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August 25, 2021

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Burnaway’s bi-weekly news roundup includes the announcement of new gifts and donations at the Boca Raton Center for Arts and Innovation, Hampton University, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and Stove Works.

BURNAWAY's 2017 Forecast

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After thoroughly reviewing the highlights (and lowlights) of 2016, we wondered who and what we’ll be thinking about and looking forward to this coming year. Read on to find out our experts’ predictions. Click the links to see what our contributors selected as their favorite exhibitions, what they read, who and what were the most significant … Continued

Conjuring Art from Castoffs at Visual Arts Center of Richmond

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Scientific research on honeybee populations shows that by performing a ritualized body movement called “the waggle dance” bees are able to communicate and process their orientation in space and time. Based solely on vibrations, this dance is essential also to their communication and memory development. Bees’ lives center around choreographed rituals like collecting pollen, building … Continued

Flux Projects Announces Collaboration with Artist-Run Super PAC

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Flux Projects has announced its newest project, a collaboration next month with the artist-run super PAC For Freedoms. Founded by artists Hank Willis Thomas and Eric Gottesman as a way for artists to engage with the heated issues surrounding the 2016 presidential election, For Freedoms is the first ever super PAC of its kind, bringing … Continued

The Stellar Impact of Mildred Thompson, at SCAD Museum

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Mildred Thompson was a black American painter, sculptor, photographer, musician, journalist, editor … the list continues. Universality was a theme in her choice of mediums as well as her message. Even after notable success, including a residency at the MacDowell Colony and acquisitions by the Museum of Modern Art, Thompson fled the racial turmoil and … Continued

Flux Projects Hires New Curator, Plans Its Future

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Flux Projects has announced the hiring of independent curator Melissa Messina as its first Artistic Director. Messina joins the seven-year-old organization in a time of, well, flux, as it grows and reevaluates its role and capabilities, especially following the challenges of Flux Night 2015. Messina has roots in the city’s art community. She moved to … Continued

A Crowdsourced Review of Nick Cave's "Up Right" Performance

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There was no escaping the buzz last week around the Nick Cave performance, Up Right, at Ponce City Market. Organizer Flux Projects spent over $125,000, according to executive director Anne Archer Dennington, to present the highly regarded artist’s production in Atlanta, which sees too few projects of this caliber. There were six public performances over … Continued