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WNMU student's work to be featured in art exhibit
SILVER CITY — Western New Mexico University art student Carlos Aguilar will be a featured artist in a new exhibit at the Mimbres Region Arts Council offices.
Silver City Sun-News |
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Museum offers reward in vandalism case
Plimoth Plantation is offering a $1,000 reward and a lifetime membership to anyone with information leading to the arrest and conviction of vandals who damaged the replica Colonial village.
Boston Globe |
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WILD, WILD "WEST"
Not 100 percent familiar with all the bands playing the All Points West Music & Arts Festival this weekend at Liberty State Park in Jersey City? Relax. It's OK. You're not out of the loop, said All Points West co-promoter Ken Tesler of Liberty Event Management. It's supposed to be that way.
Asbury Park Press |
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ART NEWS By Bobbi Seidel
Tickets are on sale now for "Girls' Night Out" — a night of art, music and drama that starts at 7 p.m. Aug. 20 at The Monmouth Museum in Middletown. Taking place in conjunction with the juried exhibit "Fabulous Fiber," which opens Aug. 15, the event includes a presentation by the group Seven Quilts for Seven Sisters.
Asbury Park Press |
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Hoelzer not nervous
BEIJING - Jintai Art Museum hides in the trees of Chaoyang Park on the east side of the city, inside a gateway that leads from a busy street. Nothing here during the Olympics is quite what it seems to be, or what it used to be.
The Huntsville Times |
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Festival has Appalachian appeal
Hamilton County Parks delivers its annual Appalachian Heritage Day on Saturday, which will be full of music, food and crafts.
The Cincinnati Enquirer |
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Bringing landscapes to life
It's a lush life at the Taft Museum of Art, where 40 landscapes from Italy's Uffizi Gallery are on view in Painting the Italian Landscape.
The Cincinnati Enquirer |
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Nuclear Legacy
Above is the Davy Crockett XM-388 warhead displayed at the Atomic Testing Museum. Artwork by Hiroshima survivor Takashi Tanemori. Among the artifacts from the era of atomic testing on display at the museum are the "Atoms for Peace" three-cent stamp.
Las Vegas Review-Journal |
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SPOTLIGHT
"Through Our Eyes," an exhibit by artists from the Opportunity Village Art Enrichment Program, opens Monday in the Lloyd George Federal Courthouse, 333 Las Vegas Blvd. South.
Las Vegas Review-Journal |
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Potential sale of U of I painting stirs debate
An unusual debate centers on a key work by noted artist Jackson Pollock and the University of Iowa’s flood recovery. Regent Michael Gartner of Des Moines proposed studying the potential sale of the U of I’s "Mural" as a way to pay for $16 million in damage from June’s record floodwaters that entrenched the arts campus next to the Iowa River. The entire campus has an estimated $232 million in ...
The Des Moines Register |
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Sum of 6 greater than its parts
COEUR d'ALENE -- A barely noticeable back room on the south end of the Wiggett's Antique Mall is now the home of an obscure little art gallery that takes its name from its address.
Coeur d'Alene Press |
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Groups set up funds to help artists affected by flooding
As sculptor C. Kelly Lohr sat in her Japanese living room watching on the TV news as ominous water coursed through Iowa, she was moved to donate $5,000 to artists victimized by flooding.
The Des Moines Register |
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Pictures of seagull scoops first prize in photo competition
A picture of a seagull sat on a car scooped first prize in a local photography competition. (07/08/2008 14:14:03)
Hastings Today |
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Guild to hold 28th annual pottery fair in Cazenovia
The 28th annual pottery fair of the Syracuse Ceramic Guild will be held Aug. 16 and 17 on the scenic Stone Quarry Hill Art Park near Cazenovia. The fair features pottery, including Raku, and sculpture. Forty-seven guild artists are set to participate.
The Post-Standard |
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Tran Long – the artist of lacquer painting
Yellow Season. Lacquer paintings by Tran Long seem to take viewers to a rural area where he spent his childhood in the years of war. His memories of children, flowers, animals, butterflies, dragonflies, moon, etc., appear in every painting.
Nhân Dân |
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Painter's work is cover material
A PAINTING by Wick artist Ian Charles Scott is on the front cover of a booklet which has been produced by the City University of New York.
John O'Groat Journal |
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Rialto Arts District to host artists' reception, auction
The Rialto Arts District will present "Our Best to You - Thank you, Joliet" Artists' Reception and Paint Around Auction 2008 fundraising event from 5-7 p.m. Aug. 15
The Herald News |
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Datebook
A roundup of fairs, festivals, arts and crafts, auditions, music, stage, art exhibits and comedy in the Fox Valley.
The Courier News |
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Arts fest ups ante with its offerings
Tacoma sees a lot of arts festivals during the summer.
Tacoma News Tribune |
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Klan gone, diversity festival has stayed
Like most places, Harrison County needs reminders to keep residents' minds open. The almost all-white county passed a test, turning its back on the KKK.
Louisville Courier-Journal |
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Corydon schedules 'World on the Square'
The ninth annual "World on the Square" Festival, held from 4 to 8 p.m. tomorrow on the historic town square in Corydon, will offer international exhibits, cultural performers and ethnic food
Louisville Courier-Journal |
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Canadian art dealer gets prison for smuggling elephant ivory
UPDATED: 04 :44 a.m. EDT, August 08, 2008 A fan seems unfazed by the downpour during a rain delay at the first pre-season game against the New York Jets Thursday, August 7, 2008 at Cleveland Browns Stadium in Cleveland.
The Plain Dealer |
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Affordable activities abound in Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON - 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. Many museums, monuments and other institutions - from the zoo to the botanic garden - run by the federal government charge no admission. But even if you've been here, done that 15 times over, the capital is packed with new and overlooked ...
Worcester Telegram & Gazette |
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Events for Friday in New York
The New York International Fringe Festival kicks off with plenty of great performances and such a high amount of energy it's certain to rub off. More than 200 companies from around the country will come together to present their works.
New York Daily News |
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Sewage plant art causes stink
The city's public art program is coming under fire for a scheme to spend at least $1 million for esthetic improvements at a far-flung water treatment plant that has already soared $138 million over budget.
Calgary Sun |
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