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From refugee to pillar of her town
EAST WINDSOR — Character and heart are the two most important personality traits a person can exhibit, according to Town Treasurer Mary Szabo, who is retiring at the end of July after two decades of service to the town.
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IRS Panel Finds Problems WIth Deductions Taken by Art Donors
The Internal Revenue Service has recalculated the value of hundreds of pieces of artwork for which deductions were claimed by taxpayers who donated them to charities or left them to heirs.
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Three Rivers Arts Festival
WHAT'S UP l Event: Three Rivers Arts Festival. l Dates: Starts today and runs through June 22. l Hours: Artists' market and indoor exhibits, noon to 8 p.m.; concerts and food courts, noon to 9:30 p.m.; the family festival area, noon to 7 p.m.
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Painting by numbers
By ANDREA POTEET Staff Writer For beginning painters, bringing portraits to life is all in the numbers, a Lima artist says. Ruth Ann Sturgill, of Lima, visited the Riverside Arts Center in Wapakoneta Thursday to share secrets of making realistic portraits.
Wapakoneta Daily News |
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Stolen sculpture recovered, theft remains mystery
HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP, N.J. - Police plan to return a 100-pound bronze sculpture that was stolen from a lawn in Hopewell Township in May.
phillyburbs.com |
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RIAA honors Jewel for 18 million in US album sales
Jewel has been honored by the Recording Industry Association of America with a career milestone plaque commemorating sales of more than 18 million albums in the U.S. Jenny Alves, RIAA's coordinator of artist industry relations, surprised the 34-year-old singer Thursday as she prepared to sign autographs at the Country Music Association festival. "This is awesome. Thank you so much," said the ...
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Portrait of the Artist as a Money Man
Art and commerce don't mix. Ask sculptor and banker John Safer, who has kept his two lives apart.
Washington City Paper |
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Alumnus funds Fairfield U art museum
FAIRFIELD -- A new art museum will be created within Fairfield University's Bellarmine Hall as a result of a $2.5 million donation from alumnus and trustee John Meditz, of New Jersey, it was announced Thursday.
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Splash into art camp
Enrollment is now open for Summer Art Camp at the Ellen Noël Art Museum. The week-long classes begin June 16, with additional sessions scheduled to begin June 23, July 21, July 28 and Aug. 4.
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Tony Winner Jones, Woyzeck and Opening Night Set for BAM's Next Wave Festival
The Brooklyn Academy of Music has announced its selections of innovative dance, theatre, music and visual art program for the 2008 Next Wave Festival, running Sept. 30-Dec. 20.
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"Crazy," Film Inspired by the Life of Guitar Legend Hank Garland
Crazy , an independent feature film inspired by the tragic life and groundbreaking music of legendary 1950s-era guitarist Hank Garland, is an official selection at the Breckenridge Festival of Film (6/5-8) - “The World's Highest Film Fest" - in Breckenridge, Colorado.
All About Jazz |
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Performance artist shares her inspiration
From her studio, located in a bucolic setting in Hamburg Township, Barbara Neri creates a variety of "performance arts.'' She describes her works of art as what happens when "visual artists feel a need to leave the still and silent object, canvas or drawing pad and go live in the gallery.
The Ann Arbor News |
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Indecency investigation of artist Bill Henson dropped
Australian police have dropped their obscenity investigation of photographer Bill Henson and an art exhibit featuring his images of naked children.
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Naples Yacht Club installs first public art project under city ordinance
An historic replica of the sailing vessel Ina atop the Naples Yacht Club’s new dockmaster’s office is the first public art project that has been completed under the city’s public art ordinance adopted in November 2006.
Naples Daily News |
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"Bad painting" exhibit opens at Austrian museum
Curators of the new exhibit at Vienna's Museum of Modern Art, or MUMOK, say the phenomenon of "bad painting" began in the 1920s and is represented in works by celebrated 20th century artists such as René Magritte, Francis Picabia, and Georg Baselitz.
International Herald Tribune |
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Entertainment In Brief: 06/06/2008
Children's matinee shows anime classic; Dance studio hosts spring concert; Deadline to sign up for car show; Movie series goes 'On the Town'; Book signing and photo exhibition; Take a 'Fashionable Walk in the Park'; Mabus will perform at Betsie Bay Inn'; Workshop focus is on watercolor
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Exhibit Guide: Cancer Connections
Those of you who have been through Nathan Phillips Square recently may have noticed a long rectangular structure displaying the Cancer Connections exhibit on the south side. With the sad death of Dr. Shelia Basrur this week (see John Barber’s testament to her impact on our city here), cancer likely was in our collective [...]
Spacing Wire |
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Angola: Algo Diferente Art Exhibition Inauguration Friday
An exhibition named "Algo Diferente" (something different), by the German Volker Albus, will be inaugurated this Friday here in an initiative of Angola's Sindika Dokolo Foundation, ANGOP has learnt.
AllAfrica.com |
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Arts & Entertainment Calendar
n The Gallery at the Network, 778 Higuera St., Suite B., San Luis Obispo, will feature nationally and internationally known ceramicist Bill Shinn during June and July. Shinn’s unique ceramic images are produced combining the techniques of slab form and extrusion, a process he developed and perfected.
The Adobe Press |
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Living a creative life at Hallowell Clay Works
HALLOWELL — Visitors to Hallowell Clay Works can tell even before they walk through the door that its owner, Malley Weber, is a true artist. Sure, they might have figured that out after seeing her handiwork displayed in the storefront windows of her studio and gallery at 100 Water St. But the sign on the door, which reads, “To live a creative life I must keep creative hours. Open by chance or by ...
Capital Weekly |
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Museum hires new manager
PARRY SOUND – After operating nearly four months without a permanent manager, the West Parry Sound District Museum filled the position last week.
Parry Sound North Star |
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Art and strawberries come together at historic house
It'll be an afternoon spent strolling the grounds of Benares Historic House while taking in some art and indulging in heaping helpings of strawberry shortcake and old-time lemonade this Sunday at the second annual Gallery in the Garden.
Mississauga News |
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Scottsdale Road streetscape approved unanimously
The Scottsdale Road of the future will have pedestrian-friendly ''green spots,'' public art at strategic points and no unsightly power lines.
The Arizona Republic |
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Sotheby's Auction of Important 20th Century Design Features Pavilion Constructed From Environmentally Innovative UPM ...
Potential bidders from around the globe are expressing interest in a unique structure that will be a featured piece at Sotheby's Important 20th Century Design auction Saturday, June 14, in New York.
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Dinosaur skeleton goes on display
The most complete skeleton of a dinosaur found in Britain is going on display at a city museum. The herbivorous scelidosaurus dinosaurs at Bristol's City Museum & Art Gallery are the best preserved remains to be found in the country, museum staff said.
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