|
Metropolitan Museum of Art Announces Medieval and Renaissance Treasures Exhibit
Three Enamelled Plaques, Valley of the Meuse ; about 1160 Copper gilt and champlevé enamel; h. 10.2cm, w. 10.2cm (each plaque) Inv. nos. M.53, M.53A and M.53B-1988; acquired with the support of the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Art Fund
Art Daily |
|
Blood on Paper: The Art of the Book at the Victoria and Albert Museum
LONDON.- Blood on Paper: The Art of the Book reveals the astonishing inventiveness with which the book has been treated by some of the most influential and respected artists of our time.
Art Daily |
|
High Museum of Art Announces Acquisition from the Hartzog Estate of Four Works of Art
ATLANTA.-
Art Daily |
|
Area events accompany Smithsonian music exhibit
The Smithsonian is coming to Henderson, Ky., toting a traveling exhibit about American roots music, but there's lots more in store besides the exhibit itself.
The Gleaner |
|
NIMS Student Summit at IMTS 2008 better than ever
The National Institute for Metalworking Skills (NIMS) (www.nims-skills.org) Student Summit at the International Manufacturing Technology Show 2008 (IMTS) (www.imts.com) will combine an interactive Career Development Center with a dynamic self-guided tour of the technology and manufacturing exhibition.
American Machinist |
|
Jazz festival to blend best of Philly, Detroit
Organizers are expected to announce the line-up of national artists today for the 29th annual festival.
Detroit News |
|
Cedar Grove show to feature unseen works by Cole
CATSKILL — Lovers of the works of Thomas Cole and his fellow Hudson River School of Painting artists will have an opportunity this year to see some of their art which is rarely seen, when Cedar Grove, The Thomas Cole National Historic Site, opens its 2008 exhibit Sunday.
The Daily Mail |
|
Township trustees support museum, provide road construction updates
CALCUTTA — The Museum of Ceramics garnered the support of the St. Clair Township Trustees on Tuesday evening as the officials unanimously passed a resolution to stand behind the entity.
The East Liverpool Review |
|
Shakespeare Patron Emerges, Ghostly
Using X-ray technology, art historians at Bristol University in England believe they have found a portrait of Henry Wriothesley, third Earl of Southampton and Shakespeare?s only known patron, the BBC reported. While preparing an oil portrait of Wriothesley?s wife, Elizabeth Vernon, for an exhibition, the historians discovered a ghostly male figure that had been painted over. From his appearance ...
New York Times |
|
The Phantom of the Opera returns
The internationally and critically acclaimed masterpiece, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA returns to New Zealand for a strictly limited season from October 14, at The Civic, The Edge in Auckland.�
Scoop.co.nz |
|
At UVa, show-and-tell becomes ‘public art’
A stuffed bunny in a black jacket and pink tutu. An iPod. A worn copy of Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged.” A Madonna CD. A Winnie the Pooh figurine. And a package of birth control pills. These were a few of the objects that University of Virginia students, professors and community members brought to a massive session of “show and tell” on Tuesday in front of the UVa Art Museum.
The Daily Progress |
|
Digital photography glossary
Autofocus: A system that automatically focuses the lens before the exposure is made. Inexpensive digital cameras often have an annoying delay between pressing the shutter and taking the picture. The delay is the time the autofocus system need to function. All autofocus systems work best in good light, but more expensive cameras will have less shutter delay and function better when lighting is ...
Dayton Daily News |
|
Woman's Club cites art contest winners
ENFIELD - The Woman's Club of Enfield recently sponsored a conservation art contest for second-grade Enfield students with the theme "Recycling is Everybody's Job."
The Republican |
|
SkyTrac to Provide Satellite Communication (SatCom) and Flight Following to Canada's Sloan Helicopters
Kelowna, BC, Canada, April 29, 2008 – SkyTrac is pleased to announce it has been selected to provide satellite communication (SatCom) and flight following systems to Sloan Helicopters, a provider of helicopter charter services for the oil and gas and forest management.
Rotorhub |
|
Bearden group to miss public display of artwork
The Romare Bearden Foundation will meet in Pittsburgh next year, but the city's only display of the artist's work will be missing.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |
|
Knoxvillian refines recipe, becomes only male finalist in corn bread contest
Earl Bandy Jr. had the distinction of being the only male finalist in Saturday's 2008 National Cornbread Festival, but entering a cooking contest wasn't a goal the Knoxville resident ever imagined himself doing. After taking third place, which garnered him $300 and gifts from Lodge Cast Iron and Martha White, he might rethink that position.
Knoxville News Sentinel |
|
Limitless makes a stand in Saudi with Restatex sponsorship
Limitless is heading to Saudi Arabia as silver sponsor of Restatex - the Riyadh Exhibition for Real Estate and Architecture Development - where it will showcase Al Wasl, its $12bn, 1400 hectare new community near Riyadh and eight other global projects.
AME Info |
|
From tops of trees to top of golf
GUADALAJARA, MexicoThe house where Lorena Ochoa grew up overlooks the swimming pool at Guadalajara Country Club, a playground paradise for a tiny, wiry girl with big dreams. She would scamper to the tops of magnolia and ceiba trees that crowd the golf course. She would swim and play tennis and hold putting contests for a peso until it was too dark to see the hole. "Lorena liked to play fantasy ...
The Myrtle Beach Sun News |
|
Museum photo show offers family portraits
HOLYOKE - What better way to celebrate Mother's Day than by posing for a family portrait?
The Republican |
|
Art Review: Exhibition tells life stories through art
The fabric sculpture tells the story of how Pa Saw Phaw fled her homeland of Burma and the difficulties of adapting to her new life in Pittsburgh. ...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
|
NORTH TONAWANDA: Remington Lofts project advances
Architectural renderings show proposed interior of Remington Rand building.
Tonawanda News |
|
Art Reviews: Clay shows span the centuries
Clay continues to have strong presence in the city in the aftermath of a national ceramics educators' conference that spurred 100 exhibitions. ...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
|
Art festival's focus is disabled children
Riverside is home to an arts festival like none other in the country.
The Florida Times-Union |
|
POWER POETRY: NH poets slam their way to national contest
YOU DON'T HAVE to be well-versed in the ways of competitive poetry to know a good slam when you hear one. You only have to be entertained.At least, that was the advice given me last week as I prepared to judge contestants during this year's New Hampshire poetry slam team finals at a Manchester nightclub.
New Hampshire Union Leader |
|
Lee Rosenbaum's cultural commentary
Maybe it's time for the Association of Art Museum Directors to trash its "Criteria for Deaccessioning and Disposal."
Arts Journal |
|
|