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Joelle McKenna brings the creative struggle to life in comic store installation

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But how many of us have actually used that struggle in our art? A 2012 graduate from Boston University's College of Fine Art, she's also the creative director of Brooklyn Magazine print publication. Recently, she was invited to craft a display for Desert Island Comics in Brooklyn's hip area of Williamsburg.

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Class of 2022: A guide to all the UK's graduate shows this summer

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Students at Glasgow School of Art. 22 Men by Emma Williams, MA Art and Science (Central Saint Martins). Celebrating the best creative work from Goldsmiths students, spanning fine art, design, film-making, photography and more, this year's annual summer shows run until 26 July at venues across the UK capital.

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How childlike play informs the work of artist and designer Jonas Mayer

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Born and raised in this quaint corner of the world, Jonas' path to becoming an artist is a testament to his unwavering dedication to his craft, unique creative style, and ability to extract inspiration from the most unlikely sources. Fueled by this desire, he embarked on a new path, studying Fine Arts in his hometown.

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'I destroy the work after an exhibition': Inside the weird worlds of artist JeeYoung Lee

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Meticulously crafted with extraordinary patience, her craftsmanship has seen her collaborate with brands such as Hermes, Samsung and Tiger beer. My mother never made a debut as an artist, but she majored in fine art in college. When I was an undergraduate, once my dream was to become a production designer or art director.

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Swiss sculptor Christian Bolt offers a fresh answer to the age-old question: what is beauty?

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Sometimes, art can provide a fresh way to look at things. There he took a Master of Fine Arts degree at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence, Europe’s traditional and oldest art academy, where he studied technique and materials of sculpting, art history and anatomy. What is beauty?

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Top 10 Art Posts of 2023

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Large-Scale Ceramics That Are Both Eye-Catching + Functional SCP presented an exhibition of new, large-scale ceramic works by Dutch designer Floris Wubben during this year’s London Craft Week to showcase a series that fuses function with sculpture. And the most popular art post of 2023 is… 1.

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'I like to make pieces that make you look twice': Carly Owens on her symbolic embroidery artworks and paintings

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Both of which have fine art and craft cultures that absolutely influenced me growing up," she explains. Black Mountain, for instance, is the home of Black Mountain College, an experimental art school attended by Anni and Josef Albers, Willem de Kooning, Ruth Asawa, and Robert Rauschenberg, among others.