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The chi of Portland: High weirdness in Nirvana
To some, Portland's quirkier qualities - such as the Velveteria, a black velvet painting museum - make the city even more endearing.
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By RICHARD LUKEN Register Reporter
The end of the school year never ceases to astonish Cecilia Orcutt. As Iola High School’s art teacher, Orcutt watches over her students as they complete scores of pieces of art through the year.
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Bemis Center plans massive Creativity Festival
OMAHA - In what is surely the boldest undertaking in its 27-year history, the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts announced it will hold Bemis08: Creativity Festival, a three-day event taking place in and around its building at 12th and Leavenworth street, Omaha, June 26-28.
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Community invited to an ‘Elegant Evening of the Arts’
On Thursday, May 8, at 6:30 p.m., the community is invited to enjoy an evening of music, dance, art, and photography...
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He sculpts faces, paints landscapes and sketches scenes from African and medieval European history. With the help of a local nonprofit, Art for the People, he has displayed his work at area exhibits and he has taken ceramics classes at Montgomery College.
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Politics and art mix in 'Dialog:City'
"Dialog:City" will present a variety of public art, including an artificial being running for president, during the upcoming Democratic National Convention
Rocky Mountain News |
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Hartz gets bigger, better museum job
Jill Hartz, the ousted UVA University Art Museum director who was unceremoniously dumped in December from the job she’d held for 11 years, has been hired as executive director of the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon in Eugene. “It’s an opportunity to direct a museum at the next level,” says Hartz. “It’s a step up in terms of what the museum has to offer– ...
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World¡¯s biggest book tells modern art¡¯s story
A mother and her child look at the world¡¯s biggest book as listed in the Guinness World Records. Lotte Department Store exhibited the book, which is also the world¡¯s heaviest, at its Sogong-dong branch in central Seoul yesterday.
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Artist finds sound no barrier to expression
Being deaf has not stopped an Auckland artist from being heard, letting her artwork do the talking for her. Abbie Twiss is donating six of her art pieces to The Deaf Association of New Zealand, to auction off as part of Sign Language Week this week.
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Sale raises more than $9,000 for Sinnissippi Foundation
A small country cabin and an immaculate summer flower, two oil paintings donated by nationally renowned artist and one-time Grand Detour resident Michael Gerry, recently set the tone for the fourth annual Expressions Art Sale at The Next Picture Show in Dixon.
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Sports Museum of America set to open in New York
The elevator ride to the first exhibit at the new Sports Museum of America sets the tone.
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200 Works From Nasher Collection Up For Auction
About 200 works acquired by legendary Dallas art collectors Patsy and Raymond Nasher -- including Pablo Picasso's "The Kiss" and Roy Lichtenstein's "Yellow Apple" -- will by auctioned off this month at Sotheby's in New York.
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Wired.com Photo Contest: Black and White
This week we want you to throw away your color crutches and walk boldly into the shadows. No more hiding behind hues, it's time to put your photo chops to the test. Use the Reddit widget below to submit your best black-and-white photo and vote for your favorite among the other submissions. The 10 highest-ranked photos will appear in a gallery on the Wired.com home page. Though the format is ...
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Elisabeth Hasselbeck: What's new in Arizona
Elisabeth Hasselbeck has had many roles in her life - daughter, art student, shoe designer, "Survivor" contestant, wife, "The View" co-host, and many others - but her favorite by far is Mom. On Nov. 9, she gave birth to her second child, Taylor Thomas Hasselbeck. Here Elisabeth shares her experiences as a second time mom in a series of journal entries, which originally appeared on Dreft.com.
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200 works from Nasher collection in Dallas up for auction
Associated Press - May 5, 2008 12:55 PM ET DALLAS (AP) - About 200 works acquired by legendary Dallas art collectors Patsy and Raymond Nasher will be offered this month by Sotheby's in New...
KLTV 7 Tyler |
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200 works from Nasher collection in Dallas up for auction
DALLAS (AP) - About 200 works acquired by legendary Dallas art collectors Patsy and Raymond Nasher will be offered this month by Sotheby's in New York.
KXAN 36 Austin |
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200 works from Nasher collection in Dallas up for auction
DALLAS -- About 200 works acquired by legendary Dallas art collectors Patsy and Raymond Nasher _ including Pablo Picasso's "The Kiss" and Roy Lichtenstein's "Yellow Apple" _ will by...
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Parks Museum Sending 11 Cars to Goodwood Festival of Speed
POMONA, Calif. — Now this is what we call a foreign-exchange program. The Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum has just strengthened its relationship with the U.K.'s Goodwood Festival of Speed by coordinating the shipment of 11 dragsters to the prestigious event.
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Govt. gives $177 mln for Pushkin art museum restoration
MOSCOW, May 5 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian government will allocate over 4.2 billion rubles ($177 million) to restore the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, president-elect Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday.
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CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival Launches Website
Today marks the launch of 2008's CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival's little corner of cyberspace . In the five-and-a-half months until October 21, all Marathon needs can be fulfilled over the web.
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Founders' art fair focuses on keeping the peace
"We're getting as many people in the community aware of what we do as possible," Kastronis said. "If it makes any difference, we'll be happy." In addition to the art fair projects, entries in a nonviolence poster contest will be displayed.
The Daily News |
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Spring Festival of the Arts
Spring in Panama City's officially here. For the 40th year in a row spring was ushered in by the "Spring Festival of the Arts in Downtown Panama City."
WJHG Panama City |
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New exhibit at the Royal BC Museum honours war brides
VICTORIA, BC - During the 1940s, thousands of war brides from foreign countries left everything and everyone they’d ever known and travelled overseas to join their servicemen husbands. This spring and summer, the Royal BC Museum presents an exhibition honouring these women’s stories.
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Tyler Green's modern & contemporary art blog
I'm glad that the Denver Post's Kyle MacMillan dug into this story: What does it mean when the Denver Art Museum sells half of a painting it owns to a local collector?
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A Hibiscus Hogs the Stage
Q I have a hibiscus Lord Baltimore in my small city front garden. In the past decade, it has gone from being an exotic focal point for the whole garden to a monster, albeit a beautiful one. It devours all the surrounding plants. Can I cut back the root system without harming the plant, or am I better off removing it entirely? By the way, the stems remain as pleasing sculpture through the winter.
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