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Our Neighbor: Janette Shoaf
It takes steady hands and a creative soul for Janette Shoaf to complete her beautiful art. Her creations are not typical. She designs masterpieces with a needle and special threads and paper.
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Artist makes debut in gallery
When looking at the artwork of Cara Bevan, it's hard to believe the Trinity native is only 19 years old.Over this past weekend she took part in her first art show at The Gallery Hall at 106 S. Main St."I'm very excited," she said. "Having an art show is one of my New Year's resolutions coming true."
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Photographer presents his first exhibit at Arts United
For the first time local fine-arts photographer Jason Byers will have his own exhibition at Arts United for Davidson County. The show, which opened with a reception last week, features nearly 50 pieces of Byers' work from Arizona as well as some local pieces. He has been a part of several shows, but this is his first one-man show.
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Local Central high school students showcase work
The art students of Central Davidson High School take a lot of pride in exhibiting their work at Arts United for Davidson County for the community to see, which is important, said Vanice Goodnight, art teacher with CDHS.
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KPS Foundation’s auction is June 7
KEARNEY — A trip for four to Denver on a private plane to see a Broncos game, a Black Hills getaway, Nintendo Wiis, a fashion photo shoot, a 1964 Corvair, a week in the Caribbean.
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Tomah Schools Settle Religious Freedom Lawsuit
MADISON, Wis. -- The Tomah School District has formally agreed to allow religious expression in student artwork to settle a federal lawsuit. The Alliance Defense Fund sued the district in March on behalf of a Tomah High School student.
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Committee supports funding review of state art collection
A legislative panel is giving a second chance to a bill that would create an inventory of state owned art.
Deseret Morning News |
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mtvU to Crown 'Best Filmmaker On Campus' at the '2008 MTV Movie Awards' on June 1st
mtvU, the 24-hour college network, has announced the five finalists for the 3rd annual "Best Filmmaker on Campus" contest, honoring the best and brightest filmmakers of tomorrow. Throughout the year, thousands of student filmmakers create profiles and upload their films at www.BestFilmOnCampus.com, where they compete for cash, prizes, development and production deals, and monthly ...
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Northrop Grumman Showcases UAV Capabilities at Berlin ILA Air Show 2008
Northrop Grumman Corporation will display a wide range of its key capabilities and programmes at the Berlin International Aerospace Exhibition, including unmanned aerial vehicles, aerial tanker refueling and aircraft navigation systems.
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Auction attention focused on Thomson sketches
Once again, the artwork of Tom Thomson has captured the spotlight as the Canadian spring art auction season gets underway. A handful of small oil sketches by the iconic Canadian painter have stirred excitment among art buyers across the country.
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Scientists 'paint' viruses to track their growth in the body
Washington, May 21 : Biologists from Austria and Singapore have achieved a significant success in painting viruses with proteins so as to track their fate in the body.
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The HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival Celebrates Its 16th Year
Once again, New Yorkers will walk down memory lane in Bryant Park with Sean Connery as 007, Christopher Reeves as Superman, and in a nod to the political season, Robert Redford as "The Candidate."
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Outer Cape Gallery Listings
PROVINCETOWN Albert Merola Gallery, 424 Commercial St., (508) 487-4424. James Balla: New Paintings & Drawings; gallery artists, by appt. Alden Gallery, 423 Commercial St., (508) 487-4230. OPENING 7-9 pm Fri. 11 plus 11, gallery artists invite guests.
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ÔCape FolkÕ features unique people and their art
When gallery owner Berta Walker decided to put up a show called ÒCape FolkÓ as her first exhibition of the season she says her aim was to highlight some of the original and fascinating artists that live on the Cape. The folk, she says, was more about the people than any classification of their art.
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West Island Events
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT $"/> $"/>Beaconsfield Library: Beaconsfield Quilters’ Guild will hold its annual exhibition until May 31 displaying many of the guild’s prize-winning quilts. At 303 Beaconsfield Blvd. Info: 514-428-4460.
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Discovering Montreal's museums
Montreal’s Museum Day is scheduled for this Sunday, May 25, offering free admission to 29 museums and six shuttle bus routes between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Activities include exhibitions, creative workshops, meetings with artists or craftsmen, multimedia shows and theatre, demonstrations, scientific experiments, guided tours and costumed interpreters.
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Va-Va-VOOM
Avant theater icon Roger Wilson has raised the curtain on the future of portraiture in his skull-staving series of works at the Bass Museum of Art. “VOOM Portraits” features 25 high-def images of people and animals presented on large-scale HD plasma flat-screens. His subjects range from Jo ...
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Island Tease
When Quisqueya Henríquez mulls an idea, there's no telling what medium she might use to shape it. The first major survey of the Cuban-Dominican artist's career in the United States, now on view at Miami Art Museum (MAM), reveals a bold, fertile mind and immaculate craftsmanship. "Quisqueya ...
Miami New Times |
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Hot Summer Shorts in the City
City Theatre's Summer Shorts was maybe the biggest thing to hit South Florida theater in 2007. It became enshrined as one of the two major short-play festivals in the nation when it partnered with Louisville's famed Actors' Theatre and moved from its old home at the Ring Theatre to the much larger S ...
Miami New Times |
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Art Capsules
Cristina Lei Rodriguez and Paul Morrison Steering clear of her usual gooey weeping willows, the homegrown artist has tapped into the central nervous system of Sixties minimalist and junk art in her new show. Rodriguez deserves kudos for avoiding her comfort zone. New paintings and sculptures by Brit ...
Miami New Times |
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Denver Sprucing Up Public Art for Convention
DENVER - Denver is spending about $200,000 to spruce up some of its public art ahead of this summer's Democratic National Convention. Seven prominent pieces are being cleaned, repainted and repaired in preparation for the August convention.
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Jambalaya Festival rings in 41st year this weekend
Food, fun and festivities will take over the city of Gonzales again this Memorial Day weekend, as the Jambalaya Festival Association will hold its 41st Annual Jambalaya Festival along South Irma Boulevard.
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Agriculture Calendar Photo Contest deadline nears
Whether it’s families picking strawberries or a herd of dairy cows basking in the sun, the Department of Agricultural Resources is encouraging the public to capture the spirit of Massachusetts farming and enter their pictures in the department’s annual Massachusetts Agriculture Calendar Photo Contest.
Amesbury News |
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Dublin camps might draw you into art
When you think of art , what comes to mind? Do you think of a famous painting, a sculpture or even a photograph? Perhaps you've snapped your own pictures; painted with oils, acrylic or watercolor; or shaped a pinch pot from clay. These types of art are called “visual art.”
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Event to raise funds for animal shelter
Cause 4 Paws - a one-day art festival and fundraiser benefiting the Lincoln County Animal Shelter - is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at the Lincoln City Cultural Center.
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