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Children's 'Highwaymen' paintings on sale at upcoming fund-raiser
When 30 children from foster homes, a runaway shelter, adoptive homes and a group home met with four old landscape painters this June, art was born.
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DHS students paint to stop graffiti
Desert Hot Springs students are painting the town and stopping graffiti at the same time. "It's human nature to not destroy something beautiful," said Louisa Castrodale, visual and performing arts specialist for the Palm Springs Unified School District.
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Art in a handbag in Central Park
A mobile art exhibition inspired by the iconic quilted leather Chanel bag "2.55" created in 1955 by Coco Chanel opens Friday in Central Park.
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Art in a handbag in Central Park
A mobile art exhibition inspired by the iconic quilted leather Chanel bag "2.55" created in 1955 by Coco Chanel opens Friday in Central Park.
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Lynette Haggbloom exhibit at Warren County Public Library
Bowling Green, Ky. – Artist Lynette Frey Haggbloom’s work will be featured at the Porter Café Gallery at the Main Library at 1225 State Street. “For the last 17 years I have been a stained glass artisan designing and building installations for my clients,” says Haggbloom. “Several years ago I discovered a new passion, namely painting. I work in both oil and acrylic, but prefer oil because I ...
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Graffiti angers bldg. owners
The word 'respect' looms large in the graffiti in the alley and parking area behind Phillips Military Surplus. The business owners, though, find the 'artwork' anything but respectful.
The Daily Leader |
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Basehor Library offers special exhibit
Basehor Library offers special exhibit
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Where to Find Axles, Gears For Kinetic Sculpture?
sneakyimp writes "My brother is an architect and sculptor and wants to create kinetic sculptures powered by wind, steam, and sun. He wants to avoid electrical systems and keep this mechanical. He's prepared to cast metals for custom parts if necessary, but is hoping to find a cheap source of gears, axles, and bearings for the internal mechanical workings of these contraptions. We'll need things ...
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Greg Klyma, Ed Pettersen Play At Charles And Myrtle's
Greg Klyma will give a special Friday night performance at Charles and Myrtle’s Coffeehouse at 8 p.m. Then Americana/Folk artist Ed Pettersen will play at Charles and Myrtle's Coffeehouse on Saturday at 8 p.m. There is a $10 suggested donation at the door.
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Donates to Jackson Rescue Squad
During its 50th class reunion, the 1958 class of Jackson High School presented a donation to the Jackson Rescue Squad (JRS). Participating in the presentation (L-R) were Bud Rogers, JRS Chief Billy Reeves, Jeanette Brunson, Julia Cumlander, Dot McCulley, Helen Hicks, Loraine Schultz and Peggy Sellers. (Photo courtesy of Creative Memories Photography)
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Five Basic Photography Techniques You Should Learn Before Taking Puppy Pictures
Taking puppy pictures is a common activity done by many. Although everyone knows how to take pictures, not all people have the talent for it. So before you go click-happy, consider learning the basics first. You will find the tips very important in your skills as a photographer.
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Ono traveling show
"Yoko Ono Imagine Peace," a traveling exhibition that includes "John & Yoko's Year of Peace," opens at the New Jersey City University Galleries Monday through Dec. 8. It includes film screenings (like "The U.S. vs. John Lennon," Nov. 6) and...
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Craftsmanship and nationalism
'Utility" is conventionally held up as what separates crafts from art. But what practical purpose is served by the stained-glass panel by Christopher Whall, "Saint Agnes" (1901-10) in "Life and Art: Arts and Crafts from Morris to Mingei" at The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto? In truth, the Arts and Crafts movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries was less about the revival of the ...
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Stolen British miniatures tracked to Toronto
A Toronto collector's coup prompted a criminal investigation in June after 14 of the miniatures he bought at a Christie's in London for more than $150,000 were found to have been stolen two years earlier from a small British museum.
Canada.com |
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Exhibit documents artistic career of Christo and Jeanne-Claude
It's not hard to understand why. The two veteran New York artists (who go by their first names) work on an almost unprecedented scale, creating massive outdoor works that attract millions of
Denver Post |
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Onassis foundation buys prized El Greco
Athens The Alexander S. Onassis foundation has bought an El Greco painting once owned by the Filipino dictator Ferdinand Marcos to return it to the artist's home country of Greece.
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Bleeding for Zaha: Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld Can Only Hope to Contain Her
In an age where Damien Hirst errata have joined gold and United States government bonds in the shrinking pantheon of safe investments, can contemporary art still be dangerous? More to the point, can contemporary art be dangerous when it's held in something of a polyurethane uterus, a haute-culture billboard designed by deconstructivist goddess Zaha Hadid , deposited on Rumsey Playfield in ...
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Customer Service
NEW YORK - When Philippe de Montebello announced his retirement earlier this year, the curators at the Metropolitan Museum of Art quickly came up with the perfect going-away gift for their long-serving director.
Brandon Sun |
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Poetry, photography and plenty of room to grow
Key Peninsula Middle School eighth-grader Gina Cabiddu, 14, displays the book “Celebrate! Young Poets Speak Out,” in which she had a poem published.
Peninsula Gateway |
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London exhibit of Byzantine art trumps bureaucracy
A dazzling exhibition of a thousand years of Byzantium's art is in the final stages of assembly in London after months of labyrinthine complications. In fact the very definition of the word byzantine.
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Rock the Ink Festival celebrates the connection between rock 'n' roll and tattoos
Paul Zukoski is 61, lives in New Jersey and had one tattoo that was so bad he had it removed (“It cost a lot more to get it off than to get it on.”)
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Queen contestants help the Bay
The selection of the Urbanna Oyster Festival Queen is a long-standing tradition that dates back to 1960, the year before Urbanna Days became the Urbanna Oyster Festival. The first queen was crowned on a flatbed trailer on the day of the festival.
Southside Sentinel |
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Walk for arts
On Saturday, eight art galleries will sponsor the Englewood Fall Gallery Walk, each one launching a new exhibit just for the date. A percentage of sales will be donated to the Bergen Performing Arts Center for the endowment of the...
The Star-Ledger |
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Pixels for Pistols
Toronto Police have kicked off a new program in an effort to get guns off the streets. The gun amnesty, called Pixels for Pistols, partners with the camera store Henry's, and will provide a digital camera and photography lessons for every gun given to police.
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Toy racers put Hamilton in the big picture
REMOTE RACER PAINTING: British Artist Ian Cook directs a toy car dipped in paint with via remote control to create a portrait of Formula One racing driver Lewis Hamilton, in London.
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