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Vast fields of colour
“It’s weird to make paintings, but it’s cool too,” says artist David Grieve. A series of the Brantford-area artist’s large abstract landscapes are on display at the Minarovich Gallery at the Elora Centre for the Arts until Sept. 7.
Fergus-Elora News Express |
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All things Scottish in Fergus this weekend
The oldest and largest three-day Scottish Festival in North America rolls into the Centre Wellington Community Sportsplex grounds this weekend.
Fergus-Elora News Express |
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A little piece of Zimbabwe in Beaconsfield
Raffy Boudjikanian raffy.boudjikanian@transcontinental.ca Zimbabwean sculptor and artist Arthur Manyengedzo smiled when reminiscing about his neighbour back home as he stood underneath the shade of a tree on the lawn of Beaconsfield Library...
The Chronicle |
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Art Collective exhibits at Sawyer Free during August
During the month of August, the Cape Ann Art Collective is exhibiting work in the display cases in the Sawyer Free Library lobby area.
The Cape Ann Beacon |
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Sculpture recovered from river after flood
A crane has lifted a one-ton steel sculpture from the East Fork White River, where it was washed from a Columbus park by flooding on June 7.
Local 12 Cincinnati |
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Summertime art displayed
A small crowd turned out for a recent showing of stone sculptures made by a dozen high school students and their three instructors.
The Oak Ridger |
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Fodor's Travel, SanDisk Partner for Summer Vacation Photo Contest
The winner of the summer vacation photo contest will receive a 16-GB SanDisk Ultra® II memory card and a Sony® (alpha) DSLR A350 Digital Camera; 2nd prize is a 4-GB SanDisk Ultra® II memory card and a Sony Cyber-shot W170 Digital Camera; and 20 runners-up will receive 4-GB SanDisk Ultra® II memory cards and the Fodor's travel guide of their choice.
PRWeb via Yahoo! News |
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Deposit please
The York Area Children's Museum benefited from two recent donations in two very different ways.
York News-Times |
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Creative and Colorful
Judging was tough in this year's Pride in Our Homes contest, according to Co-Chairwoman Marianne Shaw. The quality of the 25 entrants made it a difficult, but pleasant, task.
Fairfield Citizen-News |
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Arts: In Search Of Intelligent Art - Ghetto Intelligentsia And The Arts Collinwood Show Explore The 'hood
By Douglas Max Utter At least 100 artworks of all kinds are on view at Vision Gallery, which for the past six months has occupied True Art Gallery's former storefront space at the corner of Waterloo and 156th Street in Collinwood. But the first thing you see may be the most memorable. It's hard to miss, since it hangs about a foot off the floor, just opposite the front door, and is roughly the ...
Cleveland Free Times |
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A Unique Exhibition in Tehran by Artist Bita Ghezelayagh
Besides this most interesting, innovative and refreshing exhibition in many respects, Bita, who was born in Italy in 1965, has worked as an architect and an interior decorative artist, stage manager and dress designer for three films as well as running a home and being a mother to two very young children, Jahan and Kiana. At the same time she has been working for a major exhibition in London ...
Payvand Iran News |
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Farhad Ahrarnia's Stitched in Leighton House Museum, London
Stitched is the first solo exhibition in London by Farhad Ahrarnia, an Iranian artist based in Britain. It features recent works in a range of media including photography, embroidery and video.
Payvand Iran News |
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9:27 a.m. Sculpture recovered from river after flood
COLUMBUS, Ind. (AP) — A crane has lifted a one-ton steel sculpture from the East Fork White River, where it was washed from a Columbus park by flooding on June 7.
The Herald Bulletin |
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Children’s Museum gets Chagall
Cheri Valenti's shirt reads, “Chagall is coming.” Increasingly that message is busying her workdays.
The Times of Acadiana |
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Faces photo exhibit to raise funds for arts center
Hundreds of new faces will show up at the Edwardsville Arts Center when a new exhibit opens Friday.
Edwardsville Journal |
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Cheap (and free!) attractions in nation's capital
WASHINGTON (AP) -- There are so many free and cheap things to do in Washington that the biggest challenge is carving out enough time to take advantage of them.
CNN.com |
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'Under the Sea'
Comments ( No comments posted. ) Artist Morgan Wilson creates an elaborate undersea painting on the east side of the new Crafts and More location on Beach Boulevard last Thursday in Jacksonville Beach.
Beaches Leader |
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Boy Scout model for Norman Rockwell painting dies at 82
AZTEC, N.M.—Arthur Robert “Bob” Hamilton, who modeled for one of artist Norman Rockwell’s iconic Boy Scout paintings during World War II, has died. He was 82. Hamilton died July 28 of complications from Alzheimer’s, his family said.
Texarkana Gazette |
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Eccentric Lord puts his lifestyle up for auction on eBay for £4m after diagnosed with cancer
An eccentric millionaire has put his entire lifestyle up for sale on eBay - complete with ex girlfriends. David Piper, aged 58, is selling his two hotels, two Bentleys, collection of paintings and his title as a Lord of the Manor.
Daily Mail: World News |
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Schumann and Fantasy at Festival in Santa Fe
A true chamber music festival can be only as good as the performance space it occupies. By definition, chamber music is meant to be experienced up-close, in the salons of old or the intimate recital halls of today.
All About Jazz |
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National Geographic Books publishes archival collections
National Geographic will release a new line of books this fall that showcases some of the group’s best documentary photography.
Washington Business Journal |
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UFO festival this weekend
By Carla Allen THE COAST GUARD NovaNewsNow.com Funding is trickling in nicely for the Shag Harbour Incident Society, just in time for their big Aug.8/9 festival says committee member Cindy Nickerson. ?Last week I received word from a grant that we had applied for awhile ago,? she said. ?We will be receiving $2,000 from the Building Communities through Arts and Heritage program.? Nickerson says ...
The Shelburne County Coast Guard |
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Crafting fine pots combines art, hard work
Imagine a stretched-out flame more than 20 feet long. Now imagine the tips of fire painting thousands of pots, some several feet tall, others just a few inches.
The Amherst New Era Progress |
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Artist brushes up precious broom
Edinburgh's newest contemporary art space exhibits a broom inlaid with precious stones.
BBC News |
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Mendes' Ad Ban
We've always liked Calvin Klein ads. The black and white photography. The breathy pretentious voice over. The scantily clad babes. What's not to like?
Mega Star |
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