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Scrap steel reverence - Worshipful statues grace the SLC
The Solar Living Center is currently playing host to two 5-ton guests this month -- two recycled metal sculptures that were built by Bay area artists for an installation titled "Crude Awakenings.
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Be(com)ing Dutch: art about identity
The Van Abbe Museum in Eindhoven has commissioned 37 artists to think about multicultural society in the Netherlands. The result is an exhibition aimed at stimulating the imagination, entitled Be(com)ing Dutch.
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The Tech Museum of Innovation Hosts World Premiere of LEONARDO: 500 YEARS INTO THE FUTURE
The Tech Museum of Innovation, one of the nation's premier science and technology museums, today announced it will host the first and only U.S. showing of LEONARDO: 500 Years Into the Future, the most comprehensive exhibition ever created to showcase the innovative art, science and engineering works of Leonardo da Vinci and his contemporaries.
Centre Daily Times |
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RCMP ask tipster to come forward in museum theft
RCMP believe the person or persons suspected in the theft of several iconic gold pieces from the Museum of Anthropology are from the Lower Mainland and may be trying to sell the artwork through criminal associates.
CTV.ca |
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Adairville student wins ‘Soybean production in Kentucky' art contest
The Kentucky Soybean Promotion Board (KSPB) is proud to announce Maclain Dunlap of Adairville Middle School as the third place winner in the intermediate category of the “Soybean Production in Kentucky” Art Contest.
News Democrat & Leader |
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Art/Culture Review
Thabang Dikae is the 2008/2009 Mr HIV Positive Living. The 23-year-old from Lobatse came tops after beating nine other contestants and walked away with P2, 500, a night for two at the Grand Palm, four-monthly facials at My Parlour facial clinic, and a gift hamper from Shanaz.
Mmegi |
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Lee Rosenbaum's cultural commentary
Philippe de Montebello, speaking at yesterday's Metropolitan Museum press lunch, will soon follow the dictate on the sign behind him.
Arts Journal |
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Test Pattern: New 'Mole' worthy of the name
Don't touch that dial: Test Pattern tunes into television, entertainment and pop culture links, gossip and idle chat from around the Web. Our annual commercial contest, held every summer, recognizes the best and worst in TV advertising.
MSNBC |
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Through the camera's lens
For my wife, Lou, and I it was just another day, busy as usual, working in our photography studio all day. For some unrecalled reason, though, we decided to close up shop early.
Dunn County News |
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Win summer toys!
The Yak wants your summer artwork -- and to encourage you, he's offering several random drawings for prizes.
Detroit Free Press |
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American Heritage Music Festival this weekend
The American Heritage Music Festival will be held June 5, 6 & 7 at the Grove Civic Center and Snider's Campground, Grove, OK. Visit www.grandlakefestivals.com for details.
Grove Sun Daily |
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Arts & Leisure: Thou art in heaven
Irving Stone's biographicalnovel of Michelangelo, dedicates several chapters to the Renaissance artist's four-year quest to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel while perched atop a scaffold that allowed him to reach the vault, 20 meters above the floor. "No matter which way he leaned, crouched, lay or knelt, on his feet, knees or back, it was always in strain," says one particular passage.
BusinessWorld Online |
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Dali sculpture for sale at gardening show
A sculpture by surrealist genius Salvador Dali will go on sale this week.
icWales |
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The Tech Museum of Innovation Hosts World Premiere of LEONARDO: 500 YEARS INTO THE FUTURE
SAN JOSE, Calif.----The Tech Museum of Innovation, one of the nation's premier science and technology museums, today announced it will host the first and only U.S. showing of LEONARDO: 500 Years Into the Future, the most comprehensive exhibition ever created to showcase the innovative art, science and engineering works of Leonardo da Vinci and his contemporaries.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Archeological digs under way in Grand Canyon
GRAND CANYON, Ariz. – The National Park Service, in cooperation with the Museum of Northern Arizona, is conducting excavations at nine archeological sites along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park.
Saint George Spectrum |
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indieWIRE INTERVIEW "Operation Filmmaker" Director Nina Davenport
After an award-winning run on the festival circuit, including the Documentary Award for AFI Fest and the KNF Award from the Rotterdam International Film Festival , Nina Davenport 's " Operation Filmmaker is beginning a limited theatrical release this Friday, June 6. The film follows Muthana Mohmed , a young Iraqi man who appeared on MTV 's " True Life " series explaining his dream of becoming a ...
indieWIRE |
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UPDATE: Claridge appeals city's Portrait Gallery zoning decision to OMB
Claridge Homes is among three parties appealing city council's zoning decision to permit the Ottawa developer to build a 20-storey tower and an adjacent 24-storey tower to potentially house the National Portrait Gallery.
Ottawa Business Journal |
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7th season of chamber music opens
The Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival began its seventh season Friday bringing classical music to the public, schools and senior centers of Amelia Island and surrounding communities.
Fernandina Beach News-Leader |
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Iowa: The Earth, The Land, and Its People
Arts on Grand in Spencer will be hosting a new exhibit through Saturday June 28. "Iowa: The Earth, The Land, and Its People is a collaboration of works by three Storm Lake artists: Anita Coon, Cherie Courter and Ron Netten. The three have all been featured on the Artisan's Road Trip tour.
The Daily Reporter |
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The Tech Museum of Innovation Announces the Opening of the Tech Virtual Test Zone Gallery
The Tech Museum of Innovation (The Tech), one of the nation's premiere science and technology museums, today announced the opening of The Tech Virtual Test Zone, a new area in the museum showcasing the world's first hands-on, interactive exhibits conceptualized and developed originally in the virtual world of Second Life(R). These new exhibits are the result of The Tech's virtual exhibit design ...
Centre Daily Times |
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Recreation: Antique Show benefits Burgaw Depot
Building on its success from last year, the Historic Burgaw Depot antique show and sale will expand to two days, June 20 and 21, in affiliation with the N.C. Blueberry Festival in Burgaw. Hours are noon-5 p.m. June 20 and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. June 21.
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14:37 (BST), 03/06/2008 Paris GDC 2008 Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES PRESS For immediate release - Paris GDC ...
- Paris GDC organizers announced today an art exhibition, a line-up of research sessions, new speakers, and that a limited number of passes are available before the event sells out.
gamesindustry.biz |
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Peepshow takes credit for Culture Show look
The new series of the BBC’s Culture Show premieres tonight, with opening credits by Peepshow Collective. The new-look series will feature illustrations by the consultancy in six- and nine-second animations for its Film Recommendations and Busking Challenge slots.
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Each lecture will focus on one of the families included in the exhibit - Taft, Probasco-Rowe, Hauck, and Huenefeld. The contributions and achievements of the talented architects and artists commissioned by these families to design and decorate their homes will also be discussed.
The Cincinnati Enquirer |
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Charles the Bold exhibit recreates medieval glory
BERNE (Reuters Life!) - A new blockbuster exhibition in the Swiss capital Berne brings together treasures from the Middle Ages to illustrate a turning point in European history.
The Star |
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