March 8, 2025

Visual artists

Visual artists

Bohol artist to receive Leonardo da Vinci Art Prize in Milan, Italy

A visual artist from the Province of Bohol is set to receive in Milan, Italy the Leonardo da Vinci International Art Prize – a recognition for contemporary artists worth their artistic merit. Elvin Perocho Vitor, a seasoned painter and multimedia artist, is recognized for his 53×89-inch hyper-surreal work depicting Boholano fellow artist and environmentalist Pedro

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Seattle University gets $300 million gift of art — among largest in history

You could teach an art history course with what’s in Richard “Dick” Hedreen’s home. The Seattle hotel and real estate developer’s house feels like a museum. A who’s who of 20th-century art — Willem de Kooning, Sam Francis, Lucian Freud — greets visitors from the walls of the grand and airy hallway. In the living

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How day jobs influence art

Day Jobs at the Cantor Arts Center explores the ways that artists incorporate everyday experiences and accidental discoveries from their day jobs into their artwork. (Image credit: Andrew Brodhead) Newly opened Day Jobs at the Cantor Arts Center features more than 90 works by 36 established and emerging artists based in the United States whose day

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Yellowstone Art Museum hosts an artist talk to discuss visual arts as a means for transmitting culture | Montana News

Photo Credit: Yellowstone Art Museum  Simran Kumari NonStop Local Multimedia Journalist BILLINGS, Mont. Ben Pease, a Native American contemporary artist based out of Billings is giving an artist talk focused on his sculpture “Future in Our Eyes” at the Yellowstone Art Museum on Thursday, discussing the role of visual arts in cross cultural exchange of ideas.  He said

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UMSIZI NOPENDE’S JOURNEY OF CREATIVE EMPOWERMENT

2024 UMSIZI NOPENDE THEME – “LOOKING INTO THE PAST, PRESENT AND THE FUTURE” Umsizi NoPende stands as a beacon illuminating the power of strategic partnerships and visionary initiatives in the realm of arts and culture. Birthed from the creative minds of Isthuli-Sasengweni, this project finds its strength in collaboration with the City of Ekurhuleni’s Visual

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Fall into Focus – residency program in Finland, Fall 2024 – ArtsHub Australia

Fall into Focus – residency program in Finland, Fall 2024 Residency program for artists, writers and researchers  Periods: 1 monthWhen: Sept / Oct / Nov 2024Where: Arteles Creative Center, Hämeenkyrö, FinlandApplication deadline: 2nd of May, 2024 Fall into Focus residency program is for artists, writers and researchers who want to concentrate on their creative practice,

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Annual Brock Visual Arts exhibition opens at local culinary hot spot – The Brock News

Brock’s Department of Visual Art (VISA) is inviting the community to enjoy its Annual Juried Exhibition in a unique new home this year. In partnership with Dispatch Restaurant, the exhibition will showcase selected artwork of VISA students, faculty and staff until Sunday, April 28 in downtown St. Catharines. Sonya Marie de Lazzer, Gallery Co-ordinator and

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Rinus Van de Velde turns daydreams into material reality

Installation view of Belgian artist Rinus Van de Velde’s first solo museum exhibition titled “I Want to Eat Mangos in the Bathtub” at Art Sonje Center in central Seoul / Newsis Belgian artist’s ‘I Want to Eat Mangos in the Bathtub’ unfolds at Art Sonje Center, Space ISU By Park Han-sol Belgian artist Rinus Van

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Munster schools looking to buy Center for Visual and Performing Arts, one of Northwest Indiana’s biggest cultural hubs

The future of one of the Region’s largest arts centers and cultural hubs is up in the air. The Munster school district is looking at acquiring the Center for Visual and Performing Arts at 1040 Ridge Road in Munster. The 72,660-square-foot arts center, a longtime pillar of cultural life in Northwest Indiana since it opened in

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5-day visual art fest returns at the Gibbes | News

The third annual “Art Charleston” festival is getting ready to make a return to The Gibbes Museum of Art for a five-day festival of visual arts starting April 24-28. The festival will include several events to showcase the visual arts’ impact on Charleston’s cultural scenery. The President and CEO of The Gibbes Museum of Art,

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