Celebrated contemporary artists, including Cornelia Parker, Bridget Riley and Antony Gormley, and cultural leaders are bringing the art that inspired them into schools through a new charitable initiative.

Art in Schools is aiming to reach a million students a day in 1,000 secondary schools over the next two years though its “bridge the art gap” programme by increasing access to art for young people across the country, especially in areas hit by cultural neglect.

The CEO and founder of Art in Schools, Winton Rossiter, said: “Our goal is to ensure every student, regardless of location or background, has access to the transformative power of art. We are now able to offer a unique, technology-driven solution of national scale.”

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The John Michael Kohler Arts Center’s renowned Arts/Industry program is accepting applications through February 28, 2025, for 12 residency openings in 2026. 

For 50 years, this prestigious program has hosted hundreds of artists from 25 countries. Arts/Industry provides the unique opportunity to explore new ideas, processes, and perspectives while creating work using the resources, technology, and materials of the Kohler Co. factory in Kohler, Wisconsin.

Arts/Industry artists are given the time and space to pursue their creative process in studios located in Kohler Co.’s industrial foundry and pottery. Artists-in-residence receive 24-hour access to studio space, industrial materials, use of equipment, technical assistance, photographic services, housing, round-trip transportation, and a modest weekly stipend.

Experience working in metal or clay is not required. Arts/Industry welcomes artists from all disciplines who are curious about how industrial processes and environments can shape their work. Artists-in-residence have access to cutting-edge facilities and technologies that can expand the boundaries of their practice.

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“Song of the River — Echoes of the Anthropocene,” the 7th edition of the ICCI Art Valley Program at the USC-SJTU Institute of Cultural and Creative Industry, invited international visiting art scholars Tsuyoshi Anzai from Japan, Milija Čpajak from Serbia, Lorenzo Marnini from Italy, Celin Jiang from France, and Carlo Korinsky from Germany to participate.

Under that theme, the visiting art scholars together discussed the development and change of the nature and the collision of art in the virtual world in the digital era, and explored the construction of a “new art ecosystem” via the development of the cultural industry.

The annual project so far has invited more than 30 internationally renowned art scholars from Europe, Russia, Japan, the United States, Colombia, Israel, and other countries. Each created artworks during their residence at the institute in Shanghai. They also worked with famous artists, curators, and industry experts from China to stage nine exhibitions plus lectures and workshops.

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