Joe Hallam ‘Sunflowers’. Joe Hallam ‘Helping Hands’. Joe Hallam ‘The Four Seasons’. A Wicklow artist is taking part in the prestigious Connecting Artists 2024 programme, which is an initiative that aims to empower visual artists with intellectual disabilities. Joe Hallam, a talented 23-year-old artist from Enniskerry, will showcase his artwork on a national level and
The fundraiser will be a mix of live music as well as a visual art auction. Irish Visual Artists for Gaza, Deirdre Murphy and A Clatter and Drone have announced a special fundraising gig to provide direct aid to Gaza, via the Irish-Palestinian collective, Gaza go Bragh. This event will take place on Tuesday June
The past three years have signaled a momentous shift for Daveed Baptiste. The 27-year-old photographer, fashion designer, and visual artist is continually inspired by his Haitian-American heritage and the formative role that living in Miami and New York has played in his life. His garments, photographs, and moving image works are unflinching portraits of his intersectional
Visual artist Bambo Sibiya’s latest solo exhibition, “Ngemva Kokuqubuka – After Precarity,” at Circa Gallery in Johannesburg, honours the beauty, dignity, and strength of everyday women. Inspired by his mother, Sibiya’s work challenges societal constructs of power and status, presenting black South African women in a regal and empowered light. Johannesburg, South Africa (19
MANILA, Philippines — Visual artist CJ De Silva-Ong has passed on, her husband confirmed today. She was 36. Ong said that his wife, CJ, suffered two strokes. “She fought to the very end. Sadly, yesterday at 10:45 a.m., while in the ICU (intensive care unit), our beloved CJ suffered two strokes, and finally became one
The visual artist, art educator, and curator talks about breaking down wholes, building monuments to the impermanent, and following one’s passion (while suffering its consequences) “Follow your passion and suffer the consequences. Experiment, fail, discover, learn.”—Christina “Ling” Quisumbing Ramilo Christina “Ling” Quisumbing Ramilo is a self-confessed “art addict.” The visual artist, art educator, and
The Minnesota State Fair has ended its commemorative art program, a surprise to past participants. For the past 20 years, the fair had commissioned a Minnesota artist or duo to create a work of art about the fair, which included an original work, 100 limited edition signed prints, and 2,500 posters. “With [the commemorative art
Will Jacks, Assistant Professor of Art & Design at Troy University, has received a fellowship from the Alabama State Council on the Arts, along with a $5,000 grant. ASCA fellowships are awarded to individuals working in arts education, dance, design, media/photography, music, literature, theater, visual arts and crafts. These grants recognize artistic excellence as well
Visual Collaborative, an American and African owned joint ventures is redefining the art and act of travelling exhibitions Visual Collaborative, originally a traveling exhibition, was created by multidisciplinary designer and technologist Adé Abayomi Olufeko in the autumn of 2006, having observed the relationship between artists and the barriers to entry towards innovation. Initiated in Minneapolis
TORONTO, June 18, 2024 /CNW/ – Today the Art Canada Institute (ACI) proudly releases the print edition of Halifax Art and Artists: An Illustrated History by Ray Cronin, also available as an open-access online publication in the ACI’s celebrated Canadian Online Art Book Project. The visually stunning and content-rich volume joins ACI’s growing library of