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Artist's studio is a colorful character study
A visit to Easton's Museum of Ethnography is a trip into an artist's mind, as dark, dense and deeply layered as a jungle. Curated by Professor Ivana-Marya Clarity, a cultural anthropologist who studies the creative process, the space is also the studio and gallery of the artist known as Marya (the ''y'' is silent).
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Brooks Institute lays off 17 employees
Brooks Institute, a vocational school offering programs in photography and other visual arts, has laid off 17 faculty and staff members because of declining enrollment.
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Artist exhibits 'Surreal Visions' at WCJC campus
An art exhibit featuring the works of Wharton native Melanie Nickolyn opens at noon on Wednesday, Nov. 5 beginning with a two-hour reception just outside the Wharton County Junior College Duson-Hansen Fine Arts Building Art Gallery. The reception and the exhibit that continues through Nov. 21 are both free and open to the public.
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From preservation to desperation
Historical Society to auction Baltimore artist Turnbull's estate amid financial troubles Before her death in 1976, the noted Baltimore artist Grace Turnbull wrote a will leaving her valuable Guilford residence and much of her prized artwork to the Maryland Historical Society, with the stipulation that "the premises be kept intact as far as possible" and perhaps even exhibited "as a memorial ...
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Saturday Movie at MOCA
ARTIST LOUISE BOURGEOIS ON FILM The Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami will screen a documentary about iconic artist Louise Bourgeois. Titled Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress and the Tangerine, the documentary directed by Marion Cajori and Amei Wallach is a journey inside the life and imagination of the modern artist.
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Saturday Political cartoonist does a gallery walk and talk
GALLERY TALK BY JIM MORIN Jim Morin, whose work is featured in the Art of Politics: Drawings & Paintings exhibition at the Coral Springs Museum of Art, will lead a gallery walk and talk as part of the Saturday Chautauqua series. Morin is political cartoonist for The Miami Herald. His work will be on display through Nov. 15.
Miami Herald |
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Municipality provides new museum location for KHNW
01 November 2008 KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality has given the Kuwait House of National Works (KHNW) permission to relocate the Memorial Museum to the Ghornata area.
Zawya |
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'Last Supper' figures ready again for display
FORT WORTH, Texas -- Stunning life-size wax figures of Jesus and his apostles, patterned after Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece "The Last Supper" have been in a warehouse for 11 years. But backers of a new museum near the Ft. Worth, Texas, arts district are close to bringing the figures out of hiding.
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Social Scene: Ogden Museum gala and Center for Development & Learning party
"O" were the nights! Daniel Erath / The Times-PicayuneOGDEN MUSEUM: Bill Dunlap, Virginia Saussy, Robin Burgess, John Palmer. The recent gallivanting of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, University of New Orleans, was double tiered, starting with a Friday auction...
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CRITIC'S CHOICE
Bay Area Currents 2008 There's no overarching curatorial theme to Bay Area Currents 2008, curated by Aimée Read -- just work in drawing, painting, video, sculpture, and mixed media by Steve Allen, Alexis Babayan, John Casey, Bill Domonkos, Bradley Hyppa, Andrea Land, Jessica Pezzalla, Robb Putnam, ...
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The Calendar
The Adrienne Arsht Center hosts a free outdoor festival. Activities include face painting, arts and crafts, storytelling, movement and theater classes and performances on the Thomson Plaza for the Arts. Make a puppet, learn a song or try out a few new dance moves, while learning about the arts. Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, 1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami; 305-949-6722.
Miami Herald |
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Woman sentenced in sculpture heist
NEWPORT (AP) -- A woman charged in the thefts of $1 million worth of metal sculptures has been ordered to undergo substance abuse programs. ...
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Latest rugs go for the artsy look
Exciting things are afoot in the world of rugs: Wools and silks are sheared, sculpted, shagged and shaped into virtual works of art, crafted in luxurious textures and rich hues.
Courier-Post |
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Photography: Disposable camera pioneer to shutter
The company that made memories with its disposable and traditional 35mm cameras will soon be nothing more than a memory itself. Hollywood based- Concord Camera Corp. said this week that it plans to close down operations.
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Welcome Whirligig!
The sun will be shining and the temperatures will be in the 70's. This year, the weather appears to be on the side of the Whirligig Festival in downtown Wilson, so get out and enjoy it this weekend. Whatever your age and your taste in music, art, crafts or food, you can find something to entertain you today and Sunday at the festival. If crafts ...
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Chinatown businesses band together to bring customers
HONOLULU- (KHNL) The Hallow Baloo Music Arts Festival Is part of a organized effort to boost business for the area by attracting more customers. First Fridays, for example is where parts of Chinatown are transformed into a scene of art and culture. But for merchants, it's about more than just fun.
KHNL News 8 Honolulu |
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Quick takes on MAG's Fine Craft Show, floral arrangement classes, reducing heating bills
Learn how to make a Christmas centerpiece. Memorial Art Gallery showcases crafts artists. Tips on reducing winter heating bills.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle |
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Art Galleries
"California: The Golden Land" The Portola Art Gallery presents new watercolors and acrylics by Gladys Robinson.The exhibition explores the wildlife and domestic climate of the golden hills of California.
Palo Alto Weekly |
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Las Vegas Sun
FABULOUS presents the first event in Las Vegas’ history to merge the world renowned concepts of both "Music Festival" and "Nightlife". Offering a multistage production which embraces all ‘Dance Music’ cultures, FABULOUS proudly welcomes the USA to its most extravagant party.
Las Vegas Sun |
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Legal Advantage LLC Exhibiting at American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association Annual Meeting in Washington, DC
Legal Advantage, LLC, a leading provider of intellectual property and litigation support services, today announced that it will be exhibiting at the American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association (AIPLA) Annual Meeting in Washington, DC
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Renaissance Seattle Hotel Gives Guests a Guided Tour of First Thursday Art Walk
Enjoy a Guided Tour by the Renaissance's General Manager Rene Neidhart
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Calendar Listings
Italian Renaissance Sculpture Conference - Talks and workshops held at both Rhodes College and the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. Thurs.-Sat., Oct. 30-Nov. 1. 843-3824.
The Memphis Flyer |
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Calendar Listings
Art Museum of the University of Memphis (AMUM) - 142 Communication & Fine Arts Building Memphis (Chickasaw Gardens/U of M) 678-2224. "Anybody and Nobody".
The Memphis Flyer |
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Find art for holiday gifts at local galleries
Dayton Visual Arts Center: ARTtoBUY Gift Gallery will open during First Friday, 5 to 10 p.m., Nov. 7, 118 N. Jefferson. Continues through Dec. 27, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Saturday, to 9 p.m. Thursday, to 2 p.m. Nov. 26 and Dec. 24, closed Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. Call (937) 224-3822 or visit www.daytonvisualarts.org.
Dayton Daily News |
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Seven deadly sins in tin
Category: Local News Topics: (none) Students and faculty from Humboldt State University’s Art Department opened a collaborative exhibit titled “Sin of Tin” on Thursday evening at the Reese Bullen Gallery.
The Eureka Reporter |
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