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AWC professor seeks to change perspectives of immigrants through sculptures
Angel Luna knows immigrants can't be painted with a broad brush. And he knows that not just because he's a fine arts professor at Arizona Western College.
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The Art of Track and Field
Local galleries hope to entice U.S. Olympic Team Track and Field trials visitors with track and field themed exhibits.
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Melbourne draws up graffiti protection plan
Street graffiti in central Melbourne, including paintings by the British artist Banksy, could be given national heritage status by the Australian National Trust.
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Tasha Tudor: Children's writer and illustrator
Tasha Tudor was the illustrator of nearly 100 children's books. The rural settings of the past were a constant inspiration in her artistic work and eventually led to her living the life of a 19th-century farmer herself. When not writing or painting, she spun and wove flax into cloth, sewed her own long dresses, milked her Nubian goats and worked barefoot in her teeming vegetable and flower ...
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Olympics Inspire Vibrant Artwork
A stamp honoring the spirit of athleticism and international unity inspired by the Olympic Games was released by the Postal Service last week. The stamp commemorates the games of the XXIX Olympiad, which will be held from Aug. 8 through Aug. 24, 2008 in Beijing.
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Mona Hatoum: present tense, Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art, London
Maps are an abiding motif for the artist Mona Hatoum. A small carpet, like a prayer mat, depicts a map of the world. Sections seem to have been eroded to leave a negative space in the form of Peter's Projection, which reveals the true proportions of distributed land mass, as opposed to that which is shown on traditional Western maps.
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Maine Artist Featured In Art Gallery At Husson College
BANGOR (NEWS CENTER)--An award winning artist from Bangor is showing a photography collection at Husson College. Liz Grandmaison is showing her exhibit titles, "The Music You Can't Hear." It is a documentary of Maine's Luthiers. Luthiers are craftsman who make stringed instruments.
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Sam Bush Reigns as King of Telluride Bluegrass Festival
TELLURIDE, Colo. -- It's no wonder Sam Bush is considered the King of Telluride. The town's famous bluegrass festival turned 35 this weekend, and Bush has played it 34 times.
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Keep track of floating sculpture with Web cam
The planned floating sculpture for the Downtown Civic Space Park has a name - Sky Bloom - and you can watch its progress.
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Russian art evicted as money moves in with 'land grab'
In a former aristocratic mansion on a leafy side street within walking distance of the Kremlin, the Roerich Museum occupies an enviable location in the centre of Moscow.
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July arts fest renews Reno's image
An arts and cultural festival that began 13 years ago as an attempt to fill a tourism gap between the Reno Rodeo in June and the Hot August Nights car rally is coming of age as a key component of civic leaders' efforts to revive the city's image and restore its sense of community.
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Rockin' dog days bring Corndogorama
CELEBRATING its 12th year of quality local music, underground art and deep fried meat on a stick, Corndogorama has become the festival of choice for Atlanta's rock 'n' roll underbelly. But corn dogs (battered and fried on site) are only part of the fun with attractions like a motor sports parking lot stunt show, a 40-yard flip-flop dash and a cricket-eating contest.
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Software Review: Adobe Photoshop Plug-In FocalPoint From onOne Software
If you have images that you want to have that selective focus feel, but cannot go back and re-shoot, then you need FocalPoint 1.0. Have you ever wondered how professional photographers make their subjects stand out from the background? You may see an insect on a flower that is in focus and everything else is blurred. This is a standard trick used by the pros that is called selective focus. One ...
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Vatican plea to uncover Virgin Mary and show her breast-feeding baby Jesus
It might be enough to make Banksy drop his aerosol in the gutter in surprise or cause Lucien Freud to spill paint down his smock in shock. But the Vatican yesterday said it wanted to see more paintings of a semi-nude Virgin Mary.
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Blizzard Teases Mysterious Artwork
Company's web site shows off a new alluring image. June 23, 2008 - Viewers visiting Blizzard's official web site will be directed to a mysterious new art piece showcasing what appears to look like textures of cracked blue ice. Scanning the page's source code, the image is called "icefield."
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Control Microsystems Signs Tri-State Meter & Regulators As Manufacturers Representative In Tennessee
Control Microsystems, global developer of advanced RTU/PLCs, SCADA management software, intelligent sensors and industrial strength data radios, has signed a distribution agreement with Tri-State Meter & Regulators of Memphis, TN, who will serve as manufacturer's representative for Control Microsystems in the oil and gas markets.
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LAFF '08 INTERVIEW "Paper or Plastic?" Co-Directors Justine Jacob and Alex D. da Silva
[EDITOR'S NOTE: indieWIRE is profiling the Narrative and Documentary Competition filmmakers who are screening their films at the Los Angeles Film Festival as world premieres.]
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First Good Life Brandy Festival goes down very smoothly
The inaugural Good Life Fine Brandy Festival, held at the Sandton Sun, heralded a new era for South African brandy.
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Top wines at the Jo'burg Wine Show
The third edition of The Jo'burg Wine Show in association with The Star sees the addition of some of South Africa's top wineries to the exhibitors' list.
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Hungarian contemporary art exhibition at the Cotroceni Museum
A “Hungarian Contemporary Art Exhibition” will be opened on Wednesday, July 25 in the Cantacuzino Halls of the National Cotroceni Museum, the host of the event announces.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 19th Dec 2006 22:33 UTC
Apple's Mac OS X has been successfully used to boot up an Asus R2H ultra-mobile PC, which runs the operating system slowly but surely . To minimise claims that all the still photography is faked, the start-up process has been captured on video.
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AT&T donates Calder sculpture to the DIA
Confessing to some tender feelings, AT&T Michigan President Gail Torreano on Monday blessed the transfer of an immense Alexander Calder sculpture that stood for years in front of the old Michigan Bell building to its permanent new home on the southeast lawn of the Detroit Institute of Arts.
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WHEN artist Vaughan Parker was asked to do a painting for charity, he looked at the bigger picture. So big in fact that it measured 8ft x 36ft and took him a year-and-a-half to complete.
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Museum in funds impasse
Kochi, June 23: A museum housing possibly the largest private collection of rare paintings and sculptures in Kerala is crying out for a makeover, but there are no funds to set the ball rolling.
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art June 24 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 2nd floor; 5 pm:
Wasim Kapoor will inaugurate an exhibition of paintings, sculptures and graphics by Arjun De, Asish Maji, Dipankar Ghosh, Madhurima Ganguly, Senjuti Ray, Sudeb Das and Tusar Kanti Pradhan.On view till June 29; 3 pm - 8 pm.
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