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NORTH TONAWANDA: Retirement dinner planned for Ryan
North Tonawanda’s multipurpose art education and exhibition center, the Carnegie Art Center, will honor its outgoing Executive Director Ellen Ryan Dec. 11 at 6 p.m.
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Takin' it to the house
This fall music played in the few venues of Bowling Green - Bread & Bagel, Tidball's, the Capitol Arts Center, on campus and outdoors in the name of 'festival' and 'parade.' Another venue that's not quite as official or credible (though that's how some people like it) is the house party.
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Lee Rosenbaum's cultural commentary
As of yesterday, some 2,400 art historians, museum luminaries and other concerned artworld notables had signed the petition against the planned appointment (scroll to the bottom) of Mario Resca , former head of McDonald's Italy, to the new position of "super manager" for Italy's museums.
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Teens Arts exhibit on display
The Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders have announced that the 2008 Union County Teen Arts Traveling Exhibit will be on display at the Freeholder's Gallery in the Union County Administration Building, Elizabethtown Plaza at Rahway Avenue in Elizabeth, through Tuesday, Dec. 16. The exhibit is open to the public from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays.
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Arguing extends museum meeting
Bickering dominated most of Monday’s meeting of the task force formed to help find a new downtown home for an art museum. The group added 30 minutes to its regular two-hour meeting because of extended arguments sidetracking the meeting, only to see most of that extra half-hour break down as well.
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Customers snap up killer bargains
Customers have gathered at auctions in Melbourne and Sydney to hunt for bargains in wake of the global financial meltdown.
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Cards can offer more than warm wishes
The holiday tradition of Christmas cards is perpetuated by area nonprofit organizations that sell cards as fundraisers. Many of the cards are designed by local artists who contribute their artwork each year to worthy causes.
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Gallery Listing
"The Skin We are In"
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Pakistani Muslim paints Sikh gurus, spreads their message
By Alkesh Sharma, Chandigarh, Nov 25 : He is Muslim, but 78-year-old Syed Aftab Ahmed Shah has come from Pakistan with an exhibition of his paintings and calligraphy aimed at spreading the spiritual teachings of Sikh gurus among youth.
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Post-Thanksgiving sales emphasize toys, decorations
Come Thursday, the turkey on the dining room table might be overstuffed, but local auctions will stay on the slim side for the next few weeks as area houses offer a menu of lighter sales -- with an emphasis on holiday decorations, toys and other seasonal items.
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Bruce acquires pastel
At a recent auction, the Bruce Museum acquired a pastel by the great 19th Century portraitist and painter of modern life James Jacques Joseph Tissot (1836-1902).
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Chattanooga: Students showcase work at fine arts expo
Central High School’s gymnasium burst with creativity Monday as students in the humanities, fine arts and communication academy hosted their first expo.
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Museums, Beyond The 'Boring' Factor
"Despite any bad rap for being boring or undervalued, there are still 850 million people coming through the nation's museums each year. Why? As Philippe de Montebello, former Metropolitan Museum of Art director, says simply, 'A museum is the memory of mankind.'"
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FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS’ CLUB OF THAILAND (FCCT) TO ANNOUNCE WINNERS OF SECOND-ANNUAL FCCT PHOTOJOURNALISM CONTEST ...
Thailand has long been a hub for the best photographers in Southeast Asia. For the second year, the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand (FCCT) will be recognizing that work through the FCCT’s ann
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Sreedevi is a painter too
Sreedevi is another industry person with a penchant for the painting brush. A source close to the actress tells us, "It has always been so.
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Boca Raton's Mizner Park in line for Monet-inspired sculpture
Negotiations currently being held to secure Monet-inspired sculpture The Woman with a Parasol , a painting by French impressionist Claude Monet, could come to life in Mizner Park.
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Faces & Places: Humane Society's Santa paws, Tahoe Maritime mixer, Project MANA Thanksgiving
Emma Garrard/Sierra Sun Wyatt, 7, and Dakota Barth, 4, and their two dogs Jackson and Roary get their photo taken with Santa Claus at Village at Squaw Valley Saturday. The event hosted by Tails by the Lake with photography by Michael Tedesco.
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Artist's paintings explore meaning, beauty of life
Katy Betz is an artist with a whimsical and insightful interpretation of nature. Growing up on a small farm in Southern California, Betz's love for animals and the ocean are frequent subjects in her art -- as is her obvious sense of humor and wit in many of her oil paintings.
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Kim Cattrall - Sex And The City Star To Recreate Titian Masterpiece
Actress Kim Cattrall is to take part in the creation of a modern version of Titian's Diana and Actaeon.The Sex and the City actress will pose alongside performers ...
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Guggenheim Museum Appoints David Van Der Leer as Assistant Curator of Architecture and Design
NEW YORK, NY.- Richard Armstrong, Director, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and Museum, has announced the appointment of David Van der Leer as the Guggenheim’s new Assistant Curator of Architecture and Design.
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The Fifth Floor: Ideas Taking Space
LONDON.- Tate Liverpool is proud to present a groundbreaking exhibition inspired by ideas and proposals from people across the city.
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Ballistic Publishing Announces--d'artiste: Matte Painting 2--Learn From The Masters
ADELAIDE.- The seventh book in the d'artiste series--Matte Painting 2--features Master Artists, Yusei Uesugi (the first digital movie matte painter), Max Dennison and Chris Thunig.
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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive Presents Exhibition that Brings Together Four Artists
BERKELEY, CA.- The University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA) presents Bending the Word, an exhibition that brings together four artists who re-imagine the art of storytelling: Martha Colburn, Patricia Esquivias, Olivia Plender, and Tris Vonna-Michell.
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Old Master Prints Capture Three Centuries of War at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
HOUSTON, TX.- Centuries before photography and television, civilians got their first visual taste of war in prints made possible by advancement in the development of papermaking, and the invention of special printing presses.
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Presidents in Waiting Opens at the National Portrait Gallery Jan. 20, 2009
Thomas Jefferson by Charles Willson Peale. Oil on canvas, 1791. Image: 61 x 50.8cm (24 x 20") Frame: 66 x 55.9cm (26 x 22") Courtesy of Independence National Historical Park Collection, Philadelphia, PA 13.131
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