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Wayne Art League exhibit set
WAYNE – Wayne Art League will exhibit their work at Geneva History Center during First Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. June 6. Refreshments will be served, and all work will be for sale.
Kane County Chronicle |
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High attendance rewards Mayfair officials' high hopes
But some there fear arts festival is pushing art into the background. The warm weather continued at Cedar Beach for the Mayfair Festival of the Arts' final day, closing a long weekend in which turnout -- and with it success or failure -- often hinges on the forecast.
The Morning Call |
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Tender Hook's country town premiere
Sydney period drama The Tender Hook, starring Hugo Weaving and Rose Byrne, will have its Australian premiere at the Dungog Film Festival in the NSW Hunter region this weekend.
The West Australian |
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Vast FDR collection up for auction
By LINDA STEWART BALL DALLAS -- President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's trademark fedora, the last check he signed and watercolor sketches for the unfinished portrait he sat for on the day he died are among hundreds of historic artifacts and documents headed for auction. Items from the life and times of the nation's 32nd president come from the private collection of Joseph and Deborah Plaud of ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Debate over 'Bodies' rages on
News last week that Congress is considering a bill to ban the importation of plastinated human remains, such as those on display in "Bodies ... The Exhibition" at the Cincinnati Museum Center, has prompted much debate among readers.
The Cincinnati Enquirer |
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Museum plans $5.5 million expansion
The Fort Wayne Museum of Art will undergo a $5.5 million expansion and modernization in an attempt to help turn it into one of the nation's top exhibit spaces for American art.
Indianapolis Business Journal |
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Navratilova turns to 'tennising'
The former world number one creates abstracts paintings by hitting paint-covered balls on to against clay and grass-coated canvases in a technique she refers to as "tennising".
rediff.com |
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Red Alert 3 Screenshots & Artwork
Unit concept art and a few fresh screenshots, each sporting the new, crappier Red Alert 3 logo....
Voodoo Extreme |
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Little Friends fundraiser tops $4,000
Almost 100 guests helped Naperville-based Little Friends raise more than $4,000 at its first Expressions of Us: Art & Interpretive Creations exhibition and auction May 18.
The Naperville Sun |
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Top U.S. seller gears up for Asia's largest wine auction
HONG KONG (Reuters) - America's top wine seller will host Asia's largest ever auction of fine wines in Hong Kong this week, betting on Chinese consumers developing a finer nose for the beverage as the territory aspires to become a global industry hub.
ABS-CBNNEWS.com |
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Interpol alerted two days after art theft
Museum of Anthropology now offering a $50,000 reward for information about theft of gold works
The Globe and Mail |
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Crucified frog upsets bishops
A sculpture of a crucified frog on display at a museum in Italy has stirred controversy in the staunchly Roman Catholic country.
News 24 South Africa |
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Iowa Christian grads walk away with values, principles for life
Art teacher Mary Stocks held three small packs of tissue in her hand as she stood in the hallway at Iowa Christian Academy in West Des Moines before graduation Saturday morning.
The Des Moines Register |
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Astronaut from tiny Minn. town will soon be in space
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - If the tiny town of Vining, population 69, is known for anything, it's probably the odd collection of giant sculptures, which includes a levitating coffee cup, a severed foot with a sore toe, a giant pliers squishing a bug and an elephant made out of lawn mower blades.
The Bismarck Tribune |
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Waukee Elementary students make art
Waukee Elementary School art teacher Shirley Tiemeyere returned artwork to students last week and told them to take it home to give their parents an art show.
The Des Moines Register |
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Bluesky Launches Web Service for Historical Aerial Photography of the UK
Aerial survey specialist Bluesky has launched a brand new web service offering an online window to the largest collection of UK based historical aerial photographs. Visitors to http://www.oldaerialphotos.com can search through millions of aerial images dating back as far as the 1940s by simply entering a postcode, address or grid reference.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Police fear stolen Canadian gold art may be melted
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - It is not known if thieves who raided a Canadian museum plan to sell the precious art they stole or simply want to melt the items down for the gold, police said on Monday.
ABS-CBNNEWS.com |
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Diego Riviera's bicycle pursuit of Frida Kahlo in Hampstead
Unashamedly plundering characters from literature and art history, Mychael Barratt creates affectionate narrative paintings and prints with London settings.
The Ham&High Network |
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Storm Drain Gallery: Vegas' Graffiti Underground
Tue, May 27, 2008 (2 a.m.)
Las Vegas Sun |
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Underground gallery
Tue, May 27, 2008 (2 a.m.) The city’s most intriguing art gallery lives under Las Vegas Boulevard. It’s dark and it’s dirty. There are no formal openings. No curator. No reviews. No selling of the works.
Las Vegas Sun |
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Museum of Islamic Arts prepared for opening
The Qatar Museum Authority (QMA) has announced that the Museum of Islamic Arts in Doha, Qatar, is to open 22 November 2008. Architects I.M Pei, creator of the Pyramide du Louvre in Paris, designed the 3,800 sq ft, 164 ft high, island-based museum which is being built by engineers LERA.
World Leisure News |
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Museum of California gets expanded
The Oakland Museum of California is undergoing a US$53m (£26m) renovation to mark its 40th anniversary.
World Leisure News |
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University students put work on show
Degree students will be putting their work on show to the public next month. Staffordshire University's Arts, Media and Design degree show features the work of more than 350 final year students from subjects including fine art, photography, ...
Sentinel |
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Peace and friendship through music and art
The regulations and applications for the fifth edition of the Golden Cross International Singing Festival have been published and are now available for prospective applicants. This festival is an international cultural event held annually in Malta. The main aim of this non profit event is to promote our local talent internationally with the motto of: peace and friendship through music and ...
Maltamedia.com Daily News |
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Major collection of FDR memorabilia up for bid
DALLAS - President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's trademark fedora, the last check he ever signed, and watercolor sketches for the unfinished portrait he sat for on the day he died are among hundreds of historic artifacts and documents headed for the auction block.
San Jose Mercury News |
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