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Melbourne Independent Filmmakers Festival on tap
The Melbourne Independent Filmmakers Festival has come a long way from its humble beginnings of screening films at the Henegar Center for the Arts and the old Metro West Cinema.
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11,256 sugar cubes go into sculpture
BELFAST, Northern Ireland, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- A Belfast, Northern Ireland, artist said he has created entirely out of sugar cubes a 1:1,000 scale model of planned new apartments.
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SCAD at 30: "Art is long, life is short"
The true belief in the words of this motto brings thousands of students to Savannah each year, each with a dream of mapping out or painting prosperous futures.
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Ottawa festivals to lose all city funding under planned cuts
Events such as the Ottawa Tulip Festival and Ottawa Bluesfest, prizes such as the Ottawa Book Awards and groups such as choirs and heritage societies would lose every penny of their annual funding under cuts proposed to balance the City of Ottawa's 2009 budget.
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Knights to Host Flagler for Exhibition Contest Tuesday
On Tuesday, the UCF men's basketball team will play its lone exhibition game before starting the regular season, hosting Flagler at 7 p.m. at the UCF Arena. Admission for the preseason contest is free. Season tickets for the 2008-09 campaign are currently available by calling (407) UCF-1000.
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Hii-Finance Corporation President Co-Chairs Harman Center for the Arts Annual Gala
Mrs. Samia Farouki co-chairs annual arts gala at the Sidney Harman Hall and National Building Museum (PRWeb Nov 10, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/11/prweb1586334.htm
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British artists call for government to help save Titian paintings
Contemporary artist Tracey Emin paid a visit to 10 Downing Street on Monday to drop off a petition signed by many of the U.K.'s top artists, calling for the British government's help to keep two 16th century masterpieces from leaving the country.
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Astra and Brukenthal Museums evaluated for the Emya award
Two of the most prestigious cultural institutions of Romania, the Astra National Museums Centre and the Brukenthal Museum of Sibiu are presently evaluated by experts for the forthcoming Emya (the European Museum of the Year Award), a distinction destined to acknowledge an innovative vision on collections and their importance for the national and international patrimony.
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Young Kentwood painters splash interpretations of opera onto canvas
After researching and listening to Puccini's tragic tale "Tosca," a group of East Kentwood High School art students pondered, what would this opera look like framed?
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Holiday In St. Elmo Set For Nov. 29 To benefit Toys for Tots
Holiday In St. Elmo, a new arts and music festival in St. Elmo will be taking place in the Historic St. Elmo business district at the foot of Lookout Mountain on Saturday, Nov. 29, from 11 a.m. – 8 p.m.
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Claremont Rug Company Catalog Offers Rug Connoisseurs Glimpse at Art Level Collections
OAKLAND, Calif.----Jan David Winitz, internationally recognized rug connoisseur and president of Claremont Rug Company, today announced the availability of a 32-page brochure highlighting some of his gallery’s latest acquisitions of significant art-level 19th century Oriental carpets.
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Proposed memorial will honor veterans
An artist’s rendering shows what the memorial stones in the proposed veterans memorial will look like when completed. The memorial is expected to be started in the spring.
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Inside Track: Capturing the Spirit
What started as a simple conversation 13 years ago with the then chairman of Ocala Breeders' Sale Co. has turned into an extended labor of love for artist Catherine Goldman-Bloomfield - nearly 2,500 square feet of painstaking Thoroughbred painting excellence.
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OAC wraps up art show and gallery
Olney Arts Council wrapped up its third annual Fine Arts Showcase & Richland County Children’s Gallery on Saturday evening. The exhibit was held Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Immanuel United Methodist Church. A reception and awards ceremony was held Saturday night at Ophelia’s Cup. Judy Schnepper, who serves as chairwoman of the Visual Arts Committee, said there were approximately ...
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Toronto art gallery stages Norval Morrisseau retrospective
TORONTO - Vibrant paintings and birchbark drawings done by the late Canadian aboriginal artist Norval Morrisseau adorn the walls of a Toronto art gallery as part of a month-long retrospective of his life.
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Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'ago'
We’ll have a more in-depth look later this week at the new and improved Art Gallery of Ontario, which reopens Friday, with three days of free admission, after architect Frank Gehry’s $254-million facelift.
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Cleveland: Upstage Players plan Dessert Benefit at Waterloo 7 Art Gallery
The Upstage Players children's theater group will hold a Dessert Benefit at 7 p.m. Saturday (Nov. 15) at the Waterloo 7 Art Gallery, 16006 Waterloo Road. Proceeds will benefit the theater group, which produces stage productions featuring youngsters ages 7-15....
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TV on the Radio cranked it up at Warfield
The high-energy Nov. 10 show with the Dirtbombs mixed funky soul, swirling electro, artsy prog-rock and powerful post-punk.
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TheNewDowse: Venture into The Enchanted Forest
Discover the magic that transports Cinderella, Hansel & Gretel and Maui from page to stage in this new exhibition which gives an insight into creative collaboration.
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Opening Day at the Taubman Museum of Art
Mary Carlin, Jenny Taubman and John Carlin moments after the opening of the Taubman Museum of Art. Jenny was busy—but not so much that she couldn’t take a moment to thank a couple of volunteers.
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Takitimu Festival: Fisheries, Environment Strategy
When: Friday 14th November Waikoko Gardens 11am - 2pm Where: The Waikoko Room is on the mezzanine floor of the Hawke's Bay Showgrounds Grandstand Kaupapa: The purpose of this consultation is to explain the draft fisheries and environmental strategy and seek feedback.
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Harper nixed portrait gallery to get out of 'pickle': Copps
The decision of Stephen Harper's Conservative government to cancel the National Portrait Gallery was a smart move to get out of a poorly conceived plan to build the museum as a public-private partnership, says former Liberal heritage minister Sheila Copps.
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Friend dedicates new gymnasium
The Friend Falcon’s celebrated the long-awaited opening of a newly remodeled gymnasium last week with a cake auction, hotdogs, and a special ribbon cutting ceremony before facing off against the Am-Po basketball team.
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Friend dedicates new gymnasium
The Friend Falcon’s celebrated the long-awaited opening of a newly remodeled gymnasium last week with a cake auction, hotdogs, and a special ribbon cutting ceremony before facing off against the Am-Po basketball team.
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Lone Star Film Festival giving Fort Worth an indie image of its own
By CARY DARLING If nothing else, Dennis Bishop — the new director of the Lone Star International Film Festival that kicks off Wednesday in various Tarrant County locations — wants Hollywood and the rest of the film community to know that Fort Worth is not Dallas. "We consider the festival to be about Fort Worth," he says. "We want to bring films to a town where there is only one venue to see ...
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