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Spacetaker Announces Call for Entries to Artists for Annual Winter Holiday Art Market
Spacetaker, a Houston-based, non-profit cultural arts organization dedicated to providing unique artwork to the Houston community, with the Winter Holiday Art Market (WHAM), recently announced a call for entry to Houston area artists, giving local artists the chance to showcase and sell their work at the 2008 Winter Holiday Art Market. Artists of all genres including painters, jewelry makers, ... Centre Daily Times
CGArena, iZ3D, and MTBS Launch S-3D CG Art Contest for SIGGRAPH 2008
Stereoscopic 3D is easily one of the most talked about technologies in the gaming market, and Meant to be Seen, CGArena, and iZ3D have teamed up to launch a special S-3D CG art contest at SIGGRAPH with the help of some exciting prizes put forward by leading industry members. Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance
Chicago museum's new wing features "Flying Carpet"
CHICAGO (Reuters Life!) - Airy, transparent, and welcoming are some attributes ascribed to Renzo Piano's new wing for the Art Institute of Chicago. Reuters
A good spot for reading
Brian Forde Emily Johnson, 5, and Katie Johnson, 7, both of Cascade, sit with "Miss Helen," the name given to the sculpture dedicated to the memory of long time Forest Hills school teacher Helen Lewis. MLive.com
UPI NewsTrack Entertainment News
Winehouse discharged from hospital ... Visitor falls into, smashes sculpture ... Spears is nominated for MTV video award News from United Press International. UPI
BJ's face painting
Richard Bess, a temporary-tattoo artist, wears a scary "guy" face. Special to the Chronicle Tallahassee Democrat
Ron Sexsmith – in conversation
I would like to thank everyone who attended the Saturday night performance of Ron Sexsmith at the Gambrel Barn, as part of the Elora Festival’s Jazz and Popular series. Fergus-Elora News Express
Questions/Answers
Questions and answers on Daily Bulletin stories from readers like you. 9:25 a.m.: Claremont Museum of Art given $10 million gift Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Spacetaker Announces Call for Entries to Artists for Annual Winter Holiday Art Market
HOUSTON----Spacetaker, a Houston-based, non-profit cultural arts organization dedicated to providing unique artwork to the Houston community, with the Winter Holiday Art Market , recently announced a call for entry to Houston area artists, giving local artists the chance to showcase and sell their work at the 2008 Winter Holiday Art Market. Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
Chicago museum's new wing features "Flying Carpet"
Airy, transparent, and welcoming are some attributes ascribed to Renzo Piano's new wing for the Art Institute of Chicago. Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News
Chicago museum's new wing features "Flying Carpet"
Airy, transparent, and welcoming are some attributes ascribed to Renzo Piano's new wing for the Art Institute of Chicago. Reuters via Yahoo! News
Eye for a bargain
After narrowly missing out on a house at auction, disappointment quickly turned to elation for Karen Dennis and her husband Nigel Russell when they stumbled across the house of their dreams. The New Zealand Herald
3rd Dimension Graffiti sculpture exhibition
An exhibition of cutting-edge 3D street art and graff sculpture, featuring the world’s most groundbreaking and renowned graffiti artists. It is part of the Rising Styles festival celebrating international hip-hop culture. Socialist Worker
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.0: 64-bit power under Windows and OS X
Adobe today announced Lightroom 2.0, Adobe’s first native 64-bit application using OS X Cocoa APIs. The new version of the workflow and photo management software, is first out of the gate in this discipline, ahead of Aperture, Apple's own photography post-production application that remains at 32-bit for now. TG Daily
SHORTS COLUMN Outfest 2008 Scouting Report: Ten Short Filmmakers You Should Know
Outfest 2008: The 26th Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival scheduled an amazing 12 short film programs over the course of this year's festival, which runs July 9 to 21st. indieWIRE
The big picture
Ernie Edwards, his wife, Frances, and friend Bobbie Olson pose beside a new mural that was recently erected on the site of the Pig Hip restaurant and museum, which was destroyed by fire on March 5, 2007. The painting, by Arlene Waldmire of Rochester, shows both the restaurant and the nearby motel that sat on Route 66 at Broadwell during the heyday of the famous route. Lincoln Courier
Pencil This In
EVENT: What It Is: What It Is is a book that combines the photography of Cold War Kids bassist Maust and the poetry of Paul Maziar (pictured). Tonight at a book release celebration Maziar will bring the book to life with a live performance. Kristin Diable, Pure Horsehair and Indigo Street will be on hand to back his words up instrumentally. LAist was recently at the west coast book ... Gothamist
Public can choose their favourite
Neilson Park Creative Centre Galleries is hosting the 16th annual Juried Art Exhibition, "Impact 2008" until Aug. 10. The show is hung and the best works have been chosen and are ready for ... East York Mirror
2 RP films to Venice
MANILA, Philippines—Two Filipino films, Lav Diaz’s “Melancholia” and Francis Pasion’s “Jay,” will compete with at least 16 other films in the Orizzonti section of the 65th Venice Film Festival, starting in late August. Philippine Daily Inquirer
Oil Refineries Issues Complementary Report for Acquisition of 50%-Balance of Carmel Olefins
Oil Refineries Ltd. announced today that, following its press release from July 10, 2008, and the full Transaction Report from July 8, 2008, conveniently translated from Hebrew and available on the Company's website, both relating to the proposed acquisition of the remaining 50% of Carmel Olefins Ltd. , it has issued a Complementary Report to the Transaction Report and its addendums. PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Faulty air conditioning puts Warhol show on ice
An exhibition of Andy Warhol prints in the only museum in Europe dedicated to the US pop artist is being put off until September due to defective air conditioning, the venue in Slovakia said on Tuesday. AFP via Yahoo! News
Faulty air conditioning puts Warhol show on ice
An exhibition of Andy Warhol prints in the only museum in Europe dedicated to the US pop artist is being put off until September due to defective air conditioning, the venue in Slovakia said on Tuesday. AFP via Yahoo! Malaysia News
Trash on Wax? Tussaud's Goes Downmarket
Storied sculpture house defends its celebrity focus. ABC News
LizardTech Brings Back the "Show Us and Show Off" Challenge at the 2008 ESRI International User Conference
LizardTech, a division of Celartem Inc. and a leading provider of software solutions for managing and distributing digital content, announced a special contest, back by popular demand, in conjunction with next week's ESRI International User Conference being held in San Diego, CA, August 4-7, 2008. Centre Daily Times
Local Elvis winner to perform Sunday
The parents of the local Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest preliminary winner invite the community to a rally Sunday afternoon as their son readies for the national semifinals Aug. 13 in Memphis, Tenn. Victor Conway said he and his wife, Jill, have organized a concert by their son, Michael Sokolik Jr., for 2 p.m. Sunday at Portside Pub, in the South Seas Village Shopping Center, on S.C. 544, ... The Myrtle Beach Sun News