On July 17, 2016, photographer Spencer Tunick, USA, will be photographing 100 nude women in Downtown Cleveland, Ohio. What makes the timing of this shoot most unusual is that it will take place at sunrise, the day before the Republican National Convention. The women will each be holding mirrors as the shutter of Spencer’s camera engages; […]
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The long anticipated opening took place on May 19, 2016 at the Cowell theater in the Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture. The works of 19 international Global Art Project (GAP) artists are on display as part of the San Francisco International Arts Festival, which is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Dada arts movement. The featured
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Celebrate the opening of Vanessa German’s MATRIX 174 exhibition, “i come to do a violence to the lie,” on Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. German — sculptor, actress, playwright, and educator — will perform her unique style of Spoken Word Opera, a vibrant hybrid of spoken word poetry combining the theatrical elements
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This is the 2nd wave of WOI’s Living Wall, featuring the visual artworks of Anwar Djuliadi, DP Arsa, Kaprus, and Oka Astawa. This is a progressive art exhibition (with artists conversations) held at Bloo Art Space at the Bloo Lagoon Resort in Padang Bai, a small town in Bali. The exhibition opens May 20 at 4pm and closes on
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Sage Gallon’s lifelong journey through addiction and other challenges has afforded him the opportunity to share his story with his art along with words that could be a source of encouragement for many of us that are living or have lived under similarly riveting circumstances. Rarely do we dare to talk about the dark side, but Sage
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Zurich is not the only city going gaga over Dada this year! During the 2016 San Francisco International Arts Festival, the artists, performers, musicians, videographers, and other creative types collectively present the imaginative results of being challenged to move beyond the Duchampian idea of ‘retinal’ art for the purpose of connecting and engaging a contemporary audience
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18 Indonesian artists will explore an ongoing dialog on identity in the Wall of Indonesia (WOI), a progressive art exhibition. The Living Wall is a white wall in Bloo Art Space at the Bloo Lagoon Resort (located in Bali) that will gradually be filled with dozens of artworks from Indonesian artists. The WOI project will be presented in 4 ‘waves.’ The first wave opens on Saturday
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MZ Urban Art presents… Jean will participate in the 3rd Annual Yonkers Arts Weekend, NYC May 14th & 15th 2016 from 12 to 5pm
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Akiko Suzuki, Japan, is an award-winning fiber artist whose practice has pioneered the forward movement of the Contemporary Art Quilt. Most recently, in 2015, Akiko was awarded the Quilt Nihon Exhibition’s Reiko Sudo Award in Japan. Surprisingly, Japan’s introduction to the Western traditional quilt took place only in the 1970s, adding another layer to the rich tapestry of Asian interpretations
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Carl Heyward on Dada 2016 marks the 100th year anniversary of the Dada movement, which began in Zurich in 1916. The original Dadaists sought to create anti-art which shocked, ridiculed and challenged the status quo in response to the politics that fueled World War I. Carl Heyward is the founder of GAP(Global Arts Project) and the
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Cross Cultural Collaboration Ellie Schimelman, USA, started the Cross Cultural Collaborative, (CCC) Inc in 2001. CCC is a non-profit educational organization that promotes cultural exchange and understanding. Their programs emphasize multi-generational and multicultural collaborations encouraging participants to find rewards in different forms of creativity. They bring artists from different cultures together in a supportive environment
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HAF in the gallery: Turay Mederic, Morocco Turay Mederic was born in Ivory Coast, educated in USA and Ivory Coast and spent most of his childhood in Washington DC. “I have those two combination of cultures struggling in my soul. I think my paintings reflect that because you can see something very African in them,
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