Council’s 2023-24 Budget, finalised this week, allocated almost $20 million to our arts and culture sector.
Supporting creative excellence
Eye catching! Arles festival of photography
Ana, circa 1950, by Saul Leiter
Anne Morin on Saul Leiter Assemblages: ‘Photographs are often considered important moments, but they are, according to Saul Leiter, tiny fragments of an unfinished world. Such is his own world, little fragments of images juxtaposed and conjoined, amassing and forming vast, ever-expanding fields. He photographed that which obstructs, hides, encloses, and thus reveals new depths of reality. New York, paradigm of modernity, that city of unceasing rhythm, was for nearly 60 years the locus of his aesthetic finds and optical inventions’
Photograph: Saul Leiter/Saul Leiter Foundation
Birmingham Times Wins Top National Awards in Education Reporting; Photography
The Birmingham Times
In a year marking the 196th anniversary of the “Black Press of America,” The Birmingham Times Media Group (BTMG) won three national awards last week at the National Newspaper Publisher Association’s (NNPA) annual convention in Nashville, Tenn.
NNPA represents more than 200 Black-owned newspapers across the nation.
The NNPA Messenger Awards honor work published in 2022 and the Times won first place awards for Education reporting by Nicole S. Daniel on Maranathan Academy’s focus on at-risk students and Original Photography Use. The Times also won an award for General Excellence (Third Place).
Those awards come less than a week after the Times won four first place awards in the 2023 Alabama Press Association (APA) Media Awards, for Best In-Depth News Coverage; Best Local News Coverage; Best Newspaper Website and Best Layout and Design and a third place in General Excellence.
“These acknowledgements are not about awards, but the recognition that our team is making an impact in the community we serve, and others see it,” said Sam P. Martin, president and publisher of the BTMG.
Here are the NNPA awards:
Original Photography Use
1st Place: Birmingham Times, Summerfest, Food and Fun
2nd Place: St. Louis American, School Shooting
3rd Place: Atlanta Voice, Election Central: The People Have Spoken
Frank L. Stanley Award Education
1st Place: Birmingham Times, Maranathan Academy Still Serves Critical Need, (Nicole S. Daniel)
2nd Place: Washington Informer, Group Challenges Colleges to Better Accommodate Student Parents
3rd Place: Houston Defender, Black Families Choosing Homeschooling
Newspaper Excellence John H. Sengstacke Award
1st Place: The Sacramento Observer
2nd Place: Houston Defender
3rd Place: Birmingham Times
Bentonville’s FORMAT moving to The Momentary
BENTONVILLE — This year’s FORMAT Festival in Bentonville will take place at The Momentary art space in Bentonville and the surrounding area, organizers announced.
Moving the location from the venue at 3100 Price Coffee Road, an area zoned for agriculture, will allow the festival to expand while bringing the event closer to the heart of Bentonville, organizers said. This year’s festival will be the event’s second.
The Momentary hosts a summer concert series and the Police Department expects this event will go much the same, said Melissa Fox, department public information officer.
Those who have already received their tickets will get an email with more information, the organizers’ statement said. The festival is set for Sept. 22-24. Tickets and hotel packages are available at www.format-festival.com/tickets .
The announcement of the venue change came three months after the city’s Planning Commission approved a conditional-use permit for the 2023 festival, with the understanding it would once again be held at the Price Coffee Road location.
Applicant Avacaspar requested the permit at the March 21 meeting to use the property as an outdoor music venue, which is allowed conditionally in an agriculture zoning classification.
Avacaspar also requested approval for use of the “outdoor music venue” for five years. Some planning commissioners didn’t favor a five-year use but agreed to a three-year conditional use.
One approved condition was amplified music be allowed until 1 a.m. Sept. 22 and Sept. 23 and until 10:30 p.m. Sept. 24. Event officials noted there were complaints about music in the early morning hours last year.
This year’s lineup features: Alanis Morissette, LCD Soundsystem, Leon Bridges, Modest Mouse, Jamie XX, Tash Sultana, Big Wild, Little Simz, Bob Moses, Poolside, Channel Tres and Paul Cauthen, among others. The festival will also feature attractions from world-renowned artists including Guerrilla Girls, JR’s Inside Out Project, Jeremy Deller and Ragnar Kjartansson x The National.
The festival issued an open call for submissions by local talent earlier this year. Organizers chose nine talented musicians from Arkansas to add to this year’s lineup. They are DJ Afrosia, Yuni Wa, Modeling, The Misdemeanors, King Cabbage Brass Band, Lesly Reynaga, Pura Coco, Jordan Occasionally and Ehule.
The festival partnered with the University of Arkansas on a spring semester project to collaborate with the class on marketing, advertising and promotions for the event. In addition to his project at the festival, FORMAT will bring French artist JR’s Inside Out Project to the UA. Students, faculty and staff will be invited to get their portraits taken and see themselves incorporated into a large mural. This will take place on the university campus beginning Sept. 10.
For the second year FORMAT invited Arkansas-based artists to design an entryway gate to the festival site. The review of all applicants is underway. The winner of this year’s competition will be announced soon, according to organizers.
FORMAT is a partnership with OZ and in collaboration with Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville along with the museum’s satellite contemporary art space the Momentary. Crystal Bridges will host talks, tours, and other programs beginning Sept. 21 to enhance the FORMAT experience.
FORMAT is produced by C3 Presents and TRIADIC. Additional official partners include 180 Studios, Istanbul’74 and CACHE — the Creative Arkansas Community Hub & Exchange, which works with creatives, communities and organizations throughout Northwest Arkansas.
The 2023 edition of FORMAT is sponsored by Solana, Visit Bentonville, White Claw Hard Seltzer, Tito’s Handmade Vodka, Rambler Sparkling Water and Cardenxe Sotol.
The buck full supermoon from around the world
Bentonville’s FORMAT festival moving to The Momentary
BENTONVILLE — This year’s FORMAT Festival in Bentonville will take place at The Momentary art space in Bentonville and the surrounding area, organizers announced.
Moving the location from the venue at 3100 Price Coffee Road, an area zoned for agriculture, will allow the festival to expand while bringing the event closer to the heart of Bentonville, organizers said. This year’s festival will be the event’s second.
The Momentary hosts a summer concert series and the Police Department expects this event will go much the same, said Melissa Fox, department public information officer.
Those who have already received their tickets will get an email with more information, the organizers’ statement said. The festival is set for Sept. 22-24. Tickets and hotel packages are available at www.format-festival.com/tickets .
The announcement of the venue change came three months after the city’s Planning Commission approved a conditional-use permit for the 2023 festival, with the understanding it would once again be held at the Price Coffee Road location.
Applicant Avacaspar requested the permit at the March 21 meeting to use the property as an outdoor music venue, which is allowed conditionally in an agriculture zoning classification.
Avacaspar also requested approval for use of the “outdoor music venue” for five years. Some planning commissioners didn’t favor a five-year use but agreed to a three-year conditional use.
One approved condition was that amplified music be allowed until 1 a.m. Sept. 22 and Sept. 23 and until 10:30 p.m. Sept. 24. Event officials noted there were complaints about music in the early morning hours last year.
This year’s lineup features: Alanis Morissette, LCD Soundsystem, Leon Bridges, Modest Mouse, Jamie XX, Tash Sultana, Big Wild, Little Simz, Bob Moses, Poolside, Channel Tres and Paul Cauthen, among others. The festival will also feature attractions from world-renowned artists including Guerrilla Girls, JR’s Inside Out Project, Jeremy Deller and Ragnar Kjartansson x The National.
The festival issued an open call for submissions by local talent earlier this year. Organizers chose nine musicians from Arkansas to add to this year’s lineup. They are DJ Afrosia, Yuni Wa, Modeling, The Misdemeanors, King Cabbage Brass Band, Lesly Reynaga, Pura Coco, Jordan Occasionally and Ehule.
The festival partnered with the University of Arkansas on a spring semester project to collaborate with the class on marketing, advertising and promotions for the event. In addition to his project at the festival, FORMAT will bring French artist JR’s Inside Out Project to the UA. Students, faculty and staff will be invited to get their portraits taken and see themselves incorporated into a large mural. This will take place on the university campus beginning Sept. 10.
For the second year, FORMAT invited Arkansas-based artists to design an entryway gate to the festival site. The review of all applicants is underway. The winner of this year’s competition will be announced soon, according to organizers.
FORMAT is a partnership with OZ and in collaboration with Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville along with the museum’s satellite contemporary art space, the Momentary. Crystal Bridges will host talks, tours, and other programs beginning Sept. 21 to enhance the FORMAT experience.
FORMAT is produced by C3 Presents and TRIADIC. Additional official partners include 180 Studios, Istanbul’74 and CACHE — the Creative Arkansas Community Hub & Exchange, which works with creatives, communities and organizations throughout Northwest Arkansas.
The 2023 edition of FORMAT is sponsored by Solana, Visit Bentonville, White Claw Hard Seltzer, Tito’s Handmade Vodka, Rambler Sparkling Water and Cardenxe Sotol.
Rutland Herald Community News
COLLEGE NEWS
Graduates
The following students recently graduated from Castleton University.
Benson — Jeffrey Peltier, Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
Bomoseen — Jacob Henderson, summa cum laude Bachelor of Science in Biology; Heather Lesure, cum laude Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
Brandon — Molly Fisher, cum laude Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Timothy Kittler, magna cum laude Bachelor of Science in Biology; Julia Lee, cum laude Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Miranda Stoutes, summa cum laude Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
Castleton — Alyssa Bathalon, Bachelor of Science in Marketing; Dennis Ekeji, summa cum laude Bachelor of Science in Management, Marketing; Birgit Kinneberg, summa cum laude Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, Psychology; Phil Kluge, summa cum laude Bachelor of Science in Sport Management; Luke McGee, summa cum laude Bachelor of Science in Media & Communication; Joseph Ouimet, Master of Athletic Training in Athletic Training; Dawson Pierson, Bachelor of Science in Sport Management; Inza Rehlen, Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Rafael Robles, magna cum laude Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
Fair Haven — Taylor Cormia, magna cum laude Bachelor of Science in Psychological Science; Meg Wasko, Master of Science in Athletic Leadership.
Florence — Christa Wood, Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
Middletown Springs — Elizabeth Bardin, summa cum laude Bachelor of Science in Management, Marketing.
Mount Tabor — Gannon Teunissen, Bachelor of Arts in Theater.
North Chittenden — Justin Aker, Bachelor of Science in Health Science.
North Clarendon — Kiera Loomis, cum laude Bachelor of Science in Management.
Pawlet — Leanna Mason, Bachelor of Science in Sport Management; Guillermo Yescas, Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design.
Pittsfield — Maya Johnstone, Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science.
Pittsford — Sarah Crossmon, Master of Arts in Education; Katherine Kloss, Master of Arts in Education; Sarah Wallis, magna cum laude Bachelor of Science in Psychological Science.
Poultney — Sidney Boni, cum laude Bachelor of Arts in English; Julia Bruno, Bachelor of Science in Biology; Tori Buchter, Bachelor of Science in Biology; Alyssa McMahon, summa cum laude Bachelor of Arts in Art; Bradley Ohlson, Master of Music Education in Music Education; Jaron Rochon, summa cum laude Bachelor of Science in Archaeology, Geography & Applied Anthropology, Music; Cameron Wescott, summa cum laude Bachelor of Music in Music Education.
Proctor — Stacey Farrington, Master of Arts in Education; Amanda Reynolds, magna cum laude Bachelor of Science in Management.
Rochester — Troy Walker, Bachelor of Science in Management, Marketing.
Rutland — Mallory Bigelow, magna cum laude Bachelor of Social Work in Social Work, Sociology; Leigha Charron, cum laude Bachelor of Science in Psychological Science; Martina Comas-Altland, cum laude Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Kimberly Davis, cum laude Bachelor of Science in Biology; Vanessa Dumas, magna cum laude Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science; Meaghan Dunlap, Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Amy Ferro, summa cum laude Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Matia Gioeli, Bachelor of Science in Health Science; Rachel Hauck, magna cum laude Bachelor of Science in Accounting; Alphonso Howlett, Master of Science in Athletic Leadership; Conner Ladabouche, Bachelor of Science in Management; Michael Lamarre, Master of Arts in Education; Janae Lamb, cum laude Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Keeley Lynch, Bachelor of Arts in Art; Sean Lynch, Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems; Eric Maxham, summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Physical Education; Naomi Merrill, Bachelor of Arts in Multidisciplinary Studies; Jessica Neilson, Bachelor of Science in Forensic Psychology; Ashley Pearo, Bachelor of Arts in Multidisciplinary Studies; Molly Pfenning, magna cum laude Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Leah Romano, magna cum laude Bachelor of Social Work in Social Work, Sociology; Grace Russell, magna cum laude Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Lauren Schreiber, cum laude Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Paul Tetreault, Bachelor of Science in Mathematics; Alea Valente, Bachelor of Arts in Psychological Science; Susan Vansteemburg, Bachelor of Science in Psychological Science; Mary Weinstein, magna cum laude Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Garrett Wilcox, Bachelor of Science in Biology; Amanda Zilski, cum laude Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
Wallingford — Tessa Davenport, cum laude Bachelor of Science in Physical Education; Sandra Welch, Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
West Haven — Sarah Ezzo, cum laude Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems.
West Pawlet — Hailey Godette, magna cum laude Bachelor of Arts in Multidisciplinary Studies.
Whiting — Brandi Leno, cum laude Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Jocelyn Noble, summa cum laude Bachelor of Music in Music Education.
Clarkson University graduates include Jack Stahura, of Chittenden, bachelor of science degree with distinction in engineering and management, project management minor; and Taylor Manley, of North Clarendon, bachelor of science degree in computer science, psychology minor, mathematics minor.
Academic honors
Castleton University spring 2023 dean’s list also includes Elizabeth Munger, of Benson; Katarina Stevens, of Castleton; Zoe Aigner, of Fair Haven; Madison Gilmore, of Pittsford; Caitlin Hayes, Rhiana Russell, both of Poultney; Ashleah Adams, Michael O’Connor, Evan Pockette, all of Rutland; Ginger Morrigan, of Wells.
Plymouth State University in Plymouth, New Hampshire, spring 2023 includes:
President’s list — Emily Harris, of Bellows Falls, Elementary Education major; William Pratico, of Rutland, Business Administration major.
Dean’s list — Abbigale Hodge, of Bellows Falls, Psychology major; Noah Rawling, of Bellows Falls, Management major; Ashley Carvey, of Fair Haven, Nursing major; Shawn Clark, of Poultney, Criminal Justice major.
The University of Hartford in West Hartford, Connecticut spring 2023 president’s honor list includes Olivia Depatie, of Brandon; Amanda Gates, of Proctor; Erin Lapointe, of Rutland.
The University of Maine at Farmington spring 2023 dean’s list includes high honors — Emalyn Remington, of Bennington, Lydia Eastman, of Chelsea, Walker Willey, of East Hardwick, Ayla Bodach-Turner, of Montpelier, Willow Betz, of West Haven; honors — Wilson Krause, of Lyndonville, Lauren Girouard, of North Concord.
Noah Howe, of Rutland, was named to the spring 2023 dean’s list at Dean College in Franklin, Massachusetts.
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Middletown man gives meaning to crosswalks with murals
The latest art installation honors Veterans and was completed just in time for the 4th of July.
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — A Middletown native is using crosswalk murals to give more meaning and abundance to the downtown area.
The latest art installation honors Veterans and was completed just in time for the 4th of July.
“I was proud to be a veteran and I always will be,” said Tom Goglia.
For people like Vietnam Veteran, Tom Goglia, the Fourth of July means more than fireworks, cook-outs, and parades.
For him, Independence Day is something he holds close to his heart.
“These here are rockets they sent in on us every night,” said Goglia.
This Fourth of July, the city of Middletown is honoring local veterans like him with an art installation, painted by a hometown artist.
“A bunch of guys all our veterans in Middletown push for it,” said Goglia.
Middletown Native and artist, Kendall Soliwoda worked with local veterans about their vision of this mural that was revealed over the weekend.
“They actually all met together and came up with different designs and we curated through all the different designs,” said Soliwoda.
Goglia played a key role in helping design the mural. He says they wanted to have it finished before the fourth.
“He was dedicated to get it done and we’re so happy,” said Goglia.
Soliwoda said it took them four days in total to finish.
“The veterans, they dedicate so much to our communities. From the time that they served literally. So even today, bringing us literally Street project street art projects like these and maintaining our flags. Anytime talking in schools. They have such a big impact and it’s important to recognize that,” said Soliwoda.
Usually, when you see murals, they are on the wall, but this one is across a crosswalk.
The words welcome are painted in red, white, and blue to greet those entering Middletown’s iconic Main Street.
“It’s nice to do things that you see the Veterans have support all year round,” said Goglia.
It’s a vibrant, yet subtle dedication to the Veterans.
“I think it speaks volumes to what Middletown is trying to do. They’re always so open to new ideas and input from their community. And when the community expresses that they’d like projects like this, they truly listen. And it provides such a great opportunity for artists like me who love doing these types of projects,” said Soliwoda.
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Town Square will host Kids Art Camp; prepares for Fine Arts Show
Town Square Community Center invites children ages 10 to 14 to participate in a new art camp leading up to the 50th-anniversary of the Green Lake Fine Art Show in
Chris Bowes wins 2023 Mullins Conceptual Photography Prize
July 4, 2023
The fifth 2023 Mullins Conceptual Photography Prize, organised by the Australian Photographic Society (APS), has announced Melbourne photographer, Chris Bowes, as winner.
Bowes’ entry, Sun Kissed #1, #2, #3, #4, 2023, is ‘positive film imprinted with sunlight’.
‘Sun Kissed is a series of experimental photographs created using a hand-made camera that, rather than capturing a representational image, instead captures the colour of light,’ Bowes wrote in his concept statement. ‘They are presented in pairs, each pair containing an imprint of the light at sunrise and sunset over the course of several days. As such, the work’s aim is to reduce landscape photography to its most basic form, imbuing photographic film with an impression of the sun rather than capturing it washing over the environment.’
Bowes’ website bio describes himself as a ‘multidisciplinary artist who’s practice incorporates photography, video and installation’.
‘My work explores the material properties of analogue and digital image making, often finding failures within these systems and pushing them to the brink. I am also interested in the reduction of photography to its most basic properties – surface, light and duration – and regularly attempt to push the definition of photography as far as possible from its traditional Interpretation.’
Bowes wins $25K.
The adjudicators – Victoria Cooper, Doug Spowart, Eloise Maree, and Len Metcalf – also picked four works to be highly commended:
The Colony Reclaims the Land by Melanie Cobham
A flying saucer over Clyde Mountain, shows Declan, dead at two hours old, how to make a new body out of light, 2023 by Judith Nangala Crispin
I Knew at the Time, 2023 by Jess Leonard
Perhaps uncanny and slightly disorientating this work explores themes of women, the body and place, memory and mystery with only a fragment of the narrative presented before the viewer.
The story you walk away with is yours to believe. Digital Photograph on 200gsm Ilford Fine Art Smoot
I don’t always understand/selectively mute, 2022 by Arrayah Loynd
The 2023 Mullins Conceptual Photography Prize has become a major success for the APS, with sponsorship from Ilford, MRAC, Malabar, Bengalla, MACH Energy and Australian Photography. The Prize culminates in a finalist exhibition, which is showing until August 26 at the Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre in the NSW Upper Hunter Region. Click here to see all finalist images.
