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Wales missing out on Capital of Culture benefits
Only sign of connection between Liverpool’s Capital of Culture and Llangollen is a sheep sculpture icWales
Bafta to mark Arab cinema's success
09 July 2008 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta), in association with the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) will celebrate Arab cinema with "Bafta Goes To The Arab World." Zawya
TOURISM MALAYSIA WANTS LARGER SHARE OF US MICE MARKET
NEW YORK, July 9 (Bernama) -- Tourism Malaysia wants a bigger share of the meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions (MICE) staged by American organisers in Southeast Asia. Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News
Library thief gets 10-year jail sentence
The 2008 edition of the Cherry Creek Arts Festival attracted an estimated 370,000 visitors, a slight drop in attendance from the 380,000 people who thronged the streets of Cherry Creek North in 2007. Rocky Mountain News
Ionia’s great port city Miletus
Miletus was a city primarily of nature, but also of writers, sculptors, town planners, historians and sages. Civilization means water... An essential, if perhaps not often repeated, definition. So many places on earth bear witness to it, and Anatolia is one of them. TurkishPress.com
Gardening books
Beautiful photography helps Ondra drive home the point that flowers alone do not a garden make. Foliage lends structure to a space, she explains, while ensuring season-long interest. The Times-News
X marks, and Spot
New exhibits at The von Liebig Art Center in Naples focus on No. 10 and dogs. The News-Press
UPDATED: Local summer festivals
Nearly two dozen major community events will keep residents and the interested occupied, all free to attend, as summer sun and cabin fever gradually call everyone out of their homes. Edwardsville Journal
UPDATED: Upcoming local summer festivals
Nearly two dozen major community events will keep residents and the interested occupied, all free to attend, as summer sun and cabin fever gradually call everyone out of their homes. Granite City Press-Record
Student summer artwork displayed at BWWMH By KELLI WRIGHT/KELLI.WRIGHT@DEMOPOLISTIMES.COM
During the month of July, Demopolis students from kindergarten through fifth grades had a chance to participate in an intensive art camp offered by the Community Education office which was in part paid for by funds from a 21st Century grant. The Demopolis Times
Lakeside Festival comes to a close: Organizers 'put the touch' on artists to bring them back
DECATUR - The artists of the Lakeside Music and Arts Festival were receiving fringe benefits Sunday afternoon. Nina Page of Decatur's Spirited Massages was giving artists a five-minute chair massage. Herald & Review
For next-gen ISU artists, the canvas becomes video screen and sound
NORMAL -- The art installation “Asphyxiation” is an anxiety-producing blend of sound, visuals and drama. The viewer sits in the darkened room, about the size of a bedroom. Video streams are displayed on a screen showing the producer Mariana Malanconi posed as a traumatized person. Video: Exhibit's opening The Pantagraph
Body of work: Artist, photographer collaborate on exhibit
BLOOMINGTON -- In collaborating on a photo-art project, commercial artist Mikki Lower and photojournalist B Mosher created an exhibit that is neither journalism nor commercial art. Photo Gallery Video: Creating a work of body art The Pantagraph
Brad Winter brings his creativity to Cappa center
Near the main door of Black Hills Workshop’s Suzie Cappa Center, a men’s white dress shirt has been decoupaged onto a canvas. In another gallery room, a kitchen chair is covered completely with stamps. Rapid City Journal
200 movies for 10th Osian's Asian-Arab film fest from Thursday
New Delhi, July 9: Movie-buffs are preparing for an 11-day mega celluloid treat here from Thursday, with nearly 200 films from the Asian-Arab world, along with a host of allied activities, featuring in the 10th edition of the Osian's Cinefan Film Festival. New Kerala
Art teacher Stegman is quite the artist himself
For years, Gary Stegman, Crookston High School's art teacher, thought about how he could visually bring together his two majors, art and music education. Having solved that riddle, the creative juices are now flowing into what's likely to become a series of unique prints done by the artist. Crookston Daily Times
Senior art exhibit coming to Campbell House
GENEVA – The ninth annual senior art exhibit, “Timeless IX,” will open July 25 and run through Sept. 28. The show is presented by Kane County Forest Preserve District at Campbell House, which is east of Geneva off Kirk Road, midway between Route 38 and Fabyan Parkway. Kane County Chronicle
4-H projects will be shown at fair
ST. CHARLES – Judging and showing of 4-H projects will be July 16-21 at the Kane County Fair at the fairgrounds. The bulk of 4-H projects are judged prior to the fair opening on Monday, July 14, and will be on display during the fair. Projects on display include visual arts, woodworking, electricity, clothing, foods, natural resources, computers, horticulture, photography, and much, much more. ... Kane County Chronicle
Stitches and strokes
Area quilters and decorative artists blend their artistic mediums for a special exhibit this summer at The Journey Museum. Rapid City Journal
Plethora of festivals sure to entertain all
You might as well stay close to home this summer. Between downtown Rapid City’s new Summer Nights on Seventh — featuring music, food, arts and family activities every Thursday night from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. — to a host of area festivals, there’s plenty to keep you, your family and your summer guests entertained. Here are a few events to put on your calendar: Rapid City Journal
Norman In Brief
Education • Hachivi Edgar Heap of Birds , artist and professor of Native American Studies at the University of Oklahoma, was honored by the Massachusetts College of Art and Design with an honorary doctorate of fine arts in May. Heap of Birds' art includes multidisciplinary forms of public art messages, large-scale drawings, acrylic paintings, prints and monumental porcelain enamel-on-steel ... The Oklahoman
25th sweet for Sugar Creek
NORMAL -- Besides the glow of silver, the 25th anniversary for Normal's longest-running festival will have a touch of green to it, too -- just as it did for its 24th birthday. The Pantagraph
Sculptor to cast famed horse in bronze
It’s not obvious, but part of the artist’s signature on the new statue of the famed bucking horse Tipperary reads “Cowboy to Cowboy.” Rapid City Journal
Growing young gardeners
The Junior Journey Program recently introduced a group of children to the plant world of flowers, trees, fruits and vegetables. In the scores of gardens scattered about the museum grounds, kids viewed the native plants, grasses and flowers before donning gloves and grabbing various yard tools to try the age-old practice of gardening. Rapid City Journal
Fest shakes up the Shakespeare
Ten reasons why the 31st year of the Illinois Shakespeare Festival, arriving this weekend, may be its most eye-and-ear-opening to date: The Pantagraph