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Bookkeeper accused of embezzlement
A bookkeeper has been arrested on suspicion of embezzling $86,000 and stealing three prints from a Bellevue art gallery, police reported.
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See Casting Of Life-Size Figure At Phoenix Glass Studio
Each of the past 10 years, local glass artist Susan Gott has celebrated the holiday season by offering a free glimpse of the inner workings of her atelier, "Phoenix Glass Studio & Gallery," in Seminole Heights.
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Artisan Sets Up Shop In Lanark
Jack Kromer, a Mt. Carroll native, hand carves rocking horses in the same manner as they were fabricated in the 1850's. His vision is to create a high quality rocking horse which is a combination of fine hardwoods and detailed carving.
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The Royal Ontario Museum Celebrates Ukrainian Heritage Day on Sunday Nov 30, 2008 with Family Fun
Featuring live music and dance performances by: Canadian Bandurist Capella Is a choral group which combines the sound of a male chorus with the unique orchestral accompaniment of the multi-stringed Ukrainian bandura.
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Arts festival likely to trim down in Cultural Trust hands
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is assuming responsibility for finances, staff and programming of the 50-year-old Three Rivers Arts Festival.
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Hancock-Wood plans holiday contest
NORTH BALTIMORE — Hancock-Wood Electric Cooperative is offering members a chance to win one of three $100 gift cards in its annual Holiday Light Contest.
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Paintings by Westfield art instructor on exhibit
The Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders will present an exhibit of watercolor paintings by Westfield teacher Marcia S. Kanter in the gallery space at the Union County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs, 633 Pearl St. in Elizabeth.
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Just for Kids Calendar of Events
CHILDREN'S MUSEUMWACKY WEDNESDAYIn Cup Cooking, kids can mix and create simple recipes. Activity is "Turkey Cookies."WHEN: 10:30 a.m. WednesdayFUN FRIDAYSession focuses on creativity and includes art activities for children of all ages. Topic is "Cinnamon Holiday Ornaments."WHEN: 10:30 a.m. FridayMAGICAL MONDAY
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It Was Fund While It Lasted
There was more fun than funds found at the first art festival to benefit the restoration and renovation of the historical Bing Rooming House.
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10 years after settlement, tobacco rebounds in US
Lindsay Pasley is an eager young man in what used to be an older man's game - tobacco farming. He recently took 20 tons of his early prepared leaf to Clay's Tobacco Warehouse in Mount Sterling, due east of Lexington in the Appalachian foothills, where he said he earned enough to "have a nice Thanksgiving and Christmas." The auctioneer's singsong chant still rings out at Clay's and a few ...
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Britney Spears Is More 'Self-Conscious' And 'Reserved' Now, Rolling Stone Photo Editor Says
Jodi Peckman isn't new to working with Britney Spears on a photo shoot. Rolling Stone's director of photography has worked with the pop star several times over her career and admits that 2008 Britney isn't the bubblegum pop star she met back in 2002.
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Art Museum Staffer Named to SC Art Association Board
Lori Seckinger, Education Coordinator for the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum. MYRTLE BEACH, SC.-
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Cultural Marketing 2.0: Taking Advantage of New Media
PARIS.- Over one hundred communication and multimedia managers from state and private museum institutions attended the conference/round table organized on Tuesday, November 18, by Influencia, the Canadian press group, in collaboration with COMMUNIC'ART.
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Carnegie Museum of Art Presents Laboratory of Architecture/Fernando Romero
PITTSBURGH, PA.- The first monographic exhibition dedicated to the work of Fernando Romero and his Mexico City–based practice, LAR (Laboratory of Architecture), will be on view in the Heinz Architectural Center at Carnegie Museum of Art , February 28–May 31, 2009. Organized by Raymund Ryan, Carnegie Museum of Art curator of architecture, Laboratory of Architecture/Fernando Romero presents ...
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Smithsonian American Art Museum Presents Nationally Touring Retrospective of Acclaimed Photographer Frank Gohlke
WASHINGTON, DC.- Frank Gohlke (b. 1942) is one of the most influential and respected landscape photographers of the last three decades.
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Sotheby's to Hold its First-ever Major International Auction Series in the Middle East in 2009
DOHA.- Sotheby’s is delighted to confirm that its first ever major international auction series in the Middle East will take place on Wednesday, March 18 and Thursday, March 19, 2009 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Doha, Qatar.
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De Cordova Museum Announces Tabitha Vevers: Narrative Bodies
Tabitha Vevers, When We Talk About Rape, 1992. Oil and gold leaf on handmade paper 9 ¾ x 12 ½. Collection Delia Sherman and Ellen Kushner, New York , New York.
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Documentary Film about China's Exploding Contemporary Art Scene to be Screened at Art Basel
Robert Adanto explores the work of some of China's most talented emerging video artists and photographers. MIAMI.- Robert Adanto's The Rising Tide , screening this weekend at Art Basel, captures the complex cultural implications of the global art market's insatiable taste for Chinese Contemporary Art.
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Sotheby's November Russian Art Evening Sale Totals 14.1 Million Pounds
Mikhail Fedorovich Larionovʼs oil on canvas Reclining Nude sold within estimate for £1,385,250 (Est: £1.2-1.5 million). Photo: Courtesy of Sotheby's. LONDON.-
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Viviane Sassen - Flamboya Opens at Foam_Fotgrafiemuseum Amsterdam
Viviane Sassen, Dora, 2007 © Viviane Sassen / Courtesy Motive Gallery, Amsterdam. AMSTERDAM.- Foam presents an extensive survey of recent photos taken by Viviane Sassen while travelling through various parts of Africa.
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David McDermott and Peter McGough Present An Experience of Amusing Chemistry
McDermott & McGough, Carters, 1910. PARIS.- Maison Européenne de la Photographie opened an exhibiton featuring photographs made by David McDermott and Peter McGough . McDermott and McGough have become well known for their unique way of blending art and daily life.
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World Ceramics: Masterpieces from the V&A Opens at Khan As'ad Pasha
Syrian First Lady, Asma Asad (l), observes one of the works of art in the 'World Ceramics in Damascus, Syria. Photo: EFE / Youssef Badawi. DAMASCUS.-
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A Nativity from Naples: Presepe Sculpture of the Eighteenth Century
Cuciniello Presepe (detail with scenes of the Nativity and the Adoration of the Magi), 18th and 19th centuries. Museo Nazionale di San Martino, Naples.
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Contemporary Art Relating to the Subject "Nature" at the Museum Frieder Burda
Norbert Tadeusz, Water lilies Seerosen. 2002 acrylic on canvas 130 x 200 cm. Altana Kunstsammlung, Bad Homburg. Photo: Altana Kunstsammlung, Bad Homburg.
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National Gallery of Victoria Solves Renaissance Portrait Mystery
The NGV announced today that this is Lucrezia Borgia painted by Dosso Dossi. MELBOURNE.- The NGV announced today that it believes the subject of a mysterious Renaissance portrait it has owned since 1965 is Lucrezia Borgia, and that the painter is famed Renaissance artist Dosso Dossi (c1486-1542).
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