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Paintings bring house at Pooh corner to life
FLINT, Mich. — Characters from the beloved story of Winnie the Pooh are brightening one of the many vacant homes in the struggling industrial city of Flint. Twenty-year-old Kristina Pringle has a sketch pad filled with different cartoon characters. Since August, she’s been applying her hobby to beautifying an unoccupied house near her own home, painting images of Winnie’s friends on the ...
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In Turin, the Olympic Glow Hasn’t Yet Faded
A Massimo Ghiotti sculpture in the Piazza Castello in the center of Turin, Italy.
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Westonite Wilk’s artwork earns excellence award
The New England Watercolor Society’s 11th Biennial North American Open Show recognized Laura Wilk, Weston artist and first time show entrant, with the Kusmin Painting Excellence Award for her painting, “Calla Close-up.”
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Painting by Numbers
Pricing is an art – or at least these artists have turned it into one.
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Memorial to honor Ely miners
ELY — Ely Greenstone Public Art is looking to honor miners who lost their lives in the area with a Miners Memorial. The group kicked off its fund-raising efforts Wednesday with a $500 donation into a dedicated account for the project.
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AUTUMN WITH TOPSAIL SCHEDULE
TOPSAIL BEACH - After two decades, it's the sole survivor. The Autumn with Topsail arts and entertainment festival is now the only remaining Topsail Island event, according to organizers.
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New service programs open up on campus
Claire Wolff, founder of Picture the Future, gives the students an overview of developing in the darkroom. The program, new this semester, is designed to give participants an artistic outlet through photography.
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Lone Hill student's art to be showcased at San Dimas festival
SAN DIMAS - Megan Ung, 11, finds art much more interesting than acting as a "post" at Gladstone Elementary School's kindergarten circus.
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Glass artist Dale Chihuly opens RI school gallery
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- In paint-encrusted boots and his trademark eye patch, renowned glass artist Dale Chihuly showed off the colorful, swirling designs that are part of a new $34 million expansion at the museum of the Rhode Island School of Design. ...
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Phantom Art Gallery rescheduled for Nov. 8-9
The postponement of the Phantom Art Gallery as the first event in a number of years at the controversial Marting's building turns out to have been only a temporary setback.
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Curating change
The map will replace this text. If any users do not have Flash Player 8 (or above), they'll see this message. For the month of October galleries and museums around Cape Town have purged themselves of paintings and display cabinets to make way for the sleek panes of framed photographs.
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Sotheby's London auction falls short of pre-sale hopes
LONDON (Reuters) - A London auction of contemporary art fell well short of pre-sale expectations on Friday, the clearest signal yet that the financial crisis is affecting a market which hitherto defied growing economic gloom.
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The Ticker
The Harvard Art Museum received a $45 million gift, its largest, from Emily Rauh Pulitzer, a former assistant curator whose late husband's grandfather endowed the Pulitzer...
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The finer things: Rayleen Nanni sees quality as more than window dressing
Scott Shaw/The Plain Dealer Rayleen Nanni artfully displays the furniture and collectibles that she sells at her consignment gallery at Shaker Square. TASTEMAKER Rayleen Nanni still moves quickly, with the grace of the ballet student she was -- her skills...
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Seniors helpiing seniors
When photographer Mary Russ gets a request for a high school senior portrait sitting at her photography studio, she requests something in return — a donation of food for the Manistee Senior Center.
Ludington Daily News |
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Car Show, Festivals, Music and Even Halloween Are Ahead
An annual car show, festivals, music and even an early Halloween event are taking place this weekend.THE MERCEDES-BENZ LAKE MIRROR CLASSIC takes place in Lakeland through Sunday.Today's events include the Mercedes-Benz Lake Mirror Classic Auto Festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Lake Mirror Park and downtown area. Free admission.
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Barbican's 2009 Bite Includes Returns from Complicite, Ninagawa, Spill and More
The Barbican's year-round "bite" (Barbican International Theatre Event) has announced its plans for the first half of 2009, which will include return visits from Complicite, Japanese director Yukio Ninagawa, the SPILL Festival of Performance, Cheek by Jowl, the Theatre Royal Stratford East, the National Theatre of Scotland, the Dundee Rep Ensemble and Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes, as ...
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Local artist spruces up downtown building
From one window, a silver-haired dog peers outward. From another, a yellow cat watches the world go by. Nearby windows feature flowers, a dream catcher, a bird cage and an Oriental sculpture.
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KC recognizes local jazz talent
One was adopted. The other grew up in a Jesuit orphanage. Both of the recipients of the American Jazz Museum’s 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award had humble beginnings.
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Windsor Education Foundation launches ‘Paws for a Cause’
WINDSOR — The local education foundation is going to the dogs in its efforts to raise money for innovations in schools. Artists and sponsors are called to participate in “Paws for a Cause,” an art contest held by the Windsor Education Foundation.
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China lost and found at Peabody Essex Museum
In the era of the China Trade, Americans were amazed as a bounty of beautiful and exotic goods arrived on these shores — everything from porcelain to lacquered woodworking to gleaming silks. It was a haul that made traders rich.
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Community drawn to Broadway for Art Walk
Art can be a solitary thing — but not when you’re creating it on Broadway. Community members and local artists had a chance to interact Friday during the fall Art Walk. Art exhibits, demonstrations and live music stretched from Euclid to 10th streets along Broadway. Rhona Shand, Pittsburg State University art faculty member, led the Art Walk planning committee.
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Artists show politically inspired work at Hagerstown gallery
HAGERSTOWN Three rolls of toilet paper bolted to a wall, a wire elephant stuffed with faux voting ballots marked for Al Gore and a neon-colored canvas featuring a psychotic cartoon figure and the words "Medicate! The American Way" are among the creations displayed for the next few weeks at the Washington County Arts Council gallery downtown. Local artists submitted their politically inspired ...
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The Oklahoma Humanities Council, in cooperation with BancFirst, is facilitating the 21st annual Lincoln Essay Contest.
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