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Call for Artists: 2008 INTERNATIONAL JURIED COMPETITION (2008-11-27 - 2008-12-15)
Jurors: Rebecca Morse Assistant Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA); Peter Frank Senior Curator, Riverside Art Museum, THE Magazine Critic; Rex Bruce Artist, Curator, Director L.A. Center for Digital Art. Enter the juried competition for digital art and photography. Entrants submit three JPEG files of original work. All styles of artwork and photography where digital processes of any kind ...
Absolutearts.com |
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Faces to Figures by Charles Cham (2008-11-27 - 2008-12-18)
"Faces to Figures" by Charles Cham will open on Thursday 27th November 2008 at 6.30pm ˆ 8.30pm and run until 18th December 2008 at Karin Weber Gallery in Hong Kong. From the outside of his studio walls in Malacca to the heart of every painting, Charles Cham has always embraced colour with confidence and pride and this new collection "Faces To Figures" is no exception. Karin Weber Gallery is ...
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Exhibits
City Galleries
The Springfield News-Leader |
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Color your weekend at studio open house
Artist Michael McClure is opening his art studio and gallery for open houses from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Visitors can peruse McClure's work and purchase originals and prints to keep or give as holiday gifts. The gallery is located at 3223 County Road 1670 in Willow Springs. Call 252-4797 or visit www.michaelmcclure.com for information.
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Town For Sale: Bidding starts at $2.5 million for Albert, Texas
SAN ANTONIO — Bobby Cave, owner of a Texas town called Albert, decided this year to sell. Then a friend mentioned the online auction site eBay Inc. Now, with the click of a mouse — and at least $2.5 million — Albert could be yours.
Valley Morning Star |
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Christmas decorations and tours
"A Farmer's Christmas" Victorian-era Christmas on the farm. Includes a 1890s village area, crafts, Santa and more. Noon-8 p.m. Dec. 6. Delaware Agricultural Museum, 886 N. Du Pont Highway, Dover. 734-1618 or www.agricultural museum.org. Free-$5.
The News Journal |
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Pretty vacant
I love the Las Vegas Art Museum. I love the work done by the museum's beautiful director Libby Lumpkin. I even love her brilliant husband, the famous critic Dave Hickey, who knows more about -- and never refrains from sharing his vast and hard-earned knowledge of -- contemporary art than anyone alive. I offer this preface in the vain hope that what I say next doesn't hurt anyone's feelings: ...
Las Vegas CityLife |
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WYANDOTTE: Michigan talent on display
All of the artists are from Michigan, hence the name. "Made in the Mitten," a new exhibit at Biddle Gallery, will feature pottery, paintings, glass and more by artists like Jerome Ferretti, Sarah Burger, Lisa Harrison, Dave Krieger and John Albert Murphy.
Detroit Free Press |
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For Q-Tip, 'Renaissance' is full of hope and love
Q-Tip wants to put "new flavor in your ear." In the process, he hopes you feel the love, too. The rapper's engaging new album, The Renaissance , glows with loving, downright sunny sentiments often unheard these days in mainstream hip-hop - or any other urban style, for that matter.
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Lessons From a Film Festival
Three Jews, four opinions -- right? Of course right. Now mix in something as subjective as one's taste in movies. Now imagine the folly of putting together a committee to organize a short Jewish film festival. Crazy. No?
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Something for everyone from artistic quintet
A FESTIVE exhibition including five local artists, exhibiting together for the first time, opens on November 28 at Corsock Glass for a special preview from 4pm to 9pm.
The Galloway News |
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Artist sees the big -- and small -- picture in her artwork
Aimee Manion has creative expression down to a science. read more »
Pine Creek Journal |
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PUT A FORK IN HIM
HOO-HAH! Truth be told, there really was no contest for the top award in our 10th annual Turkey awards. Al Pacino's jaw-dropping grimaces as an FBI profiler who receives cellphone death threats every 10 minutes in the unthrilling thriller "88...
New York Post |
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South Carroll art show allows visitors to ‘dig in'
Austin Spafford looks over an entry created by Keeley Tober (center) during the Edible Art Show held at South Carroll High School Monday morning. Tober won best in show.
Gazette.net |
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Annual auction set to rock city
Let's start off today by wishing all of our American friends a very happy Thanksgiving. It's a great day to take your minds off the stock market, take advantage of suddenly low gasoline prices and spend time with family and friends and of course, watch a day of NFL games.
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Sorority sponsors essay contest?
NEW HAVEN — Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority is sponsoring the Xi Omicron Chapter Essay Contest in which female high school students in public schools are asked to write an essay on a woman, past or present, who has inspired them.
New Haven Register |
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Saving the Gloster Sea-Gladiator Faith
The Gladiator Faith has been gathering rust at the War Museum in St Elmo as this plate at the back of the cockpit shows - a state of affairs that would not have happened had it been displayed at Ta' Qali with the other wartime aircraft which have been professionally rebuilt.
Times of Malta |
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An exciting day for local art
A crowd gathers on a rainy Wednesday in front of the construction site for the Crocker Art Museum expansion project in downtown Sacramento. The 125,000-square foot project will triple the size of the museum and is expected to be finished in 2010. More than a year of construction and fundraising remain, but the crowd cheered Wednesday as a giant crane placed a beam on the exoskeleton of ...
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Dream Cruise paintings go on display in Dearborn
One artist's paintings of the Woodward Dream Cruise will be on display at the Automotive Hall of Fame in Dearborn through March.
Detroit Free Press |
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Painting sells for world record price
AN oil painting by the Berwick artist, Thomas Sword Good, which changed hands for just £600 in 1970, sold for £85,250, a new world record for a work by Good.
Berwick Advertiser |
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Outbound Escapes
HANGING IT UP: ART OF THE OUTDOORS • Visit the Knowlton Gallery for its "Yosemite on Canvas: 13 Western Artists Paint the Park" exhibit, featuring more than 50 paintings in oil, pastels and watercolors. Cynthia Britain's "Yosemite Falls – Wet & Wild" and Terri Ford's "Falls and Rock" will be among the works on display through Saturday. Hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m. The gallery is at 115 S. ...
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That's show birdness
Turkey decorating winner, Belle Balak, 4, of Lincoln is the first place winner in the 0-4 age group, Thursday, November 21, 2008. You may know Victoria Dalkey as The Bee's art critic. But this time of year, I jokingly refer to her as Chief Justice Dalkey. That's because she has reached her fifth anniversary of helping us judge our annual Turkey Decorating Contest. Dalkey knows what ...
The Sacramento Bee |
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Painting sells for world record price
AN oil painting by the Berwick artist, Thomas Sword Good, which changed hands for just £600 in 1970, sold for £85,250, a new world record for a work by Good. (26/11/2008 11:44:32)
Berwick Today |
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Gallery and museum listings
When light bounces off the pounding waves of the Pacific, optical magic occurs. Artist Joe Cibere captures this glistening fusion in his watercolor "Ventura Ocean," pictured here, one of many works on display in the Red Brick Gallery's new Pacific Shimmer show.
Ventura County Star |
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Pianist Jim Brickman begins 13th annual holiday tour
Jim Brickman doesn't mind that some of his fans may not be able to name any of his hit songs. Brickman shares the story of a fan on a radio contest who, when asked to name one of his songs, said that it was the feeling of the songs that spoke to her over any particular track. While the Dove Award-winning pianist and composer has had hits, he says his pop solo-piano style stands out over any ...
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