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Noble founder Elman turns scrap into gold
In an office full of modern Chinese paintings overlooking Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour, Richard Elman, founder and head of Asia's largest commodities supplier Noble Group, says he has been lucky.
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Auctioneers have plenty
By JIM BUTLER Eagle Staff Writer Any bidder who has seen the price on a hotly desired object go beyond his budget knows that auctions can be ...
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Picture this
Russian lacquer box-style designs, computer graphic designs of the cosmos, and underwater scenes - some natural, but at least one with a business district underwater - are among the hundreds of works of art in a new exhibit on display at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts in Hagerstown's City Park.
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‘Spectrum’ opens at Carriage Barn Sunday
“Spectrum,” the annual juried art exhibition sponsored by the New Canaan Society for the Arts, will be held April 27 through June 15 at the Carriage Barn Arts Center in Waveny Park. An opening reception will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, with awards presented to the 18 prize winners selected by the juror.
New Canaan Advertiser |
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Weather cools for Piketon's big celebration
The Pike County Dogwood Festival finishes up today, marking the end of the first area festival of the season.
Chillicothe Gazette |
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Capital addition
In a shaded side room of the Newseum, a $450 million museum on a prime piece of Pennsylvania Avenue, pairs of opposite words are etched in three walls:
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In Italy, a master turns stemware into sculpture
MURANO, Italy - On this island a mile north of Venice, tourists arrive by the boatload to visit the famed glassmaking studios and galleries. Though the shops vary from low-end to high, most of them quickly blend together. The studio-gallery of Luigi Camozzo, however, is an island apart. So are the master engraver's prices, but if you can't afford his ...
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Conn. inn near it all but hopes you don't care
NORTH STONINGTON, Conn. - It isn't that there's nothing to do around this hamlet. Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun casinos are a short drive away. Several miles southwest are the restaurants and attractions of Mystic village, known for its historic maritime museum and for the pizza parlor made famous in Julia Roberts's 1988 movie, "Mystic Pizza." About seven miles south is ...
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Ocala woman was redheaded girl in many Norman Rockwell paintings
Ardis Edgerton Clark of Ocala saw her childhood in the classic Norman Rockwell works on display at the Orlando Museum of Art.
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Music News : Soul Shine Magazine
After the successes of Virgin Festivals in Toronto and Vancouver last year it seemed pretty tough to top. The organizers seemed ready to out do themselves. This year's Toronto show taking place on September 6 and 7 on Toronto Island and will feature headliners Foo Fighters and Oasis.
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Norman Rockwell's legacy: Exhibit attests to his enduring worth as America's illustrator.
Exhibit attests to enduring worth of America's illustrator. With his magazine covers and posters, illustrator Norman Rockwell held a mirror to America -- a nation that was more perfect and more charming in his images than it ever could be in fact.
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'Honolulu Stories' is a weighty tome
It's not often that a book is a museum piece, but right out of the gate, that's what "Honolulu Stories" feels like.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin |
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Glass and maps at Contemporary Museum
The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center houses two exhibits through May 27: "Boyd Sugiki: Elements," a collection of towering glass bottles; and "Mapped," a group show featuring the works of Gaye Chan, Vincent Goudreau, Wendy Kawabata, Jinja Kim, Joyce Kozloff, Maya Portner, Abigail Lee Kahilikia Romanchak, Laura Smith and Lori Uyehara.
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Art students hope creations aid fight against hunger
NEWFANE — Art is often admired for its beauty, but a group of Newfane High School art students have taken it to the next level. Their creations will help feed the hungry of Western New York.
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Hundreds celebrate Mort Goulder's life with stories, champagne
HOLLIS -- It was the most unusual of "funerals," with live opera music and an ice sculpture in lieu of tears and flowers. The master of ceremonies wore pink. A couple hundred guests laughed and drank champagne. ... - By ASHLEY SMITH Telegraph Staff
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Rochester Gallery stroll May 2 showcases art in unusual places
There are plenty of places to find art in downtown Rochester; you just have to know where to look.
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Artist, teacher combines passions at museum
Jessi Lentych Loyd, curator of education and public programs at the South Bend Regional Museum of Art, mixes her love of art and teaching.
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Plymouth Pipeline
Thursday classics May is "Musical Month" for the Thursday Classics film series at the Penn Theatre in downtown Plymouth. The series is sponsored by the Plymouth Downtown Development Authority. Free passes are available at Sweet Afton Tea Room, Panera Bread, Bohemian Home and Lotus Arts Gallery. The schedule: May 1, Singin' in the Rain, May 8, Annie Get Your Gun, May 15, Seven Brides for Seven ...
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Events for people with disabilities
Autistic Services is sponsoring “Unique Visions,” an art exhibit by students with autism. An opening reception will be held from 5 to 7 p. m. Friday in Albright-Knox Art Gallery's education department. The exhibit will run Wednesday through May 25 in the gallery, 1285 Elmwood Ave. For information, call 631-5777.
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Art calendar
View exhibit openings and special events on a self-guided tour of art galleries in Downtown Honolulu, Chinatown and Kailua; May 2; free; 524-1160.
Honolulu Advertiser |
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Echo painting
From a nonjudgmental perspective, the endless cycle of graffiti's application and erasure is a unified entity. Call it echo painting. As an interactive system, it involves two opposed species of painter: those who apply ("write") graffiti and those who erase ("buff") it.
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Al-Qadhi wins Human Rights Best Photo Award in 2003
Sister Arab Forum for Human Rights (SAF) and No Peace Without Justice (NPWJ) organization announced last Wednesday, Jan. 7th names of the 10 winners of the Second National Human Rights Competition for 2003 in different fields including photography, caricature, play writing , poetry composition, short story, investigative reporting and research writing.
Yemen Times Online |
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Area school briefs
Essay winner Kenneth Weiss, and eighth grader at Walnut Creek Middle School, is a winner of the local, district and state Optimist Club essay contest and is now competing at the state level. He originally submitted his essay in the West Bloomfield Optimist contest. Kenneth received a medal and a $650 college scholarship at the state level. The winner of the national competition will receive a ...
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Admission free at Casey Jones Museum on Wednesday
On April 30, 1978, the Old Country Store opened its doors at Casey Jones Village, relocating from Airways Boulevard.
The Jackson Sun |
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Bicycle art will be on display at locations throughout downtown during the month of May
First it was doors at the Mary Lou Zeek Gallery, and now it's bikes and much, much more. Zeek, who has endeavored throughout the years to get art out of the gallery and into downtown Salem, has outdone herself with her new venture, "Different Spokes: People Powered Art for Change," opening May 6.
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