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A Change of scenery
Hal Franklin and Willie Handy hang up new artwork by Morriss Elementary fifth-graders Thursday on the Art Wall in downtown Texarkana. The collaborative piece, titled “The Bridge,” was made with help from Massachusetts artist Richard Jenkins. The artwork will be shown until next year.
Texarkana Gazette |
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Celebration Gallery and Studios to be open by 2009
The Celebration Mall in Rehoboth Beach is expanding into visual arts by creating new studio spaces and a gallery.
Cape Gazette |
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London News and Reviews
The Royal Academy’s winter exhibition is this year devoted to the cultural artefacts of Byzantium , the empire that was the ancient Rome of the east and for more than a millennium the Christian successor of the pagan western Rome. Its capital, too, was called Byzantium, its prime defensive site on the west side of the Bosphorus, a prehistoric settlement turned city in the seventh century BC, ...
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Nigeria: Cultural Glamour At Olokun Festival
In its bid to sustain the country's cultural heritage, especially that of the Yoruba, the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) recently held the 2008 edition of Olokun Festival at the serene Suntan Beach, Badagry, in Lagos. It was indeed a galaxy of culture on display.
AllAfrica.com |
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Red Door Gallery coming soon
The sixth annual Red Door Gallery, featuring the works of more than 100 artists and artisans, will open at St. Dunstan’s Church, 18 Springdale Ave. in Dover, on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 7-8, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public.
Dover-Sherborn Press |
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Ethics Girl: Green Gold
I love free stuff, so what better than the two-for-one bargain of this gorgeous photography book, Yasuni Green Gold - you get a lovely book and help protect the rainforest at the same time.
Independent |
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22nd Annual American Sandsculpting Championship and Beach Festival. November 5 -9, 2008: Fort Myers Beach, Florida
Over 75,000 spectators are expected to attend this years 22nd Annual American Sandsculpting Championship and Beach Festival next week. A five-day, 'Invitational Masters Only' competition, the 22nd Annual American Sandsculpting Championship attracts the finest sand sculptors from around the world.People travel from all over the world to admire the whimsical masterpieces created by the 22 Master ...
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Howlin' good time
The historic downtown area is primed and ready for its big Halloween coming-out party. Promoter Mark Tarone will see the fruits of his labor after a year of planning when the Hallowbaloo Music + Arts Festival kicks into high gear along Nuuanu Avenue and down to Aloha Tower Marketplace.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin |
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Learn about Scituate’s ‘bawdy’ artists
Join Scituate resident David Noonan at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 2, at Scituate Public Library, 85 Branch St., for a look at the colony of painters, writers, photographers, sculptors, architects, composers and musicians that evolved between 1891 and 1915 on Meeting House Hill in Scituate.
Scituate Mariner |
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$5 million bequest bolsters the Mint
The Mint Museum Thursday received a $5 million donation, the largest bequest of its kind in the museum's history, from the estate of a longtime Charlotte philanthropist. Nancy Akers Wallace's gift will benefit the museum for quite a long time, Executive Director Phil Kline said. “We're very excited. The only restriction on the gift was that it was to become part of the endowment,” he said. “A ...
The Charlotte Observer |
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Talk Prospect 1 with TP Art Critic Doug MacCash
You've heard about it, read about it and plan to attend some of the events associated with Prospect.1 New Orleans, the city-spanning international art exhibit that opens to the public Saturday, Nov. 1. Send in your questions now about...
New Orleans Times-Picayune |
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Out & About
WHEN We Were Young is a free exhibition taking a look at people’s memories of work, school, leisure and home life in Cardiff over the past 200 years. It is taking place at the city’s Old Library between 10am and 5pm, Tuesday to Saturday.
icWales |
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Game clock winding down for the Art of Competition exhibit
It's been a winner, but it's time to call the final plays of "The Art of Competition" sports exhibit at the Hardin Center.
The Gadsden Times |
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Triple play comes to gallery
Two sisters will display their glass works in a show at Gallery in the Grove, starting Sunday. Tammy Fleet-Schmid and Sandy Fleet-Sullivan operate Bonnie Doon [...]
Sarnia Observer |
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Back to art; Bend contemporary artist returns to gallery scene
Audra Philippy’s paintings are abstract, mixed-media pieces that feel just outside of what’s traditionally seen at Bend’s mainstream galleries.She takes custom-made wood blocks and applies plaster and pigment, creating unique, evocative landscapes of color and texture. Often, while she’s working, she’ll get the sense that the piece needs “a partner,” and she’ll make a second piece to go with the ...
The Bulletin |
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: Th'YARC fundraising dinner/auction to be held Nov. 20
Rudders Seafood Restaurant and Brew Pub will be partnering with the Yarmouth Arts Regional Council for the second year in a row to host a dinner and auction fundraiser at the restaurant on Thursday, Nov...
The Yarmouth County Vanguard |
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Film series will feature documentaries
RICHMOND -- Several films shown during the recent Campecine Film Festival at the Indianapolis Museum of Art will be screened Saturday at the Richmond Art Museum.
Palladium-Item |
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Seniors drop-in centre has talented artists
Members of the Senior Citizen's Drop-In Craft and Activity Centre were well represented at the recent art exhibit at the Pembroke Legion, which was sponsored [...]
Pembroke Daily Observer |
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Art gallery celebrates five new fall exhibits
The Art Gallery of Peterborough in Del Crary Park invites the community to an opening reception for its five new fall exhibitions tomorrow at 7 [...]
The Peterborough Examiner |
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Through the lens: Gallery crawl excites art enthusiasts
With clarinets playing in the background, about 50 Aberdeen art enthusiasts moved about the Isaac Lincoln Gallery looking, talking and touching a few of the pieces during the third year of the Gallery Crawl....
Aberdeen American News |
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Bringing color and life to praise
The annual Festival of Lights will be held from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday at Penn State Fayette, the Eberly Campus. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
Daily Courier |
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Paranormal exhibition offers tricks and treats
The voice is barely audible but a careful listener can just make out, "Can you hear me?"
Swissinfo |
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Special to the Daily Herald
Central Texas College will host a reception to meet the artists of the newly-opened exhibit, "Novel Works – Artist-Altered Books," from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday. The reception will be held in the CTC library. The exhibit is on display in the Upper Art Gallery of the library.
Killeen Daily Herald |
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Artists guild needs artisans for coming show
The Ridgefield Guild of Artists is seeking artisans to participate in its fourth annual The Festive Home‚ exhibition and sale, from Dec. 5 through 22 at the Guild’s Halpin Lane gallery/studio barn.
Ridgefield Press |
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3 paintings might bring $1 million each
At least three Canadian paintings to be sold at auction next month are likely to join the country's rapidly expanding club of million-dollar artworks - membership in which has shot from 14 to 30 in the past 18 months.
Montreal Gazette |
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