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'Get Screened' Video Contest Throws a Spotlight on the Importance of Colorectal-Cancer Screening
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center today announced a video contest called "Get Screened" -- a creative challenge to movie makers to help shine a spotlight on the importance of colorectal-cancer screening.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Aztec exhibit opens at Field
Field Museum exhibit brings to life empire destroyed by Cortés Tribune reporters
Chicago Tribune |
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Church hosts digital photography workshop
McHENRY – The Alliance Bible Church in McHenry is conducting a free digital photography workshop Tuesday.
Northwest Herald |
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Art market holding steady in Paris though buying frenzy over
The years-long frenzy to buy contemporary art appears to be coming to an end as the crunch bites, but the market held steady in Paris last week when top gallery owners gathered for the FIAC art fair.
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Uganda: Local Art Mirrors the Emotions of Independence
As Uganda celebrated her 46th Independence anniversary slightly over two weeks ago, the country's contemporary artists convened at Nommo Gallery and exhibited works depicting the emotions that followed the attainment of self-rule.
AllAfrica.com |
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Dialog Semiconductor's SmartXtend(TM) drivers ICs will be used to demonstrate video on a 3inch W-QVGA passive matrix ...
Dialog Semiconductor plc (FWB: DLG), a leading provider of high integrated Power Management Semiconductor solutions announces that its first ground breaking SmartXtend(TM) technology based driver ICs will be used by TDK as part of its PMOLED video display demonstration using a 3inch W-QVGA panel at the FPD International exhibition in Yokohama-city, Japan on 29th to 31st October.
Centre Daily Times |
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Festival attracts accomplished and novice artists
VALPARAISO -- The sunflowers were back at the 13th annual Sunflower Festival at the Art Barn School of Art.
Post-Tribune |
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A trailblazing video installation for Carter
The Amon Carter Museum, long at the forefront of seeing familiar vistas through new eyes and extraordinary angles, will forge ahead in this mission in Novem-ber with the first video-art installation in its history.
Fort Worth Business Press |
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Raphael’s Madonna restored to glory
After 10 years of painstaking study and restoration that tested both cutting edge technology and human patience, one of the greatest masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance is returning to the public.
Vietnam Net |
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Beyond Frame: Philippine Photomedia
Twelve artists push the boundaries of traditional photography and its derivatives, moving beyond the frame as a 'filter' to local nuances, historic anchors and site-specificity. This is an astute picture of Philippine contemporary art now.
Philippine Daily Inquirer |
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Hobbyist holiday: New Market holds annual craft show
NEW MARKET — From baked goods and handmade jewelry to original paintings and apple butter, the fall craft show in New Market had something for everyone this weekend.
The Northern Virginia Daily |
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BECA reports stellar third quarter results
Bahrain Exhibition & Convention Authority (BECA) announced record results for the third quarter ended 30th September 2008 with exhibitions and conferences forming the foundation of BECA's strong business showing for the quarter.
AME Info |
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Truong awarded Performance Art Talent Prize 2008
Nhan Dan Online- Pham Van Truong, a agraduate from Hanoi Industrial Fine Arts College won the first prize of the Performance Art Talent Prize held by the Embassy of Denmark on October 25.
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Meet local authors, illustrators
More than 90 local and regional authors and illustrators will sign, discuss and read from their work at the second annual Books by the Banks: Cincinnati USA Book Festival.
The Cincinnati Enquirer |
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Cranes return
If we're approaching November, it must be time for the annual Lodi Sandhill Crane Festival. This year's festival, complete with exhibits, demonstrations and tours of everything sandhill crane, will be held Nov. 7-9 at Hutchins Street Square, 125 S. Hutchins St.
Lodi News-Sentinel |
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Young Artists Raise Thousands For UNICEF
Child artists from around the world have raised $21,000 for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to spend on climate-related disasters by auctioning off 26 of their paintings in New York last night.
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Museum examines work of Czech master
CORNING — The evolution of the glass artistry of Czech master Frantisek Vizner will be on display beginning Saturday, when the Corning Museum of Glass opens the second installment of its series, Masters of Studio Glass.
The Ithaca Journal |
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Artists beginning with C (part two)
Time stills and the world goes quiet when you look at Chardin's closely observed scenes and objects. His frequent depictions of people deeply absorbed in what they are doing — making a house of cards, pouring tea, blowing soap bubbles — is a metaphor for the patient work of painting a picture.
Guardian Unlimited |
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Emerging Nations to Save Art Market From Slump, Christie's Says
Oct. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Christie's International has assembled $350 million of art in Abu Dhabi, combining highlights from its Oct. 30 auction in nearby Dubai with a Rothko , a Bacon and two Monet works as it seeks to woo emerging-market buyers.
Bloomberg |
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Oil Refineries Notified on Legal Claim Filed Against Subsidiary Carmel Olefins
Oil Refineries Ltd. , Israel's largest oil refiner, announced that it has received a notification from its subsidiary, Carmel Olefins Ltd. .
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Photog seeks to prove Rockwell's vision
More than once during Norman Rockwell's prolific career, detractors belittled his iconic images of America as too idealistic, too nostalgic, too composed. In his new book, photojournalist Kevin Rivoli debunks that indictment with his own slice-of-life snapshots paired side-by-side with Rockwell's paintings and illustrations.
SouthtownStar |
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Festival attracts accomplished and novice artists
VALPARAISO -- The sunflowers were back at the 13th annual Sunflower Festival at the Art Barn School of Art.
Post-Tribune |
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A Walker Win
FEASTING on shortbread and Champagne, the fashion pack turned out in force on Friday evening to celebrate Scotland's most stylish at the fourth Scottish Style Awards , sponsored by Moet & Chandon and held at Glasgow's Kelvingrove Art Gallery.
British Vogue |
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Marching on: Parade helps cap pumpkin fest
The 47th annual Sycamore Pumpkin Festival drew large crowds Wednesday through Sunday to view 930 pumpkin competition entries. The crowds were evident even on Sunday, during the day's blustery weather, for the annual pumpkin parade. Many wore winter wear as they lined both sides of the parade route.
The Courier News |
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A UI sudent's do-it-yourself gallery
UI senior Elias Simpson, 22, is humble with a keen eye and a boundless empathy for artistic talent. With a few blank walls in his bedroom and a $300 budget, Simpson set out to host a homespun student-art gallery at 21 N. Dodge St. Sunday.
The Daily Iowan |
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