arts

plural of art
as in crafts
an occupation requiring skillful use of the hands one of the country's finest practitioners of the art of cabinetmaking

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Recent Examples of arts Mandell’s wife, Elizabeth Heller Mandell, a gallery owner, nonprofit consultant and arts patron from a prominent California family, predeceased him, leaving him in a position to extend her philanthropic work. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026 Previously announced under the title Shaolin Women’s Soccer, the Hong Kong-China co-production reworks the original film’s martial-arts-meets-scrappy-sports-team premise around an all-female squad of underdogs. — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026 Nine years ago, the trio accepted an artist in residency and moved their design studio to Mana Contemporary, a large-scale multidisciplinary arts and community space in New Jersey. — Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026 That same night, Jardine, 84, the only other surviving member of the Beach Boys, was playing his own show with fellow former Beach Boys band members Bruce Johnston and David Marks at the Cerritos Center for the Performing arts in Cerritos, Calif. — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2026 The Himmarshee arts and entertainment district includes the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, which draws thousands of theater-goers during the season. — Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026 Among the amenities are an on-site performing arts center and a kids’ spa for children ages six and up. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026 To that end, Strong founded Spotted Fawn Productions, a company that focuses primarily on animation and moving-image arts, particularly stop-motion. — Katherine Brodsky, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026 The former Victorian schoolhouse, located at 10 Bowling Green Lane in Clerkenwell, will be repurposed as a public cultural space for architecture, design and the related arts. — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 6 Oct. 2026
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crafts
Noun
  • These family-friendly events include traditional music, dancing and hands-on crafts.
    — Adele Chapin, Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Her paternal grandmother, who made traditional crafts, became one of the most important figures in her childhood.
    — Patricia Huon, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Oct. 2026

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“Arts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arts. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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