JACKSON, Tenn. — The Hub City is celebrating Black History Month by showcasing performing and visual art from members of the community. The celebration at Jackson City Hall opened with a proclamation from speaker and president of the Jazz Foundation of West Tennessee James Cherry and was followed by performances from Vonda Peet and Ayanna
Much more than marching The music school received widespread attention toward the end of 2024 when the marching band participated in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. But in music school terms, that’s old news; in late January the school launched a student-run record label, Greene Street Records. Major milestones in recent decades include the 1989 opening
Visual Arts Round-up for February: Valentine’s Photos, Meet the Artists XXXVII, Blue Chips, and First Friday As the city warms up from our frigid, below-zero temps of January, the cultural opportunities have awakened from the frosty New Year. In no particular order, we present a list of visual arts exhibits going on for February, replete
The story below is a preview from our September/October 2024 issue. For more stories like it, Subscribe Today. Thank you! Meet four emerging Roanoke artists whose unique visions and compelling stories are capturing the community’s imagination and reshaping the local art scene. In recent years, the Roanoke region has developed a reputation for its commitment to the arts. Sculptures spring up
Public Gallery at the 2023 Armory Show VIP Preview at Javits Center on September 07, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images) With summer drawing to a close, the art world is looking ahead to The Armory Show, an art fair that brings leading international contemporary and modern art
INDIANAPOLIS — A growing art fair returns to Indianapolis this week — It’s called BUTTER and it’s known as America’s equitable fine art fair. “That centers the care and the economic viability of black visual artists,” said GANGGANG Co-founder and Creative Director, Mali Bacon. Each year the BUTTER Fine Art Fair gets bigger and bigger.
Enanka Art Gallery is more than just a space; it is a weekend haven where people escape to nurture their artistic talents and reconnect with their creative sides. The gallery is alive with activity. Each corner buzzing with the hum of creation. Painters are gathered on one side, their canvases slowly coming to life with
I first encountered Be My AI last fall, when the app was in beta. Developed by Danish mobile app Be My Eyes and OpenAI, it uses ChatGPT-4’s vision model to provide robust, nearly instantaneous descriptions of any image and facilitate conversations about those images. As a blind artist, I collect image descriptions like others collect
Entitled Echoes of Tarnanthi, the exhibition will feature artworks by 160 students who have taken their inspiration from Adelaide’s most recent Tarnanthi Festival and who have explored ways in which symbolism is used in art to convey important messages about life, culture and meaning. The students, currently enrolled in Years 7-11, have spent an entire
We’re pleased to offer a wonderful opportunity for a visual residency in Prato, Italy – a collaboration between Monash Art, Design & Architecture and the Monash University Prato Centre (MUPC). Italy is renowned for the richness of its art, design and architecture. Our visual residency program gives Australian creative practitioners the chance to engage with