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Middle school students in Roanoke learn about African AIDS pandemic through art
Some Roanoke art students are bridging the gap, and learning an important lesson, by taking pastels to paper. Eighth grade art students from Breckenridge Middle School are learning about the African AIDS pandemic.
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EDINBURGH, UNITED KINGDOM - A member of staff at Lyon and Turnbull holds 'Chopping logs outside a snow covered cabin' a painting which was bought at Glasgow's Barras market 30 years ago for 50p on May 29, 2008 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Boys Scouts bring Norman Rockwell paintings to Roanoke
Some original Norman Rockwell paintings are in Roanoke, ten in all at the Hotel Roanoke. The Boy Scouts of America brought the paintings here. They're just some of the many works Rockwell did for the Boy Scouts over the years.
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ROB TOMARO JAZZ TRIO Every Wednesday night. Cafe Belwah at Beloit Inn, 500 Pleasant St. 6-10 p.m. Information, (608)362-5500. CHRIS FARLEY EXHIBIT May 29 - November. Wisconsin Historical Museum, 30 North Carroll St., Madison. Tuesday-Saturday from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. $3-$10. Information, (608)264-6555.
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Health store smash
Aftermath of car driving through window of Willow West Mall store Thursday afternoon. The Guelph Contemporary Dance Festival makes dance accessible. - Watch Online
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From magic portals to enchanting mindscapes Where vulnerability confronts the sublime
What’s black, white and wistfully grey all over? No, it’s not the news. It’s a Wesen (pronounced VAYZ-in) on an existential expedition through Julia Oschatz’s paintings and the lone star of her videos.
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Ring around the New Museum district You can get anything you want in the Lower East Side
LOVE = LOVE Kent Rogowski Jen Bekman Galllery Through June 14 6 Spring St. (212-219-0166; jenbekman.com)
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Public invited for art’s sake
IT could be an exhibition at one of Australia’s leading art galleries but the works being shown at the Orange Regional Gallery from tonight are all ours.
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As C.B. 2 says O.K., Whitney officials fill in picture
The approval process for the Whitney Museum of American Art’s new Downtown branch at the foot of the High Line on Gansevoort St. moved forward last week when Whitney lawyers and architects brought the plans before Community Board 2.
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Learn wildlife photography at Alabama Nature Center
Bring your digital camera and learn tips and techniques used in wildlife and outdoor photography Saturday at the at the Lanark Pavilion at the Alabama Nature Center (ANC) in Millbrook.
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D'Amours identified as mystery donors to Springfield Museums
SPRINGFIELD - The anonymous donors who gave $4 million to the Springfield Museums Association in November were finally revealed this afternoon.
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NY NY Israel's 60th, Media That Matters, Sundance and BAM, Brooklyn International Fest, and Being "Bourne"
Memorial Day weekend saw absolutely perfect weather in New York, as well as the absence of most film programmers, the quiet is not to last. The summer season has now kicked off, with the Film Society of Lincoln Center 's tribute to Israel's 60th anniversary and the Media that Matters Film Festival launch at the IFC Center.
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Students still at school during vacation break
The Singapore Arts Festival swam into a grand opening at the Esplanade Theatre on Thursday with the gala Asian premiere of the Architecture of Silence - a dance featuring 45 Slovene dancers 'swimming' on stage.
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Health authority opens expo on tobacco-free use
THE National Health Authority (NHA) began a three-day “Tobacco-Free Use” exhibition yesterday with active participation of all stakeholders.
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Art on the Spot to host art summer workshops
MIDDLEBORO — Art on the Spot Studio (A.O.T.S) is now opening registration for its sixth year of summer art workshops. The fine arts program at the studio will be geared for children ages 7-14 years old. Programs will run from July 7 through Aug.
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Bank of America To Lend Its Art
The Bank of America will lend prepackaged exhibitions of artwork drawn from its collections to American museums at no cost to the institutions, the Art Newspaper reported Thursday. The bank's collection is among the largest owned by a corporation and includes about 1,500 museum-quality works, mostly postwar American pieces. The bank has 27 shows planned for 2009 for museums such as the ...
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Get Desperate for a piece of Hollywood at local auction
Two top Tinseltown stars are putting their support behind this weekend's art sale at the Momiji Centre. Actors William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman have provided signed memorabilia from their caree...
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ESL HQ to break ground in July
Another project that will transform downtown Rochester , the new ESL Federal Credit Union headquarters, will break ground in a few weeks. Here's a new rendering of the planned six story building on . The state of the art building will house 300-plus employees.
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On the upcoming festival of Shavuot, we commemorate the day when Moses carried the Torah — with its 613 rules, injunctions and guidelines on how to live a Jewish life — down from Mount Sinai.
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Sale of Tamayo painting sets new record for Latin American art
In a sale described as "historic" by Christie's auction house, Mexican painter Rufino Tamayo's Troubadour sold for $7.2 million US in New York on Wednesday.
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‘That picture is awesome!” said my friend Gayle, as she looked at a painting Josie had made in kindergarten. My daughter had painted a line of orange, yellow and red semi-constructivist children, some with stars over their heads and some with hearts hovering over them.
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Nina Paley was not looking for an international controversy. Nevertheless, in April, when the now 40-year-old Jewish cartoonist screened her latest film, “Sita Sings the Blues,” at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, she said that’s precisely what she got.
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A few years ago, I traveled to Crazy Horse, S.D., to visit the memorial honoring the great American Indian who helped defeat Custer. It is a massive stone carving of Crazy Horse on his steed — or at least it will be, someday, when it’s finished.
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NEW YORK - Rufino Tamayo's "Troubadour" set a world auction record for Latin American art, fetching US$7.2 million. The 1945 painting, which depicts a musician strumming his guitar as two women watch, was acquired by an anonymous buyer, Christie's spokeswoman Sung-Hee Park said.
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Heritage museum to share arts centre
An arts and culture facility may be a possibility for Whitecourt in the near future. Woodlands County mayor Jim Rennie said the idea was presented to council at their meeting last Tuesday by John Dahl, the current president of the Heritage Society.
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