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Honored sculptor fires clay into saga
Always experimenting and learning from his mistakes has been Austin Real Rider's approach to life and his art. Real Rider, a Pawnee/Sioux Indian and accomplished ceramic sculptor, has been named the 2008 Honored One for the Red Earth Native American Cultural Festival. The 22nd annual festival opens to the public today and runs through Sunday at the Cox Convention Center. Eric Oesch, the ...
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Arlington Hts. fourth-graders swept up by national video contest win
Kit Fitzgerald really wanted the "pencil" role in a video project at Dryden Elementary School last fall. But so did everyone. "It's fine. It turned out fine," said the upbeat fourth-grader. "I got the part of 'paper,' and I loved it. I was really good."
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Renaissance, man: Ex- Sonic savors revival as Belltown street minister
Vester Marshall briefly played for the Sonics before falling victim to the temptations of Seattle's streets. But then he turned his life around.
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Film Office: New comedy begins shooting in Pittsburgh
The Pittsburgh Film Office says principal photography began Thursday on a new comedy being shot in the city.
Centre Daily Times |
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Graue festival focuses on fine arts
Whether you're looking for a unique gift or something to adorn the walls of your home, or you're just a fan of fine art, the Graue Mill and Museum Fine Arts Fair is the place to be Sunday.
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Spring for Ananda means Forget Festival is drawing close
Forget is a place that never ceases to amaze its visitors and when discussing the concerts that take place there the words ‘special’ and ‘magical’ seem especially fitting.
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'Fiesta in Realism' opens at Kendall
The opening of the San Angelo Art Club's annual "Fiesta in Realism" will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Kendall Art Gallery, 119 W. First St.
The San Angelo Standard-Times |
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Best of Ozzie's bleep
This project was no easy venture. I mean, how does one distinguish among fine art? Which one of Van Gogh's paintings was better? Was it ''The Starry Night,'' ''The Potato Eaters'' or his classic ''Dogs Playing Poker,'' done on black velvet? All individual and beautiful in their own way.
Chicago Sun-Times |
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Exhibit at Gallery X pairs works of artists and their mentors
It's a common expression that the "acorn doesn't fall far from the tree," and this bit of wisdom is the inspiration for a new Gallery X exhibit that pairs up the creative works of artists with the works of their mentors.
The Standard-Times |
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Space Case: Wayne Coyne transports the Flaming Lips’ extraterrestrial sounds back to Wakarusa
Few musicians in rock history know how to make an entrance like Wayne Coyne. The Flaming Lips frontman proved this at the 2006 Wakarusa Music & Camping Festival, where he arrived encased in a giant plastic bubble that descended from the scaffolding attached to a flying saucer.
Lawrence Journal-World |
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Eye of the Panda
The star of "Kung Fu Panda" is not Jack Black. It's not even Po, the martial arts-obsessed animated panda for whom Black provides dude-acious line readings. Rather, the movie's stars are production designer Raymond Zibach, art director Tang Heng, visual effects supervisor Markus Manninen, and the 4,000-processor Linux cluster at the heart of DreamWorks Animation's computer rendering farm.
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Albee crafts portrait of sculptor
When: Through July 6. 7 p.m. Tuesdays; 8 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays; 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays How much: $20. Call (212) 244-7529 or visit signaturetheatre.org.
The Star-Ledger |
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Timken students unveil scrap-metal sculpture
CANTON A 9-foot blacksmith, thwacking out the armor for a Trojan warrior, now stands outside of Timken High School along McKinley Avenue NW.
The Canton Repository |
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MEET: Sophie Cawlina
DANVERS and mdash; She has displayed her colorful, hand-painted plates in a gallery in Chelsea and at a high-end arts and crafts show in Needham. But this Sunday, 10-year-old Sophie Cawlina and her family plan to bring her art to Danvers.
The Salem News |
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Belmont Festival Friday Evening
As jockey Kent Desormeaux eyes the Triple Crown, hoping to ride Big Brown to victory in the Grade 1, $1 million Belmont Stakes, his son Jacob will serve as the guest of honor in the Garden City Belmont Festival Parade, Friday evening, June 6.
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Brookgreen to host area artists at event
Officials at Brookgreen Gardens are happy to see its annual "Artists Under the Arcade" remain small, but steady. Forty-one painters, photographers and other artists of various mediums from the region will exhibit Saturday at Brookgreen, and some will work on their pieces. Helen Benso, vice president for marketing at the gardens, said keeping the number of artists between 35 and 40 fits because ...
The Myrtle Beach Sun News |
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Stolen sculpture found at auction house
HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP -- The Wave is back. "The Wave," a 100-pound bronze sculpture valued at $5,000 that was stolen from the front yard of a house along Route 29 two weeks ago, was found at an auction house in Logan Township this week.
The Trenton Times |
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Fun in the Sun
The Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce is celebrating the start of summer this weekend with the 57th annual Sun Fun Festival. This five-day event kicks off the Sun Fun Summer of Celebration taking place along the Grand Strand from June through September. The festival focuses on a variety of free family-friendly events throughout the 60-mile Grand Strand, including concerts, celebrity meet and ...
The Myrtle Beach Sun News |
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MUSEUMS
BROOKGREEN GARDENS, U.S. 17, between Murrells Inlet and Pawleys Island, is a National Historic Landmark with a collection of outdoor sculptures by American artists and an accredited zoo. On Saturday, the gardens will feature Artists Under the Arcade Festival from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event features painters, potters, jewelry makers, glass blowers, authors and other artists exhibiting original ...
The Myrtle Beach Sun News |
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Meet the artiste
Award-winning artist Linda Lee Alter has devoted her life to an all-embracing creative exploration of the arts. Her work ranges from vibrant fabric wall hangings appliqued with lively allegorical depictions of fables and Old Testament stories to paintings, which serve as metaphors for life events.
The Express-Times |
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Works by VMFA docents at Uptown
In conjunction with tonight's First Fridays Artwalk, Uptown Gallery is opening its Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Docent Show. The multimedia exhibition, in the newly named Emma Lou Martin Gallery, features works by 15 VMFA docents.
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Sculptures create a garden of earthy delights in Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS -- The dogwoods are in full bloom, showing off their delicate white and pale pink blossoms. The azaleas are just about to burst in a roar of fuchsia and purple. And everywhere tulips are reaching toward the sun in clusters and neat rows of yellow, red, purple, pink and orange.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
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Easton woman rescues friend's art
The art of unit construction never looked so inviting in the eyes of Diane Bower, proprietor of the Just Around the Corner fine art and fine craft gallery on Easton's North Bank Street.
The Express-Times |
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Stolen paintings found in France
Police yesterday recovered a Monet landscape and three other paintings that were stolen by masked gunmen from a museum on the French Riviera in August, officials said.
Richmond Times-Dispatch |
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Best friends
The photography exhibit, "William Wegman: Fay," begins Sunday through Sept. 7 at the Allentown Art Museum, 31 N. Fifth St., Allentown. Also on view: "Linda Lee Alter: A Life in Art" with fabric appliques and paintings.
The Express-Times |
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