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Sabina Speich crafts large-scale pizza, bacon and chips through her 'freestyle' method of crochet

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"Art has been my purpose all my life," she says, having grown up in Winterthur, Switzerland, to an artist father who supported her crafts from an early age. When she got older, Sabina attended fine art school in St. Gallen before heading to art college in Switzerland.

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Magical world of inflatable art opens new cultural landmark in Manchester

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Yayoi Kusama and Dots Obsession, 1996-2011 Installation view_ The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo. Courtesy of Ota Fine Arts, Victoria Miro and David Zwirner. The exhibition, Kusama's largest and most ambitious immersive environment to date, is open to the public until 28 August 2023. © YAYOI KUSAMA.

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Paula Scher and Jonathan Yeo launch online courses in design and painting with the BBC

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Described as the "master conjurer of the instantly familiar," she straddles the line between pop culture and fine art in her work. And she certainly knows what she's doing as a teacher, having spent two decades lecturing at the School of Visual Arts, along with positions at the Cooper Union, Yale University and the Tyler School of Art.

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Bauhaus Graphic Design: Past, Present, and Future

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From 1919 to 1933, the Bauhaus united fine arts and crafts to create practical yet beautiful designs for the machine age. He aimed to start a new movement in the visual arts that rejected the excessive historicism and ornamentation that defined late 19th-century design in favour of a modern , industrial aesthetic.

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December 2021 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists

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The 2022 Socrates Annual Fellowship program is looking for public art proposals for its Sink or Swim Climate Futures project and group exhibition. Visual Art Open Prize. based Visual Art Open Prize will award £2,000 to one artist and £250 prizes to category winners. The Other Art Fair Melbourne.

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October 2022 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists

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Collection of the artist, courtesy of Ota Fine Arts. Massachusetts Design Art and Technology Institute (DATMA) – SHELTER 2023 Featured. This request for qualifications asks artists to consider themes of shelter for an outdoor public installation in New Bedford. Art Omi Residencies (International).

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December 2022 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists

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More Art Commission (U.S.). More Art will commission one public art project from an early career artist with an $8,000 budget. Chosen entrants will also be featured in a miniature publication and on the site. Visual Art Open Prize (International). Deadline: March 2, 2023. Open Calls. Deadline: 3 p.m.

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