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 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 Supporting causes The Miami Beach Commission for Women presented Weiss with its Women Worth Knowing award in 2007 for her work on behalf of numerous arts organizations, the Winter Party and the Miami Beach Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026 The campus is planned for Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood, an arts and entertainment district just north of downtown. — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026 Dáiddadállu consists of 22 artists, spanning visual arts, film, dance, theater, authorship, choreography, design, music and joik, a traditional form of song. — News Desk, Artforum, 29 Sep. 2026 The center went on to lay off 63% of its staff, one of the largest cutbacks among Orange County’s major arts organizations. — Jenelle Riley, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arts
crafts
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  • Na studied crafts at university, working with wood, metal, dyes and ceramics, because flat, two-dimensional drawing had come to bore him.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
  • For the occasion, the park will host historical reenactments, tours, dancing, and crafts.
    — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 8 Oct. 2026

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“Arts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arts. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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