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Morgan School in Holyoke announces winners of their poster contest for asthma awareness
HOLYOKE - Neyshmarie Rodriguez knew plenty about asthma even before she drew an award-winning poster because her mother and brother suffer from the condition.
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Art class is its own reward
DEPTFORD TWP. Each student in Dr. Ross Beitzel's Painting I class opted to take the course for a different reason to become better teacher, to work toward an art major or just to fulfill an elective requirement but all have found a rewarding experience in the varied techniques and natural learning environment.
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A rictal dysfunction
80 years later, The Man Who Laughs is a mutilation masterpiece
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Portrait of a union boss
At Visions Gallery on Main Street in Clinton, owner Tommy Leonardis was preparing for the monthly wine and cheese reception on a recent afternoon. "What are we going to put in the front window?" he asked a small group of artists.
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2nd artist's work exhibited
CHICOPEE - A second city artist has been selected to display work in the newly formed "Art from the Heart" program in the main hallway of City Hall outside the mayor's office.
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Hidden Gardens of Paris
Parisians can dine at garden cafes like La Muscade at the Palais Royal. NEXT to the Palais de la Découverte, just off the Champs-Élysées, is a flight-of-fancy sculpture of the 19th-century poet Alfred de Musset daydreaming about his former lovers.
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36 Hours in Pittsburgh
A cable car gives passengers great views of the city. PITTSBURGH has undergone a striking renaissance from a down-and-out smokestack to a gleaming cultural oasis. But old stereotypes die hard, and Pittsburgh probably doesn’t make many people’s short list for a cosmopolitan getaway.
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Chattanooga: Town Talk
JEWELRY LOVERS will want to check out Mary Helen Robert’s Sculptural Jewelry at Bill Shores Frames & Gallery at Two North Shore. Ms. Robert’s wearable art is inspired by organic and geometric forms.
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Pats' Faulk pleads no contest in La.
Patriots running back Kevin Faulk pleaded no contest yesterday in Lafayette, La., for misdemeanor possession of marijuana stemming from a summons issued in February, according...
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The Bethesda Artist Market brings affordable art to the region. Scheduled for Saturday, rain or shine, the event takes place four times a year, with 25 artists selling an eclectic mix of paintings, photographs, jewelry and sculpture.
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Wanda Hunt Band
Rhythm and blues performed in outdoor venue. July 10, 6:30-8:30 p.m.; free Akron Art Museum, south parking lot (330) 375-2311
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Book tells of crime’s investigation
Florence, Italy, is known as the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance and home of some of the world’s most amazing art and architecture, but a dark chapter in Italian history began with the murders of seven young couples during the 1970s and 1980s in the hills around the Tuscan city.
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Art museum to hold opening for exhibits
The San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts will hold an opening reception for three new exhibits at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the museum, 1 Love St.
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Westwood Nursing Home residents participate in art classes
Retired Bulloch County Schools art teacher Nina Giles works with Tara McCullough Westwood Nursing Center residents during a weekly art class Monday. According to Activity Director Linda McQueen, the art classes are part of the center's patient based care program that emphasizes patient choice.
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Cannes Success Gives Italian Cinema a Boost
When two Italian films won the top runner-up prizes at the Cannes Film Festival in May, the reaction at home was akin to that usually reserved for victorious national soccer teams.
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New Stretch artwork glows in downtown Des Moines
Flickering rows of corn and a truckload of windows for clothes dryers inspired Kansas City artist Stretch to move beyond his comfort zone.
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Upheaval continues at the MIA
Longtime curator Stewart Turnquist suddenly resigned from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. He ran the Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program .
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B’port Art League displays Brazos Collections
CLUTE — The works of three Lake Jackson artists are featured in the new Brazosport Art League exhibit, Brazos Collections, now on display at the gallery in The Center for the Arts and Sciences.
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Art Conquers Trash
Names and curse words once littered the walls of the viaduct at Silo Road and Diamond Oaks Circle. Now, colorful paintings have replaced the graffiti, thanks to one community leader and a handful of art students.
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Sometimes the best pace to take in art is a crawl. That's exactly what the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is banking on this Friday with the continuing tradition of the Gallery Crawl in the Cultural District.
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What's in a name? When it comes to this summer's music festivals, the answer is often … not much. Bonnaroo? Rothbury? Lollapalooza? But there's one festival in the works with a name that says it all.
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A painting by French artist Jean-Antoine Watteau presumed lost and unseen by the public for almost 200 years has fetched $US24.4 million ($25.5 million) at auction, as the art market continued to shrug off growing economic gloom.
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The Aspen Art Museums Imaginary Thing: A Groundbreaking 30-Day, 30-Artist Exhibition
Ricky Swallow work-in-progress. ASPEN.-
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China in Posters: A Dreamlike Reality at Kunsthal Rotterdam
Long live chairman Mao! Long long live! Shanghai Fine Arts Academy Work. Propaganda Team. Revolutionary Committee collective work. Publisher: Shanghai renmin chubanshe. October 1970, 53 x 77 cm. Collectie IISG.
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Books in the Age of Rembrandt at Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Schiphol
Gerard Dou (1613-1675), Old woman reading a lectionary, 1635. Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. AMSTERDAM.- To mark the nomination of Amsterdam as World Book Capital City, the Rijksmuseum presents Books in the Age of Rembrandt at his branch at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
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