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12:02 PM: Lamar receives new scholarship for fine arts
BEAUMONT - Lamar University has received a new scholarship for students pursuing a degree in fine arts by the generosity of local residents, Nell and Terry Morris.
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Column of light sculpture new memorial to slain journalists
A light sculpture atop the BBC's Broadcasting House in London has been dedicated to journalists killed while on the job.
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Road Trip: Chicago's art and architecture an outdoor museum
When I think of Chicago's icons, the lofty Sears Tower and festive lakefront Navy Pier come to mind first. They identify the city because of their setting and unique structural silhouettes. Artwork will do the same thing in an even more distinctive way. Think about Picasso's lion-like (or, to its detractors, baboon-like) sculpture on Daley Plaza since 1967. Or "Cloud Gate," an ever-changing ...
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2008 Chevrolet WTCC Graphic Design Contest
Chevrolet is involved in two major events this weekend, the WTCC (World Touring Car Championship) races in Brno, Czech Republic and its “Young? Creative ? Chevrolet!” Competition.
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Home wanted for Napier's 'Tin Kong'
Wanted: Good home for a corrugated iron gorilla, three metres tall. Napier woman Margaret Mackereth is trying to sell a King Kong sculpture that has been part of the city's landscape since 1991.
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On the fridge
The Isla Center for the Arts at the University of Guam will bring back the "Creative Hands: Pacific, Formerly Art of the Pacific Rim" exhibit. All artists throughout the Pacific region are invited to submit images for consideration in the exhibit.
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Shelba Cook CAVA Member of Month for June
Shelba Cook is the CAVA member of the Month for June. Mrs. Cook earned degrees in art from Limestone College and the University of South Carolina. She was an art teacher in two Spartanburg school districts and in the Cherokee County School District, retiring after 32 years. During her career, her students won numerous awards and she was named S.C. Teacher of the Year.
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Red Barn Studio features Mull June 22-29
LINDSBORG – The Red Barn Studio is pleased to have Jeanette Mull for the artist-in-residence June 22–29. Mull resides in Hutchinson and has spent the past several years studying oil painting with Ray Swanson at Hutchinson Community College.
The McPherson Sentinel |
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Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'whippersnappergallery'
Spiral Beach have found themselves in a spot of trouble.
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Oprah Winfrey to Be Presenter at the Awards Ceremony for the First Annual ``The Search for the Sacred Script'' ...
Tecyhlon Film Productions announces that Oprah Winfrey will be the presenter of the awards ceremony for the first annual "The Search for the Sacred Script" screenplay contest. "It is an honor to have Oprah as the presenter of the $1.2 million grant provided by Quadritex and the Rockefeller Foundation," said Donald Irving, Tecyhlon president.
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West House reconstruction stalled
WORK to renovate a run-down Pinner house which is being transformed into a museum has come to a halt as a charity tries to raise more cash.
Harrow Times |
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Freedom Festival to Kick Off
With the Fourth of July approaching, America's Freedom Festival in Provo will be holding various patriotic events each week to celebrate America.
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Chemists Investigate Lost Reds In Homer Painting
Scientific evidence has shown that the sky in Winslow Homer's watercolor "For to be a Farmer's Boy" (1887) once glowed with color. A Northwestern University chemist and an Art Institute of Chicago conservation scientist are working to determine exactly what those colors were. They are using a powerful analytical technique called surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy, which requires much less ...
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Oprah Winfrey to Be Presenter at the Awards Ceremony for the First Annual ``The Search for the Sacred Script'' ...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates----Tecyhlon Film Productions announces that Oprah Winfrey will be the presenter of the awards ceremony for the first annual "The Search for the Sacred Script" screenplay contest.
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(24-28) Art exhibition in Buckingham
AN exhibition of work from three local artists is being held at the Old Gaol Museum from June 24-28. (16/06/2008 17:01:31)
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Dreamstime Now Offered in Multiple Languages
Dreamstime, the worldwide renowned stock photography company, has expanded its already premium customer service to reach photo buyers from one end of the earth to the other. Dreamstime.com now offers more than 3 million images in seven different languages, making this celebrated site even more user-friendly.
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Tree installation honours Darwin
A cross section of a 200-year-old tree will be installed in the Natural History Museum to honour Charles Darwin.
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Art Exhibit Tells Global Stories of HIV Treatment
A new exhibit at The Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., illustrates the effect free anti-retroviral treatments are having on people living with HIV around the world. Access to Life is a grouping of photo essays from across the world. Contributing photographer Larry Towell and one of his subjects, Thoba Nzima, from Swaziland discuss the project.
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Czechs may buy more works from Liechtenstein collections
Prague- The Czech Republic is interested in purchasing more works of art from the Liechtenstein collections that formerly decorated the Valtice and Lednice chateaus at an auction in London at the beginning of July, Czech National Heritage Institute (NPU) director Zdenek Musil said.
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Iowa Sculpture Festival carves out a niche
The Sixth Annual Iowa Sculpture Festival at Maytag Park is now history, and festival organizer Linda Klepinger said she was very pleased with the results.
Newton Daily News |
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CHINGFORD: Royal Academy show for matchstick artist
AN artist who makes masterpieces out of matchsticks has been invited to be part of the Royal Academy of Arts exhibition. Laura Stocker, 23, of Brindwood Road, Chingford, got the inspiration for her technique after exploring using different materials from a craft shop.
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Dreamstime Now Offered in Multiple Languages
BRENTWOOD, Tenn.----Dreamstime, the worldwide renowned stock photography company, has expanded its already premium customer service to reach photo buyers from one end of the earth to the other.
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Lani's Antiques & Collectibles Closing With Auction
TEMPLE TERRACE - Lani and Paul Czyzewski are primed to let go of a large part of their past. The Czyzewskis will close the doors of Lani's Antiques & Collectibles in Temple Terrace following an everything-goes auction Saturday, June 21. The shop they opened in Terrace Plaza in summer 2004 contains several of their parents' collections, including Lani's mother's Wedgwood china, pieces of her ...
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Cary's 'Garden Party' art show alive in color
NILES - June Cary, one of Niles' most prominent and well known fine artists of the last half century, is featured in a one-woman show in the Eleanor & Mowitt Drew Gallery at the Niles District Library running through July 26.
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Museum serving up Summer Art Sampler on Thursday
Bring the entire family to the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts on Thursday for Summer Art Sampler, an evening of family fun with art.
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