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Dr. Seuss to Launch Canadian Retrospective Tour and Exhibition in Victoria, BC with Artevo Galleries
Artevo Corporation (TSX Venture: AEV), a technology driven company focused on the production, marketing and distribution of all categories of fine art, today unveiled its plans to launch a multi-city Canadian tour celebrating the Life and Retrospective Artworks of Dr. Seuss.
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Russell pieces fetch $9.3M at auction
RENO, Nev. - Two iconic pieces of artwork by Charles M. Russell - a painting depicting a stagecoach holdup and a bronze sculpture of two American Indians on a buffalo hunt - have sold for more than $9 million at auction.
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TIFs: What you need to know
In five years, if you come downtown on a Saturday morning you might be able to park in an underground parking structure in Phoenix Park, then pass public art as you walk to the permanent facility for the Farmers Market. These and other public improvements might come to pass if Lexington succeeds in getting tax increment financing in a partnership with developers of the $250 million ...
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Literary renaissance of national import in tiny Point Reyes
Where can you perch on a bale of hay in a feed barn and listen to a reading by former U.
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Win Film Festival tickets!
The Dispatchonline team is giving readers an opportunity to win double tickets to see Be Kind Rewind as well as a slew of other art films. In the hilarious comedy, Be Kind Rewind , an employee’s friend accidentally erases all of the tapes at a VHS-only video store.
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Dealer accused of selling fake Indigenous works
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has accused a far north Queensland art dealer of selling fake Indigenous artworks.
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Vision Festival 2008: Day 6 - Finale
Sunday evening's bill was perhaps one of the most tangible manifestations of the slightly more diverse roster than usual for the Vision Festival, with a tip of the hat in the direction of more accessible fare.
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Video: Take a tour of LCC's new Rose Center
On June 28, Lower Columbia College unveiled its new, $26 million Rose Center for the Arts after more than five years of planning, lobbying for funds and construction. The building features the 525-seat Wollenberg Auditorium, the 125-seat Center Stage, rehearsal space, an art gallery, a recording studio and classroom space.
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Chinese folk artists look to Olympics for revival
Painter Zhang Xing carefully dabbed black pigment onto a ladle, accentuating a part that would be a melancholy eye of a female Peking Opera singer. He expects attention to his work, but is taking all the time he needs.
China Economic Net |
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A&E district paints positive economic picture for the city
Arts and Entertainment Districts are not just about helping artists and painting pretty pictures, but can be an integral part of a city's economic development.
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Houston artists find space for work as creative as they are
Polished concrete floors, crisp white exhibition surfaces and natural lighting combine for innovative exhibition space in the Caroline Collective building on Houston's Caroline Street, newly occupied by ArtStorm LLC, a creative commune of young artists.
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Tree-trunk carvings showcased
It's a natural for The Forest City. Tourism London is showcasing downtown's growing collection of intricately carved tree-trunk sculptures with a new Web-based tour guide.
London Free Press |
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Chalk festival expected to be chock full of fun
You can't jump into these drawings a la Mary Poppins, but next weekend Talbot Street sidewalks will come alive when the Expressions in Chalk festival kicks off.
London Free Press |
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Union College's new art exhibit shows off staff, student doodles
The habit — or you might call it a hobby — started in church. To keep a young Scott Cushman from fidgeting in the pew, Mom would hand over a pen and the back page of that week’s church bulletin, which conveniently was always left blank.
Lincoln Journal Star |
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Mozart comes to Woodstock
Celebrating its 22nd season, the Woodstock Mozart Festival begins Saturday and runs for three consecutive weekends.
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Bill waves bye bye to Press after 46-year career
A journalism career spanning five decades and spent almost entirely in the regional press comes to end next week. Bill Hearld, deputy editor of The Press in York, will begin his semi-retirement next Friday as he plans a new career doing freelance PR and photography.
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Museum pulls out the stops
There are objects in the Massillon Museum collection that the Smithsonian would envy. Through Sept. 14, the museum is exhibiting on two floors Eclectic. Everyday. Elegant: The Massillon Museum Celebrates 75 Years to share with the public some of its most prized pieces.
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Actress backs Akron area's arts
More than 400 people enjoyed more than 160 prestigious wines, domestic and imported beers, as well as tasty hors d'oeuvres at the 10th annual Taste of Akron, a wine tasting and silent auction held Friday night at the Akron Arts Expo at Hardesty Park.
Akron Beacon Journal |
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Acropolis Museum Awaits Missing Body Parts, Held in London
July 28 (Bloomberg) -- At Athens's New Acropolis Museum , the most popular exhibit is in London.
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PARENTS & CHILDREN CALENDAR
Children ages 5 and older can join the RHINO art cooperative and make a bug out of clay in 45 minutes. Saturday, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., outside RHINO Contemporary Crafts Gallery at The Shops at Canal Place, third floor, 333 Canal St., New Orleans. Cost: $5 donation to RHINO's community outreach.
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Folk art, nostalgia still a big draw
Kimberly Glover browses among decorative items for sale at The Primitive Inn. jmorehead@chronicle-tribune.com GAS CITY — Leilani Gouchenouer had worked as a nurse for 32 years but driving home from work one day, that all changed.
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Turks turn out for community festival
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Bicentennial Blast
From the cowboys and women in hoop skirts to the exhibits of times past, the Columbia bicentennial celebration Saturday sparked interest in the area’s history.
Columbia Daily Herald |
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Building deals giving museums new chance
What a difference a building makes.
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) - A plan to float a giant helium-filled banana blimp over Texas has gone bust due to a lack of money. "The banana plan is suspended. The whole attempt was to develop the idea of artworks in space," said Cesar Saez, 39, a Montreal-based artist known in Quebec for his public art.
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