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Reuters Entertainment Summary
Hard-hitting Brazilian film opens Cannes festival
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Jr. High students to show artwork
As part of an effort to bring arts education into the community, Delta State University has hosted an after school art program for the students of Margaret Green Junior High.
The Bolivar Commercial |
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What's That Noise? (Music)
The Heliotrope Festival showcases local experimental acts that fly under the radar
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Cultures meeting at festival hosted by Tidioute school
Tidioute Community Charter School will hold a Spanish-French Cultural Festival: A Celebration of Spanish-American and French-American Cultures in the U.S. from noon until 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 17.
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Good response to welfare plan
MADURAI: Folk Artistes’ Social Security and Welfare scheme has evoked good response from beneficiaries in the districts of Madurai, Theni, Dindigul, Sivaganga and Ramanathapuram with more than 500 persons registered to avail themselves of the benefits, according to R. Jagadheesan, Assistant Director, Regional Centre for Art and Culture.
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Cannes braces for film festival
WAITING, WATCHING: A visitor stands outside the Festival Palace covered by a giant canvas of the official poster of the 61st Cannes Film Festival.
Stuff |
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Oprah Winfrey to present Tutu's Lincoln Award
SPRINGFIELD (Illinois) — Desmond Tutu has visited the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, where a portrait of the human rights activist was unveiled.
The Natal Witness Group |
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Olympus Launches New E-520 Digital SLR
Photography Products - New photo products and accessories for today
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"French Fry" Sculpture Moved in Sioux City
One of Sioux City's most recognizable piece of art was taken down Tuesday to make way for construction. The 50-foot tall, yellow steel and aluminum structure on 4th and Jackson streets has been removed and stored away.
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art Till May 14 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road, #2475 2275; 3 pm - 8 pm:
An exhibition of portraits of Rabindranath Tagore in oil and pastel by Dr Tapan Ray Choudhuri. Till May 15 at Genesis Art Gallery, 8B Middleton Street, #2229 3886; 2 pm - 7.30 pm: Endless Resonances — an exhibition of recent paintings by well-known artists.
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Contest to determine artist for teen area mural
The Hamilton-Wenham Public Library is holding an artist’s contest for designing and painting a mural in the Young Adult department located on the second floor of the library. The mural is part of the redesign project in progress in the teen area, funded through the Library Services and Technology Act Serving ‘Tweens and Teens grant the library received last October.
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American artist Robert Rauschenberg dies
Acclaimed American artist Robert Rauschenberg died at his home on Captiva Island in Florida at the age of 82, his gallery said on Tuesday.
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Artist Robert Rauschenberg dies
Rauschenberg died Monday of heart failure at 82, it was announced Tuesday by Jennifer Joy, his representative at PaceWildenstein gallery in New York.
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Graphics art show: Winners by design
Recently, the Salt Lake City chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) hosted the annual 100 Show, where hundreds from Utah's elite design community gathered to recognize the top 100 designs in Utah for 2007.
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Visual arts notes: Gallery Stroll in SLC, Plates fundraiser at Art Access
The Salt Lake Gallery Association's monthly Gallery Stroll is Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. Galleries will stay open late for browsers to meet the artists, enjoy refreshments and possibly do some shopping.
The Salt Lake Tribune |
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Barras’s 50p painting set to sell for £50,000
A painting bought for 50p at Glasgow's Barras is set to sell for as much as £50,000 at auction. Its anonymous owner had no idea of its value when he found it buried behind a pile of worthless rubbish at Barrowland Market 30 years ago. He paid "10 bob" for it simply because he liked it.
The Herald |
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West Virginia filled with festivals for this upcoming weekend
West Virginia Division of Tourism announces events for this weekend and next.
The Huntington Herald-Dispatch |
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San Benito Student Wins Congressional Art Competition
Julianna Moreno, a senior at San Benito High School, is the winner of the local division of the 27th annual Congressional Art Competition. Her painting, titled “Flower Girl,” beat 29...
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Artist criticized for MLK sculpture
The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts reportedly has asked Chinese sculptor Lei Yixin to rework his controversial statue of Martin Luther King Jr.The Atlanta Journal-Constitution said members of the commission have criticized Yixin's 28-foot-tall rendering of the slain civil-rights leader, claiming it recalls a genre of political sculpture that has recently been pulled down in other ...
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Welsh culture leads Breton event
Welsh culture will be the focus of an annual Celtic festival held in Brittany this summer.
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Entertainment events: Area gallery presents exhibition on cowgirls
Community events
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Artist Robert Rauschenberg dead at 82
ROBERT Rauschenberg, 82, one of the towering figures of 20th century art, died at his home in Florida overnight, a spokeswoman for the Pace Wildenstein gallery in New York said today.
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A memorable morning with Robert Rauschenberg
It was 1984 when a freelance art writer got to meet a legend of contemporary art.
Rocky Mountain News |
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FUNDING: BrightQube raises $650,000
CARLSBAD ---- BrightQube, a software company in the online stock photography market, said Tuesday it has raised $650,000.
North County Times |
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West Park has art show, open house
Mercy Franciscan at West Park is hosting an Art Show and Spring Open House from 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Saturday, May 17, at 2950 West Park Drive.
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