April 24, 2024
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OAG Celebrates Five Decades of Visual Arts at the University of Ottawa – Apartment613

Advertisement:   Advertisement:   Advertisement:   Advertisement:   The Ottawa Art Gallery (OAG) is proud to announce the opening of Art School Confidential, a group exhibition commemorating fifty years of visual arts at the University of Ottawa. The exhibition showcases the work of fifty artists who have contributed to the rich

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A Celebration of Eight Graduating Visual Arts Students – Chicago Maroon

Through April 21, the visual arts B.A. thesis exhibition ARACHNIDAE showcased the work of eight undergraduate artists who will be graduating this June. A curiously woven patchwork of materials, moods, and moments, each piece stood simultaneously on its own, within its artist’s collection of works, and in the midst of the exhibition as a whole.

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Catalyst: Creative residencies in Cumbria

A poet, a visual artist and a musician have each been awarded £25,000 to each create a brand new piece of art for Cumbria over the next 10 months. More than two hundred artists from across the UK submitted applications as part of the Catalyst creative residencies in Cumbria project, a unique collaboration between Art

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Kehinde Wiley’s New Show Seeks Enlightenment in Darkness

This article is part of our Museums special section about how institutions are striving to offer their visitors more to see, do and feel. To enter Kehinde Wiley’s show “An Archaeology of Silence” is to step into darkness, where only the art itself seems to emit light. The space feels somewhere between a crypt and

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SOTY 2022/23: Art runs in the family for Visual Artist second runner-up – YP

From age three, Eunice Tse Yu-ning’s life has been intertwined with art, significantly shaped by her family’s deep-rooted passion for painting. “My dad has always painted, and our family activities were centred around painting,” Eunice shared, reflecting on the contrast between her inherited artistic environment and her journey to find her unique voice in art.

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An Eye-Opening Interview With An Artist, A Musician & A College Professor

Artificial Intelligence is an existential threat to visual artists in the music industry. With a prompt as simple as “heavy metal album cover,” programs like Hotpot and Magic Studio can create an image in a matter of seconds, placing the livelihood of human artists who’ve spent a lifetime honing their craft at risk. Deicide (recently

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A show of Minnesota Somali artists looks at community healing

The Soomaal House of Art and the Somali Museum of Minnesota, both of Minneapolis, have curated a new art exhibition: “Art As Liberation: A Journey Through Collective Healing.” “Art as Liberation” features the work of six visuals artists from the Twin Cities Somali community — Ifrah Mansour, Mohamed Hersi, Yasmin Yassin, Khadija Charif, Aesha Mohamed

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Janet Edwards was a beloved leading visual artist in Redlands | News

Janet Edwards with an example of her iconic work. Courtesy of the Edwards family One of Redlands’ most beloved artists, Janet Edwards, passed away on April 13, 2024, at the age of 91. “Janet saw beauty everywhere, and she took great pleasure in capturing that beauty in her art,” said her children in a letter to the Community

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Columbia University Presents the 2024 MFA Thesis Exhibition

The Columbia University School of the Arts Visual Arts Program presents the Class of 2024’s MFA Thesis Exhibition in collaboration with the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery at the Lenfest Center for the Arts. This exhibition encompasses work by the 31 artists who will complete their final year of the Visual Arts MFA

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John Yau Talks About the Art of Collaboration

LEXINGTON, Ky.— Currently at the University of Kentucky Art Museum, Disguise the Limit: John Yau’s Collaborations offers a survey of the poet’s collaborations with more than 40 artists over the last three decades. The exhibition highlights the many different ways Yau has worked with a wide range of visual artists over the past five decades.

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