March 10, 2025

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How to Build a Bridge Between Data and Art

Explore This article is part of series of Nautilus interviews with artists, you can read the rest here. Artist Mark Belan is a master at grabbing attention. The scroll-stopping infographics he creates for The Visual Capitalist blog are so popular on social media, there’s a good chance you’ve seen his work before. That’s no accident.

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Des Lee Fine Arts Festival brings nearly 1,000 students from across the St. Louis region to UMSL

Des Lee Fine Arts Festival brings nearly 1,000 students from across the St. Louis region to UMSL Andrew Pulliam, a music educator in the Webster Groves School District, directs the high school orchestra during rehearsal at the Des Lee Fine Arts Festival in the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center. (Photos by Derik Holtmann) The

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Visual artist Muswe revels in Chinese experience

SEASONED visual artist Batsirai Muswe says a recent visit to China on a cultural exchange programme was enlightening and edified his passion which has turned out to be his profession. Muswe was part of a team of 84 artists drawn from 83 countries. “I got useful lessons from China and I observed with lots of

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Me and my mentor: Oakey and Catherine Truman

The creative life involves far more admin, grant-writing and paperwork – and, ugh, taxes and self-promotion – than visual artist Oakey ever imagined when she retired from being a professional cricket player to attend art school. With a focus on nature, ceramics, sculpture and the blending of different materials, Oakey is now an exciting emerging

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After decades of cheap rent, some Montreal artists being priced out of their studios

Foster said that when she moved into the building, the surrounding area was pretty much abandoned “and kind of a scary neighbourhood.” But by around 2021 it had gentrified, leading the building’s owner to decide to redevelop it and move out artists like Foster, who still pays less than $1,000 in monthly rent.  It’s a

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Ren Wilson masters the art of visual identity

Features Janelle De Souza 2 Hrs Ago Renelle Willson, stylist and creative director of Ren Wilson Stylist. Photo by Jabari David. – As a professional stylist and the creative director of the Trincity-based Ren Wilson Stylist, Renelle “Ren” Wilson has set herself the goal of helping move the local music industry forward through its visual

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Dittmar Gallery 2024 Community Art Show

When: Tuesday, February 20, 2024All day   Where: Norris University Center, Dittmar Gallery, 1999 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208 map it Audience: Faculty/Staff – Student – Public – Post Docs/Docs – Graduate Students Cost: Free Contact: norris dittmar gallery   (847) 491-2348 Group: Dittmar Memorial Gallery Category: Fine Arts Description: Well Versed is an invitation

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Lee County Fine Arts announces its formation in Sanford | Archives

Lee County Fine Arts recently announced its formation as a new visual arts nonprofit organization in Sanford. LCFA incorporated in December 2023 and begins nonprofit operation as of Feb. 1. Arts Tourism brings people together to experience the visual arts, from the local community and the broader region. Why do people visit our city? To

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‘I just feel happy’: Artist with Down syndrome finds joy creating ‘art from the heart’

Without formal training, she simply does “art from the heart”, her parents said. The self-taught artist has won several local and international awards. She is also a regular at exhibitions organised by ART:DIS, a local non-profit organisation dedicated to creating learning and livelihood opportunities for persons with disabilities in the arts. “Her works have always

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Matthew Mazzotta’s latest artwork helps patients in recovery

In recent years, Matthew Mazzotta, a visual artist who completed a Loeb Fellowship at Harvard GSD in 2018, has produced site-specific installations that have caught the art world’s attention, one of them being a giant pink flamingo inside Tampa’s central airport terminal. Now, Mazzotta has completed what he calls his “quietest artwork” to date in

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