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Stolen paintings tracked to Toronto
It must have seemed like an incredible stroke of luck to the Canadian art collector who purchased 69 rare and historically significant "portrait miniatures" -- a bargain-priced collection of tiny but exquisite paintings up to 300 years old -- from a knowledgeable British seller late in 2006.
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REELWOMEN
They take the leading role at a film festival that celebrates their contributions as directors, producers and actors N o one has an easy time of it, breaking into the movies. But for women, gaining a toehold in the business side of filmmaking is especially hard.
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OMA petitions state for takeover
The Opelousas Museum Art is making its case to have Louisiana take it over.
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This Week Visual Arts October 28 Behind the Scenes at Sculpture Space, 12 Gates St., Utica, from 5 to 7 p.m. Featuring ...
Through November 6 "A Graphic Design Retrospective" by Roderick Martinez in Room 225 of the Info and Tech Building of Mohawk Valley Community College, 1101 Sherman Drive, Utica. Martinez's exhibit will be on dispay through Nov. 6.
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Plan for Schaefer statue clears major hurdle with art panel's OK
Visitors to Baltimore's Inner Harbor may soon be greeted by an 8-foot-tall statue of former Maryland Gov. William Donald Schaefer, after the city's Public Art Commission gave preliminary approval yesterday to plans for a "Schaefer Sculpture Garden" with his bronze likeness as the centerpiece.
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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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Trance formation
HARD to believe this would have been Vegoose season. Since the two-day festival succumbed to competition and a lack of buzz-generating headliners, we've nearly forgotten about all those bands that might never have played Las Vegas -- Sleater-Kinney, Arcade Fire, Daft Punk -- but signed on to play on the Sam Boyd fields.
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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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The number of county arts organizations (the Monterey Museum of Art, Sunset Center, Monterey Symphony and National Steinbeck Center) that received a share of $3.8 million distributed by The James Irvine Foundation to expand their audiences and increase their sustainability.
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The Shadow Box preserves life’s memories
Frames, photos of exotic locales and several unique pieces of glass and clay artwork fill the Shadow Box Gallery and Frame Shop.
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Art festival marks opening of 5th China-ASEAN Expo
Vietnamese actresses perform during an evening party in Nanning, capital of southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Oct. 22, 2008. The evening party was held to celebrate the opening of the four-day, 5th China-ASEAN Expo in Nanning on Wednesday and to mark the opening of the Nanning International Folk Song Art Festival.
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Bulletin Board: A list of Broward County events
Today's highlights An Inconvenient Truth: Sustaining Life, art reception for exhibit by local high school students, 6:30 p.m. at Coconut Creek Government Center, 4800 W. Copans Road, Coconut Creek. Free. Call 954-973-6770.
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Painting Professor exhibits at Denver art gallery
It was some 60 years ago, in middle-American Wichita, Kan. - hardly the place one thinks of as a metropolitan epicenter of culture and modern creative genius - that Dave Yust tagged along with his parents to visit with their artist friends, and decided that he wanted a share in their genuine love and curiosity of life, art and the world.
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CoCoa WOW's art community
The Colorado Coalition of Artists (CoCOA) provides a forum for local artists to collaborate in creation, showcasing and selling art. Established as a non-profit in 2003, the CoCOA hosts a gallery, as well as classes for members and non-members.
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"Dark Water": Great works of art and heart
Robert Clark's "Dark Water: Flood and Redemption in the City of Masterpieces" is the Seattle author's chronicle of the 1966 flood that devastated Florence, Italy, and the heroic efforts by art lovers the world over to rescue its priceless Renaissance masterpieces.
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EMW Club will Host Auction
The Boys & Girls Club of Elma, Marilla and Wales will host its annual Razzle, Dazzle WOW! Auction at the Boys & Girls Club at 2080 Girdle Road (across from Iroquois Central Schools) on Sat., Nov. 8 beginning at 6:30 p.m.
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Classy Glass up for bid
The Sonoran Glass Art Academy held its eighth annual art auction Friday at Hacienda Del Sol Guest Ranch Resort, 5601 N. Hacienda del Sol Road.
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GMC unveils ambitious new biomass plan
Green Mountain College President Paul Fonteyn announced future plans for the college that would eliminate about 70 percent of the college's greenhouse gas emissions by converting the oil heating system to a biomass wood-chip heating system. ... - By DAWSON RASPUZZI Herald Staff
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A white cube of space
Mark Mangion: "The space is nothing without the public." Photo: Chris Sant Fournier. An artist's search for space to house contemporary art is over as a warehouse in Marsa undergoes the last phase of transformation to become the neutral palette - a "white cube" of space.
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Animal carvings among craft show items
Sturgis artist Rick Wieczorek takes a chainsaw to timber to create more than a cord of fuel. He also reveals wildlife from 18 inches to 11 feet high. He will have a selection of carvings for sale from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, at the Pinedale Bazaar, 4901 W. Chicago St.
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oCT. 24-26n "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" — 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sundays. The San Francisco Shakespeare Festival presents the Washington Irving classic story of a superstitious town and schoolmaster Ichabod Crane, who says he doesn't believe in the infamous Headless Horseman.
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