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SunStar + April 21, 2021 WE MUST take our hats off to Ferdinand John Balanag for making the first-ever Montanosa Film Festival (MFF, March 20 to 28, 2021) happen, and in Baguio during a pandemic. Yes, of course, he got a lot of help, and the village it took must be credited, too. But to Ferdie belongs the grass crown, so to speak. Because the work, production skills, and management-savvy required to pull together such a feat equal tremendous. But lest we be accused of playing favorite connections and writing only of Ferdie, the festival was presented by The Workshop for Infini...

Artists from Bahrain, Iran take part in Haifa exhibition Mediterranean Biennale features works by 60 artists and art collectives from 17 countries under the theme ‘Living Together – Crossing Borders.’ April 14, 2021, 8:33 am Detail from “Inverso Mundus,” a video work by Russian collective AES+F featured at the Mediterranean Biennale in Haifa, April to June 2021. Photo courtesy of Mediterranean Biennale Proving that art transcends borders and geopolitics, the fourth Mediterranean Biennale in Haifa opened April 6 at WIZO Haifa Academy of Design & Education with works by 60 artists and...

'Angst and humanity:' Norwalk exhibit examines psychological impacts of pandemic Joel Lang FacebookTwitterEmail The Lockwood Mathews Mansion Museum’s “Socially Distant Art: Creativity in the Lockdown” exhibit features 25 artists and runs through Aug. 29.  "Forced Separation" by Kathie Milligan will be included in the exhibit.Courtesy of Kathie Milligan / Contributed photo When Susan Gilgore, executive director at the Lockwood Mathews Mansion Museum in Norwalk, began thinking about a pandemic-related art exhibit, one of the first works that came to mind was a 1919 painting by the Norweg...

Jessica Steinberg covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center. A work by Israeli photographer Angelica Sher, to be shown at the Mediterranean Biennale, opening April 6, 2021 (Courtesy Angelica Sher) It has been nearly four years since the last Mediterranean Biennale was held, and organizers of the show have spent the last two of those years on the uphill task of trying to convince artists from Arab countries and elsewhere to overcome their qualms and participate in the Israeli event. The fourth iteration of the biennale, which opens April 6 and despite its name does not ...

Contrary to popular opinion, Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders have much in common despite radically different policy proposals. Here's how both channeled populist anger to build a huge, passionate base.