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Fashion, food, photography kick off Fair
The cattle were weighed and the seamstresses paraded as the 4-Hers put their hard work to the test. Video with story
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Before her first appearance at the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts 20 years ago, Barbara Decker was excited and nervous. "I had heard it was great, but really hard to do," she said, adding she heard the festival was time consuming and required rigorous work.
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Shawnee museum plans children's camp
SHAWNEE — The Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art will have a summer art camp July 21-25. Children will explore the infinite possibilities of colors and the ways they complement each other. They will practice color theory by creating paintings, mosaics and sculptures with instructors Clay Little and Lacy Abbott. For more information, call 878-5300. read more
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Festival hits Valley
Fred Park (Milesburg), Cody Park (Milesburg) and Jeremy Jackson (State College) put up a banner on Allen Street for the Central Pa. Festival of the Arts.
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Midsummer Nights' Fair puts focus on the arts
NORMAN — Once again, Lions Park will be transformed into a town square when the Firehouse Art Center presents its annual Midsummer Nights' Fair. The fair will be from 6 to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the park at Flood Avenue and Symmes Street. The fair will feature 44 booths with art from local and regional artists. Art will include everything from paintings to pottery, said Carla Chew, ...
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The tribe has spoken
A relatively recent trend is that the kind of work that inspired these artists has taken off itself in the world market. The anonymous tribal artists may not yet be in Picasso's league but the value of these works at auction is steadily rising.
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On good hands
MASON CITY — As quickly as they slipped socks over their hands, delightful characters came to life in the imaginations of young puppeteers at the Puppets and People Camp on Tuesday at the MacNider Art Museum.
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Outrageous and Provocative (00:05:40)
An interpretive art show by the Gallery Group of the Calaveras County Arts Council presents their own intpretation of the outrageous and provocative. A variety of mediums on exposition starts July 12 and runs through August 30 at the Calaveras Gallery on Main St., in San Andreas.
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‘Quilts of Summer’ on exhibit at 1861 Custom House
GALVESTON — “Light and Bright: the Quilts of Summer,” an exhibit of quilts suitable in theme and weight for summer display, opens Saturday during ArtWalk.
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Ellyce Field: Fun family picks for the week
Explore history, science or culture at three museums around town that are offering children great workshops and fun activities. The Detroit Science Center's new Kids Town is for curious toddlers and preschoolers while the Troy Museum and Detroit Children's Museum offer activities for up to 12 year olds.
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W. Haven gallery gets special visitors
WEST HAVEN — It’s not every town where you open a business and the mayor and police chief stop by to welcome you...
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X marks, and Spot
New exhibits at The von Liebig Art Center in Naples focus on No. 10 and dogs.
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Sculpture workshop at the Ann Bryant
ZIMBABWEAN sculptor Lysiase Nyamurova will be holding a lecture and demonstration workshop at the Ann Bryant Art Gallery on Saturday. Nyamurova settled in East London this year and works with granite and wonder stone.
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Television - World
As security improves in Iraq, billions of dollars worth of oil is now being produced and exported. But that money Is not getting to where it is needed most.
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Museum Acquisition
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art said it had acquired one of the most significant private collections of Oceanic art assembled in the 20th century. The collection, a piece of which is shown above, will be exhibited next February and focuses on art from Polynesia and Melanesia. It includes objects like a rare 18th-century Hawaiian drum collected by Capt. James Cook in 1778, an Easter Islands ...
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Prefab Five in Midtown
A look at five prefabricated houses that were built on a vacant lot next to the Museum of Modern Art.
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Just saying no
Two local lawmakers voted against all 29 nonpreferred state spending bills early this month, although they all passed the House and Senate. The bills appropriate money to museums, colleges and universities, medical facilities and other organizations or institutions, requiring separate votes from the main budget bill. This year's appropriations totaled more than $780 million. Sen. John H.
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OU art student makes the virtual reality
The sound of computer-generated gunfire fills the room. A red liquid drips from the wires and tubes mounted on the wall.In this art project by University of Oklahoma art senior Riley Harmon, the fake blood that dripped down the wall at the School of Art and Art History was a manifestation of something that had previously only been imaginary.
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and Nolan painted his Ned Kelly series, several of which hang in the Australian National Gallery, in her living room. Reed committed suicide 10 days after the death of her husband in 1981.
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Clip-together home in 10 days
An artist will build a clip-together home in just 10 days to criticise "boring" modern housing. Wolfgang Weileder, professor of contemporary sculpture at Newcastle University, will build an exact replica of a Georgian terrace house on land nearby in Sunderland's historic Sunniside area.
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Bruce Conner, San Francisco Artist With 1950s Beat Roots, Dies at 74
Mr. Conner, an artist internationally admired for his sculptures and groundbreaking avant-garde films, also was a key figure in the San Francisco Beat scene.
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Rockwell Re-Enlisted for a Nation?s Darker Mood
A surprising new exhibition in Florida features sixty artists? responses to Norman Rockwell?s wartime ?Four Freedoms? series.
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From Kahlo, spotlight moves to local Latina artists
The Frida Kahlo exhibit at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is getting art lovers interested in works by women Latin American artists.
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Exhibit will draw West 7th artists into the spotlight
Organizers are letting the world know that the arts are flourishing on St. Paul's West End with an inaugural exhibit featuring work from the people who live and work there.
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Museums to feature festivals
SPRINGFIELD - The Springfield Museums will offer six weeks of live performances, puppet shows, arts and crafts workshops, and hands-on science activities during "Summer Festival Days" from July 8 to Aug. 15.
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