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Toast popping record
A London art student has set the world record by sending a piece of toast flying high into air. FOX 6 News San Diego
'Broken Horses, Spotted Cattle' theme of upcoming art show
TRURO — Fifty paintings from a Maitland artist will be on display for this month’s Truro Art Society art show. The Truro Daily News
Eco-tastic
The art world is abuzz with eco-friendly, small-footprint art. From Santa Fe to our own little urban oasis, enviro-art is where it's at. One such green group at the fore is Ecotecture, a charitable organization working out of the Deleon White Gallery space (the gallery that brought you crazy films and Microsoft fantasies ). Ecotecture's mandate states that they "offer a public forum to those ... Torontoist
Science of art goes on show
THE science of art is clearly reflected in artist Mohd Noor Mahmud’s masterpieces. Application of scientific precision in art is evident in his pieces created over a period spanning two decades – from his earliest works on fabric to his latest creations based on contemporary batik motifs. The Star
Quaye looks forward to summer festival
Reggae artist Finley Quaye is one of the top acts on the bill at this year's Summer Festival in Lloyd Park. Here the Edinburgh-born singer talks about collaborating with headliners Stereo MCs and recording his new album when living penniless in Clapham. Croydon Guardian
Washington Wines Festival ''Wine Weekend'' at Carnation Farm to Feature Vince Gill, Amy Grant and Lisa Loeb; ...
CARNATION, Wash.----The Washington Wines Festival is arguably the region’s hottest wine bash, and this year it will take place at one of the Northwest’s most breathtaking unsung venues—the 818-acre Carnation Farm, in Carnation, Wash. Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
Craftsmen seek art worldâ€s respect for their medium
Plenty has changed since a group of craftsmen met for the first International Woodcarvers Congress in a tent on the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds 42 years ago. Quad-City Times
Ronnie Wood’s art auction
Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood is selling his artwork on online auction website eBay, it has been claimed. NZCity
Music matters!
Let's see now: there has been the Dufferin Youth Festival of the Arts, in which 17 schools from across the Dufferin County and beyond participated - not at all as a competition, but just for art's sake. Orangeville Citizen
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Moonshine and 65 other horses will be available for viewing at the event’s ‘‘Adoption Alley.” Visitors will also be able to enjoy pony rides, a petting zoo, face painting, games, door prizes, a 50⁄50 raffle, a souvenir booth, food and music. Gazette.Net
Peek inside Cooma art studio
Touted as one of the art world's most talented painters, Imants Tillers, is one of Cooma's most famous residents, if not the most accomplished. Now an exhibition at the State Library of NSW offers a peek inside Imants' Cooma studio. Cooma-Monaro Express
'Louise Bourgeois': An Intimate Look at a Provocateur
Chronicling the life and work of Louise Bourgeois, the French artist whose delicate but menacing sculptures stand in cities and museums all over the world, "Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress and the Tangerine" is now on view at Film Forum as a complement to the artist's retrospective at the Guggenheim. Co-directed by the late filmmaker Marion Cajori and art critic Amei Wallach, the film ... The New York Sun
Nokesville man makes name for himself with car and van wraps
Scott Lewczak, owner of Artworks Signs & Graphics, stands with his daughter, Zoe, 9, near some of the vehicle graphics he has created at his farm in Nokesville. InsideNoVa.com
Marcel Breuer Meets Buckminster Fuller
'Starting with the Universe," an exhibit on the life and works of R. Buckminster Fuller that opens today at the Whitney Museum of American Art, presents the unique opportunity to step into one of the masterpieces of Brutalism to see a show on uninhibited idealism. The Whitney twice dodged a bullet, first in 1985, when the Michael Graves plan to drown it in a Postmodern pastiche was scrapped, ... The New York Sun
Water, Water Everywhere: Olafur Eliasson & the East River
The most ambitious Public Art Fund project in the city's history, "The New York City Waterfalls," which opens today, places a dramatic frame around a stretch of historic waterway that we may never experience the same way again. In 2005, the last citywide public art project of comparable scope, Christo and Jeanne-Claude's "The Gates," in Central Park, worked by reorienting park visitors to ... The New York Sun
When Life Trumps Art: The Sculpture of Louise Bourgeois
The art of the past is accessible, but Modern and contemporary art are difficult and obtuse, even confrontational — or so the myth goes. Recent art, that myth contends, is personal and subjective (whatever you want it to be), as opposed to universal, and abstraction has no subject and, therefore, no content. But that same myth suggests also that to be successfully brought to the masses, the art ... The New York Sun
QMA Gala Celebration
The Queens Museum of Art hosted its Gala Celebration honoring Tarique Farooqui, Ik-Joong Kang and Margarette Lee. Queens Courier
Contest in Hot Pursuit of talented musicians
The competition combines listener recommendations and judges evaluations to give emerging artists the mass exposure they want while situating their music in front of the industry labels they need. OnMilwaukee.com
The Erotic, the Political, and the Personal
The Surrealist writer André Breton once declared that beauty would have to become convulsive, otherwise it would cease to be. As if in late vindication of this injunction, the paintings of Dawn Mellor set off a strange chain reaction of anger and lyricism. She is an artist driven by both sociopolitical protest and ambiguous, personal longings, linking her to Surrealism. Her paintings are at the ... The New York Sun
Tiny Elk Grove Tot is a Budding Picasso
Cameron Villa is preparing for his second art showing of more than 40 paintings -- not bad for an Elk Grove two-year-old. News10 Sacramento
Fun and free just one tank away
VIEW SLIDESHOW DENVER - Museums and historical attractions from Cheyenne, Elbert, Kit Carson and Lincoln counties have joined forces to create "Our Journey," a free travel pass that includes interesting historical facts, a song book and karaoke CD for the car ride and free admission to 13 different attractions that is valid through Labor Day. 9 News Denver
Ivey Photo makes its parting shot
Ivey Photo, among the few Seattle photo labs still processing professional-grade film, will close its doors Monday, the latest victim of the massive shift to digital photography. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- By: Lawrence Pierce
Although not affiliated with FestivALL, the celebration of all things art that’s going on in Charleston this week, Charlotte, N.C., painter David French set up his canvas on Capitol Street Wednesday to capture a downtown scene. The Charleston Gazette
City in the spotlight
The Tunas Budaya Troupe from Tambunan, Sabah. THE capital city will come alive with the annual Kuala Lumpur Festival 2008 from July 1. The month-long festival is a boon for culture vultures looking for a variety of performances, exhibitions, recitals and more. The New Straits Times
Ronnie Wood selling artwork on eBay
Ronnie Wood is selling his artwork on eBay. The Rolling Stones guitarist put a painting of his former band The Faces on the internet auction website with a reserve price of £1,300 but had to withdraw the offer after it failed to even fetch half the asking price. Undercover