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Cookbook in art shown at NOMA
Junior League of Lafayette members Dawn Alexander and Adrienne Guidry recently visited the New Orleans Museum of Art for the special 40-year retrospective of George Rodrigue titled Rodrigue's Louisiana: Cajuns, Blue Dogs and Beyond Katrina. Featured at the exhibit was artwork highlighted in the Junior League of Lafayette's second cookbook, Talk About Good II.
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'Art encounters' of the third kind
A swirly, curving yellow sculpture, large enough to be a toddler slide, stands before a painting of an electric banana. Hanging nearby is a photograph of a burst of lights, creating a type of fantasy land. On the far side of the room hangs a more sobering work, a painting of a Goth teen who took her own life. Sculpture, paintings and photography balance and complement each other in “Art ...
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TEMECULA: Creativity, color comes alive in Old Town
TEMECULA ---- Old Town became an epicenter of artistic expression Saturday as hundreds of artists converged on the area to create their masterpieces. Along one corridor, about 100 artists ---- amateurs and professionals ---- used colorful chalk to cr
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July calendar
The Principal Financial Group Family Fun Fest, 4 p.m., Hammons Field, 955 East Trafficway. The fun fest is free and will be set up outside the main gates of Hammons Field prior to the 7:10 p.m. Springfield Cardinals vs. the Midland RockHounds game. The event features more than 20 baseball-themed attractions, including a minor league baseball museum, a video game trailer with the latest baseball ...
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Deer sculpture towers over neighborhood in San Antonio area
SAN ANTONIO – In eastern Bexar County, a giant sculpture of a stag has become the most unusual and fantastically excessive neighborhood amenity in the San Antonio area.
Dallas Morning News |
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Mort Künstler painting depicts TR in Oyster Bay
Over a five-decade career, artist Mort Künstler has created more than 3,000 images and become the nation's best-selling painter of Civil War scenes. But none of the Cove Neck resident's works depicted a Long Island event.
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21 artists show works at Old Davie School
The 40 paintings inside the Old Davie School Historical Museum are a varied lot, with faces and places ranging from the familiar to the fantastical.
Miami Herald |
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Lewes remembers days of yore
Don Stallone (left) of the Ships Company Chanteymen and historical interpreter Art Malestein were among those gathering at the Lewes Historical Society grounds to celebrate the town's maritime ties at the Lewes Seafaring Days festival Saturday.
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National Music Museum an instrumental attraction in Vermillion, S.D.
VERMILLION, S.D. – One visitor may be drawn to the six-string Spanish guitar on which Bob Dylan composed some of his earliest songs.
Dallas Morning News |
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Expressions on canvas
HE suffers from congenital cataract, the clouding of the lens of the eye, but this has not prevented Choo Kok Choon from pursuing a career in fine arts.
The New Straits Times |
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Life resembles art? That was the plan
TROY — Had he still been alive, it is safe to say that Norman Rockwell would have enjoyed the afternoon scene along Fourth Street Saturday as neighborhood residents worked to recreate one of his most famous paintings, “The Street Was Never the Same.”
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Community Events
Community Arts Day at CSMA Hands-on art and music activities, balloons, mural painting, clown Twinkie Dee Star and more. Free concerts by Daffy Dave. Info booths for parents and caregivers. Co-sponsored by CSMA and FIRST 5 Santa Clara County.
Palo Alto Weekly |
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Sculptor takes Lego show to Hollywood
BY EILEEN SOLER If ABC's and 1-2-3's set the foundation for education, then Lego toy building bricks are cornerstones of the imagination.
Miami Herald |
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Steven Winn's YouTube picks
JEFF KOONS ON THE ROOF AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM, 10:02: Can't get to New York to catch the rooftop Met show by pop-kitsch sculptor Jeff Koons? YouTube takes you there in this press-day visit by art gadfly James Kalm. The hand-held shots are a little wobbly,...
San Francisco Chronicle |
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Arts Alive event in Dover showcases area s cultural riches
Monika O'Clair/Citizen photo Alison and Mark Vernon of New London relax amid their artwork Saturday during the Dover Arts Alive event in Henry Law Park.
Foster's Daily Democrat |
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E-J garners several MPA awards
BILOXI — Photography, headline, column, and sports writing all earned the Enterprise-Journal first-place awards at the Mississippi Press Association 2007 Better Newspaper Contest awards banquet Saturday at the Beau Rivage Casino in Biloxi.
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TAG art gallery bids farewell to an ever-changing Nashville art scene
Judging by the size of the crowds that show up every month for the First Saturday Art Crawl — as many as 1,500 people on some occasions — downtown's budding art district is faring reasonably well. There are easily a dozen galleries and museums within walking distance of each other, and business owners and developers remain optimistic that the area will only continue to grow.
The Tennessean |
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Performance art helps Dukes reconcile contradictions of urban living
A Nashvillian now living in New York, Quinn Dukes recently returned to town for an exhibit of her work at Twist Art Gallery. A multimedia installation involving drawing, sculpture and sound, The Din of Culture is the artist's response to her new environment, with its bustle of cars, subways and frenetic activity. Movable drawings of pigeons signify the ways that nature thrives even in the ...
The Tennessean |
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Neighborhood gallery combines art, handmade clothing
Clothing designer Rhiannon Guillet and artist Emily Harper have been friends and collaborators for the past few years, launching their own line of clothing and accessories, magpie apparel. From 4 to 9 p.m. today, they embark on the latest adventure in their creative partnership with the grand opening of magpie etc., a gallery of sorts, in the 12South neighborhood at 2227 10th Ave. S.
The Tennessean |
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Be ready to rough it at Rothbury
Thinking about Rothbury? If you're still on the fence about heading through the gates of the inaugural music festival, which starts Thursday, here's a quick primer.
Detroit Free Press |
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ROTHBURY ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Laptops add depth to all-instrument band
Santa Cruz-based, Georgia-raised STS9 is a band that would fit in great at the Movement techno festival, but works just as well in the broader setting of a Rothbury-type fest. STS9 is a five-member, all-instrumental band that combines live instruments with computer and synth samples to create an electro-live sound with grooves that move from dance-oriented to chill-out.
Detroit Free Press |
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Weekly entertainment calendar
Animal Planet Expo: A touring show, sponsored by the Animal Planet cable TV channel. For animal lovers of all ages, with exotic species, eco-friendly exhibits, pet demonstrations, inflatable rides, pet adoptions, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Warren Community Center, 5460 Arden, Warren. 586-268-8400. Free.
Detroit Free Press |
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Quick trip: Contemporary art thrives beyond New York City
It's no surprise that art connoisseurs regularly flock to New York for a fix of what's hot or just to revisit timeless classics -- the Big Apple is the definitive art capital of the United States. But beyond Fifth Avenue, Chelsea and Long Island City -- indeed, an hour north of the George Washington Bridge -- there are treasures to be found upstream.
Miami Herald |
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South Boston Hotel Features Special Summer "Man-cation"
"Sleep With The Fishes" Mancation at Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel (PRWeb Jun 29, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/06/prweb1061424.htm
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Michigan's inaugural Rothbury festival aims to find its niche
Maybe it's the result of tightening economics in the concert industry. Perhaps it's a reflection of our changing music tastes. Maybe we're just finally catching up with Europe. Whatever the case, one thing is clear: The music festivals are mushrooming.
Detroit Free Press |
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