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Today’s best bets, 11.22.08
• SMALL WORKS ART SALE, hosted by Tahlequah Arts Guild, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday to Nov. 29, Fifth Street Gallery, corner of Fifth Street and Park Hill Road, Tahlequah. Muskogee Phoenix
Panetta: Piecing together life of a sculptor
It's a great, panoramic, black-and-white image from more than a century ago of Downtown Peoria - crowds thronging the streets and surrounding the then, newly built Soldiers and Sailor Monument, which still stands outside of the Peoria County Courthouse. Peoria Journal Star
Mountain Roots exhibit features local artist
BRYSON CITY – An exhibit titled “Mountain Roots” will be unveiled at an opening event at 6 p.m. today at the Swain County Center for the Arts. Included in the exhibit are pastel paintings and an acrylic mural series by Doreyl Ammons Cain, a founder of Catch the Spirit of Appalachia, and pastel paintings by five of her students. Asheville Citizen-Times
Art & Soul: 'Wet Ink' Exhibit showcases talent of SCAD's printmaking faculty and staff
For her latest mixed-media compositions, Savannah College of Art and Design printmaking professor, Deborah Oden, found inspiration in Homer's ancient epic poem, "The Iliad." As a result, her colorful series of abstracted 8-foot panels focus on issues of war, family, time and loss. Savannah Morning News
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"Transformation: The Metamorphosis of Traditional Photography" Savannah Morning News
Double Six Gallery in Grants opens four shows Art supporter Connie Gallegos stands next one of Lynn Myers's acrylic on ...
GRANTS — Seventy people showed up to gasp at quilts, paintings, pottery and children’s art Saturday at the Double Six Gallery in Grants. Saturday was the official opening of four new shows for the Cibola Arts Council’s gallery and perhaps their best showing to date — certainly the best attended. The Gallup Independent
Wedding photos now available
Couples who've been waiting for wedding photos from Celebration Studios Wedding Photography can now pick up their pictures. WPVI-TV Philadelphia
Maye River Gallery to hold reception
The Maye River Gallery will hold a Holiday Treats Reception from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at the gallery in old town Bluffton. In addition to the artwork of local artists -- including pastel, oil, watercolor, mixed media and collage paintings, pottery, jewelry, fiber, pottery, tile, glass and pine needle basketry -- each artist has created special gift items for the holiday season. The gallery ... Island Packet
Lee Rosenbaum's cultural commentary
In an Op-Ed piece to appear in tomorrow's (Saturday's) LA Times , businessman/collector Eli Broad , who was the founding chairman of LA MOCA, challenged the Los Angeles philanthropic community to join him in stepping up to the (collection) plate for the financially beleaguered museum. Arts Journal
Titans beat Honkers in semis, advance to title match
MINOT - There will be a new champion in Class B volleyball. Advertisement: BIG E AUCTION SERVICE November 23rd, 2008 ~ Art & Violette Dobler Estate Real Estate Auction November 23rd, 2008 ~ Art & Violette Dobler Estate Real Estate, Antiques, household, appliances, yard (T-Rex) The Dickinson Press
Mount Union hosts welcoming reception for Japanese art exhibit
By LAURIE HUFFMAN The Review Mount Union College and the Canton Museum of Art held a reception to welcome an art exhibit to Stark County on Thursday that, according to museum curator M.J. Albecete, is unprecedented. The Alliance Review
Sudbury native tapped for top post at National Gallery
The National Gallery of Canada is urging the federal government to name Marc Mayer, an energetic arts personality with a passion for leading-edge contemporary art, as its new director. Ottawa Citizen
Fine Arts Visit Day at C-SC is Dec. 6
Culver-Stockton College will host a visit day Saturday, Dec. 6, for students interested in Fine Arts majors or participating in the visual and performing arts during college. The Hannibal Courier-Post
JWCC 24th annual Art Show winners named
The winners of John Wood Community College’s 24th Annual Art Show competition were announced during a reception held Nov. 6 at the campus, 48th and Harrison in Quincy. The Hannibal Courier-Post
Father, son photographers capture art exhibit
As father and son, Danny and Zack Dubuisson share a bloodline, a history and an artistic spirit. Beaumont Enterprise
Tree and grotto begin to grow on river bend
Concrete faux bois (false wood) artist Carlos Cortés and his crew have begun construction of the $3.5 million grotto commissioned by the San Antonio River Foundation for a bend of the river where Camden and Newell streets intersect near the San Antonio Museum of Art. San Antonio Express-News & KENS 5
Bearing Witness: Duane Cramer
Duane Cramer didn’t choose the world of photography. He inherited it. When he was a teenager his father gave him his first 35-millimeter camera. More than just a gift, it was the passing-on of a family tradition -- a responsibility, of sorts, to know not only who he was but where he was from. Gay Wired
California: Inquiry Into Art Museum?s Finances
The state attorney general has begun an inquiry into the financial status of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. New York Times
BOX Quarry Hill Nature Show is Dec. 6-7
Tour through hand-on exhibits in the Exploration Hall, watch the activity at one or more of the many bird-feeding stations, and if there's snow on the ground, rent a pair of cross-country skis or showshoes at the 5th Annual Quarry Hill Nature Show and Sale. Post-Bulletin
Volunteers bring light to Festival of Trees
By Marla Miller The fourth annual Festival of Trees will feature 38-themed trees, wreaths and table centerpieces, and other holiday decor created by local designers. (Chronicle photo/Cory Morse) Read the story The Muskegon Chronicle
Tyler Green's modern & contemporary art blog
MOCA founding chairman, collector and philanthropist Eli Broad takes to the LAT op-ed page to offer MOCA $30 million "with the expectation that the museum's board and others join in this effort to solve the institution's financial problems." Arts Journal
Wynne Home debutes new art show
The Wynne Home Center debuted a new series of art pieces in its sales gallery last week, representing 14 artists working in a miniaturized format. The Hunstville Item
The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Presents Joe Fafard
HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA.- From November 22 to February 8, visitors to the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia will have an opportunity to admire the impressive works – ceramic, bronze, plaster, and steel sculptures, as well as works on paper – of artist Joe Fafard. Art Daily
Chalo! India: A New Era of Indian Art Opens at The Mori Art Museum
Thukral&Tagra, Phantom IX-B, 2007, Oil and acrylic on canvas. 182 x 367cm. Courtesy: Nature Morte, New Delhi. TOKYO.- The Mori Art Museum presents today it's 5th anniversary exhibition,“Chalo! Art Daily
Dalou in England: Portraits of Womanhood (1871-1879) at Henry Moore Institute
Maternity, Jules Dalou, undated, Terracotta, 48.5 x 32 x 29 cms. Reproduction by permission of the Syndics of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. LEEDS, UK.- Art Daily