Nineteen students from Falmouth High School were selected to participate in the 9th Congressional District Art Competition, hosted by Congressman Bill Keating.
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Vancouver artist Ken Lum wins $50,000 Scotiabank Photography Award
Ken Lum, of Vancouver, is seen in an undated handout photo.The Canadian Press
Vancouver artist Ken Lum has won the Scotiabank Photography Award.
In addition to $50,000, the honour nets the photographer a solo exhibition at the Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival in 2024 and a published book of his work, to be distributed worldwide.
Prize organizers say Lum uses his art to express his dissatisfaction with the world.
Laura Curtis, Scotiabank’s chief marketing officer, says Lum’s works have “inspired a global audience,” including through permanent public art installations.
Runners-up Sandra Brewster and Chris Currieri, who are both from Toronto, will each receive $10,000.
The annual Scotiabank Photography Award recognizes mid-to-late career artists and was co-founded by Scotiabank and Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky in 2010.
Lum is also the founding editor of the Yishu Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, and an officer of the Order of Canada.
This content appears as provided to The Globe by the originating wire service. It has not been edited by Globe staff.
“Inner” Art Exhibition – A Letter to our Inner Child
As a part of the Art Walk 2023, a weekend-long, interdisciplinary arts festival on the DePauw campus, the “Inner” art exhibition is set to open on Monday, Apr. 21 and close on Friday, May 12. first-year Nol Nguyen, “Inner” arts director, described his solo exhibition as inviting visitors to “reflect on the different stages of life and the inner concept of everything.”
The exhibition features five different types of arts, including photography, projection mapping, digital sculpture, drawing, and painting. According to first-year Marketing Manager Annie Tran, each of the artworks connects to a different aspect of life, like family, friendship, love, and hard feelings that people may experience growing up.
Nguyen wants the exhibition to be an opportunity for everyone to explore their inner self and thoughts that they do not usually share with the outside world.
“In our core team, all five of us are non-Arts majors,” he added. “So, I want to see how people who are non-Arts majors and who do not have any prior experience in arts can actually do an exhibition and how people in different fields represent themselves.”
Nguyen said the exhibition benefits from having organizers in different majors and expertises as there are people to take care of arts, marketing/public relations, budgeting, and technology.
Working with students from different fields also presents communication challenges, according to Tran. She said that most of the team are first-years discovering various interests and learning new skills, so the exhibition is their opportunity to explore themselves.
“It’s like I have my idea, and you have your idea, and it’s really hard to collude the ideas to bring the best outcome for the exhibition,” Nguyen added. “But, I think the exhibition is going to answer that question and I’m going to learn how people interact together.”
Another obstacle, according to Nguyen, is the time constraint. He said that “Inner” had been put together in four months, while artists typically spend one to two years preparing for their exhibitions. “Inner” also makes use of sophisticated technology for projection mapping and digital sculpture, which complicates the process.
When asked what motivated him to carry out such a large project in his first year at DePauw, Nguyen said that although it is an arts exhibition, other components like marketing, audio, and organizational communication have come together to actualize the project. “Anything like this really helped me gain more experience in my major [in economics and organizational analysis].”
“There are a lot of talented people and I don’t think age matters in art. So if you want to do it, just do it,” Tran added.
Print Day workshops Saturday at Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University
ATLANTIC CITY — Learn about multiple forms of printmaking during Print Day in May workshops at The Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University, taking place Saturday.
Art installation in Palm Springs honors the life of Tyre Nichols
Palm Springs, California — In the blazing desert heat, an alluring snapshot towers above what seems to be an endless highway.
“It’s such a simple, beautiful photograph, the actual surface of the road disappearing into the landscape,” Desert X artistic director Neville Wakefield told CBS News of the photograph snapped by the late Tyre Nichols, which is one of several on highway billboards, part of the biennial Desert X exhibition in Palm Springs, California.
Nichols, a California native, died in January, three days after being violently beaten by police in Memphis, Tennessee, during a traffic stop.
The 29-year-old’s death sparked nationwide outrage and led to the arrests of five officers on second-degree murder charges. An autopsy report released Thursday ruled his death a homicide caused by blunt force injuries.
An avid photographer, Nichols is the first ever artist whose work has been showcased posthumously in Desert X.
“I was struck by this incredibly sort of reflective, calm, beautiful aspect of his life, that really we haven’t been so familiar with,” Wakefield said.
Nichols’ work serves as a legacy, bridging tragedy to transformation.
“Hopefully, the contrast by the placement of these images by this busy road, where these kinds of stops take place, and the beauty of them levitated above, makes people consider these things and what they can do about them,” Wakefield said.
Wakefield wants people to know not just how Nichols died, but how he lived.
“We all hope for change,” Wakefield said. “I mean, that’s part of what art can do, is change the hearts and minds of people.”
ArtSEA: Seattle Art Fair’s satellite shows are sprouting up early
A weekend of festivals
The Seattle International Film Festival is coming right up (May 11 – 21), and next week I’ll have more on the local films in the lineup. But meanwhile there are plenty of other ways to get that festival feeling.
Seattle Center is celebrating Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month with a free community party (Armory Food and Event Hall, May 6, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.) featuring Mak Fai Kung Fu dragon and lion dances, the always-mesmerizing Seattle Chinese Community Girls Drill Team, the Massive Monkeys break-dancing team, hula dance by Sunshine from Polynesia and more performances.
The Bicycle Film Festival (Egyptian Theatre, May 6 at 7 p.m.) is an annual international celebration of the two-wheeled wonder. This year’s 90-minute lineup of short films includes true and imagined stories about massive street rides, a blind bike mechanic in Iran, a bicyclist retracing the route of the Buffalo Soldiers, a lost and found (and lost) bike, and Seattle bike messengers as a symbol of “outsourcing gone wild.”
The inaugural Seattle Art Book Fair (May 6 – 7 at Washington Hall) caters to people with papyrophilia [raises hand and waves vigorously]. Indulge that deep love of paper with art books that just wouldn’t elicit the same oohs and ahhs if flipped through digitally. Organized by Seattle-based graphic designers Jayme Yen and Tom Eykemans (the latter of whom is also design director at local Marquand Books), the free event features 65+ international exhibitors, including Seattle’s Wave Books, Minor Matters and Chin Music Press.
If you’re itching to get behind the scenes of visual-art-in-progress, check out the Spotlight North Studio Tour (May 6 – 7). During this newish north-end event, Seattle artists bravely open their studio doors and allow us to see where the magic happens. Among the artists participating this year are glass knitter Carol Milne, painter Gala Bent and ceramicist Laura Brodax.
And for those wanting a festival that really turns it up, consider Belltown Bloom (The Crocodile, May 5 – 6). It’s the third annual edition of this indie-music festival celebrating women in rock, and topping the roster is 1980s punk/grunge band L7 (yes, I do still have them on cassette tape, thank you very much), along with Pussy Riot, Mannequin Pussy, Thunderpussy (are you getting the idea) and several bands without that word in their name, including Seattle faves La Fonda, Mt. Fog and Prom Queen. Rock on.
Daniel J. Cox Wins Environmental Impact Award From North American Nature Photography Association
TUSCON, AZ / ACCESSWIRE / May 5, 2023 / The North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA) this week announced that Daniel J. Cox, a nature photographer, photography teacher, and workshop leader, is the recipient of NANPA’s 2023 Environmental Impact Award. The award was established in 2013 and is given every other year to honor a “photographic project addressing an important and urgent regional or global environmental problem.” In addition, the photographer’s work must be “of exceedingly high quality” and includes a “component that creates and distributes high-quality educational material to enhance public awareness, including material created to influence decision makers.” Previous winners of this award have included James Balog, Clay Bolt, Tom Blagden, and Krista Schlyer.
NANPA Awards Committee chair, Dr. Paul Brooke, said Cox “has led the charge to understand the crisis, thereby incorporating organizations and scientists/biologists in the field. The committee recognizes his remarkable vision and passion for nature photography, plus he donates many of his images to the organizations he works with to ensure that the photographs are put to great use.”
This award is in recognition of Cox’s photography and storytelling work in the Arctic, both for Polar Bears International and as director of the Arctic Documentary Project (ADP). Cox brings more than forty years of experience to bear on educating and inspiring viewers about the changes taking place in the Arctic. Changes that will have global impacts. The photos and videos collected in the ADP document environmental transformations in the high latitudes and their effects on the Arctic’s wildlife.
Cox has traveled to all seven continents, been published in numerous prestigious journals, and is a regular contributor to magazines like Outdoor Photographer and National Geographic, where he’s published two cover stories. His work has been exhibited in various galleries, including the Natural History Museum in London and the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson, Wyoming. He also leads photo tours through his company, Natural Exposures.
As North America’s premier nature photography organization, NANPA promotes the art and science of nature photography as a medium of communication, nature appreciation, and environmental protection; provides information, education, inspiration, and opportunity for all persons interested in nature photography; and fosters excellence and ethical conduct in all aspect of our endeavors and especially encourages responsible photography in the wild. Learn more at North American Nature Photographers Association.
Contact: Frank Gallagher
202-290-9166
Interim Marketing and Communications
[email protected] I www.nanpa.org
SOURCE: North American Nature Photographers Association, Inc.
5th annual Strawberry Moon Festival at Artpark
Images from the 2022 Strawberry Moon Festival at Artpark in Lewiston.
Fri, May 5th 2023 09:45 am
June 17 in Artpark lower park & ‘Niagara 1979 Painted Parking Lot’
√ DJ Shub to headline evening concert with featured indigenous musicians from across North America, plus smoke dance competition, Indigenous artists, Native American artisan market
Artpark & Company’s Strawberry Moon Festival will return Saturday, June 17. Admission to the afternoon activities (1-6 p.m.) in Artpark’s lower park is free. Tickets for the featured evening performances beginning at 6 p.m. outside in the “Niagara 1979 Painted Parking Lot” and stage are $20, on sale at the box office and ticketmaster.com. Chairs and blankets will be allowed for the concert and performances.
A press release stated, “The Strawberry Moon Festival is a truly immersive experience for everyone to celebrate the diverse indigenous cultures of North America through storytelling, teachings, music, dance, and the Native American artisan market . Guests will participate in an inclusive and engaging Native American community gathering where they can make, craft and participate with various indigenous activities. They will also be entertained by an eclectic lineup of artists performing on multiple stages.
“This year’s The Strawberry Moon Festival celebrates the heartbeat of Mother Earth and the heartbeat of our life by introducing a new performance called ‘The Circle: Indigenous singer-songwriters and Musicians Showcase.”
Images from the 2022 Strawberry Moon Festival at Artpark in Lewiston.
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Curator Michele-Elise Burnett (Métis/Algonquin, Bear Clan), Artpark & Company’s Indigenous arts producer, said, “Using their voice and their instruments as their tools to construct stories for the rest of the world to feel and hear, the stories range from powerful, sad, to humorous and playful. No matter the story or song, their concert always creates a unique sense of community, sharing and healing, which will leave you uplifted and amazed by the magic of the lyrics and storytelling by these artists.”
Featuring traditional drums, Nashville Haudenosaunee country singer-songwriter musician Jim Jacobs, Huron-Wendat Nation internationally recognized violinist Genevieve Gros-Louis Salamone and Stephanie Big Eagle, Lakota and Dakota, will honor youth smoke dancer winners with a special show. Local award-winning Tuscarora musician and singer-songwriter Tonemah and his band will shake the stage with original music to close out the afternoon program.
At 1 p.m., the festival marketplace opens in Artpark’s lower park (South Fourth Street entrance). Organizers said there will be a wide variety of free, interactive programs at the Emerald Grove Stage and Artpark’s Native American Peace Garden.
The press release stated, “These programs celebrate diverse and expressive Native American cultures through the arts; food sampling; storytelling; workshops; music presentations; the interactive make, play and take home Indigenous Ways of Knowing Discovery Zone; wampum beading workshops; one of the U.S.’ largest Wampum belts collection will be on display; beading workshops; face painting; a unity bracelet workshop; and lacrosse.”
It added, “The ever-popular and mesmerizing smoke dance competition continues this year with both youth and adult division. Visitors can also discover unique gifts from our Native American artisans and food market.”
Admission to the afternoon activities is free.
At 6 p.m. Artpark’s “Painted Parking Lot” will come alive with a special opening with Genevieve Gros-Louis Salamone and Stephanie Big Eagle, who blend traditional dance, hand drum and classical violin.
The press release noted this event will encourage “adults and youth alike to connect to the stories of the (Turtle Island) indigenous peoples of the Americas.”
Closing the Strawberry Moon Festival is a concert headlined by DJ Shub, “the Godfather of PowWowStep,” a three-time Juno Award winner, Much Music and Canadian Screen Award-winner, and one of the founding members of Tribe Called Red. He will take to the stage at 7 p.m. with his show that blends traditional drum with modern day electronic beats and hip-hop.
The consulate general of Canada in New York, and Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Institute are supporting sponsors of the Strawberry Moon Festival.
History of Artpark’s Strawberry Moon Festival
The first Strawberry Moon Festival in 2019 brought back Native American programming to Artpark after a 40-year-plus hiatus. More than 3,000 guests participated in and experienced indigenous traditions in song, dance and crafts, “forging cross-cultural connections and cross-community relationships that continue to this day.”
In 2020, the festival took a COVID-19 pause, but the Native American Peace Garden came to fruition at Artpark.
The press release stated, “More than just a place to reflect and take in the beautiful setting along the Niagara River, the garden is an outdoor classroom led by Native Elders and knowledge keepers.”
Then in 2021, the festival, themed “Rekindling our Roots,” returned with performances by Martha Redbone, Lakota John, Charly Lowry and Tonemah, plus a smoke dance competition.
Last summer, the event celebrated the many contributions Native people made in the shaping of this area and the global stage.
The press release stated, “Built on the Two Row Wampum teachings that promote all Nations walk together in parallel, with respect, compassion, and understanding to cultivate an inclusive community for our shared future.”
It concluded by noting, “Artpark has made a commitment to Indigenous arts programming and awareness with a full season of Indigenous programs built for and by our local Indigenous community. Our programming, conceived and curated by Michele-Elise Burnett, serves residents from the Indigenous community in Lewiston, Youngstown and beyond, as well as non-Native persons who are interested in learning more about the culture and traditions.”
Click here for a list of indigenous programs planned for 2023. Visit artpark.net for a current calendar of events.
Photography contest focuses on mid-century modern Moses Lake
MOSES LAKE — Submissions will be accepted through June 2 for a contest highlighting the architecture of Moses Lake’s boom period. The “Mid-Century Modern of Moses Lake” contest is sponsored by the Moses Lake Museum & Art Center.
Moses Lake experienced explosive growth in the 20 years from 1940 to 1960; the town that had 326 people in 1940 had 11,299 by 1960, according to information from the museum. The World War II and postwar population explosion occurred during the heyday of Mid-Century Modern architecture, and that style left its imprint all over town.
Mid-Century Modern architecture is characterized by big windows, open spaces and the effort to bring the outdoors indoors, the press release said.
Photographers can submit up to three original entries. Photos should feature buildings and signs dating from 1945 to 1969.
Photos should be emailed to the museum, which will print them for display. The entry email address is museum@cityofml.com. If email isn’t feasible, photographers can contact the museum, at 509-765-3830 to make other arrangements, the release said.
Entries should include the photographer’s name and contact information and the photo’s name. The winning entries will go on display at the museum in late summer.
A Collaborative Photo Project Imagines a World Where Street Artists Have Free Rein
Victoria Villasana, Les Arenes de Picasso near Paris. All images courtesy of Joseph Ford, shared with permission
What would artists create if all of the world’s surfaces could become a canvas? Joseph Ford—of Invisible Jumpers fame—responds to this question in a new project called Double Take. Collaborating with eight street artists including Peeta (previously), Levalet (previously), and Victoria Villasana (previously), Ford reimagines the possibilities of public spaces that are otherwise inaccessible due to scale, safety issues, or restrictions.
To begin the project, Ford photographed the locations, which include the Panthéon, the Seven Sisters cliffs in Sussex, and the center of a highway in Los Angeles, and then handed over enlarged prints to the artists. Once their additions were complete, he returned to the original sites and documented the altered images against the original backdrop. Playful and imaginative, the juxtaposed photos envision “a parallel universe where (artists) have complete artistic freedom.”
Shop the limited-edition prints and find behind-the-scenes looks at Ford’s process on his site.
Levalet, Brighton Marina, U.K.
Ador, The Pantheon, Paris
Peeta, Shoreham Cement Works
Ador, Seven Sisters, U.K.
Denis Meyers, National Theatre London
JanIsDeMan, Balcome Viaduct, U.K.
Morely, Los Angeles
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