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Arts coalition helps enrich the cultural opportunities in a community

Columbia Missourian 21 Mar 2019

• Allocating at least $200 million to arts funding across the state since 1980 ... In Columbia, the Office of Cultural Affairs stimulates the economy by allocating funds for the arts and encouraging the work of artists in the city ... Arts funding has a ripple effect on the economy ... Arts funding also creates new educational paths in the city....

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Postponed art show focuses on acceptance, resilience

Chico Enterprise Record 21 Mar 2019

The art show was set to take place with over 30 local LGBTQ artists taking part in the show. With the sheer devastation caused by the fire, many artists were affected and the show was subsequently canceled.Related Articles ... spotlights artists, raises funds Lotus Guide partners with Paradise gallery after fire....

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Splice Raises $57.5M in Funding, Artist Payouts Hit $15M

Billboard 21 Mar 2019

Music creation and collaboration company Splice has raised $57.5 million in a Series C funding round, the company revealed on Wednesday (March 20). It also announced $15 million in royalties paid to creators distributing their sounds through its artist-to-artist sample service, Splice Sounds, since launching in 2013....

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Homeland Heroes hosting 6th annual gala to benefit veterans

Union Leader 21 Mar 2019

In addition to a sit-down dinner and music by The Bob Pratte Band, attendees will be entertained by the renowned “speed artist” Rob Surette and can participate in silent and live ......

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Arts and Entertainment Wrap Up: 03-21-19

West Hawaii Today 21 Mar 2019

The Aloha Theatre has enriched the lives of Hawaii residents and visitors by providing quality live theatre, performing arts education, and a venue for artistic expression more than 30 years. The annual gala raises critical funds to assist in continuing quality programming and to maintain the Aloha Theatre....

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The Social: London music venue saved after crowdfunding campaign

The Independent 21 Mar 2019

Thanks to support from music fans and artists including Fatboy Slim and the post-punk band Shame, the funds were raised before the end of the two-week deadline.  ... It’s not uncommon for an artist to be influenced by the place they grew up in ... It’s not uncommon for an artist to be influenced by the place they grew up in....

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Yoga lovers will help Kenyan students through the Art of Connection

Park Record 20 Mar 2019

The two, who also own Park City Fine Art, will host an all-day yoga fundraiser with the goal of raising funds for art supplies and lessons for kids attending Oloosinon Primary School in Kenya ... The Larsens hope the event, called the Art of Connection, will raise funds for the Art Elevated Giving Fund, which they established....

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New York’s MoMA to sell rare Picasso drawing

Business Day 20 Mar 2019

MoMA is putting the ink drawing Flute Player and Reclining Nude under the hammer to raise money for its acquisitions fund ... Picasso gave the drawing as a present to his dealer Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, and it was donated to MoMA by the American artist Eve Clendenin in 1961....

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NC Day of Percussion returning to LRU campus

Hickory Record 20 Mar 2019

The annual North Carolina Day of Percussion will be returning to Lenoir-Rhyne University’s campus on Saturday, April 13 ... The grant helped fund equipment rentals, travel expenses, artist fees and advertising ... to 9 p.m on Saturday, April 13 ... ....

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She's 25 and on the rise: How L.A. choreographer Micaela Taylor became a hot name ...

The Los Angeles Times 20 Mar 2019

The goal then was to become a commercial dancer, performing in music videos and going on tour with artists ... To help fund “Drift,” she used the crowd-funding site Kickstarter to raise more than $9,400 to pay dancers and fund travel ... The position also provides an artist fee to help fund Taylor’s work....

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Cayuga County-area organizations among winners of arts grants

Auburnpub dot com 20 Mar 2019

Cayuga County-area organizations such as the nonprofit ARC of Seneca/Cayuga and the not-for-profit Perform 4 Purpose group were among the groups and artists awarded funding from the Finger Lakes Community Arts Grants, according to a press release. The grants were given out Monday at a luncheon in Auburn ... Here is the full list of grants. ... $2,064 ... ....

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Gerald 'Gino' Kurdziel, 83, polka musician who had hit with 'Hello Dolly Polka'

The Buffalo News 20 Mar 2019

Nov. 23, 1935 — March 16, 2019 ... Skok Watson. Mr ... He was 83 ... Mr ... Kurdziel performed with the Buffalo Bells Orchestra to raise funds for the Dyngus Day Parade ... He was an active volunteer with the annual "Owl Family Picnic," a group of polka band members and fans who raised funds for charities ... Kurdziel was a skilled artist, specializing in pencil drawings ... ....

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Record Profits and Rising Authoritarianism

Information Clearing House 20 Mar 2019

The same criteria are applied to all the key economic appointees, including Treasury, Commerce, World Bank and International Monetary Fund ... There is no group of Jewish investors or financiers willing to fund a civil rights campaign in defense of free speech, academic and artistic freedom, to counter the minority Zionist financial elite....