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VISUAL ARTS
Girl power — An arts-based initiative that aims to encourage and inspire girls to take action against harmful media messages, Project Girl promotes the use of art to empower girls by helping them express themselves. The nationally touring visual arts exhibition and series includes art-based events and workshops for girls and kicks off Friday with an opening night reception featuring keynote ...
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Eyes on Cisco's I-Prize
Competitions from the likes of Microsoft and Virgin are sparking innovation and drawing thousands of contestants from around the world
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Shows highlight the works of local artists
It was a good week for art aficionados. Jim Myers, the art teacher at Northwoods Park Middle School, joined forces with the school's parent-teacher organization to showcase works his students created in the first Northwoods Park Middle School Art Show and Exhibit, above, on Friday.
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‘Special reunion’ of UP artists features 100 nudes
MANILA, Philippines—For a university whose most well-known symbol is the Oblation, it is but fitting that one of the activities marking the University of the Philippines’ centennial will be an exhibit celebrating the beauty of the human body in all its naked glory.
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Jason Ranney, vice president and director of operations with The Charles...
Shawna Walter has joined Neal Communities as a new coordinator at the Neal Communities Design Gallery. She will work exclusively with homebuyers who are purchasing new homes as they determine the features that will make their homes uniquely their own.
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An American nightmare made to feel unreal
Are we in denial about the World Trade Center? Is it really gone? Looking at the images of Ground Zero by Joanna Tully and Martin Schwartz at Gallery 14 in Hopewell, there is an unreality, as if what now exists at the site is a bad dream.
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Sendak's 80th Birthday Bash: I'll Be You and You Be Me at the Rosenbach Museum
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Allegro Galería Presents Thresholds - Heriberto Mora / Maria Navas
Heriberto Mora, Ishi means Man 102 x 102 cms Oil / canvas 2007 Ángel Hernández (Photo). PANAMA.-
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Converging Gestures of Lines and Texture Opens
Chris Hero, Untitled. CULVER CITY, CA.- The exhibit “Converging Gestures of Lines and Texture” just opened at the Helms Bakery Building, and will run through June 28, 2008. The show will be featuring the Culver City artists Lauri Burrier, Chris Hero, Dean Triolo and Alison Wright.
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Friedrich Petzel Gallery Announces Maria Lassnig's Exhibition
Maria Lassnig at the Serpentine Gallery in London. CINCINNATI.- Friedrich Petzel Gallery announced Maria Lassnig’s first major U.S. survey exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Center Cincinnati, opening September 20, 2008. This show will travel to Cincinnati from its original venue at the Serpentine Gallery in London and will run through January 11, 2009. Maria Lassnig’s work is also currently on ...
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Green Cardamom Gallery Presents Drawn from Life
Mohammad Ali Talpur, Bird Drawings, 2006, felt-tip on paper, 27 x 73 cm, © Mohammad Ali Talpur. Courtesy Green Cardamom. LONDON.-
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VMFA Receives $75,000 Grant From NEA To Install Expanded Contemporary Galleries
The NEA has awarded VMFA a $75,000 grant to used toward the installation of its Modern and Contemporary collection as part of an extensive expansion of the museum. The new wing is expected to open late next year.
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The Michael Hoppen Gallery Presents Photographs by Ruth Orkin
LONDON.- The Michael Hoppen Gallery presents an exhibition of photographs by Ruth Orkin including American Girl in Italy, one of the most widely known photographs ever taken.
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Future Tense: Reshaping the Landscape at the Neuberger Museum of Art
Sarah Trigg, Lake Vostok with Two Olympias, 2007, acrylic on panel, Sra Nightingale Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY. PURCHASE, NY.- They experience the post 9-11 world and it makes them tense. Their work is fraught with conflict and is categorically un-Romantic.
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Harold Cazneaux - Artist in Photography Opens at Art Gallery of New South Wales
Harold Cazneaux, Study in curves, 1931, gelatin silver photograph, Cazneaux family collection. SYDNEY.-
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Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt Presents "Michael Sailstorfer - 10,000 Stones"
Michael Sailstorfer, Exhibition view 3, Photo: Norbert Miguletz. FRANKFURT.-
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Three Valley firms among finalists in contest to renovate strip malls
The Flip a Strip contest to reconfigure three aging Valley strip malls into hip new venues is in full swing now that the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, the contest sponsor, has chosen the 10 design finalists.
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Fondation Beyeler Presents Today in Basel Fernand Léger: Paris - New York
Fernand Léger, Les grands plongeurs noirs, 1944, The Big Black Divers, Oil on canvas, 189 x 221 cm. Musée national d’art moderne / Centre de création industrielle, Centre Pompidou, Paris, datio 1982. © 2008, ProLitteris, Zurich.
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WheatonArts to hold Fantasy Faire
MILLVILLE -- Mystic Realms, Ltd., a theater company that creates interactive drama through role-playing, will partner with WheatonArts and present its 6th Annual Fantasy Faire: A Festival of Medieval Arts and Folklife, June 7 and 8. Event hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days.
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Artist captures spirit of soldier
Two families united in grief on Sunday commemorated one of their sons killed in combat in Iraq. Relatives celebrated the life of Army Reserve Spc. Thomas Caughman as they viewed his portrait done by an artist whose son also died in the conflict. “I love it,” his sister, Lisa, said. “It captures his eyes so well.” The painting shows her brother in uniform standing in front of a memorial at the ...
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Museum to offer Summer of Family Fun
Families can teach their children about art and culture at the Columbia Museum of Art’s Summer of Family Fun. The family night series kicks off Friday and will also be held July 11 and August 8. Each family fun night is from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. and is free with museum admission or membership. The monthly events will feature activities for children, including studio art projects hosted by museum ...
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Beitzel honored for arts support
DEPTFORD TWP. The founder and curator of Gloucester County College's permanent art collection has received multiple honors since the gallery was named in his behalf.
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AUDITIONS
“FIDDLER ON THE ROOF”: 4-6 p.m. June 22 for children; 7-9 p.m. June 22 and 23 for adults and older teenagers, Workshop Theatre Weekend Gallery, 1136 Bull St. Prepare 16 bars of a song and bring sheet music; a pianist will be provided. Dance and script readings will be 4 p.m. June 29 at the theater stage for those called back after the vocal audition. (803) 799-4876 ARTS CAMDEN ART ASSOCIATION ...
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Lopez Memorial Museum showcases "The Sum of Its Parts"
The Lopez Memorial Museum showcases its heritage of and unique expertise in conservation, collection and acquisition in the exhibit, "The Sum of its Parts".
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Nashua Time Exchange to host festival: Discover unique volunteerism program at community fair
NASHUA -- We've all seen it happen: An idea that starts out small and simple hits the discussion table and suddenly balloons into a major, far-reaching project that feeds off its own momentum. ... - By DEAN SHALHOUP Staff Writer
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