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Secret art could be treasure
For its annual foundraiser, ArtWorks is selling original pieces for $75 - but you won't know who created it and it might be worth a lot more.
The Cincinnati Enquirer |
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Plan to nab your Secret ArtWorks faves
Want to know the secret to nabbing the best artwork at Secret ArtWorks? Here are some suggestions:
The Cincinnati Enquirer |
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Exhibit featured at AMC 20 Theaters Tuesday
State Sen. Glenn S. Anderson and Livonia AMC 20 Theaters have collaborated to treat metro Detroit veterans to a free screening on Veterans Day of Clint Eastwood's film, Flags of our Fathers, on Veterans Day Tuesday, Nov. 11. In addition to the movie, both veterans and the general public can tour a free exhibit that pays homage to America's veterans and fallen public safety officers. Reflections: ...
Livonia Observer |
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Message, material linked in 'green' works, found-object pieces
DELAWARE, Ohio -- The meaning of works can change as an artist moves from steel to paper, oil to charcoal, wood to fabric or gold to lead. With every medium, a type of alchemy is at play -- and, as the alchemist, the artist can transform the common into something beautiful and unexpected.
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Around Ohio
ATHENS • "Interiors, Exteriors and All Around," on view through Jan. 18 in the Kennedy Museum of Art of Lin Hall in the Ridges section of Ohio University, features panoramic architectural photography by Thomas R. Schiff. "Art of the Zuni," on view through Dec. 7, shows 20th-century Zuni jewelry and stone carvings.
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Portraits place women in new light
Shelley Laffal investigates the many faces of women in bold new works on view at A Muse Gallery.
The Columbus Dispatch |
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Local musician to perform at all-media exhibit
Guitarist Michael Krieger of Southfield will be among the opening night performers as Madonna University presents A New Earth, an all-media art exhibition.
Southfield Eccentric |
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Soulful artistry
For quite some time, Linda Marie Cossa had been producing traditional art -- ink and pencil drawings, paintings -- that were nicely matted and framed. And it grew tiresome.
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Abu Dhabi to review tourism projects due to crunch
ABU DHABI - Abu Dhabi plans to review its tourism investment due to tightening credit conditions, although it will go ahead with plans to bring the Guggenheim and Louvre museums to the oil exporting region.
Khaleej Times |
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A relaxing picnic on museum grounds
The new economy has some advantages for beleaguered consumers. On the bright side, businesses are working extra hard to entice people to shop, buy and eat, even if it simply means tweaking what they already have.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin |
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Maritime-painter Chambers gets fresh look
Thomas Chambers (1806-1869) has been called America's first modernist, a curious label for a Brit who made paintings of ships as interior decoration.
The Morning Call |
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In Seville, illuminating an ancient art form
SEVILLE, Spain - The year 2006 was a noteworthy one for flamenco. The government of Andalucía, Spain's southernmost region, declared the art form an essential part of Andalucían cultural identity, and the Museo del Baile Flamenco (Flamenco Dance Museum) opened in Seville.
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Artisans festival in Hartford
HARTFORD - November is all about the big stuffed bird on the fourth Thursday of the month. But let us not forget that the next day marks the kickoff of the holiday shopping season.
Boston Globe |
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Maritime-painter Chambers gets fresh look
Thomas Chambers (1806-1869) has been called America's first modernist, a curious label for a Brit who made paintings of ships as interior decoration.
The Morning Call |
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Artists drawn to Color Lake City street festival
Jacob Merritt, 6, uses chalk to paint a picture during the third annual Color Lake City on Saturday. The event brought approximately 60 artists into downtown Lake City.
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New books for Abe's 200th
James M. McPherson is the most important historian of the most important event to occur in these United States since the Revolution and the framing of the Constitution – the Civil War. Photo caption: A statue of Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Museum Photo by File
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Russian artist's painting fetches $60 million-plus
NEW YORK – A painting by avant-garde Russian artist Kazimir Malevich sold for a record price of more than $60 million at an auction in New York despite gloom over the global financial crisis.
San Diego Union-Tribune |
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Thailand Outlook Channel
Prime Minister and Defense Minister Somchai Wongsawat, along with the Fine Arts Department's Director-General, Kriengkrai Sumpatchalit appeared on NBT's program "The People's Government" to announced the government's readiness in organizing the royal funeral ceremony for the country's most beloved royal.
Thailand Outlook Channel |
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To dye for
In 1937, a promising 20-year-old Japanese artist, Itchiku Kubota, paid a visit to the Tokyo National Museum. He saw a fragment of a 17th-century textile with imagery so vivid he stared at it for hours. The technique used to make it, tsujigahana, was lost to history. But Kubota vowed to recreate it in his own work.
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Things to do, places to go ...
The Monmouth Museum has reopened its newly renovated Wonder Wing, an exhibit designed for children ages 2 to 6. The permanent exhibit on the sea and creatures that make it their home encourages hands-on play, with a climb-aboard pirate ship...
The Star-Ledger |
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Travel Briefs
Baltimore, the city where Edgar Allan Poe died, will celebrate the 200th anniversary of his birth with "Nevermore 2009," a year's worth of exhibits and programs.
Las Vegas Review-Journal |
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Woodblock-print works on display
Five years ago, the Honolulu Academy of Arts received more than 20,000 paintings, prints and rare books from Robert Lane (1926-2002), a scholar of Japanese art and literature of the Edo period.
Honolulu Advertiser |
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Art from the heart
Complications from six knee surgeries have limited the former elementary school teacher's mobility; painting has helped her restore her confidence and find a new mode of self-expression. Now she is painting dramatic landscapes with glorious, uplifting sunrises.
Honolulu Advertiser |
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Lit Beat
"10th ANNUAL STAR POETS" AND "POEMS FOR PEACE" CONTESTS, sponsored by Windward Community College and Starbucks Hawaii, for students, grades 3-12; entry deadline Jan. 26; forms and rules, www.windward.hawaii.edu/poets ; Libby Young, 235-7396.
Honolulu Advertiser |
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The Jamestown High School PTSA will hold its first monthly Friendly's Fun Night fundraiser from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Friendly's Restaurant in Brooklyn Square. Featured will be artwork from Terry Carlson's art classes at Jamestown High School.
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