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Guthrie to hold fall version of its downtown Artwalk
GUTHRIE — On Saturday, Guthrie will hold its downtown Artwalk. Artwalk takes place twice a year, and this fall’s schedule includes a variety of artists. For the whimsical, Lynn Colorio is showcased at the fabulous Gallery Grazioso. Her delightful pieces inspire and relax the eye simultaneously. One also can find sportraiture — watercolors of athletes that are signed by the artist and the ...
The Oklahoman |
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A showcase of 'Creative Spirit'
In keeping with long tradition, the Dartmouth Gallery this evening opens "Creative Spirit 2008," its annual exhibition and sale of works by New England artists.
The Standard-Times |
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Capital pays tribute to Prodosh Dasgupta with retrospective
In a tribute to legendary sculptor Prodosh Dasgupta, an art gallery in the national capital is presenting a retrospective of his life's work - showcasing 50 sculptures in metal casts and bronze and 30 newsprint drawings.
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Even the Skeletons Were Smiling- Day of the Dead Festival
The sixth annual Day of the Dead Festival was well attended Sunday evening at the Bare Hands Gallery in Birmingham. Smiling skeletons served as reminders that life is short and should be celebrated during Dia de los Muertos.
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Cops: Woman shoots intruder
PITTSBURGH — Police say a 77-year-old woman shot an intoxicated art student who mistakenly entered her Pittsburgh home.
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Painting by Italian Master Turns Up in Texas
A painting by Italian master Sebastiano Ricci, long presumed to be lost, has turned up in Texas after a 300-year journey from the hands of a European nobleman playboy to a fur trader and finally through generations of one family.
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Los Angeles on the Rhine: Citywide Ring Festival
The Los Angeles Opera, which is scheduled to present its first cycle of Wagner?s ?Ring des Nibelungen? in summer 2010, is expected to announce on Monday that more than 50 cultural and educational organizations in Los Angeles County will join it in a 10-week festival revolving around the opera performances.
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Foster Wheeler Awarded Contract For New Refinery In Libya
Foster Wheeler Ltd. announced today that its Milan-based subsidiary Foster Wheeler Italiana S.p.A., part of its Global Engineering and Construction Group, has been awarded a contract by Zwara Oil Refinery Company Limited (ZORCO) for consultancy and project management services for a planned new 200,000 barrels per stream day crude oil refinery at Mellita, near Zwara, in the Great Socialist ...
OilandGasOnline |
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Sunny Florida postcards, with a local connection
Shop for a postcard of the Sunshine State, and you just might be selecting an image taken by a former Tiffin resident. Kelly Raitz, who also had owned a pet photography business in Fostoria, moved to the Florida Gulf Coast four years ago. A new mother, she began freelancing, taking photos for various publications. She also took advantage of the beautiful, natural scenery to take other photos.
The Advertiser-Tribune |
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Event a picture perfect fund raiser
HYDE PARK - The name of the event may be Secret ArtWorks, but an appreciation for art won't be hidden.
Community Press & Recorder |
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RAM exhibit aims to provoke
RACINE — Finding new items for exhibits hasn’t exactly been a problem lately for the Racine Art Museum.
The Journal Times |
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Wired.com Photo Contest: Music
Your assignment for this photo contest is both simple and difficult: music. Move beyond the band and concert cliches and show us what music means to you. Use the Reddit widget below to submit your best music photo and vote for your favorite among the other submissions. The 10 highest-ranked photos will appear in a gallery on the Wired.com homepage. Show us your grandpa's old dusty stacks of ...
Wired News |
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Pumpkin smash lesson passed to youngsters
For dozens of children who attended the Discovery Center Museum’s fifth annual pumpkin smashing on Sunday, the expression “smashing pumpkins” meant nothing more than a chance to load their carved-up pumpkins onto a trebuchet, a counterweight catapult.
Rockford Register Star |
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Harvest House holiday show offers crafts, books, lunch
ASHEVILLE – Asheville Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts will host a Holiday Craft Show 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday at the Harvest House, 205 Kenilworth Road. Enjoy browsing through a variety of crafts for sale, including wooden toys, pottery, paintings, ceramics, jewelry, sewn garments, knitted articles, Christmas items and more.
Asheville Citizen-Times |
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Painting by Ricci turns up in Texas
DALLAS — A painting by Italian master Sebastiano Ricci, long presumed to be lost, has turned up in Texas after a 300-year journey from the hands of a European nobleman playboy to a fur trader and finally through generations of one family. Ricci’s “The Vision of St. Bruno” will be offered by Dallas-based Heritage Auction Galleries on Nov. 20. Heritage officials say the painting has been ...
The State |
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Main Street Art Contest reception Saturday
The third annual Main Street Art Contest Awards Reception will be 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the Marshall Visual Art Center.
The Marshall News Messenger |
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Hundreds turn out for Festival of the Dead Posted on Nov. 2
Sunday night was a wet and eerie change in the weather. It was the kind of November night you dodge puddles and take cover under awnings, snug your collar up around your neck and startle at shadows.
Missoulian |
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THAVIBU Gallery to be featured on Channel News Asia on November 8th 2008
Thavibu Gallery is delighted to announce that Channel News Asia (CNA) from Singapore has made a series of TV programmes featuring contemporary art from Southeast Asia. There will be programmes focusi
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Portland Art Museum puts sculpture online for scrutiny
It's an archaeological tale that could have been part of an Indiana Jones movie. In September, the Portland Art Museum acquired a 36-inch-tall stone sculpture of Ganesha, a revered deity in South and Southeast Asia. Purchased from Christie's auction house...
The Oregonian |
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Driven by compulsion - Growing Pyro Gallery becomes a premier outlet for Louisville artists
Most companies and businesses are structured something like a pyramid, with power concentrated at the top and labor spread across the bottom.
BizJournals |
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Who Wants to Be a Museum Director? New Crop of CCL Fellows
The Center for Curatorial Leadership has just named its second class of curators who wish to be groomed for leadership positions. Actually, two of the 10, listed below, already have "director" in their titles.
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Scripps set to install science-inspired art
At 12 feet tall and weighing 1,500 pounds, the new sculpture scheduled to be installed today at the Scripps Research Institute campus should be an inspiration for students and scientists, said Dr. Harry Orf, vice president of scientific operations for Scripps.
The Palm Beach Post |
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Hanging On
The elegant little gallery that has graced its location at Church and Queen streets for more that decade will close Nov. 18, a landmark that will be missed by arts connoisseurs.
The Post and Courier |
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Peter Schjeldahl: Joan Miró at MOMA.
I want to assassinate painting,” Joan Miró is reported to have said, in 1927. Four years later, the Catalan modern master elaborated, in an interview: “I intend to destroy, destroy everything that exists in painting. I have utter contempt for painting.” (He is quoted, along similar lines, as having put . . .
The New Yorker |
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Miró Worship
A selection of paintings from “Joan Miró: Painting and Anti-Painting, 1927-1937,” at the Museum of Modern Art.
The New Yorker |
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