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• Scrapbooking As an Act of “Radical Self-Care”

  07-08-2020 23:55 via nytimes.com
  
  People of color who craft are done being overlooked as customers and designers.
  
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• Kentucky Arts Industry Leaders Lobby Federal Government For More Pandemic Relief - 89.3 WFPL News Louisville

  07-08-2020 23:18 via wfpl.org
  
  Kentucky Arts Industry Leaders Lobby Federal Government For More Pandemic Relief  89.3 WFPL News Louisville
  
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• Burnet culinary arts students creating out-of-this-world dish for NASA contest - DailyTrib.com

  07-08-2020 23:14 via dailytrib.com
  
  Burnet culinary arts students creating out-of-this-world dish for NASA contest  DailyTrib.com
  
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• A Different View of a Jamaican Dancehall

  07-08-2020 23:11 via nytimes.com
  
  On the verge of his first major exhibition, Akeem Smith shares a new artwork.
  
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• Brewery Arts Center's Flatbed Concert Series to hit Long Ranch Park neighborhood Saturday featuring Kingwhistler and Eric Andersen - Carson Now

  07-08-2020 22:40 via carsonnow.org
  
  Brewery Arts Center's Flatbed Concert Series to hit Long Ranch Park neighborhood Saturday featuring Kingwhistler and Eric Andersen  Carson Now
  
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• Nebraska Arts Council seeks license plate design - Nebraska City News Press

  07-08-2020 22:16 via ncnewspress.com
  Nebraska Arts Council seeks license plate design  Nebraska City News Press
  
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• Inside Arts: Muralist paints the town - Estes Park Trail-Gazette

  07-08-2020 22:08 via eptrail.com
  
  Inside Arts: Muralist paints the town  Estes Park Trail-Gazette
  
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• Will Chicago's arts and culture nonprofits survive? - Crain's Chicago Business

  07-08-2020 22:01 via chicagobusiness.com
  
  Will Chicago's arts and culture nonprofits survive?  Crain's Chicago Business
  
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• Arts District New Orleans | White Linen Light! - WWNO

  07-08-2020 22:01 via wwno.org
  
  Arts District New Orleans | White Linen Light!  WWNO
  
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• WATCH NOW: Piedmont Arts' new exhibit has a garden flair - Martinsville Bulletin

  07-08-2020 22:00 via martinsvillebulletin.com
  WATCH NOW: Piedmont Arts' new exhibit has a garden flair  Martinsville Bulletin
  
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• Top Collector Thomas Olbricht to Sell Works from His Collection Following Berlin Museum Closure

  07-08-2020 21:55 via artnews.com
  
  Several months after announcing the closure of his art collection, German scientist and art collector Thomas Olbricht is set to sell approximately 500 works from his holdings this September at Cologne-based auction house Van Ham.
  Tagged “From a Universal Collector – The Olbricht Collection,” the auction will offer between 150 and 200 works of modern and contemporary art, with leading lots by blue-chip artists like Cindy Sherman and George Condo. The top lot coming up in the Col
  
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• Ad Agency Sues Scott Rudin, Saying Producer Owes $6.3 Million

  07-08-2020 21:54 via nytimes.com
  
  At issue: payment for media buying and marketing strategy for the Broadway revivals of “West Side Story” and “The Music Man.”
  
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• App State College of Fine and Applied Arts welcomes Dean's Fellow for Diversity and Inclusion - Appalachian State University

  07-08-2020 21:29 via today.appstate.edu
  
  App State College of Fine and Applied Arts welcomes Dean's Fellow for Diversity and Inclusion  Appalachian State University
  
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• Pocono Arts Council hosts show for artists to share their work - PAHomePage.com

  07-08-2020 21:25 via pahomepage.com
  Pocono Arts Council hosts show for artists to share their work  PAHomePage.com
  
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• Tourist Posing With 200-Year-Old Sculpture Breaks Its Toes

  07-08-2020 21:18 via nytimes.com
  
  An Austrian man has apologized for the damage he caused to a Canova sculpture, saying he didn’t realize he had crunched the foot of the plaster Pauline Bonaparte.
  
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• Better Realities, Continuous Engagement, and New Essay Design

  07-08-2020 21:12 via artnews.com
  
  Yesterday Willa Köerner, a creative strategy consultant, joined me to talk about a new book she edited titled Building Better Realities. It came out of an annual conference series at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn called Software for Artists Day, and continues that event’s focus on critical approaches to technology. The book includes interviews with Tsige Tafesse, Salome Asega, Ryan Kuo, and other artists concerned not so much with tech for its own sake as with how it can be used to build
  
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• Norton Center for the Arts announces CULTURE+ series - The Advocate-Messenger - Danville Advocate

  07-08-2020 21:08 via amnews.com
  
  Norton Center for the Arts announces CULTURE+ series - The Advocate-Messenger  Danville Advocate
  
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• Schoodic Arts supported by $26000 in donations - The Ellsworth American

  07-08-2020 21:07 via ellsworthamerican.com
  
  Schoodic Arts supported by $26000 in donations  The Ellsworth American
  
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• A 'Cultural New Deal' Calls for Arts Organizations to Correct Racist Legacies - KQED

  07-08-2020 21:06 via kqed.org
  
  A 'Cultural New Deal' Calls for Arts Organizations to Correct Racist Legacies  KQED
  
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• Lehigh Valley musician Dina Hall talks about arts, concerts amid COVID-19 - The Morning Call

  07-08-2020 20:57 via mcall.com
  Lehigh Valley musician Dina Hall talks about arts, concerts amid COVID-19  The Morning Call
  
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• Whistleblowers Call for Removal of Detroit Institute of Arts Director and Chairman of the Board - Whistleblowers Protection Blog

  07-08-2020 20:54 via whistleblowersblog.org
  
  Whistleblowers Call for Removal of Detroit Institute of Arts Director and Chairman of the Board  Whistleblowers Protection Blog
  
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• Nevada County Arts Council kicks off artist relief fund with online festival on Aug. 22 - YubaNet

  07-08-2020 20:47 via yubanet.com
  
  Nevada County Arts Council kicks off artist relief fund with online festival on Aug. 22  YubaNet
  
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• Picasso Y-Block Controversy: Why the Art World Is Rallying to Save Two Murals in Norway

  07-08-2020 20:45 via artnews.com
  
  Over the past few months, curators, activists, and historians have closely watched the demolition of the Y-Block, a building in Oslo. Though hardly a well-known structure beyond the confines of Norway, the Y-Block has become a structure of interest in the art world because it contains two murals by Pablo Picasso and Carl Nesjar that are key in both of their oeuvres. Produced over a 10-year span, the murals could be forever changed when they are separated from the building they have long called h
  
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• In These Immersive Shows, the Jury Is In (Your Home)

  07-08-2020 20:43 via nytimes.com
  
  Sifting evidence and debating whodunit with strangers turns out to be an especially successful way for theater to be enjoyed from a laptop.
  
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• Op-Ed: Kentucky Governor's School for the Arts seeks input on how best to serve young artists - The Lane Report

  07-08-2020 20:24 via lanereport.com
  Op-Ed: Kentucky Governor's School for the Arts seeks input on how best to serve young artists  The Lane Report
  
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• Madison Heights Arts Board plans socially distanced music festival - C&G Newspapers

  07-08-2020 19:53 via candgnews.com
  
  Madison Heights Arts Board plans socially distanced music festival  C&G Newspapers
  
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• Arts Playlist: 2020 Mid-Atlantic Teaching Artist Virtual Retreat - Delaware First Media

  07-08-2020 19:45 via delawarepublic.org
  
  Arts Playlist: 2020 Mid-Atlantic Teaching Artist Virtual Retreat  Delaware First Media
  
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• Joy Garcia selected as Liberal Arts college marshal for summer commencement - Penn State News

  07-08-2020 19:32 via news.psu.edu
  
  Joy Garcia selected as Liberal Arts college marshal for summer commencement  Penn State News
  
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• Milton Arts Guild online doodles classes continue Aug 17, 24 - CapeGazette.com

  07-08-2020 19:16 via capegazette.com
  
  Milton Arts Guild online doodles classes continue Aug 17, 24  CapeGazette.com
  
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• Tucson Mayor Romero joins venues and performing arts organizations to advocate for federal relief - KOLD

  07-08-2020 18:54 via kold.com
  
  Tucson Mayor Romero joins venues and performing arts organizations to advocate for federal relief  KOLD
  
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• Center for Faith and the Arts announces artist in residence position - Lexington Dispatch

  07-08-2020 18:52 via the-dispatch.com
  Center for Faith and the Arts announces artist in residence position  Lexington Dispatch
  
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• Why You Should Write Postcards, Even From Home

  07-08-2020 18:40 via nytimes.com
  
  A postcard functions outside the language of chats, emails, calls and letters.
  
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• This Is Not a Desk Chair

  07-08-2020 18:30 via nytimes.com
  
  The pandemic has put video game equipment in unusually high demand. The gaming chair is ascendant.
  
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• Lorenzo Wilson Milam, Guru of Community Radio, Is Dead at 86

  07-08-2020 18:21 via nytimes.com
  
  He helped start noncommercial stations in the 1960s and ’70s, offering an eclectic mix of music and talk. His goal: to change the world.
  
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• Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion Take Control, and 10 More New Songs

  07-08-2020 18:21 via nytimes.com
  
  Hear tracks by Jamila Woods, Chika, beabadoobee and others.
  
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• Photography and Sculpture Exhibit Opens Aug 9 at Rowayton Arts Center - darienite.com

  07-08-2020 18:20 via darienite.com
  
  Photography and Sculpture Exhibit Opens Aug 9 at Rowayton Arts Center  darienite.com
  
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• Events Elsewhere | Arts And Entertainment - HNGnews.com

  07-08-2020 18:01 via hngnews.com
  Events Elsewhere | Arts And Entertainment  HNGnews.com
  
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• Researchers Create 3D Reconstruction of Renaissance Master Raphael’s Face

  07-08-2020 17:57 via artnews.com
  
  At long last, we may now have a clearer picture of what the Italian Renaissance master Raphael looked like. According to a report by the French newspaper Le Figaro, researchers at the University of Rome have used a plaster cast of the artist’s skull to create a 3D reconstruction of his face.
  This new study on the cast of Raphael’s skull, which was made in 1833, has also helped authenticate the artist’s remains, which reside in the Pantheon and have long been the subject of deba
  
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• 171 Cedar Arts Center plans to award $20,000 in scholarship funds - WETM - MyTwinTiers.com

  07-08-2020 17:54 via mytwintiers.com
  171 Cedar Arts Center plans to award $20,000 in scholarship funds  WETM - MyTwinTiers.com
  
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• $200,000 Art Prize Goes to Tarek Atoui, Innovative Artist Who ‘Shifts Perspectives’ Through Sound

  07-08-2020 17:49 via artnews.com
  
  The Contemporary Austin in Texas has announced the latest recipient for its biannual prize, one of the largest in the United States. Tarek Atoui has won the 2022 Suzanne Deal Booth / FLAG Art Foundation Prize, which comes with a $200,000 cash prize, as well as a solo exhibition, publication, and related programming.
  Atoui, who was born in Beirut and is currently based in Paris, is an artist and composer known for a practice that prioritizes collaboration with local communities and looks at the w
  
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• Art Piece Created By Students In Winthrop Arts Mobile Art Factory On Public Display In Wimauma - Osprey Observer

  07-08-2020 17:45 via ospreyobserver.com
  
  Art Piece Created By Students In Winthrop Arts Mobile Art Factory On Public Display In Wimauma  Osprey Observer
  
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• Colorado Black Arts Festival returns this weekend with YouTube stream - The Know

  07-08-2020 17:38 via theknow.denverpost.com
  
  Colorado Black Arts Festival returns this weekend with YouTube stream  The Know
  
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• 'Keep Jersey Arts Alive' campaign highlights the arts as COVID continues to force shutdowns - ROI-NJ.com

  07-08-2020 17:26 via roi-nj.com
  
  'Keep Jersey Arts Alive' campaign highlights the arts as COVID continues to force shutdowns  ROI-NJ.com
  
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• Historic Ambassador Theater eyed for new life as community arts space - Baltimore Business Journal

  07-08-2020 17:22 via bizjournals.com
  Historic Ambassador Theater eyed for new life as community arts space  Baltimore Business Journal
  
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• Arts Council resumes exhibits with Martin’s work at library - pvtimes.com

  07-08-2020 17:22 via pvtimes.com
  
  Arts Council resumes exhibits with Martin’s work at library  pvtimes.com
  
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• News Channel 6 City Guide: Wichita Falls Alliance for Arts & Culture - KAUZ

  07-08-2020 17:21 via newschannel6now.com
  
  News Channel 6 City Guide: Wichita Falls Alliance for Arts & Culture  KAUZ
  
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• See the Powerful Trailer for Steve McQueen’s New Work About the Mangrove Nine

  07-08-2020 17:00 via artnews.com
  
  Unlike most video artists, Steve McQueen has taken his work to settings outside the context of art galleries and museums and into movie theaters around the world. Now his latest work will see him working in a new format: television.
  That work is a five-part anthology series focused on London’s West Indian community called Small Axe, and even though it won’t release until September 25, excitement for it has already reached a fever pitch—the Cannes Film Festival picked it as an o
  
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• Community/Arts Calendar: Aug. 12-22 - Portland Press Herald - Press Herald

  07-08-2020 16:51 via pressherald.com
  
  Community/Arts Calendar: Aug. 12-22 - Portland Press Herald  Press Herald
  
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• Conway brings years of experience to arts - The Herald

  07-08-2020 16:33 via duboiscountyherald.com
  
  Conway brings years of experience to arts  The Herald
  
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• COVID-19 brings huge challenges for artists and arts organizations in Wisconsin - HNGnews.com

  07-08-2020 16:30 via hngnews.com
  COVID-19 brings huge challenges for artists and arts organizations in Wisconsin  HNGnews.com
  
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