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By Art Presence, 86 contributed posts
Art Presence has just formed committees to assist board members in the administration of the many activities our organization presents, to get more organized as we catch up to our rapid growth, and to facilitate the emergence of new programs for the public. Each committee is headed up by a board member, with member artists participating. Here are the current committees, members and contact information. We hope this will help both our own members, the public and press, and organizations working with us to find the right person to provide the information you need.
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On September 22-24, over 40 top-level private and public sector leaders along with renowned as well as emerging artists, converged at the Sundance Resort and Preserve for the sixth annual Americans for the Arts National Arts Policy Roundtable, “Innovating for Impact: Arts-Based Solutions for a Stronger America.” The Roundtable is convened in partnership with the [...]
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Late last week, 122 of your peers secured their seats for the 2011 Arts Summit just in time before the early bird discount expired on Friday night. That brought our total registration to 286, with over half coming as part of a group learning team – and we’ve decided to extend the deadline until tonight, September 7 at 11:59 PM.
Continue reading Email update of the Oregon Arts Summit – extended earlybird registration deadline!
By The Huffington Post, 163 contributed posts
London based photographer Iain McKell offers an extraordinary glimpse into the lives of a real and raw group of present-day nomads whose culture is built around ideals of freedom, nature, and simplicity. The New Gypsies are British horse drawn…
Continue reading Evelyne Politanoff: Iain McKell: The New Gypsies, a Different Way of Life, Simplicity and Freedom…
By Rogue Gallery & Art Center, 122 contributed posts
The Rogue Gallery & Art Center is the recipient of a $2,775 grant from the Reed and Carolee Walker Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation. The grant will help increase visual literacy among elementary school students by presenting discipline-based visual arts education. The gift will fund a 5th grade art curriculum at Jackson Elementary School in Medford.
Continue reading Elementary Art Outreach Program CONTINUES!
ArtDeadline’s latest email of artist opportunities, including national and international shows, juried and non-juried, some with entry fees, some fee-free, many with cash prizes, seeking photography by women, portrait and pet photography, outdoor art & sculpture, poetry and writing, residency, socially/politically engaged art, sketchbooks, experimental art, and the Beaverton Annual Artist Visual Showcase! Deadlines begin July 29, some with lots of advance notice – Read on to see the opportunities available to you…
Continue reading Art Deadlines List – July 2011 Email Edition
For me, great art works challenge a viewer’s initial perspective and enables her or him to look at something in a different way, aesthetically, culturally, possibly politically. That may be enough. But in my own work, I want to do more. I am specifically fascinated by the relationship between art and action and how it [...]
Continue reading The Visible Movement: Art That Challenges Us to Respond
Kennedy is not only a second grader from Newbury Park, CA, but she is also proud to be a Friendly Neighborhood Helper. Friendly Neighborhood Helpers is a 501(c)(3) charity that she conceived in order to help kids help others, through art.
Continue reading Elementary School Student Helps the World Through Art
On Saturday, May 28, 2011, Kansas Governor Sam Brownback used his power to line item veto funding for the Kansas Arts Commission. This action makes Kansas unique in the nation as now being the only state without a fully funded and functional arts agency. The action came after months of heated debate between a conservative [...]
Continue reading A New Chapter for the Arts in Kansas
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Evelyne Politanoff: Iain McKell: The New Gypsies, a Different Way of Life, Simplicity and Freedom…
London based photographer Iain McKell offers an extraordinary glimpse into the lives of a real and raw group of present-day nomads whose culture is built around ideals of freedom, nature, and simplicity. The New Gypsies are British horse drawn…
Continue reading Evelyne Politanoff: Iain McKell: The New Gypsies, a Different Way of Life, Simplicity and Freedom…