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Annie Frost Nicholson invites you to dance away your blues in her new micro disco

Creative Boom

Appearing as part of Festival 14 at Canary Wharf between 26 and 30 July, Fandangoe Discoteca is a refurbished K67 micro-kiosk that members of the public can hop into and dance away their grief. The public will be able to engage with the music on a solo level, while the Grief Raves encourage people to share songs and stories about grief.

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Maine Media Workshops Have Taught Generations of Photographers. Now, They’re Celebrating 50 Years. (Sponsored)

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That first summer at Maine Media, Denny enrolled in workshops with Cig Harvey, Joyce Tenneson, Arno Rafael Minkkinen, and Brenton Hamilton. “So many seeds were planted during those workshops, both from a technical perspective and from an artistic one,” she remembers. © Frances F.

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Let's stop making design festivals for designers and make creativity available to everyone

Creative Boom

We all have a vision of what a design festival might look like: a few days filled with talks, workshops, exhibitions, pop-up shops and social gatherings aimed at inspiring, educating and fostering a sense of community among attendees. Meanwhile, the print-based design workshop, Poster Playground, has travelled all the way to Detroit.

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10 Featured Speakers to Check Out at Human/Nature

Azure Magazine

The event will take place at George Brown’s Waterfront Campus and include keynotes, panels, workshops – and field trips! Recent award-winning projects include the Downsview Framework Plan in Toronto, University of Cincinnati’s College of Business, and the Minneapolis Public Service Building. design studio in New York City.

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Spinning a yarn: how Icelandic artist Ýrúrarí turns textiles into stunning works of art

Creative Boom

Nærvera © Ýrúrarí aka Ýr Jóhannsdóttir We chat with the brilliant Icelandic artist about sustainability, textile techniques and handing out wool pizzas to the public. This project evolved into 'visible mending' workshops in her open studio at the The Museum of Design and Applied Arts in 2021.

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DATMA Issues National Call for Public Art Commissions Based on Shelter

Colossal

As part of this initiative, DATMA is issuing a National Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for a public outdoor installation on the theme of shelter. The public outdoor installation will be scheduled for viewing from June 16 to October 10, 2023, at a designated area by the corner of Union Street and Route 18 in New Bedford.

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July 2023 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists

Colossal

Franklin Furnace will make three copies of the book freely available to the public via its Artists’ Books Collection and will give one copy to the Library of Congress, each of the 50 State Libraries in the United States of America, and the Pratt Institute Libraries. Four artists will receive awards ranging from $150 to $500.

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