Tag: arts
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Selena receives posthumous Medal of the Arts; shows Queen of Tejano’s enduring appeal
If the “Queen of Tejano” music Selena Quintanilla Perez — simply known as Selena — were alive today, the Grammy Award-winning superstar would be 53 years old. Next year will mark the 30th anniversary of her death. Yet, her standing as a musical and cultural icon was evident Monday, when President Joe Biden presented the 2022…
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Asheville, N.C.’s arts scene has powered its economy. Rebuilding will be hard.
Trumpower works in Southside Studios, a collective workspace run by a fellow artist on the bank of the Swannanoa River in South Asheville. Trumpower, who spent the run-up to the storm packing up pottery and other local artists’ pieces, said no one at the time expected the flooding to be as severe as it was.…