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Sculpture 'doubles' the pleasure
An art show is now just another part of a trip down Ravinia Avenue. A piece titled "Double Mobius Strip," joined the 144th Place and Ravinia Avenue intersection last week.
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An art rich in history
When Arren Padgett exhibits his art next to Lyle Matoush, you know something special is going on. Matoush, who taught art for many years at Southern Oregon University, is a master printer and the godfather of art printmaking in Southern Oregon. Padgett, 12, who lives in Grants Pass, has been carving wood since age 6. He is displaying a Japanese-style woodcut print.
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West teacher helps kids capture life through lens
AURORA -- Washington Middle School art teacher Somphonh "Samantha" Oulavong used to spend her vacations vacationing -- until she realized she would rather spend them teaching.
The Beacon News |
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Courthouse to display art of W. Genesee students
Artwork commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Onondaga County Courthouse will be unveiled at 9 a.m. Tuesday during a ceremony in the second-floor lobby of the courthouse, 401 Montgomery St.
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Crowds pack park for weekend of art, tunes - with photo gallery
With a moonwalk, craft tables, ice cream and ponies, no child went without entertainment Saturday at the Art in the Park festival in downtown Pinckney. (photo gallery)
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Sculpture to be centerpiece of new N. Side sanctuary
St. Stanislaus Kostka Catholic Church is unveiling what's believed to be the world's largest monstrance this weekend. In Catholicism, a monstrance is a container that displays the consecrated host, which Catholics believe is the body of Christ.
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No good term to describe what innovative festival is about
Andy Cunningham, the founder and CEO of the organization behind 01SJ, is at a loss for words. She can deftly explain how the biennial festival of art and technology features the work of artists pushing the envelope in their field.
San Jose Mercury News |
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Celebrating creativity at intersection of art, technology
Like the buzz surrounding it, 01SJ, the downtown digital arts festival that officially opens Wednesday, is a tough code to break.
San Jose Mercury News |
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Calendar Listings
That Chic Shopping Show - Women's expo featuring over 150 exhibitors, fashion shows, an Elvis tribute artist performance, and food and wine tastings. Sun., June 1, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 266-2466.
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Three shows, one venue
Three artists offer vastly different experiences in summer exhibitions at the Wexner Center for the Arts. Seeing all three at once -- and making the transition between shows -- might be like riding a visual-arts roller coaster. Yet visitors who take the time to appreciate each artist's vision are rewarded with something bountiful and stimulating.
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01SJ 2008 at a glance
01SJ 2008: digital arts festival at a glance Where: Mostly in downtown San Jose, including the Circle of Palms by the Museum of Art, Plaza de Cesar Chavez, Tech Museum of Innovation, Discovery Meadow and other sites When: Wednesday through Sunday Tickets: $10-$15 for individual
San Jose Mercury News |
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Altar painting's restoration extensive
Looking back, getting a spectacular Baroque painting measuring more than 12 feet by 9 feet to Kentucky around 1815 must have been the easy part.
Louisville Courier-Journal |
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The new, new South
An exhibition of works by 60 Southerners by birth and by choice makes an eloquent statement for the role of both tradition and innovation in contemporary crafts.
Louisville Courier-Journal |
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FOR most parents, the phrase `youth culture' means teenagers standing on street corners drinking from a bottle of cider. But some believe that if young people were introduced to real culture in the form of the arts, museums, galleries and theatres, such time-wasting pursuits might take a back seat.
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HISTORY LESSONS: John Trumbull, Revolutionary artist
John Trumbull, who was born this week (June 6) in 1756, is someone most Americans have never heard of, yet he painted America's most famous, and most visited, painting, "The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776," which has hung in the Rotunda of the Capitol in Washington, D.C., since 1826. But as historian David McCullough (among others) has pointed out with respect to the painting, "Almost ...
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Shakespeare light and dark and a vampire stalk boards at DeSales fest
During its first 16 seasons, the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival has played host to memorable monarchs such as Richard III and Henry IV and V, and fascinatingly flawed royals such as Prince Hamlet and Macbeth. This year, the festival will test its mettle by bringing to the stage at DeSales University arguably Shakespeare's greatest creation, ''King Lear.''
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Art mystery solved
"We never really had any idea who they were," said Larry Johnson, the hotel's concierge and historian, "and people made up stories." Then, late last year, the 3-by-6-foot paintings were recognized as the work of John Aebi, a legally blind Louisville artist known for antique-style portraits and impressionistic landscapes.
Louisville Courier-Journal |
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Festival to celebrate Malaysia’s rainforests
SANDAKAN : Sabah’s pristine rainforests will serve as the backdrop for the first ever month-long Malaysian Rainforest Flora and Fauna Festival scheduled to be held here in August next year.
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LaRue to headline Midland City Limits
Stoney LaRue could be found at the age of 3 singing "Swinging" by John Anderson on his Mr. Microphone radio. Saturday he brings that talent to the Museum of the Southwest for its annual Midland City Limits outdoor concert.
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Annual festival celebrates Hisplanic culture
Food and festivities highlight Hispanic culture when the Mex-Tex Family Festival opens downtown Friday at Centennial Plaza and Midland Center.
Midland Reporter-Telegram |
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Woodstock gets a high-tech museum
The new Woodstock museum is one element of the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in Bethel, N.Y., which opened in 2006 after many years of debate over what should happen to the land.
New York Daily News |
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Local artist leaves legacy on museum wall
Andre Blanché, the 82-year-old artist sketching a 33-foot by 13-foot mural at the new La Quinta Museum, said it was part of his plan to have the project be a work in progress for several months after the opening.
The Desert Sun |
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Plantation girls wins national drawing contest
BY JULIE LEVIN Alex Barter is a girl of few words. She prefers to let her art communicate for her. It seems to be working. A creation by the 10-year-old Plantation girl will soon be this year's signature drawing for a Jewish National Fund campaign.
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Tortilla Flats mural under highway 101 dedicated
A long-lost Ventura neighborhood was celebrated with speeches, song, dance and conversation at the dedication of the Tortilla Flats mural Saturday. Several hundred people went to a party sponsored by the city of Ventura on Figueroa Street under the Highway 101 overpass, where they danced, ate, and checked out the artwork as traffic roared by overhead.
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People experience farm life during fairgrounds festival
Hundreds of people enjoyed a day out exploring the rural way of life at the second annual Adventures in Agriculture festival Saturday at the Ventura County Fairgrounds.
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