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Announcements: Oct. 26
Fall Festival - Music, petting zoo and more, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, downtown Oliver Springs, Tenn. Info: 865-435-0955.
Knoxville News Sentinel |
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Tiny Gay Museum Coming Out Of Closet
They read like dispatches from the controversy over Proposition 8, the current ballot initiative that would ban same-sex marriage in California.
The Tampa Tribune |
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24th Annual Northeast Ohio Regional Juried Painting Exhibition
Jurored regional painting exhibition. Through Oct. 30, Mondays through Fridays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; free Cuyahoga Valley Art Center (330) 928-8092
West Side Leader & South Side News Leader |
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Gayle Manchin encourages students to create ornaments for capitol tree
CHARLESTON -- West Virginia First Lady Gayle Manchin is encouraging all kindergarten classes and 12th-grade art students to create a stocking ornament to be displayed on the State Capitol Christmas Tree, which will be in the Capitol Rotunda later this year.
The Huntington Herald-Dispatch |
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Series focuses on desegregation landmarks
The city of Savannah's Department of Cultural Affairs, in conjunction with the Telfair Museum of Art, is presenting a two-part discussion series on desegregation in Savannah.
Savannah Morning News |
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Armory show highlights offbeat visions of local and international artists
First things first: The Edge! is not about U2's guitarist. It's a new exhibit at the Armory Art Center that doesn't need a lot of hipster hype, or even an exclamation point to make its point.
The Palm Beach Post |
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Travel: Clinton Library presents choppers as art
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Oval Office replica at the Clinton Presidential Library gives visitors a look at what they would see if they could get inside the working area of the White House. For the next several months, the view comes with some horsepower. The center’s new “Art of the Chopper” exhibit displays 30 gleaming, handcrafted motorcycles from around the country. That may be a curious ...
The State |
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The story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott will be told in a Smithsonian Institution exhibit that opens Nov. 2 in the ...
It took about a year's worth of negotiations to get "381 Days: The Montgomery Bus Boycott Story" to Columbus. This is an exhibit curated by the Smithsonian Institution that tells the story of Rosa Parks and her stand against racism in 1955.
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer |
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Irish artist in New Ulm
NEW ULM - People filled the basement of the New Ulm Library Saturday afternoon to listen to watercolor artist Ann Martin of Cork, Ireland, talk about her craft and one of her most recent works with a local connection, "Liver and Onions." Her painting "Liver and Onions" tells a narrative of life and the people who frequent The Ulmer Cafe in downtown New Ulm. At 9 a.m.
The New Ulm Journal |
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Artist salvages old shrimp trawlers and uses other recycled materials to create nautical sculptures
Sparks fly as Ray Lynwood Polin grinds metal for rooftops and sanders. Drills and air guns grunt and groan, keeping up air pressure as he smooths rough wood salvaged from a shrimp trawler featured in the movie, "The Prince of Tides."
The Beaufort Gazette |
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Club News
Fayetteville Art Guild: The group offers classes, lectures and exhibiting possibilities to artists of all levels. The group normally meets every third Monday at 5:30 p.m. at The Arts Council of Fayetteville at 301 Hay St. Call 868-9533.
The Fayetteville Observer |
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Art review: Asheer Akram at the Late Show
Tom Deatherage at the Late Show has a knack for spotting new talent. The gallery’s October exhibition includes intriguing fabricated steel works by Asheer Akram, a 2007 graduate of the Kansas City Art Institute.
The Kansas City Star |
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Exhibit of Yup'ik ingenuity moves on
A closing ceremony for "Yuungnaqpiallerput (The Way We Genuinely Live): Masterworks of Yup'ik Science and Survival" will take place starting at 2 p.m. today at the Anchorage Museum. Anchorage's Kicaput Dancers will perform, and elder Marie Meade will pronounce a Yup'ik blessing before staff packs up the exhibit to send it on.
Anchorage Daily News |
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There's human interaction between photographer Anthony Lepore and subjects
Human relationships are the bedrock of Anthony Lepore’s photography, as seen in a new exhibit at the Kemper Museum.
The Kansas City Star |
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Pumpkin party: Children turn gobs of gourds into works of art at MET's Great Pumpkin Party
Halloween may not be until Friday, but there were plenty of Batmen, princesses and not-so-wicked witches in attendance at the Museum of East Texas' Great Pumpkin Party on Saturday afternoon.
The Lufkin Daily News |
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Expert advice on first museum outings
- Tips by Amelia Wiggins, education and public programs coordinator, Stark Museum of Art
Beaumont Enterprise |
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Throw a viewing party for the season finale of ‘Mad Men'
If you’re not already watching “Mad Men” each week, you should be. The AMC TV show is a visual feast for design junkies. Mid-century modernist eye candy fills the homes and offices in early 1960s New York — think teak furniture, metal wall sculptures and lots of burnt orange. But it’s a show with style and substance, which is why it earned the Emmy for best drama in ...
The Kansas City Star |
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The art of culturing kids
Stuffed ducks might get past museum security, but green balloons are generally asked to stay outside.
Beaumont Enterprise |
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Ethical questions haunt museums' acquisition of antiquities
W hen the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art announced last year that it had acquired a colorful, ancient Egyptian coffin, officials presented a small sheaf of paperwork affirming that all was on the up and up.
The Kansas City Star |
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Carpenter wins best in show at preview
The winners for the 2008 Showcase of Crafts at the Mountain Makins Festival were announced at the Preview Reception Friday night.
Morristown Citizen Tribune |
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Features: Having A Moment
The 6th World Film Festival of Bangkok opens with indie romantic drama and closes with the Rolling Stones. This year’s World Film Festival of Bangkok will finally see its first child all grown up.
Sin Chew Jit Poh |
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Gorgeous Entertainment Presents New Anime Masterpieces Film Grave of the Fireflies at the Freer's Meyer Auditorium
WASHINGTON, DC.- Anime Masterpieces, a new series highlighting the best in Japanese animated feature films, presents “Grave of the Fireflies,” Saturday, Dec. 6, 2 p.m., in the Freer Gallery of Art’s Meyer Auditorium.
Art Daily |
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Museum of Nature & Science Unveils Plans for the Tom Hunt Energy Hall at Victory Park Facility in Dallas
DALLAS, TX.- With a "goal to create the best energy hall in the world," officials from the Museum of Nature & Science today unveiled plans for the new Tom Hunt Energy Hall, which will become a signature exhibit area in the new Perot Museum of Nature & Science at Victory Park in downtown Dallas.
Art Daily |
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The Orange County Museum of Art Presents the 2008 California Biennial
NEWPORT BEACH, CA.- The 2008 California Biennial continues the Orange County Museum of Art’s four-decade long history of presenting new developments in contemporary art.
Art Daily |
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New Exhibition at Israel Museum Explores Artistic Virtuosity throughout Time
JERUSALEM.- The Israel Museum presents Bizarre Perfection, an exhibition that celebrates virtuoso artistry and masterful craftmanship across cultures and throughout time.
Art Daily |
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