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Cultural festivals for the soul: 2024 events that celebrate art, design, and creativity

Creative Boom

January Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival – China, 5 Jan-early March Ever been to an ice sculpture festival? Dress warmly in layers and book a guided tour to explore Harbin's ice sculptures and local cuisine. Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, 2020. We'd heartily recommend it!

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20 best illustration agents in the UK, and the awesome illustrators they represent

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Their team prides itself on providing an expert and friendly boutique service and supplying beautiful, eye-catching content to clients across all genres, including children's publishing, sci-fi and fantasy, concept art and character design. Paradise Sands - illustration by Levi Pinfold from the picture book published by Walker Studio.

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New York City Ballet Art Series Presents DRIFT’s ‘Shylight’

Colossal

DRIFT’s “Shylight” (development 2006–2014), aluminum, polished stainless steel, silk, LEDs, robotics. Dutch artists Lonneke Gordijn and Ralph Nauta are DRIFT, a multidisciplinary group that creates experiential sculptures, installations, and performances, uniting audiences with moments that inspire a reconnection to our planet.

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Over 100 Spectacular Artworks Line an Australian Beach for the Annual ‘Sculpture by the Sea’

Colossal

The Glue Society, “Hot with A Chance of a Late Storm” (2006). Celebrating its 25th year in this location, the annual Sculpture by the Sea festival showcases more than 100 pieces in various mediums, styles, and sizes, all bordering the Pacific Ocean. Photo by Louise Beaumont. See more from the 2023 edition on Instagram.

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The Drifters Project Harnesses Community to Clean the Oceans and Visualize Global Plastic Pollution

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All images © Pam Longobardi, shared with permission In 2006, Pam Longobardi traveled to Ka Lae, the southernmost tip of Hawaii’s Big Island, for a residency. Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $5 per month. Photo by Megan Lamson. “It’s (an) all-places problem.”

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Haunting Photographic Self-Portraits by Francesca Woodman From the 1970s

Design You Trust

Woodman’s estate, which is managed by her parents, consists of over 800 prints, of which only around 120 images had been published or exhibited as of 2006. Woodman created at least 10,000 negatives, which her parents now keep. Many of Woodman’s images are untitled and are known only by a location and date.

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Creative leads on the women that inspire them most

Creative Boom

She has since curated at international forums and published widely on design, including numerous book contributions. She chose her sculpture material to resist the things she was struggling against. The first female editor of design and architecture magazine Icon, Priya, was nominated as Fiona Macpherson New Editor of the Year.