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'Flame' sculpture would further honor vets
Volunteers and Arlington Heights officials have made good progress in converting the oldest park in the village from a neglected and rundown nook to a tribute to the armed forces. Bob Baratta, a resident who lives across the street from Memorial Park, likes the improvements but thinks more are needed. "The park looks fantastic, but it really cries out for something in the middle of that star," ...
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Russia’s highest artworks now visiting Clinton
Like the unknown 16th century Russian monk who painted St. George slaying a fanged dragon, Gordon Lankton has now completed his own near-miraculous quest.
The Lancaster Times & Clinton Courier |
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Everybody learns
SCRIPPS RANCH – The preschoolers at Little Falcon Enrichment Center were hard at work practicing their letters, sponge-painting, and gluing feathers and pompoms to an art project.
San Diego Union-Tribune |
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Kalo Foundation takes art legacy to schools
The history tied to Park Ridge's Kalo Shop and the art created there is being shared with Maine South High School art students for the very first time. Members of the Kalo Foundation, a group working to educate the community about Kalo art and save the building that once served as the Kalo workshop, have visited with Sophia Pichinos' Art 3 and 4 classes twice this fall and are planning a third ...
Park Ridge Herald-Advocate |
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Stars to perform at Grammy gig
Foo Fighters, John Mayer and BB King have been lined up to perform at the first ever Grammy Nominations Concert, according to BBC News. US music magazine Billboard said Mariah Carey, LL Cool J and Taylor Swift will serve as co-hosts for the event, being held in Los Angeles' Nokia Theatre. The show coincides with the opening of the Grammy Museum on 7 December. Proceeds from ticket sales will ...
Moldova.org |
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'Storyteller' will be dedicated today
City of TualatinA life-size sculpture titled "The Storyteller" is being added to the plaza at the Tualatin Public Library. The sculpture shows a woman telling stories to children. TUALATIN -- A bronze sculpture that was tentatively scheduled to arrive in...
The Oregonian |
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APSU negotiating to provide classes at Renaissance Center
Negotiations are under way for Austin Peay State University to expand its educational reach to Dickson County by providing classes at the Renaissance Center.
The Leaf Chronicle |
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"Watch-them-work" gallery to open soon
REHOBOTH BEACH -- Baltimore Avenue seems to be the place for art in Rehoboth Beach and in January, there will be even more to see.
Delaware Coast Press |
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Robert Buby; hotel, restaurant chef supported Meals on Wheels
Whether preparing his special barbecued prime ribs for a former U.S. president, creating an elaborate ice sculpture for a wedding or cooking meals for seniors, chef Robert Buby undertook all tasks with gusto.
San Diego Union-Tribune |
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Europe’s digital library launched
Europeana, Europe’s multimedia online library opens to the public on Thursday. At www.europeana.eu, Internet users around the world can now access more than two million books, maps, recordings, photographs, archival documents, paintings and films from national libraries and cultural institutions of the EU’s 27 Member States including Malta. Europeana opens up new ways of exploring [...]
Maltamedia.com Daily News |
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Sotheby’s denies selling fake Phai paintings
VietNamNet Bridge – In a letter to the Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Hong Kong, the spokesman of Sotheby’s, Hong Kong branch, stated that they don’t sell fake paintings by well-known Vietnamese painter Bui Xuan Phai.
Vietnam Net |
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Europe's Cultural Heritage Goes Online
A new European digital archive gives users access to about 2 million digital objects including film material, photos, paintings, sounds, maps, manuscripts, books, newspapers and other documents.
Deutsche Welle |
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Senior Thesis Exhibits at Watkins: Round Two
The second act of Watkins' three-part series, The Future of Fine Arts , presents three more senior thesis projects that range from memento mori to icons of excess to expressions of paranoia. With Altar-ed Memory , Kristine Marie Larsen explores her own ancestry through gravesite photogra...
Nashville Scene |
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Wish List at Scarritt-Bennett's gallery F
gallery F's Managing Director Sabine Schlunk is capping off a busy fall art season with a group show that includes portraits, narratives, multimedia work and performance. The Wish List artists--all students or graduates of TSU--flirt with the fantastic, forming new fables out of paint, print ...
Nashville Scene |
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Susan H. Edwards, Ph.D at The Frist
Media savant and cultural provocateur Marshall McLuhan once stated, "At the speed of light, policies and political parties yield place to charismatic images." Given sweeping changes in our recent political season, it's plain to see how relevant his insights remain. In Part II of her Photography Lect...
Nashville Scene |
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Latin festival will rock rotunda
Starting to feel winter's chill? Head to the Cincinnati Museum Center, where the eighth annual Latin American Culture Fest heats things up this weekend.
The Cincinnati Enquirer |
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Guilt by Association at Ovvio Arte
Though brothers Joe and Jon Silva have never exhibited together before, their art shares a common thread, reflecting the street art prevalent in their native Los Angeles. (Both brothers currently live in Nashville.) Working with a variety of media--collage, stencil, brushwork and spray paint--Joe cr...
Nashville Scene |
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Silent night, auction night
SHAMOKIN — One of the Northumberland County Council for the Arts and Humanities’ most popular fundraisers returns to the Fine Art Gallery, affording many the chance of finding a unique gift from some of the area’s most noted artists.
The Shamokin News-Item |
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Business
Sotheby’s failed to sell three of the top diamonds offered in a Geneva auction of jewels following a five-week decline in prices for such gems. Sotheby’s had put stones up for sale such as a 10.48 carat flawless deep blue diamond valued at $6 million to $9 million.
The West Australian |
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Artist puts work up for adoption
BULLHEAD CITY - There's a warm glow of color in Lillian Manning's oil landscapes, from the pale green meadows of Idaho to the reddish valleys of the Southwest.
Mohave Valley Daily News |
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Waukegan Library adds interactive sculpture
At the beach, Sally Stephenson's four kids from Waukegan like making a mound of sand and digging paths to roll balls down. A new interactive sculpture at the Early Learning Center takes ball rolling to a new level by teaching children about physics and the transference of energy.
Lake County News-Sun |
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Youngsters capture local life in allotments
SEATON HIRST'S community has been looking at life through a lens as part of an intergenerational photography programme. (18/11/2008 16:05:18)
Blyth and Wansbeck Today |
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Faces Figures
"Faces Figures" is the title of the exhibition which opens in the Liebrecht Gallery in Somerset West on November 24. It features the portraits and figurative work of five Helderberg artists: Sunita Joyce, Albart Sampson, Jenny Kemlo, Jan Holliday-Pentz, and Lisa Miller.
Helderberg |
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Exhibition with powerful paintings and sculptures
ART creates harmony, for the artist as well as the spectator. Under this theme two Somerset West artists, Kathrein Boehl and Silvia Fischer, will showcase their actual range of works on the last weekend of November.
Helderberg |
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Sotheby’s fails to sell three top diamonds
Sotheby’s failed to sell three of the top diamonds offered in a Geneva auction of jewels following a five-week decline in prices for such gems. Sotheby’s had put stones up for sale such as a 10.48 ca
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