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HOW JAZZ INFORMS POETRY (plus special news announcements)

Jazz poetry is a literary genre defined as poetry necessarily informed by jazz music—that is, poetry in which the poet responds to and writes about jazz.

ENGAGED ART

´The islands are very fragile and we live on tourism´, Marco reminded Yaiza Te Informatia recently. ´What are we going to offer the tourists if our sea is all full of rubbish?"

GEOLOGY AND ART: Ildefonso Aguiler

His relationship with the land and nature seems almost sacred. He seems to find the landscape both admirable and awe-inspiring.

PACO CHIKA international artist

Paco is presenting a segment of his large body of work, this one based in his adoration for the great painter Frida Kahlo, as he feels constantly inspired by her courage in the professional and personal world.

ART LOVERS FLOCK TO GALLERY

not only did the arts attract a good sized crowd on the night, but it also then held their attention and will almost certainly have prompted one or two into making an investment, perhaps their first, in the arts.
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recalling OLD FRIENDS & FAMILIAR PLACES

plans are in place to restore two windmills located in the Salinas de Janubio, in the municipality of Yaiza, here on Lanzarote. The windmills are the symbol of the history behind this spectacular installation from the Lanzarote sugar mill.

WAITING TO EXHIBIT

My principle, idea, or practice is of producing fantastic or incongruous imagery or effects in a digital art form by means of unnatural or irrational juxtapositions and combinations.
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SIXTY YEARS, SIXTY STORIES

I am proud to be director of Paintings in Hospitals and of the work the charity does. You can struggle with isolation when in hospital or ill and I have personally witnessed the power of paintings in care homes. Our work has never been more important. Please continue to support us´.

ART MAKES US FEEL BETTER

A recent report from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing found that art can help meet challenges in health and social care around ageing, loneliness, long-term conditions and mental health. It also found that art can help save money in the care sector