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Water-media works run the gamut
On display at Third Street Gallery in Carnegie, "Aqueous Open 2008" features water-based media including water color, acrylic, gouache and even ink.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |
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Downtown Live preparing for holiday events
HUNTINGTON -- The Downtown Live Committee, the same group that threw the Children's Art Festival Extravaganza in June, is gearing up for Halloween and Christmas.
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Musicians debut soundtrack for Warhol's moving portraits
At the request of The Andy Warhol Museum, the New York City-based duo of musicians Dean Wareham and Britta Philips have assembled a collection of Warhol's "Screen Tests" and composed scores for them.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |
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We've got spirit, how 'bout you?
This weekend has been a treat for Halloween lovers. Yesterday's sixth annual Pumpkin Festival at City Hall Plaza brought 7,500 frightening and fanciful jack-o-lanterns...
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A Look Back
The first special exhibition after the North Carolina Museum of Art opens its new building for its permanent collection will tug at heart strings more than challenge the mind.
Winston-Salem Journal |
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No crash in sight on Gallery Row
The impact of Wall Street on Main Street has apparently not quite reached all the way to Lancaster's Gallery Row.Despite the worldwide financial upheaval, the city's gallery scene is bigger than ever for this weekend's Fall ArtWalk, including a couple of art galleries that opened just re...
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Naples Art Association gathers member works for von Liebig art show
With more than 400 artist members, the Naples Art Association boasts a wide array of talented, professional artists and art instructors. Those members came together for the First Annual Non-Juried All Artist Members Show of Shows Exhibition, on view Oct. 25 through Nov. 9 at The von Liebig Art Center, 585 Park St. in Naples.
Naples Daily News |
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A search for a slave named Dave
IF YOU GO Leonard Todd speaks about Dave the Potter, followed by a book signing. Dave the Potter pots also are on display. WHEN: 4:30 p.m. Thursday WHERE: McKissick Museum, USC Horseshoe COST: Free
The State |
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Indulge in the Cleveland Museum of Art's opulent 'Artistic Luxury' exhibit -- Steven Litt review
The Metropolitan Museum of Art A necklace made with Australian opals and Siberian amethysts by Rene Lalique depicts nude women whose bodies turn into exotic insects. REVIEW Cleveland Museum of Art What: The exhibition "Artistic Luxury: Faberge, Tiffany, Lalique." When:...
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Writers: F&M exhibit showcases legends of the pen
Nancy Crampton is a lot like her photographs: classic.She loves her old 35 mm Leica M3, which they stopped making in 1964. Last spring, Publishers Weekly, for which she shoots the National Book Awards and National Book Critics Circle Awards, gave her an ultimatum, and she finally broke down and boug...
Lancaster Online |
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Farmington pioneer festival celebrates crafts
Touchstone Center for Arts and Crafts, Farmington, will present Pioneer Days Craft Festival 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. today.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |
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Details on Job Fair companies
Below are profiles submitted by companies attending The Richmond Times-Dispatch Medical Job Fair on Monday, Oct. 20, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Science Museum of Virginia.
Richmond Times-Dispatch |
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3rd Annual Kugel Ball
WHAT'S HAPPENING The Science Museum of Virginia's Kugel Ball this year was a trip back to the 1970s, when Richmond's Broad Street Station became the museum's home. The Oct. 10 gala, "Friday Night Fever," was in celebration and support of the museum's commitment to science education. SunTrust, and Bon Secours Children's Services were sponsors. A total of nearly $250,000 was raised from corporate ...
Richmond Times-Dispatch |
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O'Keeffe's colorful paintings, Adams' stark photos together form a portrait of their beloved West
WASHINGTON When art comes down to overlooking the obvious, consider Georgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams. Painter O'Keeffe and photographer Adams were not just prime forgers of American modernism during most of the 20th century. They were kindred spirits. "Georgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities," now at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, makes that clear.
Richmond Times-Dispatch |
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TRAVEL BRIEFS
DALLAS - An exhibit showcasing items buried in the Egyptian tomb of King Tut is back in the United States. "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs" has opened at the Dallas Museum of Art, the first of three museums to host the exhibit's encore tour. The other two host cities have yet to be named. The exhibit will be in Dallas through May 17. The exhibit features about 130 objects - more ...
Richmond Times-Dispatch |
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Club's auction raises $16,000
CHICOPEE - Fund-raising for the $2 million "Building Our Future" Chicopee Boys & Girls Club campaign continues with $16,000 the latest infusion from the annual auction.
The Republican |
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Club News
Gold Star Wives Seeking Members: The group meets monthly and is seeking new members. For more information, call 425-0498 or 425-5262. Fayetteville Art Guild: The group offers classes, lectures and exhibiting possibilities to artists of all levels.
The Fayetteville Observer |
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That’s a lot of paint
Christmas came early to the Freeport Art Museum this year. A couple of weeks ago, a tractor-trailer unexpectedly delivered half a million dollars worth of very expensive paint to the museum. Turns out, that’s a lot of paint. Ten pallets, each over six feet high, sat in the museums’s driveway until the staff could sort out all the tubes and brushes and get them into storage.
The Journal-Standard |
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Spies Wins Duck Stamp Contest
If you buy a waterfowl hunting license next year, you'll see a painting by an artist from Watertown.
KSFY Sioux Falls |
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‘Railway in the Landscape' lecture today at the Nelson
In conjunction with the “Age of Steam” exhibit at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Sir Neil Cossons, pro-provost and chairman of Council of the Royal College of Art, will give a lecture about “The Railway in the Landscape” from 2 to 3 p.m. today in the museum’s Atkins Auditorium. Admission is free.
The Kansas City Star |
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At the Nerman Museum, dual photo exhibits take different paths to similar conclusions
Issue-related art shows are big at Kansas City galleries and museums this election season. Grand Arts kicked things off on September’s First Friday with William Pope.L’s big flag at Municipal Auditorium; the same night the Missouri Billboard Project held an unveiling of artist-designed billboards urging citizens to vote.
The Kansas City Star |
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ESCONDIDO: Quilters' work displayed at arts center
ESCONDIDO ---- Hundreds of fans from throughout Southern California and neighboring Arizona came to see the modern art of quilting on display Saturday at the California Center for the Arts, Escondido.
North County Times |
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Heritage Festival: Celebration showcases diversity
It's only fitting that the 5th annual Heritage Festival had a diverse assortment of entertainment and activity, since the day's line-up of food and fun was arranged in the name of accepting diversity and celebrating culture.
The Lufkin Daily News |
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Painters lend an air to beach scene
Laguna Art Museum sponsors yearly competition and show.
Orange County Register |
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Local calendar, October 18
TODAY Salon Museum is holding a Cut-a-Thon from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19 to benefit the Expedition Inspiration Fund for breast cancer research. Haircuts, manicures, waxing, chair massages and spray tanning will be offered for donations. The event will also feature food, drinks, raffles and a car show. Celebrity stylist Laurent DuFourg, founder of Priv Salons, is the special guest. ...
Redlands Daily Facts |
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