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Art exhibition slated to open next month
CASTLETON -- Tom McGlynn, artist, writer and the newest professor in the Castleton State College art department, presents an exhibition of abstract paintings, drawings and sculptures in the college's Christine Price Gallery through Oct. 3. ...
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Senior portrait industry is picture of economic health
It is senior portrait season for the class of 2009, and even in tight financial times, the school photography industry seems economy proof. Jared Josephs, 17, of Sheldon High School in Sacramento, opts for a musical theme in his senior photo as he poses with his guitar for photographer Sascha Anderson last week at Prestige Portraits in Elk Grove. Breauna Mitchell, 17 above, gets ...
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Tuesday, September 02, 2008
This week: The art of the art. Sculptor Robert Wilhite discusses his work. 7pm Tue. 3200 Darnell St, FW. Free. 817-738-9215.
Fort Worth Weekly |
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ZooMontana honored
ZooMontana has won four Nickelodeon Parents' Pick Awards in all categories for which it was nominated by area parents: Best Place for Family Bonding, Best Artsy Camp for Big Kids, Best Day Camp for Little Kids and Best Eco-Friendly Place.
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Free expression, to a T
In Civic Center on Tuesday afternoon, Annie and Samantha Woods were spray-painting T-shirts in the back of their 1990 Volvo station wagon.
Denver Post |
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1078 Gallery offers outlet for artistic, religious expression
At first glance, there seems to be few digital images mixed with the painting, but up close it is evident each piece has been carefully made with hundreds of pictures. Artist Jeff Murphy's digital images build upon different religions and beliefs, more specifically, the Christian and Islamic traditions in Spain.
Orion |
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World Briefs
British artist Damien Hirst's human skull encrusted with 8,601 diamonds will go on show at an Amsterdam museum in November. The artwork named For the Love of God was unveiled last year at London's White Cube gallery and later sold to an anonymous investment group.
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Museum asks for $500,000 in city funds
Some Wichita City Council members were wary Tuesday when the Kansas Aviation Museum approached, asking for money. The museum is seeking up to $500,000 for work -- an elevator, heating and air-conditioning, and electrical upgrades -- on its city-owned building. It also formally asked the council to forgive a $150,000 forgivable loan from 2005. "Are you going to be coming back to the city of ...
The Wichita Eagle |
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Florida's finest: Vero Beach exhibit features state's arts fellowship recipients
Works by contemporary artists generally reflect the world in which today's viewers live.
Florida Today |
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Entertainment
The winning artwork in Australia’s major printmaking award won’t be found in the art gallery itself but in the bookshop on the way out.
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Concert Review: Outside Lands 08 - Parting Thoughts
The Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival rocked Golden Gate Park for the first time, but needs to be planned better for next year. San Francisco's Golden Gate Park hosted the First Annual Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival to much applause and yearning. With so much available open space, it's hard to imagine that there hasn't been a music festival that has rocked the park past sunset.I wasn't ...
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Portrait Gallery gets Bradman painting
A portrait of Sir Donald Bradman has been donated to the National Portrait Gallery, on what would have been his 100th birthday. Bradman - born on August 27, 1908 - is regarded as cricket's greatest-ever batsman with a Test average of 99.94 that has never been rivalled.
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Toilet seat auction to fund restrooms
A Kansas art gallery is hosting a show and benefit auction of decorative toilet seats to raise funds for a new public restroom. The Flying Pig Studio and Gallery in Lucas is holding the Great Toilet Seat Art Show and Silent Auction on Saturday during the annual Adam's Apple Festival in the Russell County town. Selected toilet seats will be sold at silent auction through Oct. 3. Ceramic ...
The Wichita Eagle |
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Surprise demolition has officials irate
WEST PATERSON -- A historic building on the site of a controversial parking garage has been torn down without borough consent. The building, which had housed Nathans Art Gallery and was a casino and a brothel during its more than 100-year history, was a pile of rubble Tuesday.
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4:05 p.m. - Veteran artists, volunteers wanted for creative art showcase
4:05 p.m., Aug. 27 — The sixth annual Guam veterans creative art showcase will be held Nov. 6 to 11, and works of art are being solicited. This year's showcase will include the performing arts/story-telling.
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Helitech’s first ever live aerial firefighting demonstrations to take place in Portugal
Helitech 2008 has announced that it will hold its first ever live firefighting displays onsite at the exhibition venue – Airport Cascais in Portugal. The event will take place at the end of a summer in which southern Europe is once again being blighted by forest fires.
Rotorhub |
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fayette County
Library sponsors photography competition The Lexington Public Library is sponsoring a photography competition in honor of the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth. The library is looking for photos that best depict the words "created equal." Prizes will be awarded in three categories: child (age 12 and younger), young adult (age 13-18) and adult (age 19 and older). A complete list of ...
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Entertainment
Two artists say they're stunned by a suburban Adelaide's council's decision to ban their nude works from its annual art competition. Tea Tree Gully Council said the works - a painting featuring a seated nude by Margaret Tuckey, and a sculpture of a female torso by Scot Eames - were too graphic.
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Vietnamese artists receive award at photography congress
VietNamNet Bridge - A delegation of the Viet Nam Photographic Artists Association led by chairman Chu Chi Thanh arrived for the 29th FIAP Congress – Congress of World organization of art photography in Zilina , Slovakia on August 21-29.
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International Photography Hall of Fame to host exhibit that will show work of UCO students
The International Photography Hall of Fame will host a meet the artists reception Friday for an exhibit featuring University of Central Oklahoma students and photographer Carolyn Johnson. The reception will be from 6 to 8 p.m. at the hall of fame, 2100 NE 52. Visitors can attend for free and should enter through the west doors of the building, which also houses Science Museum Oklahoma. The ...
The Oklahoman |
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A&E Calendar
ART FREMONTOhlone College's Louie-Meager Art Gallery at the Gary Soren Smith Center for the Fine and Performing Arts is showing "Botanicals & Landscapes," an exhibit of large-scale botanical drawings and traditional contemporary California landscapes by Bay Area art educators and Ohlone
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Sculpture honors former East runner killed in crash
The 6-by-6-foot brick relief stands outside the track at Lincoln East, a sentry of sorts for the athletes who walk by it daily. Called “Runners Take Your Marks,” its benefactors hope it will be a testament to the spirit of competition, to the training and dedication of those high school athletes.
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Arts journal launch at Ann Bryant tonight
THE second edition of the local arts journal, Inyathi, will be launched at 6.30pm tonight at the Ann Bryant Art Gallery in East London.
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Ellyce Field: Fun family picks for the week
It's the last weekend of summer, so make it special at the Michigan Peach Festival in Romeo, around the campfire at Dinosaur Hill or in Pontiac at Chrysler Arts, Beats and Eats, where kids have a special area for crafts and entertainment.
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SHS unveils horse of another color
Sitting just off Kennedy Street is a part of culture that ties Shawnee High School to its community and heritage — a life-size horse replica for the Horses in the City project. The school joined several other businesses and residents in bringing the colorful horses to Shawnee. SHS senior art students Tori Barkhimer and Misty Keough, along with art instructor Melissa Warren, were ...
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