August 13, 2024
Visual artists

Polk State Visual Arts to host art competition

Posted on Friday, March 22, 2024 by Polk Newsroom Polk State College’s Visual Arts Department is inviting students to enter its 2024 Student Exhibition and Competition. Students can enter the following categories: Drawing, Painting, Ceramics, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Photography, and/or Design (including digital or moving image). All Polk State students are eligible to enter, meaning

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How to Live Like an Artist

Over the years, the writers and editors of this magazine — myself among them — have been lucky enough to visit many visual artists’ homes and studios. One of the things I always find myself noticing is the art they choose to live with and work amid (and, as significantly, what they don’t). Many artists

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Nairobi’s rise as visual arts hub

Friday March 22 2024 This past weekend bore witness to a plethora of paintings, a wide range of both group and solo shows. This past weekend bore witness to a plethora of paintings, a wide range of both group and solo shows that once again confirmed Nairobi’s status as the hub of contemporary African visual

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Wildwood Fine Arts & Wine Festival

Saturday, June 22, 202412:00 PM – 6:00 PM Wildwood Cultural Center Join us for the Wildwood Fine Arts & Wine Festival on the beautiful grounds of the Wildwood estate. View and purchase original art from local artisans while also experiencing live musical entertainment, great food and fine wine from local and regional wineries.  Don’t forget

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The Farm Margaret River 2025 Funded Residency Program – ArtsHub Australia

Applications open March 1 and close 5:00pm (AWST) Sunday June 2, 2024 – with the eight-week residency to be undertaken between February and October 2025. Timing of the residency is to be determined between the Funded Residency recipient and The Farm. WHO CAN APPLY Visual artists, as either individuals or groups. Applicants must be at least 18-years-old. Applicants

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An artist’s reflections on Kuwait’s storied past

Abdulredha Al-Saegh’s paintings are an artist’s reflections on Kuwait’s storied past. His brushstrokes create the country’s historic landmarks and traditions, evoking nostalgia among the spectators about the past. “A work of art ought to convey a universal message. And as such, it must be simple and everyone must be able to grasp it without any

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Innovative Audio-Visual Content Co-Generation: New Test for Computing Art

Walter Benjamin came up with aura and authenticity in The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction in 1936 to describe the value of original artworks created by artists instead of mechanical copies. He wanted to defend artificiality and support traditional fine arts. Not singly but in pairs, Mitchell’s core concern was about

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College of Fine Arts Names New Directors for Schools of Theatre, Music, and Visual Arts

CFA Faculty Playwright Kirsten Greenidge, painter Marc Schepens, and cellist Michael Reynolds will assume new roles July 1 This article was originally published in BU Today on March 20, 2024. By Joel Brown. Photo by Cydney Scott A playwright, a painter, and the founding cellist of a world-renowned string quartet will take over as leaders

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Park Board’s Artists in Communities residencies bring storytelling into Vancouver’s community centres

March 20 2024 – The Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation is pleased to announce the latest cohort of projects selected for the Artists in Communities program, a special two-year initiative focused on youth for 2024-2025. Now in its thirteenth year, Artists in Communities supports the city’s thriving arts scene through annual residencies in community

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Remembering Michael Reidy, Musician and Visual Artist

Michael Reidy, visual artist and rock singer from the 1970s D.C. band Razz, died on March 5 from complications of a stroke. This energetic, charismatic musician’s local fame came largely from his fronting role in Razz, which existed on and off from 1971 to ’79. Reidy co-wrote many of the band’s original songs that showed

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