August 9, 2024
Visual artists

Gov. Justice announces 25 grants to art organizations in the Northern Panhandle at Grave Creek Mound

MOUNDSVILLE, WV — Gov. Jim Justice joined West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture, and History Curator Randall Reid-Smith today to present 25 grants to

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Open Call: Assembly 2024 | ArtsHub UK

The New Art Gallery Walsall and Multistory are delighted to partner on the next iteration of Assembly, an annual exhibition programme of newly commissioned work by emerging artists based in the Black Country. Initiated as part of Multistory’s artist development programme Blast Creative Network (BCN), the opportunity platforms emerging artists from across the region, and makes space for them

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A minute with Lenia Georgiou Visual Artist and Art Therapist

What Are Cookies As is common practice with almost all professional websites, https://cyprus-mail.com (our “Site”) uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your device, to improve your experience. This document describes what information they gather, how we use it, and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share

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Visual artist Jesse Edelstein on finding freedom in your creative identity – The Creative Independent

Visual artist Jessie Edelstein discusses breaking out of conformity, archiving ephemeral art, and embracing and criticizing the internet. How did you come to paint faces? What was the beginning of your artist awakening? Well, everything before age 18 or 19, I don’t count. I had no sense of self. It wasn’t until my senior year

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Stability, Midjourney, Runway hit back hard in AI art lawsuit

Join us in Atlanta on April 10th and explore the landscape of security workforce. We will explore the vision, benefits, and use cases of AI for security teams. Request an invite here. The class-action copyright lawsuit filed by artists against companies providing AI image and video generators and their underlying machine learning (ML) models has

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With ‘Eternity in a Moment,’ Japanese artist Mika Ninagawa portrays everyday wonders

TOKYO (AP) — Flowers blossoming like pink chiffon, luscious berries and fluttering goldfish make for the delicate but defiant beauty that’s signature Mika Ninagawa. With “Eternity in a Moment,” the Japanese photographer and filmmaker has created an immersive installation where a visitor walks through rooms with various motifs. One is filled with flowers sprouting everywhere

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A Beacon for Emerging Visual Artists

In a heartening nod to the world of visual arts, financial strategist and founder of Islet Capital Management, Joseph Samuels, has unveiled the Joseph Samuels Scholarship for Visual Arts. This prestigious initiative, offering a one-time award of $1,000, seeks to empower and encourage talented visual artists in their educational and artistic journeys. A Beacon for

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‘Olmec Trails’ to celebrate ancient art of Mexico in DuPage County

Leaders of the Mexican Cultural Center DuPage, the College of DuPage Public Art Project and the DuPage Convention & Visitors Bureau on Thursday announced the cultural event of the summer: “Olmec Trails: Culture and Legacy.” More than 30 artists from across North America will contribute to the exhibition. Sandy Bressner/Shaw Local News Network Fernando Ramirez

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(re)FOCUS: Philadelphia Focuses on Women in the Visual Arts runs January 27

No Mary Cassatt, no Frida Kahlo, no Faith Ringgold. During the early 1970s, the situation for female artists in the United States was not unlike Gilead, the patriarchal state in Margaret Atwood’s novel The Handmaid’s Tale. In art history textbooks, women were not underrepresented; they were not represented at all. Equally discouraging, there were precious

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Exhibition opens opportunities for visual artist Muyambo

AWARD-WINNING visual artist Hermit Muyambo has told NewsDay Life & Style that his Regai Dzive Shiri (Mazai Haana Muto) exhibition showing at National Gallery of Zimbabwe in Mutare since October last year has opened new opportunities for him. The exhibition won him a second prize with the piece Motherboard at the Mutare National Gallery’s annual

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