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Women's exhibit makes harmony visual
"Visual Harmonies," an art exhibit by board members of the Women's Caucus for Art Florida chapter, is on display at Steinway Piano Galleries this month.
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Arts presenters: Annual special issue is upon us again
Just a heads-up to let close readers of the section know that we will soon be soliciting notice of art shows, plays, concerts etc. for the 2008-09 season to publish in our annual "Salute to the Arts."
Anchorage Daily News |
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Texas & Neighbors: Save on New Mexico attractions
The New Mexico Culture Pass provides admission to 14 state museums and monuments for about half the usual price. The pass, which costs $25 and is good for 12 months from the date of purchase, may be bought at participating sites or online.
Dallas Morning News |
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Divers immersed in campaign, music
(AP) -- 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.
Miami Herald |
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Carving out a good time
It's not every day you can find a woman with a chainsaw, carving a teddy bear from a log. But today at Boyds Bear Country near Gettysburg, people will be able to see two of the best female chainsaw carvers in the country, along with eight male carvers.
York Daily Record |
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Scranton independent band: And The Moneynotes with audio
In the alarmingly sweltering Test Pattern art gallery, packed to the walls with music fans ranging in age from young teens to baby boomers, And The Moneynotes is about to “get weird,” as the band members often say.
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Plano museum's Chores on the Farm camp teaches kids about the rigors of pioneer life
Lora Forsyth, education assistant at Heritage Farmstead Museum, watched Abigail Stephenson, 6, wash a dress on a washboard with lye soap. "Put some muscle behind it," the teacher said with a laugh. "One hundred years ago, you know you did a good job if your knuckles bled. But don't go that far."
Dallas Morning News |
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ART NOTES
Swan Harbor Farm will sponsor a digital photography class for parents and children from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. July 23 (rain date July 25) and Aug. 7 (rain date Aug. 8) at 401 Oakington Road, Havre de Grace.
Baltimore Sun |
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CRITIC'S CHOICE
1 event found. Matrix/Redux Thirty years ago the MATRIX program at the Berkeley Art Museum began presenting small project-based works by living artists.
East Bay Express |
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Egypt trip includes tickets to King Tut exhibit in Dallas
Travelers who book General Tours' River of the Pharaohs trip in Egypt will receive tickets to the Tutankhamun exhibit opening in October at the Dallas Museum of Art.
Dallas Morning News |
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THIS WEEK IN THE ARTS
CLASSICAL MUSIC • Mark Morton, double bass player with the Columbus Symphony, will perform ragtime music at 2:30 p.m. today in the sculpture garden of the Columbus Museum of Art, 480 E. Broad St. A tour of the garden will take place a half-hour before the concert. Admission is $10, or free for those 18 and younger accompanied by an adult. Call 614-221-4848 or visit
The Columbus Dispatch |
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Surging cost of oil is bummer for surfers
For years, Chris Mauro took a 10-mile detour on his way to work each morning to check out the swells at his favorite surf break and plot the best location for his after-work wave-riding.
Baltimore Sun |
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OPENINGS
Museums SAN FRANCISCO Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Opening Sat.: "Bay Area Now 5." Works by emerging and established local artists. Through Nov. 16. "Theory of Survival." Works by artists of the Iranian and Iranian American diaspora. Through Aug. 24. "...
San Francisco Chronicle |
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Weekly entertainment calendar
American-Polish Festival: Polish food, music, dance performances, wooden dance floor, craft show, Vegas tent, games, Polish-theme Catholic mass and live music, 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m. Freedom Hill County Park, 15000 Metropolitan Parkway, Sterling Heights. 586-979-7010.
Detroit Free Press |
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LETTERS
Exhibition docent appreciates 'Women Impressionists' article Editor - Thank you for Kenneth Baker's concise comments concerning the "Women Impressionists" catalog for the show at the Legion of Honor. Like Baker, I eschew such revisionist approaches to...
San Francisco Chronicle |
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Teacher wins annual Artscape Prize
Baltimore County educator, 33, says he has 'loose' plans for $25,000 Sondheim award Amid warm applause in a packed auditorium, a Baltimore County teacher and multimedia artist accepted the $25,000 Janet and Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize yesterday at the Baltimore Museum of Art.
Baltimore Sun |
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Art Fair On, Off Square Brings Thousands To Capitol Square
MADISON, Wis. -- Art Fair on the Square is celebrating its 50th anniversary this weekend. What started as a small sidewalk art show has grown into an event that attracts thousands each year to Madison's Capitol Square.
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Travel Log: Tut tix in Dallas
Tickets for "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs," opening Oct. 3 at the Dallas Museum of Art, are on sale. The exhibit, now in London, is making an encore visit to the United States after a two-year tour ended in September 2007. It will showcase more than 130 artifacts from the tomb of King Tut, including some that have not been seen outside of Egypt. Details at www. ...
The Sacramento Bee |
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Flashy flamingos: Forget plain pink
Francisco Sheuat's artwork ranges from flat to flamingo. The elegant birds are his trademark. People seem to -- ahem -- flock to them.
Miami Herald |
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Di Rosa Preserve shows cars as art
Serious car enthusiasts might describe their vehicles as highly detailed works of art. The same could be said for two vehicles in a soon-to-be-closed exhibition at the Gatehouse Gallery at Napa's di Rosa Preserve: Art & Nature. "Lewis deSoto: Tales of Power,"...
San Francisco Chronicle |
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Oakland County news briefs
The Creative Minds, Changing Minds traveling art show will be held in two locations in Oakland County this month and in August.
Detroit Free Press |
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Ancient Arabian figures unveiled at The Walters in Baltimore
Sun goddess or priestess, an ancient alabaster beauty crafted more than 2,000 years ago enjoys an afterlife in The Walters Art Museum thanks to Marylander Dr. Giraud Foster.
Baltimore Examiner |
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Buyer of Rembrandt self-portrait got a bargain
The auction house thought the portrait was a 17th century Rembrandt knockoff and valued it at just $3,100. But the British buyer who paid about 1,500 times more than that apparently knew what he was doing.
Miami Herald |
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'Locally Grown' an airport art diary
On a recent weekday morning, Sharon Bates sat perched on the edge of the conference table near her office at the Albany International Airport Gallery, discussing her latest curatorial effort, "Locally Grown," a 22-artist, invitational-only look back at 10 years at the nationally recognized space. With crossed legs touching the floor and frequent expressive waves of her hands, Bates casually ...
Albany Times Union |
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God and art: Nashville's religious communities bridge the gap
When Tom Wills moved back to Nashville with a degree in art from Centre College in the mid-'90s, he immediately started casting about for space that might be conducive to his painting.
The Tennessean |
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