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Henry Ford glassblower gets Toledo post
Jeff Mack has been named glass-studio manager at the Toledo Museum of Art. He's charged with leading the museum's interactive glass programs and building the Glass Pavilion's reputation. He was previously the master glassblower at the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Mich., and has taught at the Corning Museum of Glass and the Pittsburgh Glass Center. A 1996 graduate of ...
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Getting the axe
Marisa Murdock can't take the underwater photography course she signed up for this semester - and it's because she's a student at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry. SUNY-ESF announced Aug. 20 that state budget cuts of up to 10 percent forced the college to restrict its students from taking some elective courses through Syracuse University.
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Golden girl: solid gold sculpture of Kate Moss unveiled
A solid gold sculpture of British supermodel Kate Moss worth 1.5 million pounds (2.8 million dollars, 1.9 million euros) was unveiled in London on Thursday
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Q & A with Olympic volunteer Fei Ye
In 1498, Michelangelo was approached to make a sculpture for the personal chapel of a Cardinal. His guidelines: it needed to be life-size, made of marble and completed in one year. Most importantly, it had to be the most beautiful marble art Rome had seen.
Daily Orange |
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Owner lowers price on Titian for British galleries
An aristocrat wants to sell a masterpiece of Renaissance painting to British public galleries if they can meet his $92 million asking price.
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Golden girl: solid gold sculpture of Kate Moss unveiled
A solid gold sculpture of British supermodel Kate Moss worth 1.5 million pounds (2.8 million dollars, 1.9 million euros) was unveiled in London on Thursday
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Film festival to screen Spanish-language films
CHULA VISTA: Media Arts Center San Diego's San Diego Latino Film Festival and Otay Ranch Town Center are showing Spanish-language shorts and feature films this September at the second annual Que Viva! Cine Latino 2008.
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Arts video series concludes Sept. 3
OGUNQUIT and#8212; Ogunquit Performing Arts and Ogunquit Arts Collaborative conclude the "Art Videos at the Gallery" 2008 season with the tenth film presentation, the British comedy "The Horse's Mouth"
York County Coast Star |
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Alistair Darling - Galleries Hoping To Raise 100m For Titian Paintings
Two galleries gave been offered to opportunity to buy a pair of paintings by the Italian Renaissance artist Titian for £100 million.The Duke of Sutherland ...
ContactMusic |
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Capriccio festival opens Sept. 1in Ogunquit
OGUNQUIT and#8212; The Ogunquit arts scene, always lively, is about to get a lot livelier. Capriccio, the annual town-wide, two-week celebration of the arts, begins Sept. 1. One of this year's highlights is a combination of ragtime jazz and classical music.
York County Coast Star |
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Art at farmers market
As part of Evanston's "Home-Grown" Artists Program, local artists will be exhibiting and selling their work from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Evanston farmers market, along University Place between Oak and Railroad avenues. Shoppers can browse the artists' work when they pick up their weekly produce. Admission to the sale is free. The sale will be repeated at the same times on Sept. 16 ...
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Winners of 35th annual Sidewalk Art Show
OGUNQUIT and#8212; The Ogunquit Chamber of Commerce has announced the winners of the 35th annual Sidewalk Art Show and Sale held Aug. 21.
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Attendance cap reduced for JAS Labor Day shows
Attendance at this year’s Jazz Aspen Snowmass Labor Day Festival will be capped at 9,100 general admission tickets — at least 1,000 fewer tickets sold than in previous years — due to an agreement forged between JAS and the town of Snowmass Village after last year’s event.
Aspen Daily News |
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Artist Sheila Lewis, 88, launches A Long Trail
Liverpool's Rossignol Cultural Centre presents Sheila Lewis' latest solo watercolour exhibit, A Long Trail, Sept...
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Why Gainesville music is a 'Real Big Deal'
Besides being one of the few festivals that offers single-day tickets, Real Big Deal is not genre-centric. Featuring bands from local to national, the lineup touches on many different styles, bringing in bands like Toubab Krewe, Drive-by Truckers, Mates of State, The Legendary JCs, Oddknock and The Know How.
The Gainesville Sun |
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£100m bid to save masterpieces by Titian from being sold abroad
A £100million appeal has been launched to save two of the most important paintings in Britain from being sold overseas.
Daily Mail |
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Owner lowers price on Titian for British galleries
Thu, Aug 28, 2008 (2:42 a.m.) An aristocrat wants to sell a masterpiece of Renaissance painting to British public galleries if they can meet his $92 million asking price.
Las Vegas Sun |
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GuelphMercury.com - arts - CALENDAR
Kitchener Public Library Joyce Brant photography; 85 Queen St. N., Kitchener; to Sept. 26; 519-743-0271. Art Bar Meghan Sims, 5 p.m. to 12 a.m.; Centre in the Square, Kitchener.
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AN ECLECTIC ADDITION TO ZORN OEUVRE
This year's Guelph Jazz Festival boasts the same level of quality and adventure that they've built their reputation on, but the presence of one artist in particular provides the festival with a major coup.
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All star bash for Scots style icons
SCOTLAND'S style icons will be named at a star-studded bash at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. Radio and television presenter Lauren Laverne is to host the Scottish Style Awards before a celebrity-packed VIP audience.
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Arts center ready to open in Sharonville
There's no trace of the tree that was growing out of the floor of the gallery, and the theater lacks simply a curtain. The Sharonville Fine Arts Center is ready for business.
The Cincinnati Enquirer |
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Vietnam receives World Cup FIAP 2008
The World Cup FIAP 2008, the highest award of the 29th black and white photo contest of the International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP), was presented to the Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists (VAPA) at the 29th FIAP Congress held in Slovakia from August 22-26.
Nhân Dân |
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Sinking yachts and mythical creatures in the Thames
London's first annual art exhibition on the River Thames will take place later this year. From the 26th September to the 19th October, the show will see seven installations being placed in the river and along its banks and bridges between Blackfriars Bridge and Tower Bridge.
Yachting and Boating World |
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Taj replica to wow tourists at Agra show
Agra, Aug 28 : It took seven years of chiselling and carving by 28 craftsmen and designers. Made in pure white Makrana marble like the original 17th century monument, a Taj Mahal replica will be opened to the public as part of a glitzy stage show from Friday.
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Free music weekend includes Kemper show and Symphony debut
The teen rock band Illusion will close the Summer Concert Series at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. The band members, Evan Strait, Sam Zeller, Eli Winkler, Quinn Cochran and Elias Habid, are all students at the Academie Lafayette. The hour-long set is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. Friday.
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