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Icon exhibit to open
A new exhibit of icons and religious art goes on display at the Opelousas Museum and Interpretive Center beginning Monday and continuing through Jan. 30. Opelousas Daily World
She's queen of the Christmas castle
Theresa Bonvegna, her family and friends are creating a palace for Festival of Trees The Bonvegna family made a tradition of attending the Kennedy Krieger Institute's Festival of Trees almost since the event began in 1990. Now, led by Theresa Bonvegna, owner of an art school in downtown Bel Air, family members are festival exhibitors. Baltimore Sun
Miami Beach art teacher gives her students hands-on experience
''I want to teach children how to take care of the environment, and I want to teach that through art,'' Meme Ferré said. Miami Herald
Reviving a pearl of a sculpture garden
Critical Eye Baltimoreans have so many public treasures that are on the verge of being lost that we don't always stop and marvel when a cultural resource is actually saved. Baltimore Sun
United Way auction begins Monday
Everything from gift certificates to furniture and local art will be for sale in the next few weeks on the United Way of Ellis County's online auction. Hays Daily News
Travel news in brief: Art Basel in Miami
Art Basel Miami Beach, the annual art show and sister event of Switzerland's Art Basel, is scheduled to take place Dec. 4-7 in the city's Art Deco district. Detroit Free Press
Art Between the Creeks lets the creativity flow
Group of artists takes opportunity to display edgier works Sherri Bramlett's painting "Meltdown" was intended as a self-portrait. Instead, it turned out to be much more of an insightful gaze into the wreckage of the American psyche, she said. Baltimore Sun
Holiday calendar
Time For Trees Auction, 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Randolph County Fairgrounds, 1885 S. U.S. 27, Winchester. Silent auction of 36-inch decorated Christmas trees, wreaths and centerpieces. Proceeds benefit the Randolph County Food Pantry. Bids open, 10 a.m. Entertainment and refreshments, 3:30 p.m. Bids close, 6:30 p.m. Sponsored by the Randolph County Extension Homemakers and held in Husted Hall. ... The Star Press
St. Andrew Greek Orthodox Church's annual festival brings a taste of Greece to Kendall
Every September, preparations for the annual Greek Festival at the St. Andrew Greek Orthodox Church of Kendall begin. After nearly 30 years, the festival has become a tradition for the hundreds of church members who work behind the scenes. Miami Herald
Artist Walter Gabrielson dies at 73
His drawings, paintings and essays poked fun at the rigidity of art world trends and interpreted human behavior in luscious, well-designed visual essays and narrative pieces. Walter Gabrielson, an artist, teacher and writer who interpreted human behavior in lusciously colored paintings and poked fun at the art world with vivid wit, has died. He was 73. Los Angeles Times
Reviews: 'The Seems,' 'Knucklehead,' 'Masterpiece'
THE SEEMS: The Glitch in Sleep, by John Hulme and Michael Wexler. Bloomsbury, 274 pp., $7.99 paper. Ages 10-14. Newsday
Dead American Idol Contestant Found At Paula Abdul's House
A top story from this week. An idol loser, turned possible stalker overdosed outside the home of Idol judge Paula Abdul antiMUSIC
Folk group to perform at Third Thursday
[The Amarillo Museum of Art will host its Third Thursday program this week. Amarillo Globe-News
Bee Current
BRIAN SHEFFIELD The Seattle band Minus the Bear performs Tuesday at Empire. Today Lecture 'Art Deco San Francisco' What: The Sacramento Art Deco Society presents Therese Poletti, author of "Art Deco San Francisco: The Architecture of Timothy Pflueger," for a talk and book-signing. When: Doors open at 2 p.m., event at 2:30 p.m. Where: Towe Auto Museum, 2200 Front St., Sacramento Cost: ... The Sacramento Bee
A glorious thing, to be the Pirate King
MICHAEL ALLEN JONES mjones@sacbee.com Don Sherrill, left, plays the Pirate King, Matt Morgan is Frederic, center, and Edith Dowd plays Ruth in Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Pirates of Penzance." The photograph was taken at the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento. Edith Dowd sings the role of Ruth, the former nursemaid who apprenticed Frederic to a pirate (she misheard "pilot"). ... The Sacramento Bee
Ansel Adams and Bob Kolbrener exhibit opens at The Arts Company
"The idea is to be like a museum show that travels," says gallery owner Anne Brown, "but one where people can buy the prints." The Tennessean
Commercial art students create for holiday bazaar
Mike Bogar, Elma digital photography student Brandon Baker and Karli Phillis design and create jewelry in the new Commercial Art Program at Elma High School. Student projects will be featured at the Future Business Leaders of America Holiday Bazaar at the Microtel in Elma on Nov. 22-23. The Daily World
Two Girls: My Sisters 1996-2006 Photography Book by Ellie Brown A Ten-Year Photographic Project About Adolescent ...
The quest for identity, anorexia, materialism, peer pressure, changing family relationships, grooming rituals are all topics of focus in Ellie Brown's ten-year photographic investigation of her sisters growing up. The images begin when they are eight and end when the girls graduate high school, marking the symbolic end of adolescence. The work is documentary but also touches on issues of ... PRWeb
Photographer goes beneath the surface
Photographer Nancy Hellebrand has the distinction of being the first artist from the United States, as well as the first living woman, to have a solo exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London. She will be exhibiting 23 of her photos at the Parthenon through Jan. 31. The Tennessean
Meth robs, he restores
Photography by Randall Benton Toothless yet not hopeless, Chris Baugus tugged on his red ball cap and hesitantly opened his mouth at the urging of his dentist, Dr. Mitchell Goodis. There, still bloodied and puffy from surgery, were the craters that used to be Baugus' teeth, 32 holes that only dentures can fill now – and those wouldn't be ready for another two weeks. So these days, ... The Sacramento Bee
Rare Ronnie Wood Painting Signed By Led Zeppelin Being Auctioned
A top story from this week. A rare portrait of Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun, created by Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood, will be auctioned by Christie's antiMUSIC
Artist spotlight: Ryan Jabbour
Ryan Jabbour of Palmyra is a lithographer at heart, but says financially he's also a sculptor and charcoal drawer. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Outing of 'born collector's' rare Garters, Thistles, Fleeces and more
Garters, Thistles, Golden Fleeces and even the Thai Order of the White Elephant: priceless orders amassed by the world's probably biggest such private collector come out of the closet at a Paris museum this week. AFP via Yahoo! News
San Bernardino County Museum set to go wild
The 26th annual Wildlife Art Festival, called "Wild, Natural and Free," will bring two dozen local and nationally known artists to the San Bernardino County Museum next weekend. The Press-Enterprise
Outing of 'born collector's' rare Garters, Thistles, Fleeces and more
Garters, Thistles, Golden Fleeces and even the Thai Order of the White Elephant: priceless orders amassed by the world's probably biggest such private collector come out of the closet at a Paris museum this week. AFP via Yahoo! Singapore News