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Heart in art
Artists often need a muse to inspire them to greatness. Midwestern State University would like to think that one of those muses over the past three decades has been the Fain Fine Arts Center.
Wichita Falls Times Record News |
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Dollhouses at the MFA are more than child's play
British artist and sculptor Rachel Whiteread's installation of illuminated dollhouses presents a sophisticated statement of community and purpose.
The MetroWest Daily News |
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Lala exhibit a thought-provoking challenge for viewers
The first word in the title of Michal Lile's exhibit at Lala Gallery is most certainly a clue into the mind of the artist: "Tangential" (peripheral, lateral, at a tangent, divergent).
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Club notes
ANNUITANTS MEET Whiting Standard Oil Annuitants Club will meet at 1 p.m. Nov. 6 at American Legion Post 80, 2003 Indianapolis Blvd. Guest speakers will be Marty Ramos and Chuck Kerr from First Midwest Bank, speaking on the topic Disaster Planning. Sign-ups for the Christmas party on Nov. 11 and a holiday concert at the Symphony Center in Chicago on Dec. 14.
The Times of Northwest Indiana |
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Philanthropist, energy industry pioneer Glassell dies
Alfred C. Glassell Jr., a renaissance man and philanthropist equally at home in the fields of energy, art and sport fishing, died Wednesday after an extended illness. He was 95.
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Sacred geometry a winning concept for champion quilt
Sharon Schamber won The Handi Quilter Best of Show Award at the International Quilt Festival, used sacred geometry to create art.
Houston Chronicle |
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Student art on show
ALBANY Senior High School Year 12 art students presented their annual exhibition last week at the Albany Town Hall.
Albany and Great Southern Weekender |
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Mountaineers run circles around Auburn
Sophomore running back Mario Fannin, No. 27, runs the ball against the West Virginia defense: Thursday night in Morgantown, W. Va. The Auburn running game posted 100 yards in the first half, but couldn’t carry its success into the second half as the Mountaineers scored 24 unanswered points. Dale Sparks / ALL-PRO PHOTOGRAPHY Auburn (4-4, 2-3 SEC) extended its losing streak to three ...
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Sculpture represents nation's economic meltdown
NEW YORK (AP) -- The economy is melting -- literally. Two artists on Wednesday installed a 1,500-pound ice sculpture that spelled the word "Economy" in Manhattan's financial district.
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Yves Saint Laurent exhibit discussed Nov. 6
Art docent Julia Geist will speak Nov. 6 on the upcoming Yves Saint Laurent exhibit at the de Young Museum.
Marin Independent Journal |
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At its best, the Festival of Lights helps us see architecture differently.
Its real success is not in simply making architecture look different, but in making us look at architecture differently. By Charles Rosenblum.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
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MOCAD's got dance lessons, DJs and prizes for Halloween
Confirming once again that it's one of the coolest venues in Detroit for a party, the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit is sponsoring "Believin,'" a Halloween dance party Friday.
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Browns notes: Cutting down on the penalties
BEREA — Yellow is not one of the Browns’ official colors, but it was all over the field earlier this season in the form of penalty flags. Cleveland was whistled for an NFL-high 47 infractions in its first five games — ringing up either nine or 10 penalties in each contest — before straightening [...]
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Southlake man's 'Star Wars' museum will be open for fundraiser
By AMAN BATHEJA ROANOKE — Phillip Wise isn’t a Jedi. He isn’t a stormtrooper or a wookie, either. But this Saturday, he is giving local Star Wars fans the next best thing to actually stepping into that famous world set a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Wise, who has turned his love for everything Star Wars into several successful businesses, is opening the doors to his personal ...
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Embroidery expert to give talk Sunday
The final lecture in a six-part series related to the New Bedford Whaling Museum's "Needle/Work — Art, Craft and Industry in a Port City" exhibit will feature Isabel Rodrigues, an accomplished embroiderer who learned the skill during her childhood...
The Standard-Times |
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First major Christie's punk auction scheduled
Never mind the auction block — here's the Sex Pistols.
The Standard-Times |
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Minnesota museum concludes painting was Nazi loot
MINNEAPOLIS - The Minneapolis Institute of Arts has sent a $2.8 million painting back to France after concluding it had been stolen by the Nazis during World War II.
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Third Reynoldson Reserve festival
WONGAN Hills will celebrate its third Reynoldson Reserve festival over the weekend of Friday, November 7 to Sunday, November 9.
Central Midlands & Costal Advocate |
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Dandaragan artist to display at Wheatbelt Cultural Festival
DANDARAGAN artist Amanda Lin will be one of the artists participating in the Wheatbelt Cultural Festival to be held in Northam from December 5 to 7.
Central Midlands & Costal Advocate |
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Exhibition reveals stories through beadwork
PARK HILL — Friends Gail Pomeroy of Wisconsin and Kathy Balcom of Tennessee on Wednesday made a special trip to the Cherokee Heritage Center. The reason was “Beadwork Storytellers, a Visual Language.”
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Teens do their part to support ArtWorks! benefit
In the spirit of Venice during the Renaissance, ArtWorks! is throwing an "Off the Wall Masked Ball" featuring sometimes gruesome, sometimes joyous papier-maché facades created by teens artists in support of the fundraising party and auction Saturday.
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Museum explores art, spirit of Mexican Day of the Dead
The Evansville Museum explores Mexico's Day of the Dead celebrations with an exhibition of art, photographs and ancestor altars coordinated and, in many cases, created, by Michael Aakhus an artist, professor and associate dean at the University of Southern Indiana who, for years, has led annual study trips into Mexico and Central America .
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Calendar: 10.30.08
Thursday is the last day to view the art exhibit "Painted Skull Collection" by Native American artist and educator Larry Running Turtle Salazar on display at the Noel McArdle Gallery in the Janet F. Harte Public Library
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Public invited to juried art show
NAMPA -- The Nampa Art Guild, a nonprofit organization in its 47th year of providing a program of art education for the community, hosts its 23rd annual Centennial Juried Art Show. It is open to the public for viewing from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. today, 11-9 Friday, 11-5 Saturday-Wednesday, Nov. 5 at the Nampa Civic Center. The juror was Will Nelson.Best of show -- $200; Dwight Williams, Winter ...
Idaho Press-Tribune |
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