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Artwork or eyesore in Reynoldstown?
People in the neighborhood agree it was a good day in Reynoldstown when the railyard wall on Wylie Street turned blue, pink, yellow and every shade between. [ Submit your comments below. ] Earlier this month, dozens of local and out-of-town graffiti artists organized by community members were offered a blank canvas — a corrugated metal wall about 10 feet tall and a third of a mile long that ...
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Sculpture by the Sea Spreads its Wings
Sculpture by the Sea, Australia’s largest outdoor public display of sculpture, will spread its wings to Europe next year for its first international exhibition.
The Epoch Times |
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Palo Alto Online's Master Community Calendar
Showing listings from October 21, 2008 to October 27, 2008 in all categories. David Toy Photography People, places and abstractions by photographer David Toy are now on display in the upstairs gallery.
Palo Alto Weekly |
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State of the Planet: Ebay bans ivory auctions
News about the environment, climate and the natural world.
Crikey |
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Events Calendar Oct. 22
ENMU Board of Regents — 9:30 a.m. Regents’ room, ENMU. Fall Festival — 6-11 p.m. in the Farmers Market lot. Features music, beer and nuts. Admission is $10. Must be 21 to purchase beer.
Portales News-Tribune |
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PAL Show Awards
SAVANNA - Nearly 200 people attended the Palisades Art League's (PAL) Annual Fall Show and Sale Sunday, Oct. 19, at the West Carroll Primary School on Wacker Road in Savanna. Judges for the event were Cecil Johnson of Savanna for Photography and Mark Skidmore of Galena for the Art Division.
The Prairie Advocate |
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Auction to raise funds for Cezanne purchase
Works donated by some of Australia's leading artists will be auctioned next week to help the Art Gallery of New South Wales pay for a $16.2 million Cezanne painting.
ABC via Yahoo!7 News |
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'Chalk' one up for Roane State, Rotary Club
For the second consecutive year, Brandon Daniel won the People's Choice Award for his chalk painting on a sidewalk square at the Oak Ridge Street Painting Festival held Saturday and Sunday at the Oak Ridge branch campus of Roane State Community College.
The Oak Ridger |
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Burlingame History Museum opening at Caltrain station
n 1960 Plymouth among items to be displayed in 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles' show
San Mateo County Times |
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Commentary: Unnecessary portrait perks
Flipping through The Washington Post this morning I came across a fascinating story about an age-old Washington tradition. It is one that kicks into high gear toward the end of any administration: the painting of official portraits. You might even remember when President and Mrs. Bush invited President and Sen. Clinton to the White House for the unveiling of the Clintons' official portraits. But ...
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ARTS & CULTURE
Frank Stella wrote in the 1980s that abstract painting had gone emotionally as well as aesthetically flat, requiring a new "working space" to envelop and involve viewers, as Caravaggio's deep, dramatic pictorial space had once gripped Baroque true believers.
East Bay Express |
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Letters for October 22
Readers sound off on Oakland ID cards, East Bay children's museums, scams from all over the globe, leadership in Oakland, and more.
East Bay Express |
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Prurient Publication: Do We Care About the Sex Lives of Museum Staffers?
Posted Sunday on a general-interest news and blog site was an excerpt from an about-to-be-published book ostensibly dealing with a serious subject that I frequently blog about.
Arts Journal |
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Tagging the UMC: CU gallery hosts interactive graffiti workshop
From terms of endearment such as “writing” and “tagging” to less favorable nicknames like “vandalism,” graffiti is an art form that’s as uniquely interpreted by those viewing it as it is by those creating it.
Colorado Daily |
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Tagging the UMC: CU gallery hosts interactive graffiti workshop
From terms of endearment such as “writing” and “tagging” to less favorable nicknames like “vandalism,” graffiti is an art form that’s as uniquely interpreted by those viewing it as it is by those creating it.
Boulder Daily Camera |
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See ya at the fair!
The North Louisiana Cotton Festival and Fair opens Wednesday at 4 p.m. with an all new midway. “Down Home at the Cotton Festival” is this year’s theme and the quilt show alone is worth the price of admission.
Bastrop Daily Enterprise |
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Community Notes
The Friends of the Linton Library will be hosting a fall festival on Saturday at the library. The festival starts at 4 p.m. and festivities include games, prizes, snacks, and fun for all ages. Following the festival scary movies will be shown on the library's lawn.
Greene County Daily World |
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Iraq's National Museum could reopen after 2 years
BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq's National Museum, which was looted after the U.S. captured Baghdad in 2003, will remain closed to the public for up to two more years until security in the capital is better, the director said Monday. Director Amira Eidan said that reopening the museum to the public must be the "very last step in Baghdad's journey to absolute normalcy.
Daily Vidette |
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Uncommon landscapes
Beacon Fine Arts Gallery in Red Bank will host an exhibit of paintings by acclaimed artist Nicholas Berger and emerging artist Sharon Hathaway. An opening reception will be held from 5:30-9:30 p.m. Oct. 25, at the gallery, 61 Monmouth St., Red Bank.
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Crossville Chronicle |
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Robert Capa at the Barbican: 'War in the east, war in the west'
Critic Geoff Dyer looks around three exhibitions dedicated to war reportage at the Barbican art gallery in London.
Guardian Unlimited |
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Painting with the B-Sens
We learn more about the "paint with the players” program, coming up Oct. 28.
News Channel 34 Binghamton |
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A new "Messiah" comes to Eugene
Carole ArcherFrederica von StadeTo mark the 250th anniversary of Handel's death next year, the Oregon Bach Festival has commissioned Swedish composer Sven-David Sandström to reset Handel's "Messiah" texts in a joint commission with the International Bach Academy. OBF announced...
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Painting stolen from Waynesboro Hospital
WAYNESBORO, PA. A Hagerstown artist said Tuesday that he has "very little hope" of again seeing his painting recently stolen from inside Waynesboro Hospital, where the art had been displayed as part of an ongoing exhibit.
The Herald-Mail |
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Contest: Make Art From Starbucks Junk
What do you get when you glue together a bunch of cups, stirrers, lids and drink holders from a week's worth of double lattes? If your first answer is "A 3-D model of Kaneda's motorcycle from Akira ," then you're primed to participate in Wired.com's latest contest. Show us what you can build using only free swag from Starbucks. Post your creations on Wired's How-To Wiki. ...
Wired News |
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