Tattoo artists from all over the U.S. took part in the Lexington Tattoo Expo July 6. What You Need To Know The Lexington Tattoo Expo began Thursday, July 4 and ends Sunday at 9 p.m. Local tattoo artists, along with artists from all over the U.S., set up shop to tattoo attendees Artists
Boston’s newest art gallery, located in its Seaport neighborhood is also the city’s first Black-owned art gallery. The gallery, Blkchip Gallery, opened on June 27 and according to its proprietors it is intended to attract Bostonians of color to the neighborhood within which it resides. According to CBS News, the artists and founders of the