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Ghostprint Gallery features tattoo art in 'Drawing Blood'
Ghostprint Gallery recently mounted "Drawing Blood," an international tattoo artists' invitational that gives Richmonders a look at the work of tattooists in media beyond skin. Gallery owners Geraldine and Dorothea Duskin say the show features work by some of the world's best tattoo artists as well as lesser-known, experimental artists. They say the exhibition showcases a variety of artistic ... Richmond Times-Dispatch
Get down for 'Drawdown'
Test the endurance of your art at "Drawdown," an eight-hour drawing marathon from 11 p.m. today through 7 a.m. Saturday at the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville. The Florida Times-Union
Center Head: Down On The Farm Cover head: Before The Heartbreakers
Photography was always just a hobby for Red Slater. The amateur's photographs, though, have appeared in magazines such as Rolling Stone, on television documentaries and in CD anthologies. The Tampa Tribune
Art Roundup
-- Fox Optical and Gallery, 28 E. Third St., Bethlehem: "Collographs and Other Prints" by Sook Kim are on display. An opening reception will be held tonight from 7 to 10. The Express-Times
Backyard jewels: Longview museum exhibit features 15 local artists
Art is for everyone, because there is an artist in each of us. \ The Longview News-Journal
THINGS TO DO
FAIRS & FESTS Saturday Colombian Cultural Festival; celebrate Colombian Independence Day with artist exhibits, live music, dancing, vendors, food and more; noon-6 p.m. Saturday; free; Al Lopez Park, 4810 N. Himes Ave., Tampa; (813) 325-1852 The Tampa Tribune
Ed Tijerina: Ancient cuisine, contemporary art making stop at the library
Instead of asking people to make a special trip for an art exhibit, this one is going out to the people. San Antonio Express-News & KENS 5
Contemporary Ohio Art Exhibit
Works by Don Getz, presented by the Sargent-Laessig Museum of Fine Arts at Cliffside, The Cliffside Visual and Performing Arts Foundation and the Cliffside Artists Collaborative. West Side Leader
Gay film fest showcases art, not just sexuality
Open your mind. Have you ever encountered something out of your comfort zone, but grown to love it after it was done? Or maybe jumped to conclusions too early in the game, only to find that your initial thought just pulled a 180 on your mind? One might experience this phenomena if they attend the 14th Annual Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, taking place at venues across ... The Triangle Online
Former Rivals Meet
Congressman Christopher Shays greets former Westport First Selectwoman Diane Farrell tonight before the start of the parade marking the opening night of Westport’s Festival Italiano. The Republican Shays twice defeated Democrat Farrell in her 2004 and 2006 bids to unseat him. WestportNow
Calendar for July 11
CROSSROADS BALLET FESTIVAL: 7:30 p.m.; UMKC Performing Arts Center, Spencer Theatre, 4949 Cherry. $20-$25. VIP, $100; Student Rush $15 one hour before curtain. Tickets required. www.crossroadsballet.org (816-235-6222) The Kansas City Star
Columbia Museum of Art Shows 18% increase in Attendance
Columbia, S.C. - As the Columbia Museum of Art continues its 10th Anniversary on Main Street, visitor numbers soar with an 18% increase of attendance and outreach during the past fiscal year. Art Daily
Former Bellevue Museum Official Sentenced for Theft
SEATTLE, WA.- Janet Ellinger, former chief financial officer of the Bellevue Art Museum, was sentenced to twenty two months in prison. She had pleaded guilty to theft, taking $294,000 from the museum. She will also have to repay the money. Art Daily
Realist Paintings by Bryan LeBoeuf At the Morris Museum of Art
Bryan LeBoeuf, Icarus, 2003. Oil on canvas, 26 x 40 inches. Image courtesy 511 Gallery. AUGUSTA, GA.- Realist Paintings by Bryan LeBoeuf opens to the public on Saturday, July 26, and remains on view through Sunday, September 28, at the Morris Museum of Art in Augusta, Georgia. Art Daily
Dr. Sherman E. Lee, former director of the Cleveland Museum of Art, Passes Away
Photo Courtesy: The Cleveland Museum of Art. CLEVELAND.- Art Daily
Museum of New Art Presents Third Installment of Changing Cities: Berlin
Christoph Dettmeier - Ghostriders. PONTIAC, MI.- In the third installment of its Changing Cities exhibit exchange, Detroit's Museum of New Art (MONA) hosts selected artists from Galerie Eva Bracke in Berlin, Germany. Art Daily
Russian Artist Ted Vasin Exhibition Featured at Davis Art Center
Ted Vasin, "Your Birth and Death. My Grandiose Delusion", acrylic on canvas, 48 x 72 inches. DAVIS, CA.- Art Daily
LACMA Announces Acquisition of Oceanic Art Collection
Torres Strait Hand Drum (warup), Papua New Guinea, Torres Strait Islands, circa 1850, wood, fiber, shell, cassowary feathers, 45 inches. Photo c 2008 Museum Associates/LACMA. Art Daily
"Seascapes: Tryon & Sugimoto" Opens at the Smithsonian's Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Afternoon Clouds, Dwight William Tryon (1849-1925), United States, 1916, Pastel on cardboard. H x W: 19.3 x 29.3 cm. Image: Freer Gallery of Art: Gift of Charles Lang Freer. Art Daily
Delaware Art Museum Presents Gifted: Recent Additions to the Permanent Collection
Two Clowns, 1940, Walt Kuhn (1877-1949), oil on masonite, 9 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches. Gift of Johannes R. and Betty P. Krahmer, 2005. WILMINGTON, DE.- Art Daily
Latest Additions
From glass bead jewelry to digital photography, The Gallery at Twenty Pearl Street has it covered. Beth Higgins’ classic Cape Cod photographs on canvas are displayed alongside the psychedelic glass vases done by David McDermott. The Barnstable Patriot
Roanoke gets ready for second arts festival
Roanoke is gearing up for its second arts festival. Singer Crystal Gale will be the headliner. Last year, it took a quarter of a million dollars to pull off the first arts festival. WDBJ 7 Roanoke
Meteor Festival set for Saturday in UC
UNION CITY — Readers of all ages have the opportunity to enter the world of author Patricia Polacco Saturday at the annual Meteor Festival in Union City. The gathering celebrates an event featured in Polacco’s book “Meteor!” — a meteor landing on her family’s farm. The Coldwater Daily Reporter
Carbondale's Art and Wine Fair begins at 4 p.m. today
CARBONDALE - Mother Nature did her best to wash out the city's first-ever Art and Wine Fair last month. But, if forecasts hold true, this evening's rescheduled festival should be a warm, dry one. The Southern Illinoisan