October 18, 2024
Artists

New UK exhibition of Polish-Romani artist presents vivid snapshots of Roma life

Keep our news free from ads and paywalls by making a donation to support our work! Notes from Poland is run by a small editorial team and is published by an independent, non-profit foundation that is funded through donations from our readers. We cannot do what we do without your support. By Maja Lorkowska-Callaghan Roma

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GIVE THE GIFT OF ART THIS CHRISTMAS WITH NEW COLLECTION BY DISABLED ARTISTS

This Christmas, the Mouth and Foot Painting Artists (MFPA) are offering an extraordinary range of high-quality Christmas gifts that combine artistry with stories of inspiration, creativity and talent. From beautifully illustrated jigsaw puzzles in multiple sized, to elegant wrapping paper, cards, and calendars, every purchase goes towards supporting the artists who create them—talented individuals who

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Apple Music now lets artists turn their set lists into playlists for tour promotion

Apple Music has unveiled a new feature that allows artists to turn their concert set lists into playlists, offering a new way to promote live performances. The Set Lists feature, available through Apple Music for Artists on the web, enables musicians to share their concert experiences and upcoming tour dates directly with their audience. The

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Sick of the 21st Century? These Artists Revive the 18th.

Which truths are self-evident? Parallel realities are the specialty of Stan Douglas, the Vancouver photographer who since the 1980s has staged increasingly disorienting scenes of historical re-enactment that often draw on archival research to push the limits of his medium. Cold War Canada, disco New York, the Arab Spring, forgotten scenes from the history of

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Darlington artist’s matchbox car collection set for auction

Terry Kneeshaw, who started his career as an artist at The Northern Echo working out of the newspaper’s Priestgate office, will sell off 450 Matchbox Regular Wheels on October 30 this month.  The lifelong collection started in the 1970s, focuses on the artwork for each box type A to F by model series 1 – 75 and

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Shepton Mallet: Former registry office now home to 15 art studios

Mr Simon added the charity hoped to “unlock” potential for many local artists and designers who were previously working from home. “We are excited to see how these studios catalyse more culture in our wonderful town,” he said. Jack Greenwood, one of the artists using the new space, said: “Having access to a local, affordable

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Exploring The Sensory Evolution Of 3D Art With 4 Homegrown Artists

Known for his Toy faces series, 3D illustrator Amrit Pal Singh doesn’t fully subscribe to realism in terms of how an object looks or behaves but when it comes to lighting, it does influence his work. Because that’s how people believe in the artwork. “Even though it’s a human or character made of plastic, they

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Powerful performances by artists with disabilities to celebrate diversity at 2024 OzAsia Festival – News and events

17 October 2024 Photo by Matt Byrne. Two films celebrating the dedication and tenacity of Korean and South Australian performers with and without disability will hit the big screen as part of the Asia-focused arts festival OzAsia. Counterpoise, which features nine artists from Adelaide-based Restless Dance Theatre and the Korean 29Dong Dance Theatre, is a contemporary black and white

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In Oakland, ‘Artists Against Apartheid’ Build Solidarity With Palestinians

The artists then grabbed snacks, colored pencils and construction paper and split into groups of five to eight people. Prompts appeared on the projector, and people of different ages, ethnicities and artistic disciplines discussed how the witnessing of mass killings of Palestinian civilians has shifted the way they view their role as artists. Indeed, Artists

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Philomath Open Studios offers opportunity to connect with local artists

The scope of art seen annually on the Philomath Open Studios Art Tour and Sale covers a broad range from ceramics to oil paintings to glass to ink drawings to jewelry — and that’s just to name a few. Over the next two weekends, the public can visit studios and chat with artists while visiting

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