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Space for arts at Geneva High School
"Music in the Alleys." "Shakespeare in the Park." Plein-air painting demonstrations. A movie screened in a riverside park.
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Bloomington's warehouse district fostering new generation of artists
BLOOMINGTON -- Gathered under a bridge in the dark recesses of Bloomington’s historic warehouse district, a crowd of fine arts patrons marveled at the unfolding of a small miracle. Photo gallery VIDEO: Glass sculptors show their craft AUDIO SLIDESHOW: Band under the bridge AUDIO SLIDESHOW: Art in the warehouse district
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Hooping gains interest for potential fitness, meditation, fun
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- It happened at a music festival, as you probably could have guessed.
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Questions/Answers
Questions and answers on Daily Bulletin stories from readers like you. ONTARIO - Brook Brunzell said he wandered into the Museum of History and Art, looking to brush up on local history.
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Relocation of elk sculpture divides town
WALHALLA (AP) — Residents of Walhalla want to bring back the elk, and they have a special one in mind.
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A list of exhibits currently on display at area galleries Oct. 23-29
A list of exhibits currently on display at area galleries Oct. 23-29
The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star |
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Diversions from October 23, 2008
Ticketmaster events are sold at Macy’s and Giant Eagle, both Hermitage; ticketmaster.com; and at 330-747-1212. • “From Michaelangelo to Annibale Carracci: A Century of Italian Drawings from the Prado” goes on view Friday at the Frick Art Museum, Pittsburgh.
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Gilbert & George Show Their Big, Loud, Baffling Art in Brooklyn
Oct. 23 (Bloomberg) -- The most spectacular moment in ``Gilbert & George,'' the naughty but natty British art duo's retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum , is the first moment, at the show's entrance.
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Hot seats compete in fundraiser
Three county nonprofit groups are collaborating on a unique fundraiser called “Calaveras Chairs for Charity,” an auction of unusual chair art by professional artists and inspired craftsmen.
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Salander-O'Reilly May Take Years to Sell Artworks, Adviser Says
Oct. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Bankrupt Salander-O'Reilly Galleries LLC may need as long as two years to sell art recovered at warehouses and its Manhattan gallery, according to a consultant hired to help with the job.
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Vietnam veteran captures images of visitors to memorial
The secret behind Tom Morrisey’s photography project is detachment from his own past and experience in the Vietnam War, and a strict focus on the faces of survivors and loved ones who come to pay their respect at the National Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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Photo exhibit captures visitors’ reactions to war memorial
Photographer Tom Morrissey captures the moving experiences of visitors to the National Vietnam Veterans Memorial in stark black and white.
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Franconia plants 'Appleseed' in collection
Franconia Sculpture Park, famous for its massive rotating collection of outdoor sculptures, recently installed Mark di Suvero's "Johnny Appleseed." The Pioneer Press' Chris Polydroff gets up close to see the assembly of the giant steel sculpture, and you can check it out at twincities.com/video.
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Chanel handbag show opens to Central Park
NEW YORK (AFP) - The iconic quilted leather Chanel handbag with its golden chain gets honored in a new exhibition in New York's Central Park, housed in a snow-white spaceship-like mobile art gallery designed by Iraqi-born British architect Zaha Hadid.
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Interactive art exhibit opens at Milwaukee museum
Move your hands atop the worn table in the darkened room and it responds with jumbled sounds: a man and woman talking, knives being sharpened, tires screeching, breathing, music.
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Today's agenda: Painting in the Botanic Garden, evening with Buck Taylor
Art in the open air Do you ever wish you’d been born in the time of Monet, Renoir and Pissarro? Get a wisp of that era at the "Plein Air Paint Out" at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Twenty painters will try to capture the wonder of nature in a four-day outdoor painting contest. ( Plein-air is French for "in the open air.") The event runs from 8 a.m. until dusk today through Sunday at 3220 ...
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State gave out $4 million in arts grants in fiscal 2008
The Texas Commission on the Arts oversaw 984 grants totaling $4 million in fiscal 2008. One $550 award enabled an O.D. Wyatt High School art teacher to attend an art education association convention in New Orleans. A $2,858 grant to a Grapevine man paid for advanced training in the Perlman Music Program in New York. And a $2,500 grant to an Arlington teenager allowed her to receive advanced ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Chanel handbag show opens to Central Park
NEW YORK (AFP) - The iconic quilted leather Chanel handbag with its golden chain gets honored in a new exhibition in New York's Central Park, housed in a snow-white spaceship-like mobile art gallery designed by Iraqi -born British architect Zaha Hadid.
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Art show celebrates ability and creativity
More than 100 pieces of original artwork created by ARTability clients of Opportunity Enterprises will be featured at the second annual ARTability Show and Sale from 6 to 9 p.m. Nov. 20 at Framing Concepts Gallery, 219 Broadway, Chesterton. The public is welcome.
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Autumn reception to take place at Wolf Lake this weekend
The Association for the Wolf Lake Initiative is adding a student division to its third annual Autumn Reception & Art Show on Saturday and Sunday at the Environmental Education Center, 2405 Calumet Ave., Hammond.
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Art Briefs: 10.23.08
Artists Exploring Material Possibilities, an exhibition in a multitude of media by artists from Texas and beyond, opens Saturday at the Rockport Center for the Arts, 902 Navigation Circle.
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Chanel handbag show opens to Central Park
A general view of Chanel Contemporary Art Container by Zaha Hadid at Rumsey Playfield, Central Park in New York, on October 21. The exhibition, which will open on Friday, includes works from 15 artists that were inspired by the elegant Chanel purse, created in 1955.
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The Natchez Democrat
Adams County Christian School art students, from left, Amber Frye, Bryan Nordan and Allison Freeman show off their Adams County Soil and Water Conservation District first place posters Wednesday afternoon.
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Bank displays Edmond artist’s work
EDMOND — Rory Morgan’s artwork is on display at Legacy Bank as part of its Art Matters program. The Edmond man has been painting for 30 years and received an art degree from Casper College in Casper, Wyo. He has received numerous awards ranging from Best of Show to Artists’ Choice Awards. Morgan works in the oil and gas industry for Devon Energy and lives in Edmond with his wife of 30 years, ...
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Tamara Browning: Online exhibit showcases blacksmithing as art form
The ILLINOIS STATE MUSEUM has launched an online exhibit featuring an artist who has been recognized as pioneering the resurgence of blacksmithing as an American art form. L. Brent Kington’s work is featured on “L. BRENT KINGTON: MYTHIC METALSMITH” and may be viewed at www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/brentkington .
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