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Ethereal works in marble defy weight of material
Sculptures by Nina Menduni are simple, stark and sensual. They're also full of contradictions.
The Columbus Dispatch |
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17 groups to share $160,282 in 2009
The Greater Columbus Arts Council Board of Trustees has approved $160,282 in project grants to 17 arts organizations for 2009.
The Columbus Dispatch |
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Bellville photog captures half the world
ASHLAND β David FitzSimmons, assistant professor of English at Ashland University and a freelance writer and photographer, is featured in the November issue of Popular Photography & Imaging magazine.
Mansfield News Journal |
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CANADIAN WONDERS
While the dollar is taking a beating all over Europe, just across the border, a cosmopolitan escape offers high fashion, unusual festivals, fancy food βand more value for your money.
The Buffalo News |
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Get off the tour bus and plan a vacation with a purpose
If you're starting to plan your travels for 2009, consider a trip with some definite purpose. Touring can mean more than just checking off the main sights from a guidebook list: looking at lakes, mountains, temples, and museums. Over more than five decades of travel, I've found that some of my most interesting trips have been those where I had a definite quest in mind. Here are a few ideas.
The Buffalo News |
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A World of Light
Today through Dec. 24, the Hardin Center hosts Festival of Trees XIX. This year's theme is "A World of Celebration," through which visitors will learn of festivals of light from around the world.
The Gadsden Times |
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MLK contest returns
MARION - The Second Annual Martin Luther King Jr. speech/poetry/essay and art contest will be held in conjunction with the annual Peace and Freedom Breakfast when the winners will present their speeches.
The Marion Star |
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Worthy selection in Rarefied Light
Juror, David Hilliard, chose 63 of 388 entries from across the state for the 2008 Rarefied Light photography exhibition. "Deva and her Beach Towel" by Linda Smogor is "Best of Show." Brian Adams, William Bloomhuff, Patrick Cobb, Hal Gage, Clayton Hillhouse, Ashley Kelley, Deborah Mercy, John Reeder, Jodi Swanson and Craig Updegrove received honorable mentions.
Anchorage Daily News |
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Bellville photog captures half the world
ASHLAND β Freelance photographer David FitzSimmons gives tips on photography with circular fisheye lenses, unique optics that capture 180 degrees in every direction.
Mansfield News Journal |
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IN THE GALLERIES
ARCC Gallery, 225 Third Ave. S.E.: Winterfest Juried Show. Gallery hours are 8 a.m.--9 p.m. Monday though Thursday, 8 a.m.--5 p.m. Fridays and 10 a.m.--noon Saturdays. Phone 605--626--7081....
Aberdeen American News |
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Photographer captures the images of Birmingham
A setting sun in October 2007 stirred Rod Arroyo into publishing a series of photography books covering Birmingham, Royal Oak and Northville. He was dining with one of his sons at the Qdoba Mexican Grill in Birmingham when the striking image caught his eye. "I saw that sky and I couldn't believe it," he said. "I was in awe. I took that picture and it gave me an idea to do the book." The result ...
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The city's newest hot spot
Accolades for the Burchfield Penney Art Center continued to roll in as the public got its first look Saturday at the new, $33 million museum.
The Buffalo News |
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Pollock moved to safety
An apparent theft attempt on a $50-million painting believed to have been created by Jackson Pollock has forced an east-end art dealer to pull the painting from her gallery.
Toronto Sun |
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Urban relics
One of Salem's leading but more reclusive artists, D.E. (Dan) May is featuring an exhibit of his mixed media constructions and notebooks at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art. The show, "D.E. May: The Artist as Archivist," runs through Dec. 21.
Salem Statesman Journal |
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Gold Rush artwork considered a treasure
RENO β Charles B. Gillespie's iconic California Gold Rush artwork is no longer a family secret.
San Diego Union-Tribune |
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For art auction houses, 'it's a new world now'
It was easily the worst two weeks of high-end impressionist, modern and contemporary art auctions in more than a decade. Night after night, collectors and dealers tentatively watched as paintings by Monet and Matisse, Bacon and Warhol went unsold.
San Diego Union-Tribune |
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Hawai'i Craftsmen sale starts Tuesday
The Hawai'i Craftsmen are bringing their week-long holiday art gallery sale back to The ARTS at Marks Garage on Tuesday.
Honolulu Advertiser |
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Slow economy doesn't deter crowds at annual holiday gift festival
BILLINGS, Mont. -- Lyle Hendrix thinks he just might have figured out what people want in a good business deal.
Casper Star-Tribune |
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Festival revives cultural rebirth
BULLHEAD CITY - Crafters, swordsmen and dancers enjoyed unseasonably warm temperatures Friday and Saturday at the Tri-state Renaissance Faire held at Rotary Park.
Mohave Valley Daily News |
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Telling truth: Exhibit headed for Geneva
GENEVA -- A major traveling exhibition will grace the Geneva History Center when "Americans Who Tell the Truth" comes to town in January.
The Beacon News |
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'Valuable resource' if child goes missing
NorStates Bank and the Waukegan Police Department teamed up Saturday to help provide parents with essential tools needed in the event of a missing child case. At the child identification event, held at the bank's Madison St. office, police used digital fingerprinting and photography equipment to provide parents with fingerprints and an up-to-date picture of their child on a special card that can ...
Lake County News-Sun |
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Dist. 300 students' art spreads cheer, raises funds
CARPENTERSVILLE -- Festive artwork done by Community Unit School District 300 students is featured on holiday notecards in a fundraiser for the D300 Foundation for Educational Excellence.
The Courier News |
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Youngsters win Rialto art contest
Three young artists won tickets to "The Nutcracker" on Nov. 30 at the Rialto Square Theatre for their Kids' Corner entries. Winners are Courtney Schoolcraft, of Crest Hill; Craig Majcher, of New Lenox; and Chloe Albert Blackman, of Morris. Children were asked to submit artwork on the themes of "Herald Angels" or "good deeds."
The Homer Sun |
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Frankfort kids' museum to open doors
They are like kids at Christmas: They just can't wait to play with all the neat, new stuff. So even though it's not yet finished, the folks at KidsWork Children's Museum are inviting kids and parents to "come and play with us while we build" during the next several months.
The Herald News |
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Holiday season begins with festival and parade
JOLIET -- One of Joliet's favorite holiday traditions, the Light Up the Holidays Festival and Parade, celebrates its 11th year of kicking off the holiday season.
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