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Post news staff wins 6 top awards in MPA contest
The Vicksburg Post news staff brought home 19 awards from the 142nd annual Mississippi Press Association convention in Biloxi Saturday, including six first-place nods for its 2007 work.
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Cultural icons take pride in Filipiniana
IN the month of June when the Philippines proudly celebrated its 110th year of Independence, it is significant that two cultural icons who in their own way have been taking pride in celebrating and showcasing the country’s native heritage have teamed up to exhibit their considerable talents.
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Nuclear Explosions Key To Spotting Fake Art
Socguy writes "A Russian art curator, Elena Basner, is claiming to have a foolproof method for determining whether or not particular paintings have been created since 1945. She claims that isotopes released into the environment by man-made nuclear explosions have found their way into types of the natural oils used to make paints." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Museum's children's party set for Aug. 14
The always popular Vacaville Museum Guild's Annual Children's Party - scheduled for 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Aug. 14 - has the very relevant and educational theme this year of "It's Easy Being Green." The usual fun characters and activities will be there to surprise and delight the children, with an emphasis on recycling and being kind to the environment.
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Cleveland Museum of Art reopens after three year renovation
CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Museum of Art reopens today after being closed for three years for a renovation project.
WKYC Cleveland |
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July arts fest renews Reno's image, draws visitors
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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It's cool like that
Take BART back to the 1950s when California defined "cool." Check out "Birth of the Cool" at the Oakland Museum of California and take our playlist on your next BART ride.
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Plenty of ways to celebrate Fourth of July
If you want to run, walk, watch a parade or "ooh" and "aah" at fireworks, the Champaign County Freedom Celebration has something for you. In its 58th year, the celebration is the largest area event scheduled for the three-day weekend. Smaller towns are scheduling their patriotic festivals before or after the actual holiday or on July 4 for those who want down-home-style activities.
The Champaign News-Gazette |
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Folk artisans flock to festival
KUTZTOWN — Eric Claypoole says he mastered the art of hex sign painting by observing one of the best teachers he knew — his father, the late Johnny Claypoole.
The Pottsville Republican & Herald |
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Extraterrestrial Concert
A top story from this week. Brazilian composer Emanuel Dimas de Melo Pimenta will perform SETI, a new concert at the celebrated Bjorn Ressle Contemporary Art Gallery in New York City.
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Simply artsy
Jojie Lloren did not disappoint.
The Daily Tribune |
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Akron Art Museum impresses with new shows
The Akron Art Museum finished a dramatic, $35 million expansion a year ago, but shows no sign of exhaustion. Two compelling shows are on view this summer. One focuses on vintage prints by Bill Brandt, the greatest English photographer of the 20th century.
The Plain Dealer |
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Oxford University plans 'Rise of Persian Renaissance' confab
Iran - Oxford - Confab An international conference on 'The Rise of The Persian Renaissance' will be held in Wadham College affiliated to the University of Oxford in the UK on July 14-15.
Islamic Republic News Agency |
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Manmade waterfalls gracing river off Manhattan
Four manmade walls of water are cascading into the East River off Manhattan in a public art spectacle that Mayor Michael Bloomberg called the "most unexpected" waterfalls between North America and Africa.
AP via Yahoo! News |
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Rapper 'stole show' at Glastonbury
Glastonbury sold out, an under-fire hip hop artist Jay-Z "stole the show", and the festival has been one of the best in the last decade, one of the main organisers said.
Press Assoc. via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Fort Wayne art museum nears goal for expansion
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — The Fort Wayne Museum of Art is nearly 80 percent of the way toward its $7.5 million fundraising goal for an expansion project after receiving a large donation from a Kendallville foundation.
The Star Press |
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Red, White and Blue continues today
The eighth annual Red White and Blue Festival events postponed from Saturday will be at today.
Baxter Bulletin |
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Texan helps document modern art looted from Iraq
DENTON, Texas—Shortly after the invasion of Iraq, Nada Shabout returned to the country where she grew up. As an art history professor, one of the first stops she wanted to make was the modern art museum.
Texarkana Gazette |
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London auctions prove that art is now for the super-rich
By Anna Tomforde, London, June 29 : If proof were needed that the international art market has become a playground for the super-rich, it was delivered by record-breaking auctions in London this week.
New Kerala |
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Michigan's inaugural Rothbury festival aims to find its niche
Michigan's inaugural Rothbury festival aims to find its niche
WZZM 13 Grand Rapids |
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UGA Today
- Exhibition: Frogs- Artistry in the Gardens. Sponsored by the State Botanical Garden and Pathway Art. Nature artist W. Carl Ealy's nature art, including several new originals of the State Botanical Garden.
The Red and Black |
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High school graduate wins art contest
SILOAM SPRINGS — High school graduate Ethan Robinson was in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to celebrate the opening of a congressional art exhibit. (Northwest Arkansas Times)
NWAnews.com |
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Conococheague second-grader's art to be featured on calendar
Emily Robinson, a second-grader at Conococheague Elementary School, will have her artwork featured in the 2008-09 Economic Concepts Calendar, sponsored by the Maryland Council on Economic Education.
The Herald-Mail |
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‘Complex Conversations’ on view at museum
“Complex Conversations: Joan Paley and Alice Means,” an exhibit at the Art Complex Museum, is the result of a high school reunion encounter between two artists who had been friends 40 years before.
Duxbury Reporter |
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College Hill Arts Festival turns up heat on summer with artistic variety, Kelley artwork
Courier Arts / Special Sections Editor CEDAR FALLS --- Gary Kelley's artwork for this year's College Hill Arts Festival, July 18-19, depicts a farmer sowing seeds in his field.
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier |
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