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Art show: Applications due
Today is the deadline for application to a juried craft show Oct. 25 at St. Paul Parish School gym, 1009 Kem Road. The event will be hosted by area craft stores.
Marion Chronicle-Tribune |
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A cultural renaissance
SUQUAMISH, Wash. - As the Suquamish Tribe's self-reliance continues to grow in the form of gaming and multiple enterprises, so does a cultural renaissance.
Indian Country Today |
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Francis Bacon Portraits Sell for $34.5 Million
LONDON, June 30 -- A rare set of three works by painter Francis Bacon was sold for $34.5 million on Monday by Christie's auction house.
Washington Post |
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CNY Conditions
Will you attend a Saranac Thursday this season? 17th Annual Adirondack Antiques Weekend The Town of Indian Lake, New York and the Adirondack Museum at Blue Mountain Lake, N.Y. have joined forces to offer Adirondack Antiques Weekend. The show will be the comprehensive source for ...
WUTR - WFXV Utica |
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Report: Mary Easley's trips cost $109,000
Gov. Mike Easley's wife took a pair of overseas trips in the past two years to visit museums in Europe - trips that cost taxpayers $109,000.
The Myrtle Beach Sun News |
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Quick questions: Ellie Schaul
Ellie Schaul, whose paintings are in the permanent collection of the Clay Center's Art Museum and at the University of Charleston's Erma Byrd Art Gallery, was The Art Store's long-time gallery director until retiring in May.
The Charleston Gazette |
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Agenda: July 1
Westward ho! As we’re thinking about America this week, it’s a good time to get reacquainted with some very American works of art — the Old West paintings by Frederic Remington, Charles M. Russell and others. They’re on view 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Sid Richardson Museum, 309 Main St. in downtown Fort Worth. For free! 817-332-6554; www.sidrichardsonmuseum.org . Just when you thought . . . ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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2008 Prescott Indian Art Market
The 11th Annual Prescott Indian Art Market (PIAM) will be held on the tree-shaded grounds of the Sharlot Hall Museum on July 12, and 13. The Museum's Flower-lined walkways and commemorative rose garden provide an inviting backdrop for the impressive display of Indian Art.
Apache Moccasin |
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YOUR VIEW: Creative energy thrives downtown
On Sunday afternoon, June 22, I greeted close to 100 visitors in ArtWorks! galleries. This was just a sample of all those who came to downtown New Bedford to share in the Taste Our SouthCoast food tasting or to watch artists at work at easels around the...
The Standard-Times |
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Weaving a web: many facets of French feminist
The entrance to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum's retrospective of the work of Louise Bourgeois is dominated by a 16-foot steel spider (made in 2003) with marble "eggs" in a mesh cage under its abdomen, a version of the huge spider the artist originally titled "Maman" ("Mother" in French).
The Star-Ledger |
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Second ‘Follow the White Rabbit Art Show’ exhibit opens July 25
Take a journey through the looking glass and discover something magical as the white rabbit returns to Tecumseh for the second “Follow the White Rabbit Art Show.”
The Shawnee News-Star |
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Regional Briefs: Mary Easley trips rack up $109,000 tab
RALEIGH -- Gov. Mike Easley's wife took a pair of overseas trips in the past two years to visit museums in Europe -- trips that cost taxpayers $109,000.
Winston-Salem Journal |
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Sprinting for Art at Tate
A runner will speed through Tate Britain?s neo-Classical sculpture galleries every day for the next four months. The tightly choreographed live performance, called ?Work No. 850,? has been created by the artist Martin Creed for the Tate Britain Duveens Commission 2008, sponsored by Sotheby?s. A runner will sprint as fast as he or she can every 30 seconds through the gallery. A statement from ...
New York Times |
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Lots of festival fun for kids to enjoy
THE National Arts festival makes Grahamstown the coolest place in the world. I go to school here, and it is normally a very quiet place. But that all changes once a year when thousands of people come to town. Overnight the place comes alive.
Daily Dispatch |
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Bacon Triptych Sells for $34.4 Million in London
Works by Francis Bacon have been big sellers at auction recently, and Christie?s sale of postwar and contemporary art here on Monday was no different.
New York Times |
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'Museum' sequel pens Guest
Christopher Guest is taking it up to 11 for Fox's sequel to "Night at the Museum."
The Hollywood Reporter |
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New sculpture honors civil right activists
A new sculpture in downtown Anchorage honors civil rights activists Elizabeth and Roy Peratrovich. It was unveiled Monday in Peratrovich Park. The sculpture is named Flight of the Raven.
KTVA Anchorage |
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Museum offers summer classes for kids
The Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art will host two weeklong summer art camps in July. July 7-11 will be Mask Making with MGMoA preparator Clay Little and MGMoA Afterschool Art coordinator Lacy Abbott. Kids will learn about types of masks and the cultures from which they are derived.
The Shawnee News-Star |
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2:10 p.m. - Isla Center for the Arts accepting entries for exhibit
2:10 p.m. July 1 — The Isla Center for the Arts at the University of Guam will bring back the “Creative Hands: Pacific, Formerly Art of the Pacific Rim” exhibit. All artists throughout the Pacific region are invited to submit images for consideration in the exhibit.
Pacific Daily News |
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Digital imaging enhancing art history
An artist's brush stroke, it seems, is as individual as a signature. In the world of art deals, where authenticity defines the value of a painting, those brush strokes determine whether a work has been painted by a master or is worth little more than the canvas it's painted on.
The Trenton Times |
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Sweet chocolate museum
Mmmm, chocolate. There's sweet milk chocolate and rich dark chocolate - and, of course, chocolate syrup, chocolate cake, chocolate chips and chocolate bars.
Canoe Travel |
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King Tut in Dallas museum this fall
DALLAS -- Tickets for the King Tut exhibit opening this fall at the Dallas Museum of Art are on sale.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
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Art salesmen arrested at Plasma Physics lab
PLAINSBORO -- Two men posing as contractors bluffed their way into the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory on Friday, where they attempted to sell paintings, police said yesterday.
The Trenton Times |
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'They fooled me"
NORTHUMBERLAND -- As he does almost every day of his life, Borough of Northumberland "Street Supervisor" Tom Slodysko immediately responded on Monday night to an emergency call. This time it was to fix some electrical work at the 36th Pineknotters' Days festival in King Street Park.
The Daily Item |
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Artist Killed In Crash Gets Work Shown At Walker
Next week, an artist from the Twin Cities will be honored with an art show he dreamed of. His grieving wife is making it possible. Jeff Hettwer died in a car crash two weeks ago. He was a passenger in a car that slammed into a parked SUV in Oak Grove.
WCCO Minneapolis - St. Paul |
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