Great Northern Arts Festival returns to Inuvik this summer

The Great Northern Arts Festival will return to Inuvik this summer after a year hiatus. The festival will run July 10 to 15 and will feature artists from all three territories. It’s run every year since 1989, but was canceled in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic and again last year because of staffing issues. This year’s theme is From Ashes to Arts, which is a tribute to the NWT and its residents who faced devastating wildfires last summer. “We wanted to really choose that theme to honor the resilience and bravery of all those who suffered from the wildfires…
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Kentucky Museum announces winners of 2024 Abound Credit Union Celebration of the Arts

The Kentucky Museum and our sponsors are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2024 Abound Credit Union Celebration of the Arts. Generously sponsored by Abound Credit Union, any Kentucky resident over the age of 18 and living within 65 miles of Bowling Green is eligible to enter a piece of their original artwork created within the last two years. Monetary awards were given in ten categories as well as for Best of Show, the Purchase Award, the Student Purchase Award, the World’s Greatest Studio Tour Merit Award, and the Artworks Merit Award. The award winners were announced at a…
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Gospel in Art: No prophet is ever accepted in his own country

The attempt to throw Christ off a cliff, by Alexandre Bida, 1853 © Alamy Source: Christian Art Gospel of 4 March 2024Luke 4:24-30 Jesus came to Nazara and spoke to the people in the synagogue: ‘I tell you solemnly, no prophet is ever accepted in his own country. ‘There were many widows in Israel, I can assure you, in Elijah’s day, when heaven remained shut for three years and six months and a great famine raged throughout the land, but Elijah was not sent to any of these: he was sent to a widow at Zarephath, a Sidonian town. And…
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