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ArtBeat goes green this weekend
A fish on wheels and paper mache vegetables will be just a few of the many highlights of this year’s green-themed ArtBeat festival in Davis Square. One of the city’s four smart cars, the official vehicle of Somerville, will be on display as well as a hybrid Prius.
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Briefs 7-17-08
Arts on Grand will present Music in the Gallery at 7 p.m., tonight. This week's featured musician will be composer and pianist Isaac Brockshus. Isaac is currently a student at the University of Northern Iowa, where he has studied piano with Sean Botkin and Gennady Zagor.
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Local vets among highlights at Aurora air museum
Looking for some high-flying fun? Check out the Air Classics Museum of Aviation Saturday for its second annual open house.
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Massive John Hartman exhibit a feast for the eyes (comment on this story)
This is art at its most satisfying. Go see Cities this summer. You'll enjoy it. You'll eat it up. You'll point to the places on the giant canvases and say things like: "See that purple squidgy line, I think I used to live over there." Or, "Hey, [...]
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Entries accepted for Pee Dee art show
Artisans from Horry and Georgetown counties are invited to enter the 55th annual Pee Dee Regional Art Competition at the Florence Museum. Acceptance of entries is 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 12-13 at the museum, 558 Spruce St. Artist scan enter as many as four works in any medium for $10 each. The competition highlights the best contemporary art in a 12-county region, including Chesterfield, ...
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Entries accepted for Pee Dee art show
Artisans from Horry and Georgetown counties are invited to enter the 55th annual Pee Dee Regional Art Competition at the Florence Museum.
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Summer theme at art show
WILLIAMSPORT — Java, Juice & Art Café is hosting an exhibition with 20 area artists titled “Summerscapes.” The opening reception was held last week at 125 West Fourth St. “Summerscapes” runs through July 29.
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Galleries await visitors tonight
The Third Thursday Art Walk will be 7 to 10 tonight in the Warehouse District on the south end of downtown. The nine participating galleries and studios will offer locator maps. In addition, a representative of Art Assist, the Lucas County program that provides low-interest loans ($500 to $2,500) for purchasing local art, will be available to explain the program. Open will be the MMK Gallery ...
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Exhibit featuring printmaking, woodwork and quilting opens
BLOOMSBURG — Printmaking, woodwork, woodturning and quilting will be the focus of four new members of Artspace Gallery whose exhibit opens today and continues through Aug. 24. A reception will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. July 19 in the gallery at 221 Center St.
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ONGOING EXHIBITS
Northwood Art Space 2231 N. HIGH ST., ROOM 100 (614-223-1055, WWW.UNIVERSITYDISTRICT.ORG) "Laws of War/Lawless Wars, Our Democracy in Peril, From Manzanar to Guantanamo": photographs, poetry and movie screenings organized by the Puffin Foundation, through Aug. 16
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Tyler Green's modern & contemporary art blog
Yesterday I posted about my experience at Andrea Zittel's recent Token Exchanges installation at Regen Projects in LA. Picking up where I left off, an extraordinarily unlikely story from 20 minutes into the Future.
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PHOTO GALLERY: Art at the mounds
The Contemporary Indian Art Show at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site was in Collinsville on Friday. The event featured Native American relics and art.
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Dallas Artist Laura Elia Selected for Craighead Green Gallery's New Texas Talent Exhibition
Dallas artist and interior designer Laura Elia announced today that five paintings from her "Awake" series were selected for the New Texas Talent exhibition taking place at the Craighead Green Gallery from July 26-August 30.
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Asian Culture Takes Centre Stage in Shangri-La Art Collections
The art collections of Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, Asia Pacific’s leading luxury hotel group, showcase the rich artistic culture and heritage of each property’s location. Modern China, the arts of the Sung Dynasty, traditional Malaysian crafts, and the mythical land of “Shangri-La” have all provided inspiration for the paintings and sculptures that grace the group’s hotels.
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Celebrating an iconic Western novelist
LACKAWAXEN, PA—The National Park Service and the Zane Grey’s West Society will host this year’s Zane Grey Festival from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 19, and Sunday, July 20 at the Zane Grey Museum.
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Ukrainian Festival returns to Glen Spey
GLEN SPEY, NY — For 32 years, thousands of people have traveled to the beautiful rural town of Glen Spey to attend a three-day extravaganza celebrating Ukrainian heritage, culture and customs during the Verkhovyna Ukrainian Festival.
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Brooklyn Museum plans exhibit on fake art
Some museums might not want to talk about fake artworks in their collections. The Brooklyn Museum isn't one of them.
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Central Paris treasure awaits discovery
Tucked away in a corner of the church of Saint-Eustache in Paris is a colorful if not particularly attractive bas-relief dating from 1969. The work of British sculptor Raymond Mason, it depicts a crowd of boisterous market porters bearing fruit and vegetables and pushing laden handcarts. Occasionally, you will catch an older visitor pausing quietly in front of the piece and heaving a little ...
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Lake Tahoe Music Festival grooves all summer
From classical music to classic rock, the Lake Tahoe Music Festival is getting more diverse every year.
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Art and Quahog festivals on the way
Fine art, lots of seafood, rides and craft vendors are staples of the annual Warren Arts Festival and the Quahog Festival. The festivals will take place this weekend, transforming Burr's Hill Park into a summer event destination that has typically drawn thousands.
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Shops display art for event
SELINSGROVE — The Snyder County Arts Council is planning a First Friday event this Friday from 5 to 9 p.m. in downtown Selinsgrove to coincide with Olde Tymer’s Days and Selinsgrove’s First Annual Brew Festival scheduled for the weekend.
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Morgan Russell paintings at library gallery
Hingham artist Morgan Russell will exhibit "Landscape Becoming," a collection of his recent oil paintings, in the Dolphin Gallery through July 31.
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Smile, You're In Downtown Crossing
The city of Boston is launching a public art project that will feature street portraits of hundreds of people visiting Downtown Crossing.
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More video game art is now museum quality
LOS ANGELES - In a step toward acceptance as fine art, video games have spawned their own pictures at an exhibition.
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Dr. Seuss to Launch Canadian Retrospective Tour and Exhibition in Victoria, BC with Artevo Galleries
Artevo Corporation , a technology driven company focused on the production, marketing and distribution of all categories of fine art, today unveiled its plans to launch a multi-city Canadian tour celebrating the Life and Retrospective Artworks of Dr.
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