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Festival's more than folk music
Seated in the shade, under a tent, Stephanie Carlsen gently turned a small pot in her hands, applying a thick layer of candy apple glaze. As she painted, the sounds of steel drums from the Tri-Cities band Bram Bratá floated through the air.
Yakima Herald-Republic |
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Music lovers dive in
Underwater festival draws quirky crowd to Keys Divers dressed as presidential candidates displayed campaign placards and waved American flags underwater Saturday in the Underwater Music Festival in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
Sun-Sentinel |
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Literary Happenings: Some pen the lines, others stand in them
In May I attended BookExpo America at the Los Angeles Convention Center. More than 2,000 exhibitors competed for visitors' attention with autographing sessions, in-booth activities and giveaways. Author events provided the most fun.
Ventura County Star |
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Local & live
Sunday, July 13, 2008 • SUMMERFAIR: Football field, Rocky Mountain College. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. 30th annual arts, crafts festival raises money for Yellowstone Art Museum. Food court, live entertainment, art demonstrations, kids' art activities, more. $2, adults; $1, kids; $5, family.
Billings Gazette |
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Thousands enjoy first day of Corn Hill Arts Festival
The Corn Hill Arts Festival celebrates 40 years of arts, food and entertainment with more vendors and variety this weekend.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle |
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Tore Hoven has become the prime holder of SAM's institutional memory
Seattle Art Museum turns 75 this year, and Tore Hoven has worked there in building management and maintenance for four decades. He was hired by museum founder Richard Fuller to run the former Modern Art Pavilion at Seattle Center.
Seattle Times |
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Art: Africans in Mexico
By the way they present art, museums encourage us to engage objects one by one and to consider their individual characteristics. This usually produces a purely aesthetic response to a work's formal qualities, without regard to its cultural ramifications.
Philly.com |
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Events
See Art from the Dr. Gertrude A. Barber National Institute -- the new exhibit at the Erie Art Museum's Annex Gallery, 423 State St., which is open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Erie Times-News |
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Hunter grandson carries on painting tradition
LAFAYETTE "" Clementine Hunter has been called Louisiana's most famous folk artist. Some of Hunter's 4,000 paintings about early 20th century life on north Louisiana's Melrose Plantation have landed in the Smithsonian Institute, the New Orleans Museum of Art, the Oprah Winfrey Collection in Chicago and other collections and museums around the country. But for James Hunter, Clementine was simply ...
The Shreveport Times |
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Spice is nice on Caribbean day
The only thing missing from the City of Poughkeepsie's Caribbean Day Festival Saturday was the turquoise sea.
Poughkeepsie Journal |
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Sand castle fest is a Blast
Mark Nielsen arrived at Greenwich Point Park yesterday with a large shovel and a purpose - to create a giant sand sculpture.
Greenwich Time |
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How'd You Know?
The winner: Suzanne Segady, Colorado Springs: This sculpture complements the excellent collection of regional Native American artifacts displayed in the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, including Ute, Navajo, Hopi and other tribes.
Denver Post |
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Gallery to close for expansion
The Addison Gallery of American Art at Phillips Academy is slated to close its doors today and remain shuttered for two years for a planned $30 million renovation and expansion. While construction is underway, the museum's collection of more than 16,000 works of art will be stored in a secure, climate-controlled facility. The renovation and expansion are expected to ...
Boston Globe |
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This art has Hart
A new paleolithic period will be dawning soon for Greater Binghamton. Anyone who drives around the region next summer will be rubbing elbows with 100 5-by-5-foot fiberglass dinosaur sculptures. The dinosaurs are part of a project called 'Ya Gotta Have Hart,' and are based on the familiar and lovable 'Gronk' from the comic strip 'B.C.,' drawn by the late Johnny Hart of Nineveh.
Press & Sun-Bulletin |
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Festival shines light on African Americans' past
RAMAPO - It was to the energetic strains of Duke Ellington and Santana that the Ramapo High School Jazz Band began the fourth annual African Diaspora Arts Festival, held yesterday at Rockland Community College.
The Journal News |
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Imaginations set free at sand sculpture event in Greenwich
GREENWICH - Mark Nielsen arrived at Greenwich Point Park yesterday with a large shovel and a purpose - to create a giant sand sculpture. However, the 11-year-old didn't know what he wanted to build.
Norwalk Advocate |
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What's happenin'?
Looking for something to do Sunday? Consider the following: FOLK FESTIVAL The free National Folk Festival runs from noon to 6 p.m. throughout the Uptown area, with the main stage at the Original Mine headframe, located on Woolman Street just west of Main Street.
The Montana Standard |
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Mint showcases high fashion
You would never know by looking at its staid exterior, but the Mint Museum of Art is a hotbed of haute couture.
The News & Observer |
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Infused Oil or Vinegar; Home Decor You Can Eat
Don't you love those fancy bottles of herb infused oils and vinegars for sale in decorator stores. You can duplicate this look at home on any budget.
BellaOnline |
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Carousel opens at Pecanland Mall
Pecanland Mall officially unveiled its $2 million renovation of the food court, which includes a new double-decker carousel, on Saturday. Other festivities during Saturday's celebration at the mall included face painting and balloon art. The grand opening was from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The News-Star |
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Teachers fill time
Ridgeland High School art teacher Justin Rives rode an elephant's back, camped in a treehouse deep inside a Laotian ape jungle and walked the bridge over the River Kwai, a 258-mile railway that POWs of the Imperial Japanese Army were forced to build in the 1940s.
The Clarion-Ledger |
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Billy Hart Quintet at The Rubin Museum of Art
The Billy Hart Academy's outstanding show, on a Friday evening at New York's Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art as part of the 2008 JVC Jazz Festival, confirmed the best aspects of both the players and the celebrated music festival that began at Newport.
All About Jazz |
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Public art gets thumbs down
PASADENA - A sculpture of three giant hats - a fedora, a sunhat and a baseball cap - won't greet visitors entering the historic Civic Auditorium and the new Convention Center when it opens in March.
Pasadena Star-News |
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Local artist creates statue to celebrate Chamber’s centennial
Sandy Graves’ sculptures of horses commanded my attention when I entered the Artists’ Gallery of Steamboat during a First Friday Art Walk this spring. With long limbs and exaggerated dimensions, the sculptures were simultaneously haunting and soothing.
The Steamboat Pilot & Today |
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Colorful parade snakes through downtown, capping the weeklong SoundSession
PROVIDENCE — A boisterous and colorful parade that snaked from Waterplace Park near the State House through downtown Providence last night brought the city’s SoundSession music festival to an enthusiastic close as thousands watched and cheered the event that annually celebrates the city’s multicultural population.
The Providence Journal |
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