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Original art doesn't have to bust budget
If you're ready to take that step up from prints, consider scouting the area art scene, charity auctions and antique shops, too, for a painting to call your own. Cape Cod Times
Deal: Waterfalls on the East River
The deal: The New York City Waterfalls Package at the Ritz-Carlton New York, Battery Park and Central Park. Danish artist Olafur Eliasson's East River exhibit includes man-made waterfalls erected at four points of the river. The Record
Civil War tribute to African-American soldiers by Preston Jackson expected by fall
DECATUR - A sculpture honoring African-American soldiers in the Civil War is expected to be complete by fall. The statue, which is being created by Decatur native Preston Jackson, is one of several projects under way to celebrate the community's ties to Abraham Lincoln. Herald & Review
Metal tooling, a centuries old Mexican art form, among many hands-on activities at Lakeside festival
DECATUR - A culture was being explored through art Saturday afternoon at the Lakeside Music and Arts Festival. Mexican metal tooling is a centuries-old art in which an image is embossed onto foil and can be colored. Herald & Review
Traveling artist enjoys Lake Decatur view
Terry Andrews of Ocala, Fla., is a long way from home this weekend. "But look at the view I get," Andrews said Saturday from his artist's tent, looking out over Lake Decatur at the first day of the Lakeside Music and Arts Festival in Nelson Park. Herald & Review
Tickets to history go up for auction
As Americans watch history being made in this year's presidential race, researchers in New Hampshire have been examining a one-of-a-kind treasure of printing plates that gave earlier generations a front-row seat to political history. Concord Monitor
Week-long contest culminates as 2008 Middle East Junior Chef of the Year crowned
Xavier D'Cruz, a demi chef de partie from the private dining restaurant The Edge, bagged the honour of the 2008 Middle East Junior Chef of the Year as hundreds gathered in the final day of the Awards at the Times Square Center on July 2. AME Info
Muse guides sculptor to sand art and Lakeside festival tribute
DECATUR - Sand sculptor Patrick Harsch was still in the process of shaping a heap of sand into art Friday evening as people filed into Nelson Park to watch the fireworks. Herald & Review
Dacor
Celebrating the luxurious style of the classic wall oven combined with cutting-edge performance technology, the Renaissance Wall Oven in 36 in., 30 in., and 27 in. for the Epicure (shown) and Millennia Collections by Dacor operates like six individual ovens with a combination of cooking options. Multi-Housing News
CCA students exhibit on online art gallery
Students at Covenant Christian Academy have exhibited 132 pieces of art on Artsonia.com , where every child has his own online art gallery. Savannah Morning News
Two-person exhibit includes fanciful 'visual conversations'
NORMAN — Delicate, classical oriental brushwork paintings by Beverly Herndon almost perfectly complement the fanciful ink drawings of C. J. Bradford in a show at Firehouse Art Center, 444 S Flood. A bamboo grove provides "Sanctuary” in one ink-watercolor drawing on rice paper by Herndon, and a mountainous landscape offers a seated old man (and us) a place for "Contemplation” in another. Even ... The Oklahoman
Urban life portrayed by painter's observations
A painter and observer of the gritty urban scene and himself and members of his family, rather than pristine romantic landscapes, is showing work at the state Capitol, 2300 N Lincoln. The painter is University of Tulsa assistant art professor Mark Lewis, whose "Paintings, Drawings and Collages” are on view through July 13 in the East Gallery. A well-handled pencil-graphite drawing and a large, ... The Oklahoman
Must-have coffee-table books shed light on Texas art exhibits and architecture
By Gaile Robinson Several local art museums are hosting blockbuster shows this summer, and their attendant catalogs are also hits. For armchair travelers, there's also a new volume about some of the greatest residential architecture in the state. Here are four must-have coffee-table books that'll enlighten you a bit more on the local scene. Great Houses of Texas by Lisa Germany, photos by ... Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Art exhibits: Sunday, July 6, 2008
Exhibits Dale Chihuly: "The Exhibition,” June 17-Dec. 31 and "Roman Art from the Louvre,” June 19-Oct. 12, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, 236-3100. "Reporting Terrorism,” June 16-Dec. 31, Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum, 620 N Harvey Ave., 235-3313. Prix de West Invitational Art Exhibition and Sale, June 17-Sept. 7 and "Being Buffalo Bill: Man, Myth and Media,” ... The Oklahoman
Fine arts briefs: Sunday, July 6, 2008
THEATER NOTES Favorite son EDMOND — Summerstock Productions concludes its 2008 summer season this month with a production of "The Will Rogers Follies.” This musical tribute to Oklahoma's favorite son will open Thursday and continues through July 19 in Mitch Park, 2733 Marilyn Williams Drive. Curtain times are 8:30 p.m. Thursday through July 12 and July 17-19. For more information, call ... The Oklahoman
'Landscape Paintings,' 'Meditations' on view
Surgery requires precision, but Karl Brenner brings a broad touch and a broad choice of geographical subject matter to "Landsape Pantings,” a show of oil paintings at JRB Art at the Elms gallery. A resident of Durango, Colo., who retired from general surgery in North Carolina, Brenner depicts not only mountain and mixed desert terrain but California coastal and suburban scenes in his oils. ... The Oklahoman
Artist recalls childlike 'Innocence' in Capitol exhibit
A mature artist works with some of the naively appealing directness of a child in a small show on view in the Governor's Gallery of the state Capitol. The artist is Corazon Watkins, a Philippine native, longtime Norman resident and U.S. citizen since 1976 whose show at the state Capitol is called "A Return to Innocence.” "Using stick figures, Watkins interprets the innocent images she recalls, ... The Oklahoman
Retouching the past
EAST ALTON - Christy Trimble's family photograph was in dire condition when she brought it to the Gravemann photography studio at 626 Lewis & Clark Blvd. The Telegraph
New exhibit to highlight state's oil and gas industry
A new exhibit about oil and natural gas, its business and its effect on our state might not be the most popular idea with gas prices nearing $4 a gallon. But Bob Blackburn, executive director of the Oklahoma Historical Society, wants Oklahomans to know the Sooner State wouldn't be what it is today without the energy business and its companies. A donation of Kerr-McGee items to the society from ... The Oklahoman
Family celebrates young outdoorsman's life with photo exhibit
Shortly after her 28-year-old brother's sudden death from heart failure in March, Fairhaven resident Kathleen Brunelle discovered among his belongings a box filled with hundreds of photographs. Nobody in the family knew that Robert Caron Jr. — an... The Standard-Times
Ballet Memphis gears more performances to growing younger audience
As a symbol of exploration and expansion, the soaring Gateway Arch seemed the perfect backdrop for Ballet Memphis in May, when the company brought a group of its performers to the new Spring to Dance Festival here. Memphis Commercial Appeal
In Kara Walker exhibit, quaint-looking methods bring racial conflict into razor-sharp relief
By GAILE ROBINSON Violent images of sexual aggression and racial subjugation frolic across the walls of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth in stunning silhouettes. This dichotomy of beautiful horrors is the handiwork of Kara Walker, one of the most celebrated young artists in the nation. A survey of her work, "Kara Walker: My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love," opened Saturday at ... Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Informal gatherings fuel art interest
Art galleries aren't content to just hang out the paintings to buy these days. Museums aren't letting their art get away with wallflower treatment, either. They're introducing it around like the honored guest at a party. Memphis Commercial Appeal
Fabu: 'To be black is to be political'
On the first Saturday night in May, while rowdy college kids roamed the Mifflin Street block party in search of their next keg, a quieter crowd gathered at Escape Java Joint on Willy Street. In the art gallery coarsely decorated with organic fair-trade coffee sacks, over 50 people sat in folding chairs and in the aisles. Madison's new poet laureate, Fabu Carter Brisco, took the mike. Isthmus
This painting at the Modern is one of our favorites
By ANDREW MARTON What it is: The Other Way (Flood) (2007) by Barnaby Furnas, urethane, dispersed pigment and dye on linen Where is it: Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth Why we like it: The Other Way is fitting for a July Fourth weekend. It not only embraces the red, white and blue of the American flag, but it splashes those colors across an imposing canvas with patriotic verve. It is ... Fort Worth Star-Telegram