|
The renaissance of a flimsy theory
Menzies' conclusion that the Chinese sparked the Renaissance is illogical 1434: The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance By Gavin Menzies William Morrow / 368 pages / $26.95
Baltimore Sun |
|
Bay Area prodigies at Stanford Jazz Festival
The Bay Area prodigies are coming back, and the Stanford Jazz Festival's got 'em. It's an old story, really. Aspiring jazz artists, so the script goes, won't hit the big time unless they move to New York to make it in the jazz capital of the world. In recent...
San Francisco Chronicle |
|
Greta Gerwig stars in Duplasses' 'Baghead'
"You have that moment when you're, like, staring at the wall and you wonder what's going to become of you," 24-year-old actress Greta Gerwig said, laughing at herself. "In between articles being written and exciting film festival stuff happening, there's a...
San Francisco Chronicle |
|
New art gallery inaugurated
Gozo has added another attraction to its art scene with the inauguration of the Ta' Nikol Art Gallery in the heart of the old part of Victoria. The brainchild of Teddy Abela, the gallery is being made available to artists to hold personal and collective exhibitions.
Times of Malta |
|
Lights, camera, auction!
Actors Linda Powell, left, and Caitlin Quinn will appear in Accord Filmmaker Nicole Quinn’s upcoming film, “Slap and Tickle” set to be shot in August (Dion Ogust photo).
Kingston Daily Freeman |
|
Doll company no child's play
Not unlike many people, work is a five-day-a-week venture for internationally celebrated Accord doll-maker Robert Tonner. Fun, he saves for weekends - fun in the form of sculpting miniature bodies, that is, at his company on Hurley Avenue in the town of Ulster.
Kingston Daily Freeman |
|
Photographer raises money for Redlands Animal Shelter
REDLANDS - Four-legged friends from around Redlands were in the spotlight Saturday, as Stephen Wormser Photography hosted its first "Dog Days of Summer"
Redlands Daily Facts |
|
Whimsy, Dali Museum spice up state tour
T his is the last in the series, ``Avoiding the Rodent King: Cool Things to See South of Orlando.'' Safety Harbor is nestled in the northwest corner of Tampa Bay. My wife and I stopped in town to visit a house named ''Whimsy.'' Artists Todd Ramquist and his wife, Kiaralinda, have decorated every inch of their cottage and yard with weird, wonderful stuff. Blue bottles teeter on rebar spikes. A ...
Miami Herald |
|
Art is adding beauty to public places
The thinking was that Madrid has beautiful fountains and sculpture throughout the city. So do Paris and Washington. Why not Palmetto Bay?
Miami Herald |
|
A festival of Indian dance and music
Vyjayanthi Kashi: Poetry in motion. Photo: Jason Borg. India's top dancer Vyjayanthi Kashi believes dance is like poetry. "Just as when you're fluent with your grammar, you make poetry instead of words," she says. "Dance is something so natural to me that it becomes my poetry, my breath.
Times of Malta |
|
ResortQuest Breckenridge Welcomes the Water House Wine Festival to Main Street Station
The Water House Wine Festival is a producition of K-CMV "Colorado's Mountain Voice" and will feature tastings of over 30 Colorado wines, local art and free live music. The event will be held in the ResortQuest Main Street Station plaza, location at 505 South Main Street in Breckenridge Colorado. (PRWeb Jul 27, 2008) Read the full story at ...
PRWeb |
|
Art: A 'modern' Indian
Nandalal Bose, who died in 1966 at age 83, is remembered in India as the "father" of that country's "modern art." This encomium might seem puzzling to anyone who sees the exhibition devoted to his life and career at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Philly.com |
|
Digital age gives libraries new life
Alan Blask sat at a table in an airy wing of the Cherry Hill Public Library on Monday, perusing the Web and tinkering with his photography Web site on his laptop computer.
Courier-Post |
|
3d Design, Illustration, Pixel Art and More Now Available from Volatyle Flash Web Design
After years of working in the web design and graphics industry, Volatyle Flash Web Design have built up close working relationships with several tried and tested professionals, allowing us to offer our clients an extensive range of services including 3d Design and Animation, Illustration, Pixel Art and Digital Photography to take our website designs to an exceptional level. (PRWeb Jul 27, 2008) ...
PRWeb |
|
Variations on a tomato
For many artists, having to whip out dozens of paintings on one subject could be daunting. “How many different ways can you paint tomatoes?” Katie Winkler asks rhetorically. She’s taking it as a challenge, however. “I have a whole list of sort of funny ideas,” Winkler said.
The San Luis Obispo Tribune |
|
The list!
Annual Orchard Lake Fine Art Show: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Orchard Lake St. Mary's Preparatory School, 3535 Indian Trail, Orchard Lake. 248-685-3748. $5 parking. The Black Crowes: 6:30 p.m. The Orbit Room, 2525 Lake Eastbrook, Grand Rapids. 616-942-1328. $35.
Detroit Free Press |
|
Director finds hope in Africa
Nathan Rissman, 36, has worked for Madonna as a researcher, an art director and a gardener. Those jobs led to another one for the Seattle native -- directing her documentary, "I Am Because We Are," about the orphans of Malawi. Rissman, who'll be at the Traverse City Film Festival, talked about going to Africa and finding hope in the heart of despair.
Detroit Free Press |
|
Popular flamenco festival enters its sixth year
BY BETH FEINSTEIN-BARTL Damaris Ferrer and Niurca Márquez are constantly putting a new spin on the age-old art form of flamenco.
Miami Herald |
|
Vanderbilt offers a new glimpse inside its diverse art collection
Nashville has a wealth of art resources in the permanent collections of its various colleges and universities, but it's rare that the public has access to these works, which typically remain tucked away in storage.
The Tennessean |
|
Barton's art places pop-up books in a new light
Although frequently consigned to the realm of kids' stuff, pop-up books are works of art that involve small feats of engineering. The owner of Popular Kinetics Press, Carol Barton has been creating movable and pop-up books in small editions since the early 1980s, and her work is the subject of what promises to be an eye-opening exhibit at the downtown public library.
The Tennessean |
|
Wildlife's his specialty
"His photography speaks for itself." — Dennis Atteberry
Arizona Daily Star |
|
New and unconventional are the norms at the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music
Experiencing a concert at a festival of contemporary music is much like visiting a contemporary art museum. Some of the works might be seminal. Others might offer but a glimpse of future greatness. And some works, however striking, will never be seen again. The Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, with Marin Alsop conducting from the platform at right, rehearses in the Santa Cruz Civic ...
The Sacramento Bee |
|
So you think you can draw?
Aspiring cartoonists can enter our "So You Think You Can Draw?" contest.
The Augusta Chronicle |
|
Ontario Science Centre exhibit looks at journey to Mars
The possibility of people actually landing and living on Mars is the subject of the Ontario Science Centre's new interactive exhibit, "Facing Mars: Would You Survive the Journey?"
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle |
|
Victor's Ganondagan festival celebrates Native American culture
The largest event of it's kind in western & central NY, this year's Native American Dance & Music Festival features: Special guests "Halau O'Aulani" Hawaiian traditional dance group.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle |
|
|