This article appears in World Architecture. Nov 29, 2022 The Portland Museum of Art has announced the four finalists for its campus unification and expansion in Portland, Maine, United States. The four finalists are Adjaye Associates, Lever Architecture, MVRDV and Toshiko Mori Architect + Johnston Marklee + Preston Scott Cohen. […]
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Making Matters. A Vocabulary for Collective Arts – We Make Money Not Art
Making Matters. A Vocabulary for Collective Arts, edited by Janneke Wesseling and Florian Cramer. Published by Valiz*. Making Matters formulates the importance for artists of working as collectives, especially if they hope to address meaningfully crushing ecological and social problems. Joining a collective often means allying with other disciplines, multiplying […]
Bex Glendining | Communication Arts
In the work of Ramsgate, United Kingdom–based illustrator Bex Glendining, dramatic shadows and theatrical compositions draw the eye around what almost feels like an illustrated still from a movie with realistic environments and figures posed naturally. “I’ve always been drawn to [creating] quiet moments, imagining a real lived-in place or space […]
Spoke Art’s 2021 Year in Review
Goodbye, 2021:A Look Back Exhibitions, Events, Print Releases and everything in-between Congratulations everyone, we did it! Another year gone or a second run at 2020, we’re not sure but we are happy we made it. This year was a rough time for a lot of us no doubt, but the support and […]
Painting the Emotional Landscape | Communication Arts
How did you get started out in illustration and acquire your skills? I actually didn’t review illustration—or even know it was some thing I could do—until just lately. I studied black-and-white images at the College of California, Santa Cruz, and then received a put up-baccalaureate in painting from the San Francisco Art Institute. I […]
Poetic Justice: Conference aims to show how performing arts can go beyond entertainment | Entertainment
Community members attending The Listening, Inc.’s People’s State of the Union, 2020. Photo by Larry Taylor Jr. The Poetic Justice conference poster. In times when genuine listening and productive dialogue between those […]
Essential Arts: The U.S. Capitol’s architecture at the center of an insurgency
And we thought 2020 was nuts. Welcome to Coup Week, 2021. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, arts and urban design columnist at the Los Angeles Times, with the week’s essential art, architecture and insurgency news: An icon damaged After the insurgency comes the cleanup. On Wednesday, a pro-Trump mob stormed the […]
Trump gives National Medal of Arts to Toby Keith, Ricky Skaggs
Ronald Reagan gave it to Martha Graham. George W. Bush gave it to Dolly Parton. Barack Obama gave it to Sonny Rollins and Meryl Streep. President Trump became the first president not to give it at all for two years. If you guessed, “What is the the National Medal of […]
Southeast Michigan entertainment calendar Jan. 15 and beyond | Arts & Entertainment
Note: Due to COVID-19 concerns, events are subject to change. Check with venues for updates. ANNOUNCEMENTS • UFC 257-Poirier v. McGregor 2: 10 p.m. Jan. 23, Emagine Royal Oak, broadcast from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Emagine-Entertainment.com, $25. • Theresa Caputo: Scheduled for April 26, 2020, Oct. 15, 2020, and April 25, 2021, […]
Decatur art exhibit builds a world with Legos | Arts and Theatre
The process opened up Carney’s imagination to what could be recreated with the small plastic pieces. “The building is really fun.” he said. “But there’s lots of stuff going on.” During her research, Fawley learned the artwork was not only formed from original creations, but created through kits as well. […]