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Teens show their artistic COLORS
Whitlock Junior High School student Jeffery Harris, 15, explains the meaning behind one of his photographs on display at the Hub-Bub Showroom Monday. Students in the COLORS after-school program at Whitlock have been working with Hub-Bub artists for about two months on photography and graphic design.
Spartanburg Herald-Journal |
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Double art exhibit promotes AIDS awareness
Miami, Fort Lauderdale exhibit spotlights AIDS Miami artist Barry Gross, 59, has been living with HIV for more than two decades. Because of art, he says, he has survived.
Miami Herald |
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Qatar art museum to highlight values of Muslim civilisation
Qatar museum houses 800 artistic and historical treasures from three continents, from 7th to 19th centuries.
Middle East Online |
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Indian film festival scraps documentary after protests
Indian artist Maqbool Fida Husain. Hardline Hindu nationalists have succeeded in getting a documentary by the controversial artist taken off the schedule at India's most prestigious film festival, organisers said
TODAYonline |
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Chile girl's peace poster wins acclaim
Chili student Nini Doan recently won a peace poster contest sponsored by the Lions Club.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle |
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Feeling like a 'purrfect' animal
TWO exhibitions -- one celebrating cats and dogs and the other depicting art as a temple of feelings -- opened at the Annexe Gallery, Central Market in Kuala Lumpur early this month.
The New Straits Times |
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Perinton artist helped Get Out The Vote
Anna Keeler, a Perinton artist working to make her mark in graphic design, was recently featured in a national Get Out The Vote contest.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle |
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All News... Today marks start of £17.5m gallery build
Work on the eagerly anticipated Turner Contemporary finally gets under way later today, but councillors have admitted the completion date has slipped back another year.
The Kent Messenger |
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Qatar- Museum to host prestigious exhibitions
Qatar- Museum to host prestigious exhibitions
MENAFN |
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Art with heart: Award-winning work is influenced by cancer struggle
If an X-ray machine were to study one of Nash Hyon's artworks, it would find all kinds of things underneath the waxy surface.
Stamford Advocate |
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Dust covered painting in attic turns out to be 50,000 pound masterpiece
London, Nov 24 : A 19th century painting covered in dust, and found behind an old mattress in an attic, has turned out to be a masterpiece worth 50,000 pounds.
New Kerala |
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Huskies on Parade drawing to a close
The Huskies on Parade public art project raised about $40,000 that will go toward a scholarship fund in honor of the five students who died in the Feb. 14 shooting at Northern Illinois University.
Daily Chronicle |
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Memorial to honor female veterans
A group is seeking $500,000 in donations to build a unique park at the Fort Douglas Military Museum in honor of female veterans.
Deseret Morning News |
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Indian film festival scraps documentary after protests
PANAJI, India (AFP) - Hardline Hindu nationalists have succeeded in getting a documentary by a controversial artist taken off the schedule at India's most prestigious film festival, organisers said Tuesday.
AFP via Yahoo!7 News |
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Indian film festival scraps documentary after protests
Hardline Hindu nationalists have succeeded in getting a documentary by a controversial artist taken off the schedule at India's most prestigious film festival, organisers said Tuesday.
AFP via Yahoo! News |
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Indian film festival scraps documentary after protests
Hardline Hindu nationalists have succeeded in getting a documentary by a controversial artist taken off the schedule at India's most prestigious film festival, organisers said Tuesday.
AFP via Yahoo! Singapore News |
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Korean War museum progress questioned
SPRINGFIELD - A nonprofit group has been collecting donations for a decade to establish a first-of-its-kind national museum in Springfield honoring veterans of the Korean War. The group has raised more than $7 million in that time, most of it from veterans.
Herald & Review |
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Zuhl collection deserves better
In early January 2000, Herb and Joan Zuhl asked for my help in finding a local government agency or museum-type organization that would accept the donation of their extensive collection of petrified wood and fossilized sea and land creatures they had collected from all over the world.
The Deming Headlight |
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Hemet photographer, 67, has had a digital conversion
Chuck Johnson has the heart of an artist. After a lifetime of commercial photography, he has moved into the digital age to develop photo art. Johnson, who divides his time between Hemet and Washington, said he finds it hard to choose a favorite photo or subject.
The Press-Enterprise |
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Des Moines seeks artists for competition
Local artists with a connection to Des Moines are invited to submit their original art in any medium - including painting, drawing, computer graphics, photography, printmaking and sculpture - to illustrate the City of Des Moines' 2008 Performance Report.
The Altoona Herald-Mitchellville Index |
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Pakistani Muslim paints Sikh gurus, spreads their message
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.
Calcutta News |
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Greeting cards illustrated by elementary students benefit child and animal advocacy groups
The masterpieces of six young Tucson artists have been transformed into greeting cards to help prevent child and animal abuse.
Tucson Citizen |
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Tri-Lakes Views is calling all artists
Tri-Lakes Views is excited to be underway on its second phase of public art, ARTSites, a yearlong outdoor sculpture-on-loan exhibit displayed in the Tri-Lakes area. Scheduled for installation in May 2009, Tri-Lakes Views has put out a call to artists. Artist submissions are due Dec. 15 and all details can be found on the website, www.trilakesviews.org.
Tri-Lakes Tribune |
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Arts Calendar
NOVEMBER 26th ArtEAST Studio Gallery presents “Figure/Grounded,” a juried exhibition of figurative art, on display through Dec. 2 at UP Front [art], 48 Front St. N. Go to www.arteast.org. Issaquah artist June Sekiguchi presents her new exhibition, “Pattern Play,” through Dec. 31 at ArtXchange Gallery, 512 First Ave. S., Seattle. Call 206-839-0377. Village Theatre production of Disney’s ...
Issaquah Press |
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Humidity Gallery Showcases Local Artists
Artists Tana McLane and Sharri Moroshok, owners of Humidity Gallery, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008 in The Verandas shopping center in Tallahassee, Fla. Much of the gallery's art is made by local artists.
Tallahassee Democrat |
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