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WHILE it feels like the summer is well and truly coming to an end, there's still plenty of things to do in West Cork this weekend.This weekend has lots of music taking place, some guided walks in Glengarriff, and the opportunity to be a part of one of West Cork's most community-f

Free workshops, combining nature and art, are open to the public this week at Glengarriff Woods.Synocene – Beyond the Anthropocene
is a sound art project that will bring local voices to a special exhibition at a museum in Brussels in 2024.Every day from 10am to 12pm and from

A veritable who’s who of American and foreign diplomats, public servants, educators, scientists, musicians and artists came together Nov. 30 to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Fulbright Program, one of the world’s most widely recognized and prestigious scholarships.

By: Jesse Benitez  “There’s no issue that art can’t address.” – Don Russell, University Curator, Director of Provisions Research Center for Arts and Social Change WGMU Radio’s General Manager, Jesse Benitez and Music Director, Bryan Childers, sat down and spoke with George Mason University’s Arts Curator, Don Russell, SIS Alumna and Element’s series organizer at Murals at Mason, Ya ssmin Salem, and musician and Arcadia designer, Sam Nester. The group discussed the process of ...

An installation view of Alex Neros show The Weather Within near Bryant Park Image courtesy of EcoArt Project With retail spaces across New York sitting empty due to pandemic-related business closures, the local non-profit EcoArt Project has announced a new initiative to fill these vacant storefronts with free popup exhibitions focusing on climate change and sustainability. Working with another New York non-profit, Chashama, to find the spaces, EcoArt Project launched the pro...

Spotlight: Sam Nester’s ‘Arcadia’ at George Mason University A groundbreaking installation that puts the background environment into the foreground 23SHARES Yassmin Salem with Don Russell and Sarah D’Alexander — Photo: Evan Cantwell/Creative Services/George Mason University All year long, George Mason University presents a technology-enabled audiovisual installation that bridges the realms of art, nature, and self-care and is rooted in the natural, real-time biorhythms of plants. Sens...

Plants create music and light in a new art installation and last updated 2021-02-08 13:09:44-05 FAIRFAX, Va. — It’s a performance of light and sound, blending together to create harmony in an art installation called “Arcadia.” The performers creating this spectacle, though, aren’t your normal musicians. They’re not even human. They’re plants. “One of our faculty referred to it as, ‘letting us hear the songs of the plants,’” said Don Russell...