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Woodworker makes art from old scraps
When you can’t decide what to do with those leftover scraps of wood, do what Keith Stover does. Make a tiny town. When you walk into Stover’s wood shop west of Tecumseh, your nose is filled with the sweet smell of cedar. Your eyes, however, are filled with the sight of tiny people riding tiny horses past tiny buildings. Stover, a lifelong Pottawatomie County resident, started carving ...
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New Energy Station -- 08/26/08 at Sculpture Park
New Energy Station -- 08/26/08 at Sculpture Park
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Wedding plans made easy with one-stop Bridal Plaza
Bridal Plaza eliminates the running around that brides have to do to plan their weddings. The plaza will feature formalwear and wedding attire stores, a florist and gift shop, wedding photography and limousine services.
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Govt condemns serial killer’s image on tourism promo film
LONDON: Downing Street has condemned London’s tourist board for featuring a painting of Moors murderer Myra Hindley in a promotional film shown at an official party celebrating the handover of the Olympic Games to the capital.
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Score An R.E.M. Curated Boxset for Merge Records
Preorders will begin September 8 at mergerecords.com for SCORE! Merge Records: The First 20 Years, a deluxe subscription-only box set with special artwork and packaging.
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Drysdale portrait sells for $1.89m
A PAINTING by Australian artist Russell Drysdale has sold at auction for a record $1.89 million.
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The Angel City Jazz Festival
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Fresh faces - School of Fine Arts begins semester with 8 new faculty members
Freshman Parker Beckley and sophomore Liz Thomas, from right, listen as assistant professor of art Kevin Bell explains the uses for different types of paintbrushes on the first day of Painting 1 class Monday morning at the University of Montana.
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Winners named in painting contest honoring President Ton Duc Thang
VietNamNet Bridge - Ninety seven prizes, including nine A prizes, 13 B prizes, 20 C prizes and 55 consolation prizes, were awarded to children taking part in a painting contest “Children and President Ton Duc Thang”.
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Vettriano sketch goes under hammer
A retrospective sketch of one of Jack Vettriano's most iconic images is being auctioned for charity. The artist gifted the sketch of The Singing Butler to the University of St Andrews after producing it while giving a one hour masterclass to students in 2003.
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Censoring provocative art is the worst advert for 2012
'Unless you tell me it's withdrawn, I'm coming round to the academy and I'm going to stab the first person I see," was one of the threats received by the Royal Academy during the 1997 Sensation exhibition. The reason?
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Jazz Festival opens with a tribute to Marvin Gaye
When the call came from the Detroit International Jazz Festival asking if he would arrange and direct a Marvin Gaye tribute, bassist Christian McBride didn't hesitate.
Detroit News |
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Edmond art institute director gives credit to students
EDMOND — A blot of paint expands in a bowl of water until the water changes color — a big discovery for one third-grader at an Edmond Fine Arts Institute watercolor class. "He was working intently, and when he left class he said, ‘this has been the best day of my life,'” said Mitzi Hancuff, while reminiscing about her 20 years directing the Fine Arts Institute of Edmond. "It was like a ...
The Oklahoman |
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3 p.m. - Ric Castro's "Island Spirits" exhibit at Bank of Guam
3 p.m., Aug. 26 — The Bank of Guam-Chamorro Artists Association featured artist of the Month is Ric Castro, a member of the association.
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Waikato Museum wins national award
The Waikato Museum has been awarded with the Human Rights Commission’s New Zealand Diversity Action Programme Award for its outstanding contribution to race relations.
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Silvermine Guild Arts Center in New Canaan welcomes the fall with new exhibits opening at the galleries on Sept. 7 and running through Oct. 2.
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Norwich: Group salutes people, businesses that are making a difference downtown
Rose City Renaissance will honor individuals and organizations that help their mission of revitalizing the city’s downtown area tonight in a ceremony at the group’s new Cliff Street headquarters.
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Bob Marley Statue for Serbia
A statue of Bob Marley was unveiled in a Serbian village during a rock festival on Saturday.
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At the Met, a Mix of Photographers
Artists male and female, young and old, American and European, famous and fledgling are all represented in ?Photography on Photography: Reflections on the Medium Since 1960.?
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No singer wins art council’s prize of Sao Mai- Diem Hen
VietNamNet Bridge - The last gala last night concluded the Sao Mai – Diem Hen (Morning Star – Rendezvous) contest without any jury board’s prize for singer.
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Warhol photography exhibit coming to DePauw's Emison Museum
"Andy Warhol: Faces and Names," an exhibition featuring over 150 Polaroid and black-and-white photographs by Andy Warhol, will open at DePauw University's William Weston Clarke Emison Museum of Art...
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2008/08/26 Today is Tuesday, August 26, the 239th day of 2008. There are 127 days left in the year
Today’s Birthdays: Sir Robert Walpole, first prime minister of Britain (1676-1745); Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, French scientist (1743-1794); Guillame Apollinaire, French poet (1880-1918); Peggy Guggenheim, United States art collector (1898-1979); Albert Sabin, Polish microbiologist, developed oral polio vaccine (1906-1993); Julio Cortazar, Argentinian writer (1914-1984); Branford Marsalis, US ...
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Adobe Unveils Photoshop Elements 7 and Introduces Photoshop.com Membership
Adobe Systems Incorporated (298;Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced Adobe(R) Photoshop(R) Elements 7 software
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Visit to Harley museum can mean lunch – or all day
Lisa LaPierre-Cote and Kelly Moore felt they needed a break after touring one floor of the Harley-Davidson Museum, 400 W. Canal St.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |
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Heard Up North: A Stone Balance
Our Heard Up North today comes from the garden at the Corscaden Art Barn – a gallery in Keene Valley that’s supported area artists for more than 35 years. Placed – with great care – around the garden are groups of stones balanced into precarious figure-like towers. “A Stone Balance” is in place through Labor Day. Today’s Heard Up North was collected by Martha Foley.
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