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Shakespeare, cabaret and dance will be part of the spring University Theatre season at Youngstown State University. Performances will be available virtually due to continued COVID-19 protocols. The season opens with “Now You See Us … An Evening of Virtual Dance”at 7:30 p.m. March 25 and 26 and 2 and 7:30 p.m. March 27. Directed by Amy A. Wright, the dance concert features choreography by YSU Dance Program faculty. Opening at 7:30 p.m. April 9 is “An Evening with Billy Shakes,” a sel...

Ceramic artists: top trail-glazers breaking the mould Ceramic artists: top trail-glazers breaking the mould Contemporary ceramic artists are firing up the canon into a new age Lubna Chowdhary, Certain Times VIII, 2019 Ceramics and art have a companionship longer than most. In a story that began in the Palaeolithic period, this potent fusion of water, earth and creativity has evolved through many modes. 21st-century artists are proving that ceramics has as much potential for concept as functio...

The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) announces the dates for its expansive 2021 exhibition, KUSAMA: Cosmic Nature, featuring work by internationally celebrated Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. Postponed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the exhibition will include four experiences that will debut at the Botanical Garden. NYBG is the exclusive venue for KUSAMA: Cosmic Nature. On view April 10 through October 31, 2021, the exhibition will be installed across the Garden’s landscape, in and ar...

Hauser & Wirth London opens first ever solo exhibition in the UK of works by Charles Gaines Installation view, ‘Charles Gaines: Multiples of Nature, Trees and Faces’, Hauser & Wirth London, online from 29 January – 1 May. Photo: Alex Delfanne © Charles Gaines. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. LONDON .- Charles Gaines is presenting his first ever solo exhibition in the UK featuring new works across both galleries at Hauser & Wirth London. Comprising two new bodies of Gaines’ critical...

Clint Dyer appointed National Theatre Deputy Artistic Director WHO ME: Clint Dyer is the new deputy in town THE NATIONAL Theatre has announced today that Clint Dyer has been appointed Deputy Artistic Director. Dyer will work closely with Rufus Norris, Director and Joint Chief Executive, and Emily McLaughlin, Director of New Work to support and shape the NT’s creative output.   This is a time when our industry is still very much feeling the impact from the pandemic and the events of 2020 C...

Sponsored in part by Grand Illumination Radiant Sponsor Bill Orgain Robert McCurley’s Due South displays a side of the Southern region that’s pure, romantic, and pictorial. It’s deep-rooted in beauty, tradition, religion, and simplicity – a side that everyone can appreciate and enjoy. His photographic education includes classes at the former Southeastern Center for the Photographic Arts in Atlanta, GA, workshops with Keith Carter, Magnum photographers David Alan Harvey and Alex Webb as ...

San Francisco Ballets online opening night could have been cause for concern. Dance does not record well; how diminished a thing is this going to be? Would they be ready? Would the dancers be out of shape? Would their technique have gone ragged? Had they have lost stage presence? Show signs of strain? Would long-time favorites dancers still be here? Would they be wearing masks of forced gaiety? And also, will they answer the questions of diversity and inclusion? Yes they were ready. Yes, we ha...

Copy Through a collection of 13 chapters, Peggy Deamer examines the profession of architecture not as an abstraction, but as an assemblage of architectural workers. What forces prevent architects from empowering ourselves to be more relevant and better rewarded? How can these forces be set aside by new narratives, new organizations and new methods of production? How can we sit at the decision-making table to combat short-term real estate interests for longer-term social and ethical value? How c...

Sunday Times / University of Warwick Young Writer of the Year Award. First of all, congratulations on winning the 2020 Sunday Times / University of Warwick Young Writer of the Year Award! How does it feel to have the book recognised in this way, at this moment? It’s nice personally, but it’s a strange year to win. I am conflicted because so many others are struggling. It’s weird to be handed a cash prize during a pandemic. It’s also funny because people often ask what I will do with it...

Emerging out of the present moment, Knight New Work 2020 called for applicants to submit works and projects that reinvented the performing arts for the current pandemic reality. The initiative seeks to envision a world where the performing arts continue to exist in innovative ways without a traditional audience — from drive-ins to digital productions accessible via mobile devices. New Works 18 first-round winners have been tasked with using their $10,000 grant to create a spectrum of programs...