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Students enjoy festive fall events
Some area pre-school students broke out the costumes early and indulged in candy, Thursday to help celebrate fall. Jacob’s Ladder fall festival event allowed 3 and 4 year-old students the opportunity to participate in some fall fun.
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Van Dyck's subtle scrutiny of the human psyche
An exhibition at the Musée Jacquemart-André traces the oeuvre of Anthony Van Dyck.
International Herald Tribune |
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2 artists explore their Indonesian identities
The oil painter Astari and the sculptor Pintor Sirait, who live and work together, are a rising force on the Balinese art scene.
International Herald Tribune |
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St. Pauls United Methodist Church to hold annual Holiday Fest on Nov. 15
The annual Holiday Fest will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 15 at St. Pauls United Methodist Church, 600 Wilshire Blvd. Artwork and craft items available for purchase include stained glass, jewelry, watercolors, quilting, rugs and runners, dried arrangements, candles, handmade beads, old world Santas, fleece wear, folk art, country woods, pottery, hand-woven baskets and other items. A $2 donation ...
Stevens Point Journal |
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DISPATCH FROM ROME Rome crawls to a close with a few good laughs
The Rome International Film Festival (RIFF) is drawing to a close in the Italian capital, with only a day to go until the fest's Marc'Aurelio awards, decided on by the audience, will be handed out.
indieWIRE |
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Montreal-born photographer Benoit Aquin wins $100K prize
Canadian photographer Benoit Aquin has won the inaugural edition of an international prize celebrating excellence in environmental photography.
CBC Montreal |
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Valerie Maynard
On October 15, 2008, the Visual Arts Program at Morgan State University showcased Visual Artist Valerie Maynard. Students were given the “unique” opportunity to attend a lecture conducted by the celebrated artist herself in Carl J. Murphy Fine Arts Center.
Baltimore Times |
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I Turned It into a Palace: Sir Sydney Cockerell and the Fitzwilliam Museum - The Art Newspaper
The directorship of Sir Sydney Cockerell from 1908 to 1937 is considered one of the most dynamic in the Fitzwilliam Museum's history, turning it from "an antiquated, cluttered miscellany" into a world-class museum.
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New art gallery, towers and roof for BC Place passes Vancouver council
Vancouver city council threw its support behind a massive revitalization project for the northeast end of False Creek, including the new retractable roof for BC Place, ensuring the giant dome be part of the city skyline in some form for years to come.
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Nation prepares 'Honest Abe's' 200th birthday bash
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Happy 200th Birthday, Honest Abe! The nation is preparing to throw you a party. The celebration will be focused in the nation's capital, where museums, theaters and other attractions announced plans Thursday for more than 80 exhibits and programs in the coming months to celebrate the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth.
The Pantagraph |
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Blending heads on learning with history and Halloween
Becky Thornton, art teacher at Carl Stuart Middle School, recently directed her students in making jack-o-lanterns for Halloween.
The Log Cabin Democrat |
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Halloween Happenings
Dancing, Ghoulish Hipsters -- Thunderdome, the long-running hipster dance night, presents its Halloween party, Return to the Terrordome XII, featuring a showdown between dance crews Hearthrob and Mistaker. Greek American Political Club, 288 Green St., Cambridge, 10 p.m. $9. Ghoulish Art Students -- MassArt offers the niftiest setting in Boston for a Halloween party: an art ...
Bostonist |
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Joan Miró: Painting and Anti-painting, 1927-37 - The Art Newspaper
Catalan artist Joan Miró notoriously declared, "I want to assassinate painting." His statement is the starting point for a show that examines his unconventional strategies to create a new and modern form of expression.
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Namibia: Art Students Exhibit Their Works
This year's Unam (University of Namibia) student art exhibition, entitled Art Ascending, will officially be opened next Tuesday by Professor Mbongeni Malaba of the English Department, it was announced in a press statement.
AllAfrica.com |
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Namibia: PM to Open All-Women Arts Exhibition
Prime Minister Nahas Angula will next Wednesday officially open an all-female art exhibition at the National Art Gallery of Namibia in partnership with the European Union, a statement from the organisers said.
AllAfrica.com |
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Entertainment In Brief: 10/31/2008
Traverse City -- InsideOut Gallery and the Old Town Playhouse, in partnership with local water resources groups, will host a reception and toilet seat design contest to mark the opening of "Urinetown: The Musical" at the playhouse.
Traverse City Record-Eagle |
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VISIONS OF GOLDEN SUNSET
The fourth Golden Sunset/Miss Earth photo tilt, an invitational photography competition among news photographers, was held last Saturday, Oct. 25, at the Golden Sunset Village Resort in Calatagan, Batangas.
The Daily Tribune |
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Teacher reports fifth grader to police for bloody vampire artwork
When fifth-grader Jordan Hood drew a bloody vampire in art class in it scared a teacher so much she reported him to the principal and campus police in Pooler, Ga. Homeroom teacher Melissa Pevey said the words “I Kill For Blood,” written in red next to the vampire’s face, could be tied to the Los Angeles street gang, The Bloods.
NBC 13 Birmingham |
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November at the Wood: Events at the T.W. Wood Gallery & Arts Center
Thursday: Nov. 6: Nancy Price Graff -- slide lecture, "Looking Back at Vermont: Farm Security Administration Photographs 1936-1942, Vermont Humanities Council event, free, 7 p.m. ...
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Niki Karimi praises cineastes’ photo expo
TEHRAN, Oct. 31 (MNA) -- The Cineastes’ photo expo will be a turning point in Iran’s photography and it will be more than a mere photographers’ gathering, actress Niki Karimi stated in a press release.
mehrnews.com |
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Museum hopes state will help
Associated Press - October 31, 2008 9:24 AM ET OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) - Workers at the Opelousas Museum of Art are hoping the state can head off its scheduled closing in December.
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Duo host joint exhibition
POTTER Peter Cosentino and artist Jane Atkins are holding a joint exhibition at Our White Room Gallery in Rugby. Work on show by former Rugby College assistant principal Peter ranges from muted stoneware vases with heavily textured patterns to highly decorative crystalline glazed bottles.
Rugby Observer |
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Riverland hosts art show by David Rich
The show "Twilight Abstractions" by David Rich is on display at the Riverland Community College James Wegner Art Gallery, and will run through Nov. 7. In addition, the artist will present a talk on his work from 9:45 a.m. t
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'Our Changing Landscape' a tribute to Henderson County
"Our Changing Landscape", an exhibit of eight monotypes by Costanza Knight, will be shown at Salon Blue Ridge in Flat Rock beginning Nov. 1. This series of painted monotypes was funded by a Regional Artist Project Grant from the Arts Council of Henderson County and the Arts Council of North Carolina. Knight remembers her trips to Hendersonville...
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Community Briefs
Miller to conduct photo workshopCHIMNEY ROCK - Noted regional photographer Jeff Miller will conduct a two-day in depth photography workshop on Saturday and Sunday at Chimney Rock Park.
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