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May 26, 2022

Public Figures React to Tragic Uvalde Texas School Shooting With Fury and Sorrow

The mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, has sparked nationwide grief and outrage. The lives of 19 young students and two teachers were cut tragically short on May 24, 2022, at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas—just days before summer break. It occurred nearly 10 years after the Sandy Hook Elementary tragedy in December 2012, in which 20 children and six adults were killed.

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April 20, 2022

Ireland Is Offering $355 a Week for 2,000 Selected Artists in New Basic Income Program

As the world grapples with working during a pandemic, governments are searching for new ways to revitalize their country. That is why Ireland is implementing a recovery strategy aimed at their arts and culture sector, which was devastated by the hardships of 2020. The Basic Income for the Arts program is going to provide a weekly payment of €325 (about $355 USD)

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March 30, 2022

Banksy’s Anti-War Print Raises Over $100,000 for Ukraine’s Largest Children’s Hospital

For years, Banksy has used his anonymity to create public art that comments on important social issues. In 2003, he made an anti-war mural entitled CND Soldiers across the street from the Houses of Parliament in London—protesting the UK's involvement in the Iraq war. Two years later, Banksy collaborated with publisher Pictures on Walls in a limited series of 700 silkscreen prints of this piece, half of which are signed by the artist.

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