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Vail International Dance Festival offers off-stage events
Ballet Mistress Olga Kostritzky teaching students the art of classical ballet. Kostritzky will lead one of three Master Classes offered as part of the Vail International Dance Festival’s off-stage events.
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Chinese village masters the art of reproduction
A village in southern China is dedicated to churning out thousands of paintings, and they're all legal copies.
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Cost Of Oil, Gas Is Totally Bogus For Surfers
The surging cost of oil has been a dose of reality for many surfers who have long thought of their sport as a counterculture niche shielded from the pressures of mainstream America.
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Cavemen Divas? MSNBC ran an intriguing article a few days ago about a new study which suggests a link between pre-historic cave paintings and singing.
Arts Journal |
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Should All Public Art Be Green?
Olafur Eliasson's "Waterfalls" are green. Should we select future projects on the same basis?
US News & World Report |
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‘Outsiders’ exhibit their art at Menil’s ‘NeoHooDoo’
Dead lizards and a cracked mirror make good hoodoo. These Marie Laveau-type voodoo talismans surround a Jemima doll in Betye Saar’s “Gris Gris Box,” a mojo working wall mounted assemblage. Saar calls her boxes “ancestral” because they represent traditions and practices that reach back to Africa through her great aunt....
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Contemporary art
Georgy Ostretov’s “Sex in the City” is a central piece in an exhibition showcasing a selection of new Russian art. The show at the London Paradise Row Gallery is on until the 27th July.
Euronews |
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Rwanda: Fespad is Coming of Age
Since its first edition in 1998, the Panafrican dance festival (Festival Pan-Africain de la Dance, Fespad) has evolved into an internationally recognized and respected event.
AllAfrica.com |
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Costly Gas Hits Surfers Hard
The surging cost of oil has been a dose of reality for many Southern California surfers.
NBC San Diego |
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The Guild Inc. hires merchandising exec
Mary Madigan has joined The Guild Inc. as vice president of merchandising. She will manage the artwork for The Guild`s e-commerce web site and catalog and will oversee the retailer’s merchandising and creative departments.
InternetRetailer.com |
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The Swallowing Plates: Objects Swallowed and Recovered from the Human Body
Last month, LAist went shopping at Cipher Gallery on Fairfax. Taking a closer look, these plates by San Francisco based artist Lisa Wood show "fictionalized case studies based on [world leading Laryngologist Chevalier Jackson's] pioneering work recovering objects from his patients' gullets and windpipes." Whoa, careful what you eat there. There is an image gallery to this entry which you ...
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Imagekind.com and Modest Mouse Photographer, Pat Graham Team Up to Give Fans Special Show Access
Imagekind.com, the leader in print-on-demand (POD) artwork and museum quality framing, today announced it has formed a relationship with Modest Mouse Photographer Pat Graham in an effort to continue the music industry's revolution that's giving fans unprecedented access to the bands they love.
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Portraits of the Artist As Icon
Iconic American artist Georgia O’Keeffe is the subject of a recent art exhibit.
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Woodcarving And Clay Demonstrations
The Kentucky Artisan Center will be hosting word carving and pottery demonstrations this weekend in Berea. Friday, three members of the Berea Welcome Center Carvers will return to the Artisan Center demonstrate woodcarving at from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
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Wally Findlay Galleries inspected after reports of light smoke
Palm Beach Fire-Rescue workers responded to reports of light smoke and an electrical scent Monday at a Worth Avenue art gallery, but found no fire.
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What's ahead
Tuesday Festive posters Just in time for Saturday’s opening of the 2008 Oregon Coast Music Festival, the Coos Bay Public Library, 525 Anderson Ave., is exhibiting its collection of festival posters. The framed posters can be seen on library walls through July 30. The Oregon music festival runs for two weeks starting July 12.
The World |
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Frida's birthday celebration
Palm Springs Art Museum threw a bash Sunday to celebrate Frida Kahlo's 101st birthday.
The Desert Sun |
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Billboard.com -- MSTKRFT Salutes Influences On Second Album
On the heels of 2006's "The Looks," Canadian dance duo MSTRKRFT became a festival staple thanks to a booming house sound that appeals to club kids and indie rockers alike.
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The Majestic Wave
“The Majestic Wave,” an oil painting by Marge Cranswick is one of the works on display at The Yachats Arts Guild Art Show and Sale July 11 through July 13 at the Yachats Commons located on Highway 101 and 4th Street in Yachats. The Gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
Newport News-Times |
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Silver Heron Gallery opens tasting salon for anniversary
In celebration of its one-year anniversary, the Silver Heron Gallery in downtown Depoe Bay, will hold the official grand opening of The Artist's Palate, a wine-tasting salon and piano bar on the gallery's mezzanine.
Newport News-Times |
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Tidepools come to dry land at arts center
Where can you explore a tide pool - on dry land - that glows in the dark? For the month of July, Angela Haseltine Pozzi will display her tide pool creations at the Newport Visual Arts Center in an exhibition titled “Low Tide on the Oregon Coast: Undetermined Species.”
Newport News-Times |
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Kucha show this weekend
Bill Kucha stands with his sculpture “Raptor” outside his studio in Otter Rock, before his show this weekend. The public is invited to attend Kucha's opening from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 5, at the Lawrence Gallery Salishan, 7755 Highway 101, Gleneden Beach.
Newport News-Times |
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Posted: Jul 03, 2008 - 16:50:56 PDT
“Clearing, A Winter Evening,” a 16-by-20-inch oil painting depicts a winter evening on Yaquina Bay just before Christmas. This painting and two others by artist Ivan Kelly were chosen for the15th Annual Maritime Art Exhibition at Coos Art Museum.
Newport News-Times |
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Landscape artist to demo work at 9th Street Gallery
The 9th Street Gallery will host Amanda Houston from noon to 3 p.m., Saturday, July 12. She will demonstrate her art. “Painting is just as much about the journey as it is about the finished piece,” she said.
Newport News-Times |
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Digital Photo: Extreme vacation photography
Want to add some pizazz to those vacation snapshots? Derrick Story explains how to take your digital camera underwater or up into the sky and get photographs that'll wow the folks back home.
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