Category: Art and Humanities
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How One Houston Organization is Addressing Accessibility and Eradicating Local Arts Deserts
HOUSTON /PRNewswire/ — Improving accessibility to art and culture has long been a challenge in America. Communities of color receive only 4% of all foundation arts funding, despite representing 37% percent of the population. Shuttered venues and funding limitations due to COVID-19 continue to create new barriers for underserved populations to experience the arts. In unincorporated East Harris…
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BROOKLYN-BASED RICHARD BEAVERS GALLERY OPENS SOHO LOCATION WITH HEBRU BRANTLEY SHOW
NEW YORK /PRNewswire/ — On September 9th, Richard Beavers will open the doors to his new SoHo gallery with Dark Fiction: Flowers & Frogs by internationally recognized artist Hebru Brantley. The show’s general opening will be Friday, September 9th from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. and will run September 9 – October 22. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, noon – 6:00 p.m. Richard Beavers Gallery SoHo is located at 14…
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Santa Fe Indian Market Announces Centennial Best of Show Winners
Artist, Russell Sanchez (San Ildefonso Pueblo) is awarded Best of Show at Santa Fe Indian Market’s 2022 Awards Ceremony in the Pottery Classification SANTA FE, N.M., Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Santa Fe Indian Market is pleased to announce this year’s Best of Show, Best of Class and Special Award winners in a variety of classifications. Since 1922, Santa…
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Digital Artist Pushing Definitions of Western Art
New Frontiers Juried Art Show & Sale AUSTIN, TX, July 31, 2022 /24-7PressRelease/ — New media artist, Elena Lipkowski, joins a lively group of carefully curated artists for the first annual New Frontiers Juried Art Show and Sale. Her work “Dallas Dawn” is a digitally collaged moment in time, depicting an approaching spring thunderstorm on the prairie…
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SECRET WALLS BRINGS THEIR LEGENDARY LIVE ART COMPETITIONS TO CITIES ACROSS NORTH AMERICA WITH THE FIRST-EVER SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL ARTIST TOUR
LOS ANGELES /PRNewswire/ — Los Angeles-based live arts entertainment brand Secret Walls is proud to announce the first-ever Support Your Local Artist North America Tour (SYLA Tour). Kicking off in August, the multi-city tour will bring Secret Walls’ high-energy physical illustration and design battles to cities across North America. Each stop will shine a spotlight on local talent, delivering an unforgettable…
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HOUSE OF FIRST PARTNERS WITH THE PAINTED HOUSE ON NEW NFT PROJECT “BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL”
The NFT launchpad platform, House of First, has announced a new partnership with The Painted House, co-founded by Ja Rule (Rapper, Actor & Entrepreneur) and business partner Herb Rice. The platform was launched alongside an impressive group of Founding Collaborators with the mission of supporting and uplifting artists and creators of color, while encouraging dialogue and empowerment across…
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29-year-old Social Media Content Creator Takes Art to the Next Level with 500 Rubik’s Cubes
James Kadado turns Rubik’s cubes into incredible mosaic art, creating portraits, logos, and flags. DALLAS, TX /24-7PressRelease/ — James Kadado solved his first Rubik’s cube nine years ago; from that point, he has progressed to designing the surfaces of each Rubik’s cube to represent whatever he needs to complete his amazing mosaics, using up to 500 cubes of different…
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‘Artists for Ukraine’ Come Together for Fundraiser to Benefit Displaced Children
PALM SPRINGS, Calif./PRNewswire/ — The film community is coming together in Coachella Valley this weekend on April 29, 30th & May 1, 2022 for a fundraising event in collaboration with the Ukrainian State Film Agency. Showcasing Ukrainian films and artists, the recently formed Artists for Ukraine is hosting their inaugural event that will include exhibitions of Ukrainian photo art, paintings, NFTs,…
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IN RESPONSE TO THE BROOKLYN SUBWAY SHOOTING, ARTIST CHARLIE HEWITT SHARES A MESSAGE OF HOPE TO NYC STRAPHANGERS WITH “HOPEFUL” BILLBOARDS
Hopeful, a public digital art project, was already installed at six Bronx subway locations…and then last week’s tragic shootings happened in Brooklyn – today, two more Hopeful billboards are being lit at Sunset Park subway stations in honor of the victims and the community BROOKLYN,N.Y. /PRNewswire/ — Artist Charlie Hewitt, originally created an art project, “Hopeful,” to inspire optimism for Americans coping with…
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Park West Gallery Raises Half a Million Dollars for Ukrainian Relief Efforts
The popular art dealer sold more than 400 works at its online auctions with 100% of those proceeds benefiting the Ukrainian Red Cross SOUTHFIELD, Mich /PRNewswire/ — “Art can make a difference.” Those were the words of Park West Gallery’s Founder and CEO Albert Scaglione as he kicked off a weekend of live-streaming online art auctions to benefit the ongoing humanitarian crisis…