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Voices of the Wheatbelt
A PROJECT to achieve community development and individual capacity building through photography is being presented to school students in the Wheatbelt.
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Perez Celis, 69; Argentine painter, sculptor, muralist
Perez Celis, an Argentine painter, sculptor and muralist whose highly visible works adorned museums, banks, airports and universities as well as soccer stadiums and wine bottles, died of leukemia Aug. 2 at a clinic in Buenos Aires. He was 69.
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Rare collection of Lennon art on display
A mysterious collector is sharing never-before-seen artwork by former Beatle John Lennon. It will be exhibited at a Milwaukee-area museum.
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ART BEST BETS Bil...
ART BEST BETS Bill Brandt: Shadows and Substance — Through Aug. 24 at the Akron Art Museum, 1 S. High St. Also, California as Muse: The Art of Arthur & Lucia Mathews through Sept. 7; Smells Like Teen Spirit in the Mary S. and David C. Corbin Foundation Gallery through Oct. 12. Admission: $7; $5 seniors and students. 330-376-9185.
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‘Barbie’ undergoes artsy makeover in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO - The blond hair, pert nose and twinkling eyes of the shapely doll were unmistakably Barbie, but what was she doing attached to a prehistoric bug?
Khaleej Times |
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ROME - Rome Art And Community Center's ArtHouse Café will feature local contemporary blues legend Midnite Mike on ...
Doors will open at 7:30 pm for coffee and conversation. The ArtHouse Café is located in Rome Art And Community Center's former Carriage House building, 308 West Bloomfield St., Rome. The performance will be approximately two hours, including a 15 minute intermission.
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Photos Offer Glimpse Of Asia
For those who do not have the cash or time to fly out this summer, take a trip to the Unesco Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding's 'Dreaming Kitchen - Flavour of Asia' photo exhibition.
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Learning Calendar
'Medicinal Yoga' — 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. Thursdays. Ten-week program of exercises to aid conditions such as back pain, diabetes, asthma, arthritis and depression. Carver Museum and Cultural Center, 1165 Angelina St. $100. 963-8364, yogasolutions@gmail.com.
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Local history takes center stage at art gallery
A dozen of Nevada's historic landmarks, some still existing, some long since torn down, are stitched into a timeless quilt that hangs in the Vernon County Arts Council gallery on the lower level of the Carnegie Building at Ash and Austin, Nevada.
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Bentonville Leaders Consider Park Adjacent To Museum
BENTONVILLE - City leaders in Bentonville want to develop a new park called Orchard Park near an entrance to the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
The Morning News |
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Boulder Fringe Festival brings in the quirky
Join the Fringe kick-off celebration featuring Denver's singer/cellist Ian Cooke jazz singer Heather Marie Philipp at the Boulder Theater at 6 p.m. tonight.
Colorado Daily |
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Chuck Gilmore, sculptor, art center proprietor
Chuck Gilmore was a masterful photographer, sculptor and portrait painter who never raised his voice to anyone. He lavished loving care, including seasonal tomatoes, on the artists who showed at his Denver gallery.
Rocky Mountain News |
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Carina Lau shows aptitude for fashion
Hong Kong actress Carina Lau proved her popularity as a designer when a purse featuring her hand-drawn design received the highest bid at an auction on Monday.
China Daily |
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Garden comp flowers on
WANT a series of photos of your garden taken by an experienced photographer for only $5? If you enter Hawkesbury City Council’s 2008 Garden Competition, professional photography is one of the great benefits.
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State of the Art
Gone are the days of no streetlights, no taxis, no parking lots and no public toilets. The district has finally been upgraded by the government to match its role as an art hub of some 400 galleries, design studios, exhibition spaces, shops and restaurants.
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What’s in art galleries
TEHRAN, Aug. 13 (MNA) -- Sculptures created by Yasamin Sinaii will be on display during an exhibition entitled “Love Poems” from August 15 at the Niavaran Cultural Center.
mehrnews.com |
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A guide to the top galleries of 798
Ongoing exhibitions include: pictures by renowned photographer Xu Yong with the theme of Returning Home set in Beijing's hutong alleys.
China Daily |
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CLINTON - The Clinton Art and Music Festival, to be held on August 23, will provide area music lovers, as well as area ...
Spawned originally from a collective of Melodic Revolution's Nick Katona, numerous Clinton area business owners and the Clinton Chamber of Commerce, the festival has grown from a morning meeting to a gathering place of performers and artists drawn from the area, across the country and Canada.
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Going for gold: Olympics remain a reason to celebrate in Salem
Residents have been getting into the Olympic spirit during the past week, both at home and at the Peabody Essex Museum.
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Panchen visits Tibetan Thangka painting show
BEIJING -- The 11th Panchen Erdeni Gyaincain Norbu visited a Tibetan Thangka painting show here, launched as a key cultural program for the celebration of the ongoing Beijing Olympics, on Wednesday.
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State of the art
Contemporary sculptures, abstract paintings, performance art and fashion shows are all housed within 798 art district. [China Daily] Beijing's 798 art district, a cultural landmark in what was once a secret military factory complex, has gotten a facelift for the ongoing Olympic Games.
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Senior Chinese leader visits Olympic art show
Chinese top political advisor Jia Qinglin paid a visit to an Olympic art exhibition on Wednesday. The Olympic Fine Art 2008, sponsored by the International Olympic Committee, carried the theme of China and the world and highlighted the concept of humanism in the Olympics. More than 800 artworks, selected from nearly 10,000 candidates from about 40 countries and regions since the event was kicked ...
People's Daily |
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11th Panchen Lama visits Tibetan Thangka painting show
The 11th Panchen Erdeni Gyaincain Norbu visited a Tibetan Thangka painting show here, launched as a key cultural program for the celebration of the ongoing Beijing Olympics, on Wednesday. Thangka, or scroll painting, is a unique art of Tibetan culture, which is usually painted on linen cloth or cotton fabric and mounted by scroll of brocade. It has been put on the first list ofChina's Intangible ...
People's Daily |
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Yale School of Architecture Opens Fall 2008 With Exhibitions, Lectures and Symposia
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Art Daily |
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Getty Foundation Awards Final Round of Grants to New Orleans Arts Institutions After Hurricane Katrina
LOS ANGELES, CA.- In the three years since Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans landscape has changed. Grass and trees have again begun to bloom, and so have the crescent city’s visual arts organizations, thanks in part to a series of grants given by the Getty Foundation.
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