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Country music tragedy: 2 deaths, one day and the brutal start to 2024

George Strait had an unthinkable week.

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The country music legend was hit by not one but two deaths close to him on the same day. The first was his manager, Erv Woolsey, and the second was the fiddle player in his band, Gene Elders.

The tragedies were, unfortunately, the continuation of what has been a brutal year for country music. Below is a look at the tragic losses in the country music world already in 2024:

Fran Boyd

Fran Boyd, a country music groundbreaker and champion of the genre, died earlier this month.

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Live Music’s Week Of Corporate Pain | theMusic.com.au

The live music industry is facing one of the darkest periods in its history as the fallout from bubbles created by COVID funding, spiraling artist and insurance fees and the cost of living crisis bites. With the funding crisis now gone and audience preferences shifting, the industry is feeling real pain.

This week saw Splendour in the Grass canceled and Pandemonium Rocks stripped back to a single stage event (although we still don’t know the details), but under the big headlines, far more businesses are feeling the pinch with liquidators and administrators having a very busy week.

The week before

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Alfred Ceramic Art Museum awards Ackerman Internship to SOAD student Diabou Hubbard

Diabou Hubbard, a third-year student in Alfred University’s School of Art and Design, New York State College of Ceramics, has been awarded the spring 2024 Jerome Ackerman Internship at the Alfred Ceramic Art Museum.

As an art student, Hubbard’s focus has been on painting and fiber-related artwork, and he brought an interest in African traditionalism and modernity to his work, acknowledging a deep interest in the cultural diversity of the African continent and specifically his Senegalese cultural heritage.

Hubbard’s curiosity about the Museum began in a history of Asian Ceramic Art class taught by Megan Jones, Alfred University Associate Professor

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Art Beat: A life in comics

Mel Gillman is an award-winning graphic novelist and colored pencil artist who specializes in queer and trans comics for middle-grade and young adult readers. They’re the authors of several graphic novels, including As the Crow Flies, Stage Dreamsand most recently, Other Ever Afters. Gillman has a Master of Fine Arts degree in comics from the Center for Cartoon Studies, and lives in Columbus, Ohio. Gillman will be the April artist-in-residence at the Prairie Round Artist Residency in Vicksburg, Michigan.

A conversation with Jaden Dominique

“I really got into comic books when I was an undergrad,” Gillman says.

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Art in Medicine, Introducing the Ko Iki Mini Museum

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There’s a new addition to the great lawn on the John A. Burns School of Medicine campus. Inspired by the free petite library movement that made reading accessible to millions, there’s a similar structure intended to provide inspiration and accessibility to art for all who pass by.

The Ko Iki Mini Museum (Ko, for her surname and “iki” for “small” in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi) was installed on the JABSOM campus earlier this month by JABSOM alumna Dr. Kathryn Ko.

“I think art should be free and accessible to all. Sometimes people get intimidated going into a museum, so my idea was

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Norwich art initiative hopes to empower women with illnesses

A new art initiative aimed at highlighting health inequalities will feature 100 women who have faced early life challenges, such as cancer.

Mortal and Strong was founded last year by Dr Liz Murray from Norwich.

She has now started to create an art exhibition to share stories of women living with illnesses.

The art project will be focused on women’s health because when Dr Murray had her own problems, she found “hope” in support groups.

It will feature stories of women with incurable breast cancer, lupus, endometriosis, baby loss, postnatal depression, fertility, cancer alongside other health challenges.

The founder is

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2 public art pieces paying tribute to Tejano, Conjunto music debut in San Antonio

SAN ANTONIO – Two art installations paying tribute to the musical legacy of Tejano and Conjunto music debuted in San Antonio.

The first piece, “Orgullo Tejano” or Tejano Pride, a 14-foot-tall accordion player made of mosaic and steel, sits at the corner of Southwest 37th Street and Old Highway 90.

Extending from the player’s mouth is a speech scroll, a symbol in several Mesoamerican cultures to identify sound, a city press release said.

A companion installation, a similarly tiled outstretched accordion, is placed in the River Walk’s Public Art Garden.

Luis Lopez, an artist from San Antonio, was selected to

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Fine Arts Center and HFA to Host Second Annual UMass Amherst Spring Arts Festival : UMass Amherst

Fine Arts Center programming during the Spring Arts Festival includes ticketed performances – including an April 6 concert by the jazz ensemble Mingus Dynasty, presented in collaboration with the Department of Music and Dance’s annual High School Jazz Festival – visual arts events and talks, and a series of free lunchtime concerts staged outside Worcester Dining Commons. The free concert series will feature performances by Lexi Weege & JJ Slater, Sona Jobarteh, Brown Rice Family and Blaque Dynamite.

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Lexi Weege & JJ Slater
Lexi Weege & JJ Slater

“We are delighted to announce the second annual Spring Arts Festival, celebrating our lively and creative

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