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From Southern Illinois to everywhere
CARBONDALE - Southern Illinois University Carbondale photography professor Dan Overturf has displayed his artwork on campus and in museums, but he now has to opportunity to reach an even bigger audience.
The Southern Illinoisan |
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Artist trying to uncover secrets of painting in Hamburg church
About 50 years ago, someone took an old painting from its frame and glued it to a wall in an old Hamburg church. The Rev. Donald Cieniewicz, pastor of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, doesn't know why it was done.
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Inland briefs -- 8/20
Items discovered in Egypt by a man considered the father of modern archaeology are set to go on display in November at Cal State San Bernardino's Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum, university officials said Monday.
The Press-Enterprise |
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Local artwork on display at Old Courthouse
Workshop for Contemporary Artists 21st annual Exhibition, "Continuum," will be held through Sept. 27 at the Old Courthouse Art Center, 101 N. Johnson St., Woodstock. An artists reception is planned from 6 to 9:30 p.m. Aug. 24. The reception is open to the public.
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The statue entitled
The Mother , created in the 1950s by Iraqi sculptor Khalid al-Rahal, is seen in Baghdad after restoration. The restored bronze head depicting Caliph Abu Jaafar al-Mansur, the Abbasid Caliph and founder of Baghdad (762 AD), sitting on its base in western Baghdad.
Sin Chew Jit Poh |
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Richard Serra: Thinking on Your Feet
Richard Serra’s sculpture “Sequence,” on display in Germany. Listening to Richard Serra talk about sculpture is like listening to Russell Crowe talk about acting: after a while you feel you’re either in the presence of genius or the victim of an elaborate con.
New York Times |
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Richard Serra: Thinking On Your Feet (2008)
The most popular movies among NYTimes.com readers. Richard Serra’s monumental steel sculptures are among the defining works of art of our time.
New York Times |
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Von Liebig faculty's turn to show work
For three years, art teacher Che-Ke-Ka Jackson has shown kids how to sew and make papier mache.
The News-Press |
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August 13 2008 Edition (rss)
Log in above for full coverage, or subscribe now! By Kit Huffman Lexington sculptor Gary Casteel’s bronze statue of Jefferson Davis has been accepted by the American Civil War Center in Richmond.
The Lexington News-Gazette |
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Photo Gallery
The color of the moment has its way with furniture, fine art and more. + Read the Article The Associazione per il Designo Industriale recognizes today's top industrial designers.
Interior Design |
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Exhibit celebrates roadside memorials
Catrina and Jeff Conrad looked at the four mixed-media works that showed glimpses of a large white cross draped in a green banner with the word Danny.
The Philadelphia Inquirer |
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Guarding Your Wealth: More supply answer to crisis
Every coin has two sides and so does every story. The current oil crisis is no exception
The News-Press |
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Valparaiso University briefs
On display “Domestic Vision: Twenty-Five Years of the Art of Joel Sheesley” and “Encounters/Encuentros: Tradition and Innovation in the Art of Spain and Latin America” are on exhibit through Nov. 23. There will be an opening reception at 7 p.m. Sept. 5 and a gallery talk at 7 p.m. Sept. 24 with Joel Sheesley. The exhibit will be at the Brauer Museum of Art, Center for the Arts, 1709 Chapel ...
The Times of Northwest Indiana |
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An Indian Modernist
A selection of works by the painter Nandalal Bose, which are on display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
New York Times |
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Joines exhibits county through her camera's lens
By BARRY HALVORSON bhalvorson@journal-spectator.com Blind-sided by the fact she couldn't find the right college courses to pursue a career in photography, local artist Sharon Joines returned to her preferred form of expression later in life.
Wharton Journal-Spectator |
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Windsong Music Festival this weekend
Michael Herman isn’t a musician, but a die-hard music lover who turns his backyard into a concert venue every year. For the last three years the Powassan resident has organized Windsong Music Festival. This weekend’s event celebrates the talents of several area artists who perform jazz, folk, [...]
The North Bay Nugget |
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Arts center seeks new director
It's not been unusual to see Sun Valley Center for the Arts' Executive Director Sam Gappmayer cleaning up after an event, taking tickets or assisting an art enthusiast in The Center's gallery.
Idaho Mountain Express and Guide |
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Summer classical music festival concludes tonight
The 2008 Greencastle Summer Classical Music Festival concludes at 7:30 p.m. this evening at Gobin United Memorial Church with a concert by Duo Amabile, the outstanding husband/wife violin and piano...
Greencastle Banner-Graphic |
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North Side: Sculpture garden fences to be temporary
Part of a master plan that will incorporate the historic Miraflores sculpture garden into Brackenridge Park caused some concern among city residents during its revelation at an Aug. 6 public meeting.
San Antonio Express-News & KENS 5 |
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Q&A: 5 minutes with Donna Dobberfuhl
Donna Dobberfuhl is a professional sculptor who works and teaches classes at her studio, Sculptural Designs Atelier, located just north of downtown at 1514 Broadway.
San Antonio Express-News & KENS 5 |
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The Hidden Power of Scent
A tangle of tubes and polyurethane pouches binds a naked man and woman--he, paunchy and unperturbed, she, slim and similarly unself-conscious. This setup is not some esoteric sex game; it’s “Smell Blind Date,” an installation created by artist James Auger on display this past spring in New York City as part of the Museum of Modern Art’s exhibition Design and the Elastic Mind. The PVC ...
Scientific American |
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Obituary: Donna Corinne Needleman Young / From medical illustrator to physician
As a talented medical illustrator, Donna Corinne Needleman Young returned home one day filled with vivid descriptions of a dramatic surgery that was the subject of one of her illustrations.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
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Stark duo finalists in Comic Book Challenge
JACKSON TWP. With the right number of votes, creating comics could become more than a hobby for two Stark County men. A comic book created by Sean McArdle of Louisville and Jon Judy of Canton — "The Reserves" — is a top-10 finalist in Platinum Studios' Comic Book Challenge, a national contest.
The Canton Repository |
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Reality TV finds new rock bottom
If you thought reality television hit rock bottom with sadistic chefs on "Hell's Kitchen," spouses confessing infidelity for cash on "Moment of Truth," and contestants chowing down on cockroaches on "Fear Factor," brace yourself for a descent into a void as vast and dark as Simon Cowell's. ... ego.
The Charleston Gazette |
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Ripley Artisan
Ruth Dalton of Dalton Pottery, Ripley, demonstrates the technique of “throwing a pot on the wheel”. Dalton was one of many artisans at the Ripley Artisan Festival last Saturday. Her 30 years of pottery making were evident in the array of functional stoneware on display.
Lucknow Sentinel |
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