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Unleashed fancy: KU student’s paintings to benefit KC Humane Society
Kami Brant’s affection for dogs began with Grandma. Grandma was an 8-year-old Yorkshire terrier when Brant recovered her from an animal shelter in Missouri. The dog had been a mother in a puppy mill before that. The pair hit it off. “I just fell in love with dogs,” Brant says. Now, Brant is going a step further, trying to help even more canines.
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Around Whittier
Local art house exhibits 'Ciutats' WHITTIER - The Bluebird Art House is featuring an exhibit of Raul de la Torre's collection, "Ciutats," now through Aug. 30 at the art house, 6747 Bright Ave.
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Once-homeless artist savors chance to give back to Hearth
When 81-year-old artist Peter Phelps offered to make paintings for his fellow tenants at the Spencer House in Roxbury, there was one thing he didn't count on.
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Art of spur making
In a rustic barn on rolling land halfway between Hamlin and Rotan, Yates crafts spurs and bits that are more likely to sit on a shelf under glass and gallery lighting than on the back of a working cowboy boot or in the mouth of a horse. Despite their shiny form, however, Yates' spurs and bits still can be worn for their intended functions.
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Auction the latest hair-raising adventure of local club
[ Facial hair aside, they're no ordinary pinups. Most of the Athens women who modeled for the Athens Beard and Moustache Club, geared around fuzz on the face, work downtown. They serve drinks, wait tables, create tattoos and more.
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Snuffy Cartoonist To Host Bristol Art Show
John Rose, the artist who draws the nationally syndicated “Snuffy Smith” comic strip, will host an art show here Sept. 5 during the Lions Club’s District 24-F conference.
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Q&A with Tom Grubb
In the news because: The city is reconsidering whether plans for a $15 million art museum in Festival Park should move forward. A group of vocal opponents organized recently to push for a different location than Festival Park for The Fayetteville Museum of Art.
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West End artist unveils rooftop virtues
Nick Parrendo, who owns Hunt Stained Glass Studio on West Carson Street, recently erected eight sculptures on the roof of his studio. The 5-foot-tall sculptures, representing the eight virtues, are visible from West End Ciircle.
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Museum of Islamic Art receives a donation of a valuable Islamic book
Museum of Islamic Art received a generous donation of a valuable book from Dr. Bakr M Nour, a USA citizen from Egypt who works and lives in Qatar.
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ART CLASSES: Pulp painting, scrumbling classes offered at The Bascom
HIGHLANDS - Chery Cratty will be teaching 'pulp painting with a twist' 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday-Friday.
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Visual arts calendar
To best facilitate publication, send items at least two weeks in advance to Paul Clark via e-mail to pclark@CITIZEN-TIMES.com . Please include the opening and closing dates of exhibits and a number that may be published to call for information.Dall 232-5854.
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All bottled up
ASHEVILLE — Jim Buonaccorsi’s sculpture show at Flood Gallery Fine Art Center, 109 Roberts St., Asheville, acts as salt in the open wound of complacency and translates life’s fears and meanings into a universal language.
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ARTS NOTES: Grovewood Gallery wins top craft retailer award
ASHEVILLE - In a ceremony Aug. 3, at the Philadelphia Buyers Market of American Craft, Grovewood Gallery was awarded the '2008 Top Craft Retailer of the Year.'
Asheville Citizen-Times |
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The Beatles, a killer nun and ninjas
ASHEVILLE — Jim Julien is drawing upon the last six years of the Asheville Fringe Arts Festival for material for “The People’s Democratic Republic of Whatever.”
Asheville Citizen-Times |
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Teacher Paints A Good Example
To art teacher Travis Garrett, Northwest Elementary School is more than just a workplace.
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West Overton tomato-tasting festival expands
It began as a tomato-tasting event. This year, West Overton Village, Scottdale, will host a full-fledged festival to celebrate local farmers, business owners and artists.
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14 ways to end your summer
Catch a fly at a Nationals game in Washington. The stadium opened this year on the Capitol Riverfront of Southeast Washington, with a concrete-and-glass design inspired by the National Gallery of Art's East Wing.
Richmond Times-Dispatch |
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A monsoon exhibition that will leave you wet
If you are lucky enough, you may experience 'raindrops' falling on you as you admire the works on display.
The Times of India |
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Adam Mitchell shows his paintings at his Oregon District gallery
Adam Mitchell did what a lot of people would love to do after college. He attended Columbus College of Art & Design for two years and then traveled across the country for another two years. And he did it his way — on a Cannondale 400 Adventure bike. His passion at the time was plein air painting, and he crafted a special easel to carry on the back of his bike.
Dayton Daily News |
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Festival visitors return to Renaissance
King Henry, Queen Anne and their courtiers will pay a visit to Morelandshire to kick off the annual Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |
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Carnegie exhibit goes under the microscope
"Insect, Ink & Inklings: Illustrations by Jane Hyland" puts the artist's entomological expertise and artistry are displayed through pen-and-ink scientific illustrations.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |
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Check out art, jazz in Norfolk
Absorb some culture in Norfolk at the Chrysler Museum of Art. While the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts continues construction on its major new building, you can take in a different collection of European and American paintings and sculptures, a world-renowned glass collection, photography and Art Nouveau furniture, as well as African, Asian, Egyptian, Pre-Columbian and Islamic art at the Chrysler.
Richmond Times-Dispatch |
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Wrapping up Pirate Festival: Theme proves unexpectedly popular
MARQUETTE - Long John Silver, Black Beard and Hook are all familiar names of male pirates. But what about female pirates? "Cheng I Sao was a pirate queen - that had never been seen before," Orion Couling told the audience at a "History of Pirates on the Great Lakes" tour Saturday.
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Turning a page to the past
Sometime during the past 100 years — no one is sure exactly when — eight small journals were donated to the University of South Carolina. Like much material that comes into libraries and museums, the books were stored, largely unnoticed, largely unidentified. The simple but elegant script on the pages was written by plantation owner James Kershaw, who kept the journals from 1791 to 1825. Each ...
The State |
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Critics Picks: This week’s Best bets
If you’ve ever been to EdVenture , you might have found yourself wanting to play with, and in, some of the toys and exhibits. EdVenture is a kids museum, but on Thursday the grown-ups take over. From 6 to 9 p.m., adults will roam during Play Date 2008, a party for the hip who aren’t afraid to let their hair down and act a little childish, albeit in a cool way. WNOK 104.7’s morning DJ Jonathon ...
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