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Families with teens
Allow history to come alive for your teen with a visit to Hopsewee Plantation, about 12 miles outside of Georgetown. Later in the day, grab pizza for lunch before visiting the Georgetown County Museum. Plan this trip on a Friday and you can top your day off with a ghost story tour. Hopsewee Plantation once was the home of Thomas Lynch Sr. and Thomas Lynch Jr, the only father and son team to ... The Myrtle Beach Sun News
Online readers react to Colonnade
``The $650,000 dollar conundrum here is that this huge fake Hellenistic whatever throws us backwards into our didactic past instead of forwards into the future. ... Public art today should reflect 2008, not 250 B.C. That is what we have artists and architects for.'' The Kalamazoo Gazette
Museum addition to openDec. 6 ON THE NET
Fredericksburg regional museum announces opening date for new downtown facility The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star
Scaife helps art museum celebrate
The Westmoreland Museum of American Art has received a $500,000 personal gift from Tribune-Review owner Dick Scaife for the museum's 50th anniversary celebration. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Hot cars and hotter models
HUNDREDS of the flashiest show cars and some of WA's hottest models are on show at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre until 6pm today. Perth Now
Chalk artist has years of experience
She got a "D," a "near fail," but she opted to take her father up on an offer to enter a Rotary street painting festival in her native Wisconsin. That was nearly 15 years ago, and Jones has been creating street art ever since. The Morning Sun
Chattanooga: Artists, icons come alive at Tattoo Arts Festival
Chris Boyle of Nashville is an art collector. He collects tattoos, and he came all the way to Chattanooga this weekend so that his favorite tattoo artist could add to the colorful pieces already draped across his chest. Chattanooga Times Free Press
Silver Eye exhibit offers bouquet to Pittsburgh on its 250th
"250 Years of Plants: Botanical Works by Regional Photographers," on display at Silver Eye Center for Photography on the South Side, is an exhibition that, you guessed it, highlights the flora and fauna of the Pittsburgh region. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
First Coast Pride Weekend
JACKSONVILLE, FL -- This weekend gays and lesbians on the first coast are celebrating the 30th annual Pride Festival. First Coast News
Dress up for the Mountain Dance and Folk Festival and celebrate Appalachian culture
ASHEVILLE - The Mountain Dance and Folk Festival combines Appalachian culture and lively fun. Asheville Citizen-Times
COLLAGE: Asheville gallery walk this week
ASHEVILLE - Gallery Minerva, a gorgeous art gallery at 12 Church St., features the work of artists Jean Cauthen, Eleanor Miller, Pat Woodall, Chris Sedgwick and Sherry Cook. Asheville Citizen-Times
Today’s best bets, 07.27.08
• FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES MUSEUM COMPETITIVE ART SHOW. Paintings, graphics, and sculptures; all art is for sale. Call 683-1701 for details. • ATALOA LODGE MUSEUM, 1 to 5 p.m., next to Bacone College Chapel near the Oklahoma 16 entrance. Muskogee Phoenix
Visual arts calendar
To best facilitate publication, send items at least two weeks in advance to Paul Clark via e-mail to pclark@CITIZEN-TIMES.com. Please include the opening and closing dates of exhibits and a number that may be published to call for information. Asheville Citizen-Times
Chainsaw carving art
By Justen Arnold Saturday, July 26, 2008 at 11:08 p.m. There was also a buzz around Saturday's festivities in New London. Loren Van Abbema was entertaining the crowd with his chain saw. KHQA Quincy
Learn More About Art Of Glass Beads
“Masters: Glass Beads” curated by Larry Scott, 2008, Lark Books, $24.95, softbound, 335 pages: A look at a relatively new art form, the creating of handmade glass beads, this book covers the works of 40 masters in the field. Every artist included in the book is given a gallery of eight pages containing photographs of at least 12 beads. Most of the beads shown have been flameworked using a torch, ... Bristol Herald Courier
Postcards of Bristol
Woman Turning Photographs Into Vintage-style Postcards BRISTOL, Va. – For Denise Beverly, taking pictures has been a long-time hobby. It’s something she’s been doing since she was a teenager. Along the way, Beverly, 52, has also sold books, served as a teacher’s aide and managed a restaurant. Today, she’s taking her love of photography and her late father Tom Tollie’s penchant for postcards and ... Bristol Herald Courier
August Marks Changing Of The Art
2007 Art in Public Places sculptures for sale; preparations under way for new outdoor art installation. Bristol Herald Courier
Country Fair, Oasis Stampede offer three days of fun-filled activities
There is something for everyone at the Country Fair and Oasis Stampede being held next weekend, Aug. 1-3, at the Churchill County Fairgrounds. Entertainment, contests, food, and fun will be available for all to enjoy. Reno Gazette-Journal
Fallon Centennial photo contest on line for Cantaloupe Festival
To celebrate Fallon's 100th birthday the Fallon Star Press, KHWG radio and Picture This! are sponsoring a special photography show at this year's Hearts of Gold Cantaloupe Festival and Fair. Entries in the photography show will draw visual comparisons of life in Fallon during its beginning years to current day lifestyles. Photographers will do this comparison by composing photographic entries ... Reno Gazette-Journal
Not your regularly scheduled program
When you go to the Columbia Museum of Art, you expect to see, well, art. And if you have music on your mind, you go to a bar or concert hall. That’s how it used to be, at least. But nowadays, people are just as likely to go to the art museum to hear a string quartet or sip cocktails at a DJ dance party. And instead of going to Headliners, you might catch an intimate performance by an ... The State
Buser's love of vintage vehicles spawns car show
He just loved old cars. Jack Buser, of Webster City, didn't have an old car but he wanted to enjoy them. Lots of them. So he made a couple of calls and the end result was 56 cars parked along a one block stretch in Webster City during the Crazy Days Art Festival Saturday. ''It's technology of a bygone era,'' Buser said. ''It's the nostalgia. The Fort Dodge Messenger
Crazy Days Art Festival brings variety
WEBSTER CITY - Artists from all over were given the chance to show off their talents at the Webster City Crazy Days Art Festival on Saturday. Ken Green, of St. Paul, Minn., brought work to sell of cityscape and music. ''Music is interesting to look at,'' he said. ''I could probably make blades of grass look interesting but maybe not that interesting. The Fort Dodge Messenger
A personal connection
Sen. Barack Obama's newest recruits gathered in a modern picture gallery to practice the political art of electing a president. For three days, they focused on the low-tech skills of registering voters and identifying community leaders to vouch for the Illinois Democrat and carry his message. Concord Monitor
Local artists' group thrives in museum
“We were like a foster child who finally gets adopted.” That’s the way Charley Adams describes the partnership between About Face and the Columbia Museum of Art. Adams was president of the figurative art group when it moved into the museum’s basement four years ago. Before hooking up with the museum, About Face worked in cramped quarters, had trouble making the rent and had constant concerns ... The State
Concerts, puppet shows, parties: More than a museum
On a perfect April evening, cloudless and about 70 degrees, about 300 music lovers gathered in the Columbia Museum of Art’s lobby to hear the Miro Quartet play works by Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert. It was hosted by Charles Wadsworth, longtime director of the Spoleto Festival USA chamber music series. A week later, the same space overflowed with 700 mostly young people, some wearing ... The State