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fromsfist.com
9 hours ago

New Mural at Oakland Ice Center Pays Tribute to Skaters Alysa Liu and Kristi Yamaguchi

Julie Engelmann created a 100-foot mural in Oakland honoring Olympic skaters Alysa Liu and Kristi Yamaguchi, reflecting local pride and artistic talent.
fromBoard Game Quest
19 hours ago

2025 Board Game Award Winners

Vantage is the kind of game that people love because it just clicks in all the right ways. It's easy to get into, but there's enough strategy to keep you thinking and coming back for more.
Board games
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 days ago

The Bennett Prize Opens Fifth Call for Entries

Women figurative realist painters can apply for The Bennett Prize, offering a $75,000 grand prize and a traveling solo exhibition.
#photography
fromBOOOOOOOM!
1 day ago
Photography

2025 Photo Awards Winner: Sophie Altemus

Sophie Altemus won the Student category in the fourth annual Photo Awards for her snapshot photography.
fromBOOOOOOOM!
3 days ago
Photography

2025 Photo Awards Winner: Chanyoung Chung

Chanyoung Chung, a former nurse, won the Colour category in the Booooooom Photo Awards for his still-life photography and reflections on society.
Photography
fromBOOOOOOOM!
1 day ago

2025 Photo Awards Winner: Sophie Altemus

Sophie Altemus won the Student category in the fourth annual Photo Awards for her snapshot photography.
Photography
fromBOOOOOOOM!
3 days ago

2025 Photo Awards Winner: Chanyoung Chung

Chanyoung Chung, a former nurse, won the Colour category in the Booooooom Photo Awards for his still-life photography and reflections on society.
Education
fromBusline News
2 days ago

Laketran Unveils Winning Bus Wrap Art Contest Design - Busline News

Ava Passalacqua won the 2026 Design a Bus Wrap contest with her design themed 'We the People' for Laketran's America 250 celebration.
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
6 days ago

Special series: -Ism Storytellers, mixed race * Oregon ArtsWatch

In 2025, Dmae Lo Roberts embarked on a statewide storytelling experience focusing on personal stories from both artists and community members. These stories are a form of living oral history.
Portland
fromPitchfork
1 week ago

Pitchfork and GQ Senior Designer Chris Panicker Wins 2026 ASME Next Award

Chris is a genuine anomaly in the media landscape. He consistently takes on projects that are difficult to execute under high-pressure deadlines, maintaining a calm demeanor and a contagiously positive attitude.
Typography
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
1 day ago

Art Basel reveals 33 medalists for second edition of its awards

"This year's cohort spans geographies, disciplines and generations, reflecting a truly interconnected art world. The awards are designed to capture a broad cross-section of the ecosystem, grounded in the belief that meaningful progress depends on exchange across disciplines and perspectives."
Arts
Arts
fromwww.amny.com
2 days ago

Art Without Walls: Inside the Public Art Fund Party | amNewYork

Public art engages communities, inviting them to see their city more honestly and expansively, embodying a sense of belonging and shared experience.
New York City
fromwww.amny.com
2 weeks ago

Cardi B helps launch Mayor Mamdani's 2-K jingle contest, with one big rule: no AI | amNewYork

Cardi B will help judge NYC's 2-K jingle competition to promote free child care for two-year-olds, with applications opening June 2.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
3 days ago

These Are the Winners of the 2026 Guggenheim Fellowship

223 individuals, including artists and researchers, received the annual Guggenheim Fellowship, supporting diverse disciplines and creative endeavors.
London startup
fromFast Company
2 weeks ago

Last chance to submit for Best Workplaces for Innovators 2026

Fast Company extends the application deadline for Best Workplaces for Innovators 2026 to April 3 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time.
Music
fromPitchfork
3 weeks ago

Choose Your Fighter in Pitchfork's Bracket Challenge

A bracket challenge featuring 32 favorite albums invites fans to vote for the best in honor of Pitchfork's 30th anniversary.
#oregon-book-awards
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
3 weeks ago

PuzzleWatch: Season of Lions and Lambs * Oregon ArtsWatch

The lion dominates the puzzle in paintings like Rembrandt's Young Lion Resting and Rogier van der Weyden's depiction of Saint Jerome pulling a thorn from a lion's paw.
Pets
Photography
fromBOOOOOOOM!
2 weeks ago

2025 Photo Awards Winner: Jonah Reenders

Jonah Reenders won the Nature category in the Photo Awards, recognized for his work connecting humanity and the natural world.
Alternative transportation
fromBusline News
1 month ago

Cincinnati Metro Highlights Employee Excellence - Busline News

Cincinnati Metro honored seven employees with Golden Bus Awards for exceptional service, dedication, and professionalism in roles ranging from dispatchers to operators.
fromElectronic Frontier Foundation
1 month ago

The Foilies 2026

The students are learning that the federal government and every state have laws establishing the public's right to request and receive public records. It's a bedrock principle of democracy: If a government belongs to the people, so do its documents.
US news
fromKotaku
1 month ago

Pokemon Pokopia Fan Artists, Are Y'all Okay?

Humans have disappeared and their Pokémon have been left behind, trying to make the remains of the old civilization into one that they can live in and sustain by themselves. Throughout this process, these Pokémon talk about how much they miss their human partners, and the information we can glean from the notes and letters we find lying around is that a climate crisis forced them to evacuate the planet and leave the Pokémon in a massive PC server for their safety.
Games
Arts
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
3 weeks ago

'A Division of Vision': H. Eliz Snowcarp's art for people who see things differently * Oregon ArtsWatch

H. Eliz Snowcarp's installation challenges exclusion in the art world by promoting tactile interaction and inclusivity for those with different abilities.
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
4 weeks ago

Even the edges: Jason Gubbiotti at RecRoom * Oregon ArtsWatch

The first things that struck me about Jason Gubbiotti's paintings at RecRoom were the small dimensions of the work, the relationship of their modest size to the artist's elaborately precise, often lattice-like geometric compositions, and their brilliant beguiling color. The work is also audaciously, unapologetically beautiful, and deeply pleasurable to look at.
Arts
fromBrooklyn Paper
1 month ago

'Brooklyn Backs Brooklyn': Brooklyn Org celebrates 2026 Spark Prize Winners * Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn can be a national model for what it looks like to build community around philanthropy, and in truly challenging moments like the one we are currently facing, it becomes even clearer: the way forward is to build strength globally. When national systems fail us, community becomes the safety net, neighborhood institutions become the backbone.
Brooklyn
Intellectual property law
fromAbove the Law
1 month ago

Litera Celebrates Creative Use Of Foundation With Innovation Awards, Crowning Troutman Pepper Locke As Winner - Above the Law

Foundation, Litera's knowledge management platform, enables law firms to centralize data and adopt data-driven approaches through its simple, adaptable interface and seamless integrations.
fromPortland Mercury
1 month ago

At Cooley Gallery, Pop Art by a Nun, Plus Portland-Made Sculptures and Textiles

Upon entry, Kent's "IF" (1965) lures the eye upward. The serigraph-a silkscreen print in fine art parlance-hangs high on the wall with a subtle vulnerability. Two orange letters hover toward the composition's top edge, as if pushing to transcend the picture plane. A feeling of possibility emerges through the conjunction and its visual form.
Portland
fromExchangewire
1 month ago

The Wires 2026: What Makes an Award-Winning Entry?

What truly elevates an award‑winning campaign or product launch for me is the seamless integration of consumer‑centric insight, bold and thoughtful creative, and clearly defined objectives that drive long‑term brand equity - whether that's through converting at the most critical moments or bringing new shoppers into the category.
Marketing tech
San Francisco
fromABC7 San Francisco
1 month ago

Bay Area artist brings Year of the Horse statue to life for Golden State Warriors

Artist Robin Zhao creates the Year of the Horse mascot 'Maverick' for San Francisco's 2026 Lunar New Year Parade, continuing her family's artistic legacy while reconnecting with her Chinese heritage.
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
1 month ago

Student design competition for permanent George Floyd memorial in Minneapolis opens

Students from across Minnesota are invited to submit designs for a permanent memorial at a 2,247 sq. ft site outside the Cup Foods at East 38th Street and Chicago Avenue, where Floyd died in May 2020 after former officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck. The intersection has since been renamed George Perry Floyd Square and features a traffic circle with a temporary memorial at its centre.
Portland food
LA real estate
fromLos Angeles Times
22 years ago

Regional projects receive top honors

Southern California projects won nearly half the prizes at the 40th annual Gold Nugget awards competition, recognizing excellence in residential, commercial, and industrial architectural design and land-use planning.
Brooklyn
fromBrooklyn Paper
1 month ago

2026 Spark Prize spotlight: YVote paves the way for the next generation of changemakers * Brooklyn Paper

Youth voter turnout nearly tripled in the 2025 NYC mayoral election, with young people empowered through organizations like YVote that give them leadership roles in democratic engagement and community organizing.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

The Problem With Art Awards

Art awards function primarily to reinforce power structures and control visibility rather than provide genuine recognition and support to artists.
fromThe Drum
2 months ago

The secrets of award-winning teams revealed

Does the strength of relationship between marketer and agency correlate with more effective work? Using two unique and robust sets of data we have, for the first time, answered this question with an emphatic 'yes' The implications of our latest report are profound for marketers and their agencies, and arguably for any business relationship. Our analysis of winners of effectiveness awards over a 9-year period discovered that award-winning client and agency teams had better relationships than the average.
Marketing
California
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Unveiling of key art project in Redwood City goes forward

A community piano painted by artist Christine Ong-Dijcks debuts March 11 in Redwood City as part of a public art campaign celebrating local culture and nature.
fromThe Mercury News
1 month ago

Cupertino students part of biggest juried high school art show on record at NUMU

NUMU received more than 600 submissions from 53 high schools on the theme 'Before/Between/Beyond.' Students were welcome to explore before, between or beyond as individual ideas or any combination of the three. The works selected for the show represent 36 high schools.
Miscellaneous
Design
fromBOOOOOOOM!
1 month ago

2025 Booooooom Illustration Awards Winner: Sterling Hundley

Sterling Hundley won the Product & Packaging category for his 40th‑Anniversary packaging, illustration, and typography design for STUDIOCANAL's release of Akira Kurosawa's Ran.
fromPortland Monthly
2 months ago

The Open Mic Where Amateurs and Award-Winning Authors Hang Out

It was the first Wednesday of December and the last One-Page Wednesday of 2025. Hosted by Portland novelist Emme Lund (The Boy with a Bird in His Chest) at the Literary Arts bookstore, the free monthly event is an open mic that functions more like a public writers' group. Students, aspiring writers, and National Book Award-winning authors hang out and read aloud one page from a work in progress.
Writing
Graphic design
fromBOOOOOOOM!
2 months ago

2025 Booooooom Illustration Awards Winner: Cryssy Cheung

Cryssy Cheung won the Personal category for a vector film-still study and embraced a nomadic lifestyle after eighteen years in New York City.
Social justice
fromPortland Mercury
2 months ago

Ten Black Portland Innovators and Changemakers You Should Know

Black Portlanders are actively reshaping arts, sports, comedy, activism, and community through organizing, media, mutual-aid, and cultural projects.
Artificial intelligence
fromFast Company
1 month ago

Inside the heated subreddit where AI-generated art is celebrated over 'pencil slop'

AI art remains controversial due to concerns about artistic merit, unauthorized training data use, and job displacement, while enthusiasts seek community support in dedicated online forums.
Silicon Valley
fromPadailypost
1 month ago

Palo Alto Commons Takes The Gold For Senior Empowerment

Palo Alto Commons won a national award for using technology to empower residents through engagement, wellness, and community connection.
Business
fromDigiday
2 months ago

Critical Mass, Rare Beauty and Olipop are among winners of this year's WorkLife Awards

Leading companies prioritize learning, creativity, well-being, flexible work, empathetic leadership, and community impact alongside technology to redefine workplace success.
Podcast
fromRAIN News
2 months ago

The Ambies: Depth, creativity, impact

The Podcast Academy announced 2026 Ambies nominees, with ten finalists for Podcast of the Year and 32 award categories across diverse genres.
Soccer (FIFA)
fromThe Mercury News
1 month ago

Vote now: Bay Area News Group boys athlete of the week

Public voting runs through Wednesday 5 p.m. for the weekly Athlete of the Week featuring standout high school soccer and basketball performances from Feb. 9–14.
Higher education
from48 hills
2 months ago

'Pride in Panels' fest inks in queer cartoon brilliance - 48 hills

Vanderbilt purchased California College of the Arts, creating uncertainty about which arts programs—especially the queer-rooted Comics program—will be preserved and how students will proceed.
fromsfist.com
2 months ago

Saturday Links: SOMArts to Host Community Discussion on Future of the Arts in SF

In response to the recent closing of California College of the Arts and the uncertain future of the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, SOMArts Cultural Center is hosting a forum on February 13 discussing how to bolster the arts community in San Francisco. [SOMArts/Eventbrite] A suspected explosive device was recovered from a lake at Sonoma State University by the sheriff's department bomb squad Thursday evening after the device was spotted by a person who was fishing for metal objects with a magnet. [KRON4]
SF politics
Education
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
2 months ago

Portland Art Museum's Bold New Vision for Youth and Community Education and Engagement * Oregon ArtsWatch

Portland Art Museum transformed spaces to prioritize K–12 education with transparent, tech-enabled learning studios and youth galleries integrated visibly into the museum.
San Francisco
fromThe Mercury News
2 months ago

'Hometown Heroes' exhibit showcases San Jose athletes, artists

San Jose City Hall unveiled "Hometown Heroes," a multi-part exhibition celebrating local athletes, artists, and sports photography, on display through July 31.
Music
fromKqed
2 months ago

New Grammy Category Honors Album Covers and the Artists Behind Them | KQED

Revived award spotlights collaborative visual work behind album covers, emphasizing portrait energy, aesthetic choices, and long-term creative partnerships that shape a record's identity.
Design
fromFast Company
1 month ago

The 2026 National Design Awards are steeped in climate and craft

The 2026 National Design Awards recognize designers prioritizing climate action, sustainability, and craft as counterforces to environmental crisis and automation.
California
fromThe Mercury News
2 months ago

Nominations open for Sunnyvale's 2026 Community Awards

Sunnyvale is accepting nominations through June 1 for 2026 Community Awards across civic, education, business, arts, environmental, and volunteer categories.
fromsilive
1 month ago

Staten Island's Best Dressed: 2026 Cub Scout Pinewood Derby winners

The Pinewood Derby is one of the signature traditions of Cub Scouting, highlighting the program's strong focus on family participation. Working together with parents or guardians, Scouts turn a small wooden block - measuring just 2 by 7 inches - into a custom race car. Along the way, they explore foundational STEM principles like design planning, balance, weight placement and critical thinking, while also expressing their individuality through creative decoration.
New York City
#pritzker-architecture-prize
fromThe Drum
2 months ago

How are agencies making their creative and strategic awards work in their favor?

Winning a prestigious award, such as our recent Gold at The Drum Awards for PR in the Entertainment category, is always a proud moment for us as an agency. It validates our expertise, builds credibility, and sets us apart in a competitive market. We leverage awards as a key part of our marketing and business strategy in various ways. Sharing the win with clients reinforces their choice to work with us - after all, everyone wants to partner with a winner!
Marketing
fromThe Mercury News
1 month ago

Sunnyvale students part of biggest juried high school art show on record at NUMU

NUMU received more than 600 submissions from 53 high schools on the theme "Before/Between/Beyond." Students were welcome to explore before, between or beyond as individual ideas or any combination of the three. The works selected for the show represent 36 high schools. This show features the largest number of artists ever to exhibit, including The King's Academy juniors Audrey Wang and Iris Zheng.
Arts
Music
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
2 months ago

"What is My Hand in This?": A powerful call for a better world * Oregon ArtsWatch

Davóne Tines and Ruckus delivered a powerful, multi-genre concert pleading for a better world, blending spirituals, opera, and rock-infused period instruments.
Education
fromsilive
2 months ago

'Colors and fun': Student artwork transforms Staten Island bowling alley | In Class column

Michael J. Petrides high school students transformed a bowling alley into a cosmic-themed art gallery showcasing student artworks blending motion, space, and community collaboration.
fromThe Mercury News
1 month ago

Peninsula students part of biggest juried high school art show on record at NUMU

NUMU received more than 600 submissions from 53 high schools on the theme "Before/Between/Beyond." Students were welcome to explore before, between or beyond as individual ideas or any combination of the three. The works selected for the show represent 36 high schools.
Arts
Design
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

Explore the Longlist of the ArchDaily Student Project Awards

ArchDaily launched the Student Project Awards to recognize and support emerging architectural talent, announcing 104 longlisted projects from submissions worldwide across all continents and study levels.
Books
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
2 months ago

Buckman Journal: 'We print stuff that we enjoy' * Oregon ArtsWatch

Buckman Journal is a Portland-based independent press and biannual anthology publisher fostering a collaborative, inclusive local literary community from a hybrid neighborhood workspace.
fromBrooklynVegan
2 months ago

Turnstile issue statement on Grammy wins and political climate

On Sunday our band won 2 Grammys for Best Rock Album & Best Metal Performance. We never thought we'd be in these rooms, but we are very grateful to be here. This band has never been about the individual, but rather about a collective searching for a common thread in a world where those threads are being hidden from us.
Music
Portland
fromPortland Mercury
1 month ago

YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: Backtracking Councilors, an Asian Zine Festival, and Cardi B Gives Portland Props!

Portland's Mercury newspaper highlights weekly stories including city council firearms policy debate, downtown revitalization efforts, wildlife conservation funding, and cultural events like the first Asian American Zine Fest.
fromBOOOOOOOM!
1 month ago

2025 Booooooom Illustration Awards Winner: Bella Han

Bella Han is a freelance illustrator from China and a first year student in the MFA Illustration as Visual Essay program at the School of Visual Arts (Class of 2027). This work is part of a series illustrating one of the most famous Qing Dynasty stories in China, which depicts the opulent yet tragic life of Zhenhuan, a concubine of Emperor Yongzheng, who later became Empress Dowager after his death.
Design
Portland
fromPortland Mercury
2 months ago

Don't Miss the Mercury's Black Innovation Issue-On the Streets NOW!

Black innovation and Portland culture are showcased through profiles, an artist interview, a 28-day recent Black-history recap, an essay on "First Blacks," and many local reviews.
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
2 months ago

'It's Not All About Me': Three Portland icons make a winning show * Oregon ArtsWatch

With most of us, 90 minutes of reminiscing wouldn't make for scintillating theater. Gert Boyle, as played by Wendy Westerwelle, is the exception to that rule. The late Gert came to fame when she took the reins of Columbia Sportswear after her husband's death in 1970 and also became the "One Tough Mother," with gray hair and glasses, of its comedic '80s and '90s ad campaigns. In one, she put her son, Tim, through a carwash to test the durability of a coat.
Arts
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

We Must Do More Than Simply Depict Our Lives

The Bronx Museum biennial spotlights representational works that center urban youth and marginalized identities, challenging mainstream narratives through sincere, everyday portrayals.
Arts
fromColossal
1 month ago

Playful Patterns Emerge from Kinetic Systems in Pinaffo & Pluvinage's Vibrant Installations

Pinaffo & Pluvinage create interactive kinetic sculptures using colored wood, electronics, and textiles that invite public participation across various settings.
Arts
from48 hills
2 months ago

It wasn't all bad! Our 15 favorite cultural moments of 2025 - 48 hills

San Francisco culture showed resilience in 2025 via joyful local moments, including a beloved librarian hosting Reading Rainbow and a worker-owned local news collective launching.
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