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Naturalist painter's 1700s home a draw for tourists
Fredericksburg is so bucolic and pastoral, it is no wonder it serves as home to artists and art collections. The University of Mary Washington has three art destinations alone. Perhaps the most prominent of these -- and the only one with its own gift shop -- is the Gari Melchers Home and Studio, just across the Rappahannock River in Stafford County.
Richmond Times-Dispatch |
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Arts and Crafts Festival comes to Beasley
More than 90 art and craft vendors will gather in Beasley Coliseum today and Saturday for the Autumn Arts and Crafts Festival. The festival is in its 21st year and features vendors strictly from the Northwest region. All vendors are from Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana.
Washington State University Daily Evergreen |
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New York City's TV on the Radio always looking for other wavelengths
The founding of TV on the Radio didn't so much depend on music as it did painting
Knoxville News Sentinel |
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On Liberty In Philly? Rays Fans, Try These
Philadelphia is a world-class city; officials are rightfully proud of places such as Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell and the Museum of Art. Here's a list of places for Rays fans that officials of the City of Brotherly Love won't tell you about:
The Tampa Tribune |
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Community Connection for Oct. 24
TODAY Animals Adopt a Greyhound: PetSmart, 2435 N.W. Federal Highway, Jensen Beach, noon- 2 p.m. (772) 225-6868. Arts/Crafts Hobe Sound Fine Arts League: Artist of the Month reception, Sharon Raab. Market Place Plaza, 8879 S.E. Bridge Road, Hobe Sound, 5:30 p.m. (772) 546-2946; hsfineartsleague@webtv.net. Open Studio: For people who just want to paint with without receiving instruction. ...
Stuart News |
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15 new sculptures unveiled Thursday for Sculpture Walk 2008
Visitors, residents and downtown workers have been watching last year's sculptures coming down and new ones going for the past month.
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer |
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Art mixes with history
Upstairs in the Ravalli County Museum, past the Salish photographs and the tick fever exhibit, an ironworker, a pair of rescuers, a senator and a collection of everyday people are holding a silent conversation about the intersection of fine art and history.
Ravalli Republic |
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Sarah Churchwell: Who's 'ordinary' in these clothes?
As Andy Warhol almost said, politics is what you can get away with. The story of Sarah Palin's $150,000 makeover is showing the limits – admittedly high – of America's tolerance for hypocrisy. You should be careful where you start a witch hunt – villagers have a pesky way of turning on you, and checking whether you can float.
Independent |
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Wildfire threatens Getty art museum
LOS ANGELES — A wildfire burned 100 acres of brush and grass near the world-famous Getty art museum before it was doused Thursday without causing any damage or injuries, fire officials said. Nearby I-405 was closed for about four hours but reopened at 6 a.m., as the morning rush was getting under way. Even so, traffic on freeways and surface streets throughout Los Angeles were clogged, jammed ...
The Toledo Blade |
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A Gift of Art
Christmas came early for the Harvard Art Museum. Arts patron and former Harvard curator Emily Rauh Pulitzer has recently announced a donation of $200 million worth of art and an additional $45 million—historically, the Harvard Arts Museum’s largest ever donation.
The Harvard Crimson |
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Something really Different
TWO young artists have created a unique series of installation pieces at the Cannery Arts Centre as part of an exhibition titled Tall Poppy Syndrome.
Esperance Express |
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Movie stuff
“THE TRAIN” French Resistance attacks Nazi train filled with stolen art masterpieces. 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Nelson-Atkins Museum.
The Kansas City Star |
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Museum to sponsor contest for shutterbugs
By Sherry Martell Truro Daily News Wallace — The Wallace and Area Museum Society wants you to take your best shot and let them have it.
The Truro Daily News |
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Story Festival to focus on state history
Students will have the opportunity to experience the magic of storytelling first-hand this weekend. The sixth annual Michigan Story Festival kicks off today and will feature various events across campus. "We have a Michigan theme this year that will focus on the stories and history of our own state," said Darcy Orlik, College of Communication and Fine Arts special events coordinator.
Central Michigan Life |
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Sumter County Schools announces Red Ribbon Week 2008 Art Contest winners
Red Ribbon Week (Oct. 23-31) was begun in 1986 to honor the memory of Enrique "Kiki" Camarena, an agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration, who was murdered, along with his pilot, in 1985 in Mexico while doing undercover work there. Not only was Camarena killed; he was kidnapped and tortured. He left a grieving family and many friends in the DEA.
Americus Times-Recorder |
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Silent auction planned
Valdosta Symphony Guild members Dee Broadfoot, Myrtle Kelly, Jeanie Synyard, Mary Gooding, Tammy Borders and Jennifer Powell preview some of the silent auction items for the Nov. 8 Symphony Ball, ‘An Evening in the Shadow of the Sphinx.’
The Valdosta Daily Times |
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Food festival readies for opening
LAROSE - The annual French Food Festival kicks off Friday at the Larose Regional Park, and organizers say this year's event is going to be a special one.
The Houma Courier |
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Raiders' Gallery playing well at left guard
Robert Gallery is past the point of trying to please everybody. He no longer is consumed by trying to be what others envision. Gallery is having fun, enjoying the fruits of his hard labor and finding peace with his role as the Raiders' left guard.
San Jose Mercury News |
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All Dates for this Event:
62 Doors Gallery and Studios, 11B S. Main St.: Entry deadline of Oct. 30 for "Art in the Dark," a black light and low light art show. The show opens Nov. 2 at 7 p.m.
Minot Daily News |
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College art show features photographs
The Art Gallery at Moorpark College presents "Monsters in the Closet," a solo exhibition by Los Angeles-based artist Niku Kashef, through Nov. 15 at the gallery on campus, 7075 Campus Road. A reception for the artist will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Thurs., Oct. 30 at the gallery. The artist will give a talk about her work at 2:30 p.m.
Moorpark Acorn |
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Gallery is positioned to succeed
ALAMEDA — Robert Gallery is past the point of trying to please everybody. He no longer is consumed by trying to be what others envision. It took too much effort for him to get to where he is today.
Inside Bay Area |
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Wildfire near LA's Getty museum contained
LOS ANGELES - A wildfire burned 40 hectares of brush and grass near the world-famous Getty art museum before it was doused early Thursday without causing any damage or injuries, fire officials said.
The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News |
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Mountain lion spotted near L.A. art museum
LOS ANGELES ---- The world-famous Getty Center and its art museum have had an unusual visitor ---- a mountain lion.
North County Times |
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I-5 bridge panel to meet Nov. 4
Columbia River CrossingAn artist's rendering shows what the new Interstate 5 bridge, the Columbia River Crossing, could look like. A 10-member panel advising on major issues with a new Interstate 5 bridge project will convene its first meeting in Vancouver...
The Oregonian |
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New Sculpture Portraying Human Antibody as Protective Angel Installed on Scripps Florida Campus
JUPITER, FL.- A strikingly designed stainless steel sculpture that will be dedicated to Richard A. Lerner, M.D., president of The Scripps Research Institute, will be installed at the entrance to the main building on the new Scripps Florida campus.
Art Daily |
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