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First punk auction to hit New York
NEW YORK (AP) -- Never mind the auction block -- here's the Sex Pistols. CNN
New York Festivals 2009 International Advertising Awards Call for Entries Opens October 29th
NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 10/29/08 -- New York Festivals 2009 International Advertising Awards officially opens its Call for Entries on Wednesday, October 29th. Broadcast Newsroom
Children's Beach House names featured artist for holiday exhibit
The Children’s Beach House recently announced the selection of artist Anita Peghini-Räber as the featured artist for the 2008 Holiday Art Show scheduled to open Friday, Dec. 5. “We are so fortunate to have a talented cadre of artists in our beach community and Anita is one of the best. Cape Gazette
Graphics Accelerator supports Adobe® Creative Suite® 4.
With NVIDIA® Quadro® CX, users can encode H.264 videos, accelerate rendering time for advanced effects, and accurately preview what deliverables will look like with 30-bit color or uncompressed 10-bit/12-bit SDI before final output. For Adobe Photoshop CS4 users, GPU enables real-time image rotation, zooming, and panning, as well as on-screen compositing of both 2D and 3D content, ensuring ... ThomasNet
National Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition Opens Feb. 12, 2009, At The Library of Congress
Library of Congress announces the opening of "With Malice Toward None: The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition" on Feb. 12, 2009, in celebration of the 200th birthday of America's 16th president. The exhibit will be at the Library of Congress through May 9, 2009, after which it will travel to five U.S. cities. PRWeb via Yahoo! News
LU senior presents art exhibit
Tanika Jones, senior art major at Lincoln University, is presenting her works in an exhibit which begins Nov. 1 and runs through Nov. 14, in Memorial Hall Gallery on Chestnut Street. There will an opening reception from 2-4 p.m. Nov. 1. Jefferson City News Tribune
Events Calendar the week of Oct. 29, 2008
Altars of the Invisible: Sculptural Book-works, is on exhibit in the Tomasulo Gallery, Union County College, Cranford, from Nov. 14 to Dec. 20. Multimedia book artist Miriam Schaer uses garments like girdles, bustiers, brassieres, gloves, aprons and children's clothes,... Independent Press
TV gardener to design terrace
It is known for its colourful collections of artwork, sculptures and exhibitions. But, with the help of celebrity garden designer Diarmuid Gavin, the roof of Walsall’s £15 million New Art Gallery is soon set to become as much of a show-stopping spectacle as its displays. Express and Star
Tyler Green's modern & contemporary art blog
A few weeks ago I noted that a couple of museums were beginning to explore making content more available via the web: LACMA posted a few catalogue essays, lots of museums now have Flickr streams, and so on. Arts Journal
State wants artists' ideas for Mexicantown bridge
The state wants to put up enduring public art near the pedestrian bridge that will cross I-75 connecting east and west Mexicantown at Bagley Avenue near the Ambassador Bridge. Detroit Free Press
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JazzTimes is for serious jazz fans and musicians, offering jazz news, jazz concert reviews, in-depth features, photography, artist profiles, reviews, interviews and more. JazzTimes Magazine
Dance, poetry and rock in arts festival
Mayo County Council’s EXCEL 08, is a developmental programme of arts events for teenagers and young adults across the county. Western People
What's In a Name -- Often Your Brand's Identity
An organization's name, logo, brand... their image, directly impacts peoples perception about it and how their products and services are valued. The same is true for museums. Fast Company Magazine
Asymmetrical 'Picasso art' car goes under the hammer
A custom-built asymmetric car inspired by an artwork by Picasso is among the 100 classic vehicles due to go under the hammer. BBC News
Bat at Pittsfield High School on the move?
Wednesday, October 29 PITTSFIELD — The sculpture of the large rusted steel baseball bat on the front lawn of Pittsfield High School, which some consider an eyesore, may have found a new home. Berkshire Eagle
1st major Christie's punk auction set for NYC
Never mind the auction block -- here's the Sex Pistols. Courier-Post
GameCity in Nottingham - a Midlands alternative to the London Games Festival
If, like Jamie, a commenter on our post about the London Games Festival, you're not based in London, then you might be interested in GamesCity - a similar event in Nottingham. It's due to take place between the 30th October and 1st November, mostly at Gatecrasher, but also at a few other venues around the city. Tech Digest via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News
New York Festivals 2009 International Advertising Awards Call for Entries Opens October 29th
New York Festivals 2009 International Advertising Awards officially opens its Call for Entries on Wednesday, October 29th. Now in its 51st year, the NYF International Advertising Award competition recognizes work in all media from 71 countries around the world: television, cinema, print, outdoor, interactive, design, mixed media, collateral, radio and student advertising. Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance
Artist brings ‘hope’ to Harvard Square
In a trip back to Boston, Shepard Fairey could still find the stickers he made as a college student pasted onto abandoned buildings and street signs. Nowadays, his artwork is a little easier to find. Earlier this month, Fairey – a 38-year-old Los Angeles-based contemporary artist and illustrator who’s behind the widespread “Hope” poster of Barack Obama – brought his guerilla-style murals ... Cambridge Chronicle & Cambridge Tab
Balloon Dog
The sculpture "Balloon Dog (Red)" (1994-2000) by US artist Jeff Koons is pictured during a press preview at Neue Nationalgalerie Museum in Berlin. Photo courtesy: AFP. Sin Chew Jit Poh
Hodgepodge open in Old Town
Nancy Wilson formerly owned Rebecca’s2nd Debutin Old Town. Hodgepodgefeaturesworksuch asunderwaterand nature photography, jewelry artists,Gullah art and food,tailored baby and child items,local T-shirts,garden and home accessories, etc.. Bluffton Today
Presenting ... presidential pumpkins
Professional carver blends Halloween, Election Day in designs COLONIE ? Forget jack-o'-lanterns. Try the Mac-o'-lantern or maybe the Barack-o'-lantern.Brian Bateman, a product development analyst at the New York State Industries for the Disabled by day and a professional pumpkin carver by night has been showing his pumpkin politicians at festivals and on his Web site in honor of Halloween and ... Albany Times Union
No walk this way
ONE of the greatest collections of 20th century British art went on display today, ahead of going under the hammer at an auction where it is expected to fetch an estimated £ Edinburgh Evening News
The winner of the 2008 Bega Valley Art Awards is Craig Cameron, whose painting, The 50 Tribes of Sorrow, was selected ...
Sapphire Coast Turf Club track specialist Gelderbelle proved the horses-for-courses adage correct once again when she careered away with the TLE Electrical & Data Services open handicap over 1200m on Saturday for her fifth win on her home turf. Merimbula News Weekly
Artist of the week 13: Olivia Plender
Olivia Plender is best known for an epic comic strip called The Masterpiece that is a critique on the Romantic idea of the artist as tortured genius. We follow her subject through the decades as he brings self-doubt and loathing to country house parties and bohemian London. Guardian Unlimited