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Art tells inmates rehabilitation story
In celebration of their 40th anniversary, Lifeline has held an art exhibition at the Constitutional Hill, in Johannesburg. The work displayed is part of a rehabilitation project for criminal offenders. SABC News
Artists get free space to show off their works
Dusty Henson, owner of El Paso Saddleblanket, admits that when he invited artists to show their artwork at his store every Saturday, it was just another way to get people into his store. El Paso Times
Top fashion photographer to speak at art museum
GRAND RAPIDS -- Top British fashion photographer Nigel Barker is coming to Grand Rapids in October to speak at the Grand Rapids Art Museum. Barker is best known to TV audiences as a photographer and judge on "America's Next Top Model." The Grand Rapids Press
Exhibition portrays facets of women in Indian popular art
By Madhusree Chatterjee, New Delhi, Aug 2 : Want to see how women can be provocative, trendy and empowered at the same time through popular art? Visit the ongoing exhibition here, showing them in all their incarnations in various media. New Kerala
The Craft of Art -- 08/02/08 at The Michael McConnell Gallery & Studio
The Craft of Art -- 08/02/08 at The Michael McConnell Gallery & Studio Rocky Mountain News
New Ranma 1/2 Short Debuts at Takahashi's Tokyo Event
The "It's a Rumic World" exhibition of manga creator Rumiko Takahashi 's original artwork opened in Tokyo's upper-class Ginza shopping district on Wednesday with both the previously announced special 30-minute Inuyasha anime short and a new Ranma ½ anime short. The Ranma ½ short adapts the Akumu! Anime News Network
Cape family makes hay in big way with painting
A painting of a golden sunset turned a pretty penny for a Cape family yesterday. Cape Cod Times
Next year's Artisphere will fall later in spring
The next Artisphere -- The International Arts Festival of Greenville will be held three weeks later next spring, festival officials announced Friday. The Greenville News
Artist opts for hobby to practice craft
Artist Mark Lamport jokes he was a professional for 15 years just so he could be “this good of an amateur.” The part-time artist has worked on a variety of commercial art projects, including comic books and T-shirts, but now he does fine art for sale. He also works on illustrations and cartoons. Marion Chronicle-Tribune
The Classical Music Network
W.W.W.H.? “Mostly Mozart Festival”: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture and Quando avran fine omai…Padre germani, addio! from Idomeneo , K.366; Adagio and Fugue , K. 546; Masonic Funeral Music , K. 477; Misera! Concertonet
New Art Collection Lets You Be Even More Creative with Babya PhotoPro
Babya today announced the release of Babya PhotoPro Art Collection - an add-on for Babya PhotoPro. Babya PhotoPro Art Collection is a free add-on to Babya PhotoPro that includes all of the images from Babya Presenter Pack 1 and over 20 newly created images that are suitable for backgrounds or for use with the sculpture feature. Also included is a PDF file showing all of the available images. ... PR.com
First Fridays are attracting big crowds
It's nice to know that today's depressed economy can't keep down a good art lover — especially if you happen to be a part of Gallery Row in downtown Lancaster."First Fridays are as crowded as ever," Lee Lovett, Red Raven Art Co.'s gallery manager, said. &quo... Lancaster Online
A 'Meistersinger' That's on an Entirely New Wagnerian Scale
Katharina Wagner's first production at Bayreuth was meant to show that she was ready to succeed her father, 88-year-old Wolfgang Wagner, as the head of Germany's most famous opera festival. Thirty years old, with relatively little experience, she is an easy target for critics. But her... Washington Post
In a 300-Square-Foot Apartment, Put Away the Zoom Lens
A freelance photo assistant for nine years, Thomas Holton began to feel that "10-day photo shoots for Pottery Barn weren't my thing." So in 2002, Holton, now 38, enrolled in the School of Visual Arts in New York to get a master's degree in photography. His thesis, "The Lams of Ludlow Street," doc... Washington Post
A Rare Glimmer Of Wagner Is Worth the Trip
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- Wagner finished three operas before he composed the first of the 10 works for which he is famous. "Das Liebesverbot," which is receiving an exceedingly rare production here at the Glimmerglass Opera Festival, was second in the trio of scores he produced before the 1843 "Flyin... Washington Post
Free fair calls for contest entries
Oklahoma County residents are invited to enter their photography, garden produce, homemade quilts, flower arrangements or woodworking crafts, and a long list of other handmade or homegrown items, in the 94th annual Oklahoma County Free Fair. The fair is Aug. 14-16 at State Fair Park. "Oklahoma County residents can enter their items and win bragging rights,” said Ray Ridlen, Oklahoma County ... The Oklahoman
Edmond Community Events
TODAY Lazy E Dressage Classic , through Sunday, Lazy E Arena, 9600 Lazy E Drive, Guthrie, 282-4733. Edmond Farmers Market , 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wednesdays and Saturdays, Festival Market Place, 26 W First, 359-4630. Artwork by landscape artist Kenny McKenna , 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and Saturday by appointment, through Thursday, Shadid Fine Art, 19 N Broadway, 341-6741. Guthrie ... The Oklahoman
Agency expands to serve growing art community
NORMAN — Folks at the Norman Arts Council are breathing a little easier these days, mainly because they can, well, breathe. If you ever visited the council's former space at 220 E Main St., you know what I mean. The office was basically one not-so-large room that served as gallery, office and storage space. It could get a little cramped, to say the least. On July 1, the council moved down the ... The Oklahoman
Local residents take their clowning seriously while having fun entertaining others
Mopsie the Clown provides face painting during Art on the Square. When not acting as her clown-persona, Mopsie is Lynn Fox, of Abbeville. (Staff photo by Jennifer Colton) The Index-Journal
Buswell's no bust as chief sculptor
Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees are captured in a single, bronze bust, displayed for posterity in Canton, Ohio. Blair Buswell, though, has more than 70 busts. The Star-Ledger
Arts studio show joins visuals of different sorts
Cape Coral Arts Studio presents the work of DJ Lorentz and Peggy Starks in the "From Land, From Camera" exhibit Aug. 1-22 in the Fine Arts Gallery. The News-Press
Delta Fair gets bigger this year
Mark Lovell isn't celebrating the Mid-South Fair's impending move to Tunica in 2009. The man who brought the Delta Fair & Music Festival to the Agricenter doesn't think it will affect his upstart event one way or the other. Memphis Commercial Appeal
Best Bets
Tuesday Live Irish tunes Celtic musician Mark Carroll and his musical family perform traditional Irish jigs, reels and ballads at "An Evening of Irish Music" at the Mercer Museum in Doylestown. $4; $2, children. 7 to 8:30 p.m. 84 S. Pine St., Doylestown. 215-345-0210. The Philadelphia Inquirer
Roller-blading friends open ‘Nothingness’
An unlikely shared interest in roller-blading and art has forged a bond among a group of friends whose work will be featured in “Nothingness,” an exhibit opening today at DotDotDot ArtSpace. Lawrence Journal-World