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City public art project unveiled
The city of El Paso Museums and Cultural Affairs Department unveiled the first public art project commissioned for the city's Public Art Program.
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Driving ambition: Grand Canyon or Bust!
By GORDON DICKSON WILLIAMS, Ariz. — I did the math and felt a bit violated, like Big Oil had pick-pocketed a chunk of our travel money before we even pulled out of the driveway. Our 2,600-mile odyssey through the desert Southwest hadn’t even begun, and already we were down $120 because the price of gas had increased $1 a gallon in the six months or so that we had been talking about driving to ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Harnessing China's Sorrow
Two Chinese artists look at controversial Three Gorges Project in engaging exhibit at the Worcester Art Museum. Video: Museum director walks you through exhibitions
The MetroWest Daily News |
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Be quick on the draw
So you want to be a cartoonist? Are you quick on the draw? Here's your chance to prove it. Aspiring cartoonists can enter our "So You Think You Can Draw?" contest.
The Augusta Chronicle |
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Sculptor nails his art
The wow moment comes the minute you step into the anterior of Hampton III Gallery in Taylors.
The Greenville News |
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Canandaigua art festival has it all
The Historic Downtown Canandaigua Art & Music Festival draws vendors and shoppers from all over.
MPNnow.com |
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Showing off
A pottery cathouse for pottery cats, found object creations and photos of Appalachian families and rock-'n'-rollers are part of the "Staff Influxion" exhibit opening today at the Ewing Gallery of Art & Architecture.
Knoxville News Sentinel |
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Local fighters take both Toughman contest divisions
2054-Laborers Needed Call immediately. 918-360-1402. ... >MORE 2086-Prevention Specialist The Muskogee Community Anti-Drug Network seeks a full-time Prevention Specialist. A Bachelors Degree or equivalent exper ...
Muskogee Phoenix |
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Ancient vases reunited at Dallas museum
Highlights include two pairs of monumental Chinese porcelain vases dating from the mid-Qing dynasty.
Houston Chronicle |
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Oil industry battles for skilled workers
As oil and gas prices break records, the energy industry is flush with cash, but a shortage of skilled workers threatens to slow the growth.
Galveston County Daily News |
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Art Exhibits: Sunday, July 20, 2008
Exhibits "Dale Chihuly: The Exhibition,” through Dec. 31, and " Roman Art from the Louvre,” through Oct. 12, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, 236-3100. "Journeys to the Tiger's Eye, and More ,” through Sept. 21, Performing Arts Studio, 200 S Jones Ave., 307-9320. (Norman.) "Reporting Terrorism,” through Dec. 31, Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum, 620 N Harvey, ...
The Oklahoman |
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Images of Southwest fill exhibit artworks
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — One gets a feeling for many of the qualities that have made New Mexico "the land of enchantment” from an exhibit of works by Ernest L. Blumenschein (1874-1960). Called "In Contemporary Rhythm: The Art of Ernest L. Blumenschein,” the show of 61 paintings and five illustrations is at The Albuquerque Museum of Art, 2000 Mountain View Road NW. A native of Pittsburgh, raised in ...
The Oklahoman |
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Collector puts yo-yo exhibit in motion
Anne McGee walked the dog, rocked the cradle and shot the moon, all the while getting her purple yo-yo to return to her hand.The Cedartown woman’s demonstration — at the Rome Area History Museum on Saturday — is in connection with its display of some of the most treasured toys from her personal collection, which contains more than 100 yo-yos. Click here to see a video report from the yo-yo ...
Rome News-Tribune |
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Luihiers' art
The art of Kentucky luthiers -- stringed instrument-makers and repairers -- is going to be showcased during an exhibit opening here in August at Henderson County Public Library.
The Gleaner |
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Calmer House Gallery reveals experimental side with new show
JOLIET, Ill. The photographers of Calmer House Gallery have put together a new collection titled "Alternative Teckniken."
The Times of Northwest Indiana |
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LITERARY CALENDAR
Harry Boyte: Senior fellow at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute and author of the new book "The Citizen Solution: How You Can Make a Difference," talks abut "Re-inspiring Citizenship in the 2008 Election" during a panel discussion that includes WCCO news anchor Don Shelby, who wrote the book's preface. The event is presented in conjunction with the Weisman Art Museum's new exhibit, "By the ...
Pioneer Press |
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Poetry in motion
Sculptor Matt Toole has fond childhood memories of exploring the woods on Wilmington Island, boating over to Wassaw Island and camping on Daufuskie Island. These youthful experiences examining trees and rocks at close range influenced his first local solo exhibit, which is currently on display at the city of Savannah's Gallery S.P.A.C.E.
Savannah Morning News |
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For artist, scrapbook is a journey into 19th-century travel photos
Most of us are content to paste our vacation photos in a scrapbook so that we can revisit our favorite destinations through the years. But some have more grandiose plans for "What I did on my summer vacation." Now on view in a small darkened room at Boston’s Gardner Museum, "Travels With Isabella, Travel Scrapbooks 1883/2008" is Italian artist Luisa Rabbia’s attempt to transform Isabella ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Youth-driven Smo-Stock celebrates music
PORTAGE Saturday morning's rain didn't drown out the tunes at the Smo-Stock Art and Music Festival.
The Times of Northwest Indiana |
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Whether you see an embrace or conflict on the Modern's lawn depends on your eye
By GAILE ROBINSON The silver branches of two trees stretch into the sky, then lean across a swath of green lawn into an embrace. Each branch connects with a branch from the other tree. This sculpture’s creator, Roxy Paine, thinks the trees are grappling, caught in a freeze-frame smackdown. To others, the new piece on the lawn of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth looks like a yearning embrace. ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Prized possessions: Claude Monet at the Kimbell
By ANDREW MARTON What it is: La Pointe de la Heve at Low Tide (1865) by Claude Monet, oil on canvas Where it is: Kimbell Art Museum Why we like it: This particular Monet acts as a highly instructive preface to the trademark impressionism that Monet would become synonymous with — and that is on abundant display in the Kimbell’s current Art Institute of Chicago exhibition. The Kimbell’s ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Festival explores the guitar's Italian roots
By CHRIS SHULL Some things are innately Italian, though embraced by the world — Armani suits, Ferrari sports cars, Fellini films, pizza. Mitch Weverka wants folks to add acoustic guitar to the list. Weverka, a guitar player and artistic director of the Fort Worth Guitar Guild, says the origins of the classical guitar are as Italian as they are Spanish. The group’s concerts this week at the ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Community calendar
Today Renegade Artists presents On the Edge and Beyond V , an experimental creative art exhibit of 85 paintings, through July 30, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, 1300 Gendy St. (across from the Amon Carter Museum). 817-738-1938. Monday Sandy & Friends present "How a Dragon Got its Fire" puppet show , 1 p.m., Betty Warmack Branch Library, 760 Bardin Road; 3 p.m., Grand Prairie ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Art display inspired by Beds countryside
Sandy artist uses rural landscapes as inspiration for her new exhibition (18/07/2008 12:50:10)
Bedford Today |
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College calendar
TCC Southeast Monday-Thursday "Love is Forever" art exhibition , 8 a.m.-9 p.m., Art Corridor II. Mixed-media paintings by Kelly James and drawings, watercolors and prints by Brian Spolans. Free. 817-515-3406. UT-Arlington Today Planetarium shows. Astronaut , 1 p.m.; Stars of the Pharaohs , 2:30 p.m.; and Stars of the Pharaohs in Spanish, 4 p.m., Chemistry and Physics ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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