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Couchey exhibit shows artist's versatility
WILLSBORO -- The work of Sid Couchey is the featured exhibit this season at the Willsboro Heritage Center Museum.
Plattsburgh Press Republican |
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Museum closing its doors
NEW HOPE, Pa. --After five years of flagging attendance at its satellite gallery in Union Square, the James A. Michener Art Museum announced yesterday it will close the facility.
The Trenton Times |
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ArtsExpress: July 17, 2008
ESSEX -- James Van Hoven will be instructor for a printmaking workshop from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, July 19, and Sunday, July 20, at the Adirondack Art Association Gallery, Main St., Essex. For information or to register, call 963-8309.
Plattsburgh Press Republican |
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Van Dyke is Malibu art show's star
The Malibu Art Association will present just one of the many exhibits at the Malibu Arts Festival set to return later this month. Proceeds from sales at the association's booth will help fund college scholarships for local artists.
The Acorn |
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W.Va. musical festival is ... 'All Good'
MASONTOWN, W.Va. -- Music festivals are an odd, strange place. Make it organic based and throw in a slew of self-proclaimed new wave hippies, and things become even more strange.
The Huntington Herald-Dispatch |
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Art sale features local sisters’ work
The annual art show and sale at the Twin Ash Farm barn in Sudbury is a family affair this year with the work of three sisters among the group of artists in the show. Laine Gifford of Sudbury launched the first summer art sale in 2005 to feature her work and that of her sister, Holly Dickerman of Wayland. She invited several friends, all ceramic artists, to join them.
Wayland Town Crier |
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Swansong of versatility and ambition
Kristy Edmunds's final Melbourne Festival features intriguing relationships and some musical luminaries, writes Bryce Hallett.
Sydney Morning Herald |
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Review: Natural history museum stages Robinson's photography exhibit
Tucked away in the Carnegie Museum of Natural History's third-floor R.P. Simmons Family Gallery is an exhibition of magnificent proportion.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |
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Hot picks: Sid Kweller, Summer Concert Series
A lifelong Pittsburgher who studied painting and design at Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie Mellon University), Sid Kweller spent his career working in industrial design and store display.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |
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KERA Review: Kara Walker Exhibit
Artist Kara Walker uses an old-fashioned art form - the black paper silhouette - in controversial ways to explore issues of power, politics and racism. Commentator Matthew Bourbon has this review of a retrospective of Walker's work at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.
KERA North Texas |
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Charleston Artist Guild
One of the best ways to become a better artist is to study other artists. The Charleston Artist Guild is a group that is working and growing together. The guild operates a members' gallery, sponsors numerous juried art shows, promotes art-related educational workshops and has active community outreach programs.
The Post and Courier |
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25 Grants to Nonprofits In Hancock County, 2006-’08
Abbe Museum: to sponsor “Community Free Sundays.” Acadia Partners for Science and Learning: for a pilot program to engage citizens in support of ecosystem inventory and monitoring in Acadia National Park.
The Ellsworth American |
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LASTING JAPANESE IMPRESSIONS
Feel the anxiety. Don’t let the street renovations and absence of activity at Rollins College stop curious art lovers from spending quality time with the Painting for Joy: New Japanese Painting in the 1990s exhibit, as the days count down to its July 27 close.
Orlando Weekly |
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CENTRAL NEW YORK NEWS
The sights, sounds and aromas of a Middle Eastern village will fill the air this weekend at one of the bigger events of every Central New York summer: the St. Elias Middle Eastern Cultural Festival in Onondaga.
The Post-Standard |
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Book festival starts Friday in Shreveport
SHREVEPORT — Good books and the authors that wrote them will be on hand Friday through Saturday as Shreveport's Friends of the Municipal Auditorium presents "Author!Author! Shreveport's Celebration of the Written Word."
The Marshall News Messenger |
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Timeless tale retold
NEW BERN - The Carolinian Shakespeare Festival will celebrate its 10th anniversary by presenting Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" July 31-Aug. 17 at the historic Athens Theatre. The festival will be presented with joint cooperation of the New Bern Civic Theatre and The Epiphany School of New Bern.
Kinston Free Press |
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Come to the park for a party
FRANKLIN -- The Somerset County Park Commission Horticulture Department invites the public to the ninth annual Garden Party featuring lectures; unusual specialty plants, perennials, and garden sculptures for sale by Daisy Garden Center & Sculpture; complimentary refreshments; and live classical music.
The Reporter |
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Hersam Acorn Newspapers
Luke and John Cunningham work diligently on their sand sculpture of Wall-E, the main character of the same-titled Disney-Pixar feature film, during Saturday’s Sandblast! sand sculpture festival at Greenwich Point. The annual event was sponsored by the Greenwich Arts Council.
Greenwich Post |
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Photo exhibit reception is today
More than 40 photographs by Jefferson photographer Mike Weber are on exhibit at the Marshall Visual Art Center through Aug. 18.
The Marshall News Messenger |
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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Gives $600,000 to Support Free Admission for School Tours
PORTLAND, ORE.- Today, the Portland Art Museum announced a major gift to its Art Access Endowment to fund free admission opportunities.
Art Daily |
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SFMOMA Announces a Retrospective on Sculptor Martin Puryear
SAN FRANCISCO.- From November 8, 2008, to January 25, 2009, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) presents Martin Puryear, a major exhibition of sculpture by the acclaimed American artist.
Art Daily |
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The Cleveland Museum of Art Appoints Six New Members to Board of Trustees
The grand head of Amenhotep III Wearing the Blue Crown draws large crowds into the Museum. His large almond-shaped eyes look towards the visitors and invites them to enjoy his magnificent features. The crown was originally painted blue and serves as a monumental symbol of Amenhotep's power.
Art Daily |
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Caro Gift to the Courtauld Gallery
Anthony Caro, Table Piece CLXXXV, 1974. Steel, 48.3 x 165 x 61 cm © Barford Sculptures Ltd. Photo: John Goldblatt. LONDON.-
Art Daily |
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Want to be on reality TV? Enroll in this school
New York's new Reality Television School helps prepare wannabe contestants for the cameras, and the school is not alone in its mission.
MSNBC |
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Michener Art Museum Board of Trustees Votes to Close New Hope Satellite Loaction
Michener Art Museum at New Hope. DOYLESTOWN, PA.-
Art Daily |
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