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Los Angeles' Museum of Contemporary Art has a contemporary problem -- finances
{The museum has burned through $20 million in unrestricted funds and borrowed $7.5 million from other accounts. Cash from donors is being sought. A merger has not been ruled out.} {} {} {} Los Angeles' prestigious but chronically underfunded Museum of Contemporary Art has fallen into crisis. Museum Director Jeremy Strick said MOCA is seeking large cash infusions from donors, and this week he ...
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The art of the feast
Just as the essential elements of a painting are set (subject, composition, materials, technique), so are the essential elements of a Thanksgiving feast — turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce.
Denver Post |
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Art show lacks usual hotel crunch
Miami Beach still will be the center of the art world for the first weekend in December. But people don't seem willing to pay as much to be there this year.
Miami Herald |
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Count your lucky stars — The Andy Roddick Charity Weekend rounds up tennis greats
T he Andy Roddick Foundation is thrilled to announce that Venus Williams will be joining Andy and Bob and Mike Bryan for a charity tennis exhibition on December 7.
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Rockin' around the Christmas tree... at the Galleria Mall
B eaux Arts is pleased to announce Kin Shriner, "Scotty Baldwin," from General Hospital will be this year's special celebrity guest for the opening night of Festival of Trees on November 21.
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African structures rise from this good earth at Rochester gallery
Wilson students built model Mousgoum huts at the Baobab Cultural Center on Tuesday.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle |
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The art of Montreal
Warm up with a little Montreal this fall. The entire city is virtually an art gallery, one big exhibit "en plein air," and indoors, three exciting contemporary gallery shows are sure to take the chill off.
Toronto Sun |
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Woodford County news
AP Indy's debut The Woodford County Parks Board unveiled their first project, a bronze sculpture of champion racehorse AP Indy at the entrance of Falling Springs Arts and Recreation Center on Beasley Drive on Nov. 5. Concrete sidewalks and landscaping were recently completed to allow access to view the sculpture donated by Lane's End Farm. The Woodford Parks Foundation, a non-profit ...
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INSIDE SCOOP
Check out the amazing photography work by eight area high school students who were tutored by professional photographers Ward Roe and Ivana Pavelka during a special class at Keystone College. Their exhibition is at the Camerawork Gallery in downtown Scranton. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
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Artists ready for annual show
THE Meadow Springs RAAFA Estate art club will hold its annual exhibition from November 28-30.
Mandurah Mail |
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'Falling oil prices are saving the world from Russia's ambitions,' Moscow analysts say
by Paul Goble Kuressaare, November 18 – According to an anecdote now circulating in Russia, when oil is 160 US dollars a barrel, Vladimir Putin says that Moscow should rule the world. When the price falls to 120 dollars a barrel, he argues that Moscow should control all the countries of the former Soviet Union. When it declines to 60 dollars a barrel, the Russian prime minister says that Moscow ...
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Tibetan monk offers food for thought and art
Butter sculpture is part meditation.
The News & Observer |
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Independent Animation Film Showing By an independent animation film maker Taku FURUKAWA
The Japan Foundation, Bangkok, the faculty of Fine Arts, Bangkok University and Apex Group will jointly present a lecture and a film showing of a Japanese independent animation film maker, Taku FURUKA
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Dürer’s 'Engraved Passion' on display
The works of Albrecht Dürer, "the greatest printmaker in Western history," and others are featured in the Cantor Center for Visual Art's current exhibition, 'Dürer to Picasso', which opened last week and continues through Feb. 15, 2009.
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Toilet art highlights world's sanitation problems
Today is World Toilet Day and a public art exhibition is being held in Brisbane's Queen Street Mall to raise awareness for the 2.6 billion people who do not have access to a hygienic toilet.
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Hamilton Library holds two local exhibits
Fans of photography and children's literature can view two special exhibitions at Hamilton Library. For a limited time, the library will showcase an exhibit from renowned photographer Francis Haar and another from children's book author Marcia Brown. The free exhibitions began on Nov.
The Kaleo Voice |
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Own Your Own Art Show & Sale -- 11/19/08 at Sangre de Cristo Arts Center
Own Your Own Art Show & Sale -- 11/19/08 at Sangre de Cristo Arts Center
Rocky Mountain News |
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Some say $23M art at UN took away funds for poor
GENEVA — A $23 million ceiling painting featuring hundreds of dangling icicle shapes that has been criticized for its hefty price tag was unveiled Tuesday at the United Nations.
Arizona Daily Star |
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eSys packs desktop with Intel E5200 processor
NEW DELHI, INDIA: eSys Information Technologies announced the launch of its new mainstream desktop PC based on Intel's E5200 dual core processor that can deliver enhanced performance and ensure lower power consumption for everyday computing needs such as listening to digital music, watching videos, playing games, editing digital photography and improved responsiveness with office applications.
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Miller family donates Columbus home to IMA
Modernist Miller House donated to museum, which will open it to the public.
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Adair Margo says presidential honor belongs to El Paso-Jurez
EL PASO -- Talk about your surprises. This was a big one, even for a presidential appointee like El Paso's Adair Margo. Gallery: View more photos of Adair Margo
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Quick bites around town
Friday's Gallery Night in downtown Pensacola is your first chance to preview one of Pensacola's hottest new restaurants.
Pensacola News Journal |
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Art with a social conscience
The art of Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge is on display at Dalhousie Art Gallery.
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DTH Archives
Monk Geshe Sangpo sculpts a figure out of butter and oatmeal Tuesday afternoon in the FedEx Global Education Center. The art of butter sculpting is an ancient Tibetan Buddhist tradition that dates back hundreds of years. Tibetan monks sculpted butter in pursuit of peace and good fortune.
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Artists put their visions of Palmer on display
PALMER -- Ask an artist to submit a piece of artwork that represents Palmer, and you might be surprised at what you get.
Anchorage Daily News |
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