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Toilet Seat Auction to Raise Money for Restrooms
The decorative toilet seats will be auctioned off October 3rd during the Annual Adam's Apple Festival.
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ART EXHIBITION: Flower Power
TUESDAY, SEPT. 2... By Anita overcash It's perfectly clear that artist Robert Kushner is inspired by flowers. His textured paintings of the blossoms, among diverse-colored backgrounds, capture their detail from curve to curve. Kushner, who has been painting since his start on the American art scene in the early 1970s, has created works that can be found in galleries across the U.S. and abroad in ...
Creative Loafing Charlotte |
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Ornament as Art Exhibit
By Charity Frederick Exhibit: Ornament as Art: Avant-Garde Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection Dates: Showing now through Jan. 4, 2009 Location: Mint Museum of Craft + Design, 220 N. Tryon St. Info: 704-337-2000 or go to www.mintmuseum.org To some women, jewelry is simply a trinket, showered upon them by an admirer. To others, it is a symbol of everlasting love. But then there are ...
Creative Loafing Charlotte |
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Charlotte Bestsellers List
1. The Shack by William P. Young 2. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch 3. Same Kind of Different As Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together by Ron Hall and Denver Moore 4. Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin 5. The Best of the World's Worst Poetry: 20 Very ...
Creative Loafing Charlotte |
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Native back for September gallery at Fine Arts Incubator
Ellen Thomson is the Beloit Fine Arts Incubator’s artist for the September gallery. Above is her mixed media on wood panel titled “Pool Bench.” Her works can be seen from Aug. 30-Sept. 27.
Beloit Daily News |
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Briefs: College will host works of award-winning artist
Published: Sunday, August 24, 2008 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, August 23, 2008 at 6:20 p.m. The Mary Ellen Suitt Gallery at Spartanburg Methodist College is hosting the works of Jill Jones, a regionally known artist, until Sept. 30.
Spartanburg Herald-Journal |
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Sotheby's, a Retired Teacher, and California Artist Martín Ramirez
Last January, at the intersection of art and money, a retired teacher living in rural California quietly contacted Sotheby's. And so began a bitter legal battle being waged on two coasts. The teacher, Maureen Hammond, wanted to engage the high-end auction house to sell 17 previously unknown ...
The Village Voice |
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Two Films @ Two Boots
Released simultaneously by ArtMattan—founders of the African Diaspora Film Festival, whose mission is to de-marginalize art depicting the black experience—these two docs spotlight world-music vocalists who are living legends in their respective cultures. Georges Gachot's flagging 2005...
The Village Voice |
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Clinton tries to reconcile warring Democrats and minimise protests
Hillary Clinton sought to unify her divided party last night with a rousing speech aimed at bringing the Democratic family back together after a bruising contest to choose its presidential candidate.
The Herald |
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Pitt, Clooney open Venice with Coen bros' satire
Brad Pitt and George Clooney hit the red carpet on Wednesday with their latest movie "Burn After Reading," a satirical comedy by Oscar winners the Coen brothers which opens this year's Venice film festival.
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Pitt and Clooney open Venice with Coen bros' satire
Brad Pitt and George Clooney hit the red carpet on Wednesday with their latest movie "Burn After Reading", a satirical comedy by Oscar winners the Coen brothers which opens this year's Venice film festival.
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Day in the Life: A creative journey - Point Pleasant resident relies on artistic expression
Hope Roush/photo Artist Judaline Carroll poses in front of her painting, “Nina,” which currently is on display at Gallery at 409, located on Main Street in Point Pleasant. Several other paintings by Carroll that feature her “wall people” also are on display at the gallery.
Point Pleasant Register |
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Assembly approve sculpture funding
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - The Juneau Assembly has approved a proposal to appropriate $500,000 toward a bronze whale sculpture that would be located downtown.
KTVA Anchorage |
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‘Filipinas’
Ongoing until Aug. 30 at the main hall of the SM Mall of Asia (MOA—behind the free-standing globe) is “Filipinas,” a photo exhibit on 30 Filipino women in tribute to the heroism of Filipinas—past, present and future.
Philippine Daily Inquirer |
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Photoshop Tries to Win Over the Web 2.0 Crowd
What should photo imaging software giant Adobe be focusing on in a Web 2.0 world? Judging from some new products, it's not just taking on the likes of Apple's iPhoto and Aperture; it's learning to work and play well with social networks like Facebook and digital media storage Web sites such as Flickr.
TechNewsWorld.com |
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Canada to map Arctic's vast resources
Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Tuesday an ambitious plan to discover and tap mineral, oil and gas riches believed to be hidden beneath the cool Arctic.
PhysOrg |
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City Tour for Solar Addresses Democratic National Convention's Call for Increased Renewable Energy
BELTSVILLE, Md.----A solar tour, designed to educate municipal leaders, community members, public schools, universities and utilities on how to make solar energy a meaningful power resource for their cities, will exhibit during the Democratic National Convention at Denver's Green Frontiers Fest /New Energy Station at Sculpture Park, and Coors Field "SEIA SUNFEST" Concert.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Nature wins the night
Twenty photographers. Twenty ranches. Prizes totaling $160,000. The winners of the Images for Conservation Pro-Tour of Nature Photography for the Coastal Bend will be announced on Sept. 6 during a program at the University of Houston-Victoria. The 150 photos entered will be on display.
The Victoria Advocate |
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Crystals from Bohemia to be exhibited at the National Art Museum
An exhibition of representative works for the crystal industry of Bohemia since the middle of the nineteenth century and up to the present will be hosted during September 11 – December 7, 2008, by the National Museum of Romanian Art (MNAR), in the Kretzulescu Halls of the institution.
Nine O'Clock |
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'Christ, what an asshole.' [Art]
Dr. Bernard Breslauer (pictured) had artist Lucian Freud paint a portrait of him years ago. Breslauer died in 2004. Freud finally decided to auction off the portrait—but when a friend went to...
Gawker |
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Adobe releases Photoshop Elements 7
Adobe has announced the latest offering in its Photoshop line: Elements 7.
ZDNet Australia |
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“Book and Buffet: An Evening with Rheta Grimsley Johnson” Thursday at AU
“Book and Buffet: An Evening with Rheta Grimsley Johnson” Aug. 28 at AU’s Jule Collins Smith Museum
Opelika-Auburn News |
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Where it all begins
Waxahachie youth football teams, Cherokees and Tejas, started their season in the Ellis County Youth Sports Association League last weekend. The first game was played Aug. 23. Photo by mike-jones-photography.smugmug.com/Special to The Daily Light
Waxahachie Daily Light |
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H.K. artist Lau wins 'manga' award
Hong Kong veteran cartoonist Lau Wan Kit won the top prize in this year's International Manga Award contest hosted by the Foreign Ministry for artists based overseas, while others from mainland China, Russia and France bagged the three runners-up awards, Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura said Tuesday. Lau, 42, was selected for his popular "manga" series "Feel 100%," a youth romance story about ...
The Japan Times |
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Hirst's Skull To Open World Tour in Amsterdam
Damien Hirst has chosen the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam to start a world tour of his $100 million diamond skull. "The theme of the skull is the aversion of death in art," a Rijksmuseum spokeswoman, Elles Kamphuis, said in a telephone interview today. "That is also a popular theme in paintings from the Dutch Golden Age." The Dutch museum, which houses Rembrandt's "The Night Watch," pledged to clear ...
The New York Sun |
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