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Out & About
• CARNIVAL IN VENICE Strauss Festival dancers Sally Bishop, left, and Kim Howard enjoy the appetizers at a past festival preview event. Joe Worsley Photography The Sacramento Bee
Worldwide art contest showcases message of peace
WASSAIC - Peace Pals International, a non-profit organization located at the World Peace Sanctuary in Wassaic, is currently inviting youth from around the world, including Dutchess County, to submit their original works of art to the 11th annual Peace Pals International Arts Exhibition. Harlem Valley Times
Visual arts
NOTE. Because of space considerations, we must limit our art listings to galleries that feature a main exhibit of an artist's or a group of artists' works. Art listings must include a closing date for the exhibit. For a list of other galleries with artworks of interest, please visit www.GoErie.com. Erie Times-News
Kids, teens
ERIE ART MUSEUM CHILDREN'S SUMMER ART CLASSES -- Erie Art Museum, 411 State St., 459-5477, www.erieartmuseum.org -- draw, paint, print (Thursdays, start June 19, 5-6:30 p.m.) -- African beadwork (Saturdays, start June 21, 1-2 p.m.) -- pottery (Saturdays, start June 22, 1:30-3 p.m. or Saturdays, start July 27, 1:30-3 p.m. Erie Times-News
Miles of Hope to host exhibit
Miles of Hope Breast Cancer Foundation is holding a special reception and fundraiser to celebrate the photographic exhibit, 'Journal: A Mother and Daughter's Recovery from Breast Cancer.' The Voice Ledger
Miles of Hope to host exhibit
Miles of Hope Breast Cancer Foundation is holding a special reception and fundraiser to celebrate the photographic exhibit, 'Journal: A Mother and Daughter's Recovery from Breast Cancer.' The Voice Ledger
Art Galleries
"All Things" Portola Art Gallery presents "All Things" oil paintings by Lindy Duncan. Through June 30, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Call 650-321-0220 or visit www.portolaartgallery.com . Portola Art Gallery, 75 Arbor Road, Menlo Park Palo Alto Weekly
Camera Club to meet
The El Dorado Camera Club will meet at 7 p.m. today at the Placerville Senior Center, 937 Spring St., Placerville. Speaker Leon Turnbull will discuss waterfall photography. Visitors are welcome. For details, see www.eldoradocameraclub.com . The Sacramento Bee
On One Tank
GETTING OUT Elvin Bishop will play at Northern California Blues Festival. The Sacramento Bee
Meters turned into works of art in Rochester
A South Wedge project turned parking meters into public art, with an unveiling tonight. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Fort Valley State camp nurtures young talent
While Andy Warhol may have promised us each 15 minutes of fame, 60 middle and high school students from all over Georgia and Florida have found two weeks of FAME at Fort Valley State University. Macon Telegraph
Kids, parents to learn photography in Penfield
A local commercial photographer will hold a photography seminar for children and their parents Sunday. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Gallery listings -- Published June 19, 2008
» Children's Museum of Stockton: Hands-on, play-based exhibits of a small city with bank, post office, grocery store, hospital, newsroom, movie theater, fire truck, police car, ongoing. Hours: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Tues.-Fri.; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat.; noon-5 p.m. The Record
Hirst to Offer `Golden Calf' for 12 Million Pounds at Sotheby's
June 19 (Bloomberg) -- Damien Hirst said he will offer a sculpture of a gold-trimmed bull that he expects to fetch up to 12 million pounds ($23.5 million) at a Sotheby's London auction of his works in September. Bloomberg.com
Dance, art classes slated
Instruction in dance, painting, pottery, photography and drawing will be offered this summer at the Old Art Building in Leland. Leelanau Enterprise
Coppell student selected for film contest
While most teenagers will be going to the movies this summer, Morgan Williams, 16, of Coppell will be making movies with 11 other teenagers as part of the Samsung Mobile Fresh Films Contest. Coppell Gazette
Photographer donates collection to Heritage Malta
Artist Joe Camilleri, 86, has decided to bequeath 140 photographs and 6,000 slides to Heritage Malta. Mr Camilleri presented a copy of his will to Heritage Malta chairman Mario Tabone at the opening ceremony of his retrospective photography exhibition, Into My Imagination. Times of Malta
Monumental Roman exhibit leaves mark on city viewers
The Roman invasion starts today and is expected to conquer Oklahoma City. The long-awaited special exhibition "Roman Art from the Louvre” opens to the public today and runs through Oct. 12 at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. Museum members were offered a preview Wednesday. "I think it's wonderful. It's amazing to get to see this in Oklahoma City,” said Lucy Kemether, who works at Colonial Art ... The Oklahoman
Art review: Ancient artists carve place in history
Although they date back about 2,000 years, the artworks and antiquities in the special exhibition "Roman Art from the Louvre” still have the power to intrigue, amaze and even sadden. The museum has been preparing for the exhibit — the largest and most prestigious in its history — for more than two years. The assortment of 184 sculptures, sarcophagi, mosaics and other items more than lives up to ... The Oklahoman
HERCULANEUM: Pride through pictures
If you're a Herculaneum resident with a talent for photography and bursting with civic pride, the 2008 Herculaneum Bicentennial Committee is sponsoring a contest that's perfect for you. Jefferson County Journal
Film show
Screening of Dignity of the Nobody , directed by Fernando E. Solanas, at Gorky Sadan, 6.30pm. Staging of Mrs Soriano at Academy of Fine Arts, 6pm. The Telegraph
Art and Air is quite an affair
The show must go on. After bouncing back from a rained-out event on Friday into the sweltering heat on Saturday and Sunday, Art and Air continued to showcase artwork of artists from around the country. Kirkwood-Webster Journal
Computers are unneeded
This letter is an assessment on computers and the worthless world they have created. To start with, computers have added nothing to photography. Montrose Daily Press
Body of work: Artist, photographer collaborate on exhibit
BLOOMINGTON -- In collaborating on a photo-art project, commercial artist Mikki Lower and photojournalist B Mosher created an exhibit that is neither journalism nor commercial art. Photo Gallery Video: Creating a work of body art The Pantagraph
Science and showbiz
If you want to see physical evidence that the Franklin Institute these days is straddling two realms - one old-world didactic, the other more showbizzy; one science, the other, well, not - take a trip up the ramp in the museum's Mandell Center. The Philadelphia Inquirer