When Shira Lane’s landlord encouraged her to develop a cooperative workspace with other creatives, she couldn’t have imagined what came next: a $219,000 grant from the city of Sacramento’s CARES Act and a platform to support makers and crafty business friends. Lane’s passions, creative thinking and circular economy took her […]
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Denver Arts & Venues Funds $1 Million in CARES Act Money to Venues and Artists
Powerhouse curator Cortney Stell, head of Black Cube and a member of the Denver Commission on Cultural Affairs, spent a few November nights in tears on her couch. She was reading applications for the City of Denver’s Coronavirus Relief Fund, helping to figure out how Denver Arts & Venues should hand […]
Business travellers and performing artists to receive quarantine exemption
Business travellers and performing artists are to be exempted from quarantine in a bid to help revive the economy, Grant Shapps has announced. The Transport Secretary granted the exemption from 4am on Saturday to British and foreign business executives who could deliver “significant” benefit to the UK economy. UK and […]
Business travellers and performing artists to be exempt from quarantine, Government announces
Business travellers and performing artists are to be exempted from quarantine in a bid to help revive the economy, Grant Shapps has announced. The Transport Secretary granted the exemption from 4am on Saturday to British and foreign business executives who could deliver “significant” benefit to the UK economy. UK and […]
With deep discounts and free shipping, artists aim to make the Sunday after Thanksgiving into Black Friday for art
Charissa Brock knew from a young age that she wanted to be an artist. The Portland, Ore., based sculptor began sculpting with bamboo in 1999 and later incorporated glass into her pieces, a nod to her mother’s work as a glass artist. Brock sells her work through her website and […]
Artists Sunday: Marion photographer creates new global shopping event
Take a jump to the left Black Friday and Small Business Saturday, then a step to the right Cyber Monday. It’s time to make room for Artists Sunday this weekend. The brainchild of photographer Christopher Sherman, a world traveler now living with family in Marion, it’s a day he developed […]
TikTok star Larray, who has 19 million followers, has signed with the talent agency A3 Artists Agency
The Daily Beast Delaware Teens Lured a Classmate Into the Woods—Then Murdered Her With a Baseball Bat: Prosecutors A Delaware teenager has been charged with murder after allegedly luring her classmate into the woods and beating her to death alongside the girl’s ex-boyfriend, prosecutors said.Annika Stalczynski, 17, was arrested on […]
This Record Deal Simulator Could Upend the Way Artists Do Business
It is perhaps the most common piece of advice given to musicians who are starting to navigate the industry: Hire a lawyer. Inequitable record deals have long plagued unwitting artists, luring them in with piles of cash (that they likely have to make back) and promises of superstardom (that rarely […]
Wilmington-area artists forced to change business tactics due to COVID-19
Local artists are shifting their focus to online sales, creating their own markets and even shopping for Instacart to keep their themselves afloat amid pandemic cancelations Emma Dill | Wilmington StarNews As she watched COVID-19 cancel Wilmington-area festivals earlier this year, Linda Callison started freaking out a little. Callison, a 60-year-old […]
Boards of Change gives Sacramento Black artists a platform, raises thousands of dollars
On June 4, Lina Washington and Kimberly Prince had an idea: The plywood boards covering Sacramento storefronts due to recent protests over the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers would make perfect canvases for art. Prince, who owns the Nekter Juice Bar in Midtown, posted […]
how artists in the Spanish-speaking world turn to religious imagery to help cope in a crisis
The Virgin Crown: appeared on a wall in Madrid on March 13, the day before Spain went into lockdown. Ernesto Muñiz While millions of people across Europe and beyond have been forced into lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic, some artists have used their time in isolation to create work using […]
Support Black Artists, Creatives, & Entrepreneurs With Airbnb
As the Black Lives Matter movement continues garnering support on a global scale, there are plenty of ways to take an active part beyond spreading awareness through social media posts. Protests and petitions have been a crucial way to make collective demands for change, but it’s also important for us […]