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Feature Photo: Flora
Flora By Leo Fliman Staff photographer We are continuing this week with macro photography. Every camera lens has a minimum focusing distance. This 'minimum distance' measures how close the photographer can get to the subject before the lens can no longer focus.
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Opening day
NORTH ADAMS -- People from as far away as Honolulu and Bolivia and as close by as River Street flooded over the bridge connecting to Building 7 at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art shortly after noon on Sunday to immerse themselves in three floors of works by the late artist Sol LeWitt.
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Saturday brings out the stars
NORTH ADAMS-- Sol LeWitt would have been pleased. "He had a vision for this building," his widow, Carol LeWitt, said Saturday during a private reception for Mass MoCA donors, held in the newly opened Building 7, where a major exhibit of her husband's work opened Sunday.
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Uproar over federal drilling leases next to parks
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The view of Delicate Arch natural bridge — an unspoiled landmark so iconic it’s on Utah’s license plates — could one day include a drilling platform under a proposal that environmentalists call a Bush administration “fire sale” for the oil and gas industry.
Park Hills Daily Journal |
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New members carry on artists' diversity
The work of new members of the Rockport Art Association is as varied as the artists themselves and mdash; from Italian-born Remo Gaietto, whose dream was to come to America, to David Kapetanopoulos, a self-made sculptor from Lanesville.
Gloucester Daily Times |
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Letter to the editor: Public art project gets good reviews
To the editor: Huh, what is that? ... Hmm, where did it go? These are natural reactions to public art and may have been uttered during the past month in Gloucester in response to recent Partner With an Artist (PWA) grants sponsored by seARTS and mdash; from new music by Willie Alexander, photographic essays at Capt. Joe's, artistic graffiti at Intershell, and a rotating monument at the Building ...
Gloucester Daily Times |
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Rochester woman sells father's x-ray artwork
ROCHESTER, Minn. - No, Jennifer La Forgia often tells people who stop by her booth at fairs, the pictures I'm selling of flowers and sea shells aren't pen and ink drawings. They aren't black and white photographs, either.
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Uproar erupts over federal drilling leases near parks
SALT LAKE CITY -- The view of Delicate Arch natural bridge -- an unspoiled landmark so iconic it's on Utah's license plates -- could one day include a drilling platform under a proposal that environmentalists call a Bush administration "fire sale" for the oil and gas industry.
Arizona Daily Sun |
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Natives sponsors the Kendal Ski & Board night
This weekend is the annual Kendal Mountain Festival and Natives is proud to be involved with the Ski & Board night of films, talks and debate taking place on Friday.
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Daily `Coming of Age: American Art'
AMERICAN ART Coming of Age: American Art 1850s to 1950s traces how American artists broke with the European tradition. The exhibition, which runs through March 23, features 70 iconic works from Georgia O'Keeffe, Winslow Homer, Jackson Pollock and others.
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Purple mountain majesties, plus drills
Infighting: Two federal agencies at odds over last-minute plan to lease land next to national parks to oil, gas industry. The view of Delicate Arch natural bridge -- an unspoiled landmark so iconic it's on Utah's license plates -- could one day include a drilling platform under a proposal that environmentalists call a Bush administration ''fire sale'' for the oil and gas industry.
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UVU senior art students present 'Event: Identity'
Machine war and weaponry are the themes of Tammy Ballard's art pieces. Ballard is a UVU senior majoring in fine arts and is also working on her teaching degree at BYU. Three of her sculptures are on display at the UVU student showcase called 'Event: Identity.'
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Auction to benefit wildlife preserve
PAGE -- A 2009 Super Bowl trip, a yellow Lance Armstrong jersey and an autographed Michael Jackson airbrush guitar are among the 180-some items available in an online auction to benefit Page-based Voices of the Wild Foundaton.
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Uproar over federal drilling leases next to parks
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The view of Delicate Arch natural bridge - an unspoiled landmark so iconic it's on Utah's license plates - could one day include a drilling platform under a proposal that environmentalists call a Bush administration ''fire sale'' for the oil and gas industry. Late on Election Day, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management announced a Dec.
The Mining Journal |
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RISC OS artist wows public with digital artwork
Published: 17th Nov 2008, 14:50:04. A RISC OS-using artist has described exhibiting his digitally-created work in a public gallery as a "rewarding experience".
Drobe.co.uk |
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Lee Rosenbaum's cultural commentary
At the end of my last post (on Sotheby's losses from contemporary art guarantees), I noted that "since Christie's is not a publicly traded company and doesn't have Sotheby's financial reporting requirements, we don't know whether its experience with guarantees this month was similarly unfavorable."
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Former students cheer art school’s 95th anniversary with exhibition
VietNamNet Bridge – Artwork by several generations of Vietnamese and foreign students from the HCM City Fine Arts College is being featured at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum.
Vietnam Net |
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Zero-G artwork sells for £223,000
An artwork by British artist Nasser Azam which was completed in zero gravity sells at a New York auction for $332,500 (£223,000).
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GOVERNMENT VIDEO TECHNOLOGY EXPO Keynotes Offer Insight on DTV Transition, New Museum Exhibit
WASHINGTON----Government Video Technology Expo today announced details of its keynote program, which will feature presentations on the impending DTV transition, as well as an inside look at the technical details of a new AV-intensive National Museum of Natural History exhibit.
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MetLife Foundation Announces $1,000,000 in Grants for Museum and Community Connections Program
MetLife Foundation today announced the grant winners of its 2008 Museum and Community Connections program. The grants, totaling $1,000,000, were awarded to 16 museums for exhibitions, artist residencies, and other programs that extend their reach into diverse communities and make art a part of people's lives.
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World-renowned sculptor makes West Oakland his home
Bruce Beasley came to West Oakland in 1962 as a young artist. The sculptor, who had just graduated from UC Berkeley, needed studio space and West Oakland was the only place he could afford. His first studio was on Cypress Street, between Third and Fifth. Many of you may know that in 1963, he was the youngest artist ever to be included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in ...
Oakland Tribune |
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Gingerbread contest judging happens today
ASHEVILLE – In a departure from its usual evening schedule, judging for the Grove Park Inn’s National Gingerbread House Competition begins at 10 a.m. today. The National Gingerbread House Competition awards ceremony will take place on at 5 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom of the Vanderbilt Wing.
Asheville Citizen-Times |
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Raffling Art
I GUESS some art activities happen nowhere else but here. That’s why they say “only in the Philippines” when unprecedented things occur. One such event is the raffling off of paintings and sculptures organized by the University of the Philippines based art group Pusod.
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US: Grolsch to launch limited edition bottle
Grolsch is to support five art shows in the US during Art Basel in Miami Beach for the third consecutive year.
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Nandi Awards - Side Lights
After reigning four years of power in Andhra Pradesh, congress government has organized a special event that honors the film industry. Krishna, Maheshbabu and Nagarjuna are rendering their support for the Congress party which is one other reason.
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