March 10, 2025

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Visual artists

Coulton’s Catch Up – Funding to support our Indigenous artists; Opposition to live sheep export ban; My First Speech competition – Mark Coulton MP

Photo caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton spoke in opposition to Labor’s live sheep export ban in Parliament last week. I’d like to congratulate the arts organisations within the Parkes electorate that have received funding through the Federal Government’s Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support Program. Arts Out West Incorporated has received $103,000 to provide

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Exhibit with us Opportunities – ArtsHub Australia

Now accepting applications for The Other Art Fair in Sydney (Oct 3 – 6, White Bay Cruise Terminal). The Other Art Fair is a global gathering of creative thinkers, game changers and pleasure seekers sharing emerging talent and unforgettable experiences, and we’re looking for boundary-pushing artists from all over the world.  This is your chance to showcase

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Jer Dee thinks community is what queer joy looks like

Pride Month is the busiest time in visual artist and DJ Jer Dee’s year. But its most joyous part is being with his community   If you’ve ever partied at 3 a.m. in Poblacion to a remix of Whitney Houston’s “The Greatest Love of All” or Celine Dion’s “To Love You More,” chances are that

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Renowned artist proposes Kitsilano tower with rentals and childcare

Charlotte Wall, a renowned Vancouver-based visual artist, has laid out her plans to redevelop her Kitsilano property into a mixed-use high-rise tower with rental housing, retail and restaurant space, and a childcare facility. This would be a redevelopment of her family’s Hollybush building at 2180 West 6th Avenue — a 1968-built, three-storey building with 31

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African Visual Artists Continue to Champion Queer Representation Amidst Repression

The state of queer rights in African countries can tell you a troublesome story about the continent. In 2006, South Africa became the first African nation to legalize same-sex marriage, and, almost two decades later, remains the only one to do so (bar Namibia, which recognizes same-sex marriages done abroad). Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan, in

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A minute with Aris Violaris or Avios Interior architect & 3D visual artist, aspiring potter

Where do you live?I Live in Pallouriotissa, Nicosia. Three years ago, I had the chance to move to Mykonos with my parents, but I chose to stay in Cyprus. I was renting a flat in Aglandjia, but a year ago I moved in with my grandmother. So much fun. What did you have for breakfast?I

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Visual Arts Organisations in the UK unite to call Next Government to action

20 visual arts organisations have collectively outlined a roadmap to better support and invest in the UK’s visual arts sector. This comprehensive manifesto comes ahead of the UK General Election and highlights the critical role of the visual arts in the UK’s £126 billion creative industries. The visual arts sector, contributing £49 billion to the

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Visual arts organisations call for investment from next Government

More than 20 organisations have united to provide policy recommendations for the next Government to create a more “sustainable” visual arts sector. The collective have put together a manifesto to help the next government to support and invest in the sector, which it says provides a “critical role” in the UK’s creative industries. It comes

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The Orchard Brings Music and Visual Art Together With “In Collaboration” Series to Commemorate Black Music Month

The Orchard Brings Music and Visual Art Together With “In Collaboration” Series to Commemorate Black Music Month Jun 28, 2024 All three “In Collaboration” episodes are available now. The Orchard launched “In Collaboration,” a three-part episodic video series that explores the influence of Black artists in defining culture. The project highlights three unique partnerships between

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Creativity, brain, and art: biological and neurological considerations

Introduction Creativity is enormously adaptive for individuals and society. Indeed, it is hard to imagine any human progress without this capacity. It is commonly defined as the introduction of something innovatively new and positive for society that goes beyond the familiar and accepted (Zaidel, 2013b). The key to the positive feature is the social aspect,

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