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Humble man who created great works
Portrait of Anton Agius by Kevin Casha. The artist Anton Agius, who died last Sunday aged 74, was a humble man with eruptive talent. He delved deeply in every subject - every sculpture he produced is so eloquent.
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Ford executives view restored Verdala paintings
President Eddie Fenech Adami addresses the Ford of Europe executives at Verdala Castle with (from right) Mrs Fenech Adami, Joseph Gasan, chairman of the Gasan Group, Baroness Sylvia Trapani Galea, director of the Gasan Group, and senior Ford of Europe executives Viktor Molnar, Yannis Tavanidis and Peter Fleet.
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Shenandoah’s business district is looking a little artsy.
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Former teacher artfully prolonging passion
Parkinson's sufferer forced to end teaching career takes up painting and teaches it to other patients In the predawn hours of Jan. 28, 2005, unable to fall sleep, Lou DeCaro sat up in bed, pondering what to do with the rest of his life.
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Local and Live
Sunday, October 26, 2008 • "RICHARD SWANSON: SCULPTURAL RHYTHMS": Yellowstone Art Museum, 401 N. 27th St. Noon-5 p.m. Large-scale sculpture created for YAM's Northwest Projects gallery. $5, adults; $4, senior citizens; $3, ages 6-18; free, ages 5, younger and YAM members. Final day of exhibit. 256-6804.
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Student’s name: Deanna Giello School: Dunmore High School Grade: 11 Age: 17 Art teacher: Cristin Hogan Medium: Acrylic paint Title: “White Tail Fields” Favorite artist: Andy Warhol because of his choice of colors.
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New lecture series a treat
The Annenberg Theater Council recently inaugurated a new series of lectures to be held in their beautiful 400-plus seat theater at the Palm Springs Art Museum; and if the first lecture is any indication of its success, they will need to add seats or coat hooks to prevent standing-room-only.
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Museum dinner a sellout
If anyone had doubts about “the season” being officially open, last week's Dinner in the Canyons confirmed that summer is officially over.
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This Just In
Every Nov. 1, many Hispanics honor their dead relatives, making their favorite meals, sweets, sugar skulls and masks to decorate burial sites or makeshift altars. The colorful and upbeat holiday may appear morbid to some, but people consider Day of the Dead a way to celebrate their ancestors' lives while facing their own fears of death. Countries such as Mexico host festivals where people ...
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Culinary arts series ends with cake contest
One of Leah Jenkins' fondest memories of childhood is her mother's cakes.
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At the Hamiltonian, a Treasury for Artists
Washington artists, who's your daddy? If you're an artist without a gallery, your benefactor could be a self-effacing and bespectacled man named Paul So. When the 41-year-old So accepts you into his arts incubator program, you become a Hamiltonian Artist. You'll receive $2,000 annually and the gu...
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Given up as lost, Afghan treasures make a triumphant return in new exhibit
Hidden treasures of Afghanistan make West Coast debut at S.F.'s Asian Art Museum
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Packed programme of fun
STUDENTS enjoyed a programme packed with science, art, drama, music and sport during the fourth annual Stowe Festival this month. (24/10/2008 12:45:00)
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Festival of lights showcases Pittsburgh's rich architecture CITY OF LIGHTS
Want to brighten your days with an incredible light show, before the usual holiday light shows begin? Consider a trip west to ''Pittsburgh 250 Festival of Lights, '' which is turning more than 20 of the city's most famous structures into large-scale works of art.
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Still drawn to comics
Back in the 1970s, when Art Spiegelman was a "self-important squirt" and before he would go on to spend 13 years creating Maus, his two-volume Holocaust masterpiece, he was intent on breaking what he saw as the last comic taboo standing.
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Literary events
Art Slam Open mike, poetry readings, visual artist exhibits, musicians, featured guests and coffee house. 7-9 p.m. Fridays, through Dec. 26. The Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew, 719 N. Shipley St., Wilmington. 656-6628 or www.
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Film festival at NSU focuses on modern Ireland
David Kilroy intends to add a realistic, gritty edge to the typical images of the Emerald Isle at a free series he's organizing at Nova Southeastern University in Davie.
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Five Things I Have To Have Now
Dan Keplinger is a local artist whose life was the subject of the 1999 Oscar-winning documentary King Gimp . Although born with severe cerebral palsy, he has become a successful artist and public speaker. When he is not traveling, he is at work on new art shows that will open in Baltimore next year. You can see samples of his work at kinggimp.com. Keplinger lives in Towson.
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Generous collectors leaving a legacy of fine art
Art takes up all the air in Herb and Dorothy Vogel's cramped one-bedroom on the Upper East Side. Minimalist and conceptual works cover every inch of wall and dangle from the ceiling. Because there is no other place for it, a Richard Tuttle painting clings to the inside of a louvered door that leads to the tiny kitchen Other pieces crowd shelves and table tops.
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Milwaukee's high on the Hog with new museum
One of the first exhibits you see upon strolling into the new Harley-Davidson Museum is a bicycle-like frame, with white tires and an engine mounted low in the middle. The display explains that a hand lever was used to tighten the leather belt leading from the engine to the back rim, creating tension and propelling the cycle forward.
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Portraits of powerful people in D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C.: `PORTRAITS OF POWER' What with the election around the corner, the timing couldn't better for this exhibition of Richard Avedon portraits taken over a half-century, from the 1950s until the artist's death in 2004. Avedon's sitters include political figures, labor leaders, government officials, civil rights leaders, and average citizens involved in the political process. ...
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Yambilee events continue today
A sparse crowd populated the grounds of the Yambilee Festival's carnival Saturday morning to continue the annual celebration of the yam.
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S EVENT COMMUNITY MUSIC DAY Community Music Day at Crowden Music Center is a free celebration for the family, featuring the ever-popular "Instrument Petting Zoo," instrument-making workshops, class demonstrations, face painting and musical performances...
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Raiders' Gallery blocks out past
BALTIMORE – Robert Gallery knows some won't forget 2006.
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In an Oct. 19 story about this weekend's 18th annual In the Park with...
In an Oct. 19 story about this weekend's 18th annual In the Park with Art at Palmetto Bay, a small rendering of a poster from a previous year was inadvertently used as part of the art used to illustrate the story.
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