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Artists Team Up, Teach Youth To Draw Graffiti
Among the paintings, glassware and photographs always found at the Uptown Art Fair are about a dozen young people sitting at a long table with markers and several sheets paper. They sit side-by-side inside Calhoun Square drawing letters and names in their own personal way.
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Craftsmen Summer Classic
By Graeme Moore Saturday, August 02, 2008 at 9:31 p.m. The 26th annual Craftsmen Summer Classic is in full swing in Horry County this weekend. The arts and crafts festival has more than 250 artists from across the country at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center.
WPDE-TV Myrtle Beach - Florence |
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Aug. 2: Jottings
Linda Farris of Muncie, nationally collected miniaturist and artist, participated as an exhibitor in the 2008 National Association of Miniature Enthusiasts Convention in Nashua, New Hampshire.
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Renowned Argentine artist Perez Celis dies at 69
By The Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Perez Celis, a prestigious Argentine muralist, painter and sculptor, died Saturday. He was 69.
Bay News 9 Tampa Bay |
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Renowned Argentine artist Perez Celis dies at 69
Sat, Aug 2, 2008 (6:18 p.m.) Perez Celis, a prestigious Argentine muralist, painter and sculptor, died Saturday. He was 69.
Las Vegas Sun |
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Norwalk arts festival reopens after storms
NORWALK - The SoNo Arts Celebration was shut down shortly after it started Saturday when two thunderstorms passed through, but it reopened around 3 p.m.
Norwalk Advocate |
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Blacklist Art & Film Festival shines spotlight on South Shore filmmakers
Organizers are ready to raise the curtain on the biggest and most extravagant version of the Blacklist Art and Film Festival.
Tahoe Daily Tribune |
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Hundreds evacuated from GoMA
HUNDREDS of patrons have been evacuated from the Gallery of Modern Art due to a leak ? which is believed to be ammonia ? coming from the Parmalat dairy factory.
The Courier Mail |
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THISDAY Music & Fashion Festival Sets Washington DC Agog
Nigeria rocked the world with the third leg of the THISDAY “Africa Rising” music and festival held at the prestigious Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on Friday.
This Day |
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Berakas Sixth Form Centre Exhibits Artworks
Bandar Seri Begawan - Artworks by the Lower and Upper Six of the Art and Design course, Berakas Sixth Form Centre, will be exhibited on Saturday and ends Monday. The aim of this exhibition is to showcase and strengthen the public's appreciation for art education.
BruDirect.com |
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Cape Cod painting nets more than $1M at auction
DENNIS, Mass. (AP) -- A painting owned for generations by a Cape Cod family who had no idea what it was worth has netted more than $1 million. The painting from the 1860s depicts three figures stacking hay as the sun sets. The frame had slipped over the artist's signature.
WLBZ Bangor |
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WLBZ 2 Sidewalk Art Festival Winners Announced
(BANGOR) NEWS CENTER) -- The judges have chosen the winners for the WLBZ 2 Sidewalk Art Festival. The judges include Bangor Daily News Arts and Culture writer Emily Burnham.
WLBZ Bangor |
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St. Paul public art project aims to slow traffic
A local artist hopes his soft images will encourage workers to slow down as they drive by -- not to gawk but out
KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul |
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Artist honored at MT State Fair
Every year the board chooses at least one painting to add to the state fair art collection. This year, they chose two, one of which was done by Cecile Smiley.
KRTV Great Falls |
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Nearly 100 Artists Showcase Work in Downtown Bangor
BANGOR (NEWS CENTER) -- Downtown bangor looked more like an art gallery on Saturday during the 19th annual WLBZ 2 Sidewalk Art Festival.This year's festival featured nearly one hundred artists.
WCSH 6 Portland |
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Birmingham Folk Festival
The Birmingham Folk Festival is an all-day, family event that benefits a local non-profit agency that helps children.
CBS 42 Birmingham |
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Menzies makes waves again
The drawings of intricate machines by Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci are uncannily similar to Chinese originals and were undoubtedly derived from them, says Gavin Menzies.
The Star |
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Labour of love in B&W
I WOULD like to inform Lai Voon Loong and StarMag readers that traditional film based black-and-white photography is still very much alive and thriving today ( Move with the times, Shot Story, StarMag , July 27). It is a matter of knowing where to source supplies of Ilford films, chemicals and papers.
The Star |
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Arts festival highlights accomplishments in diverse community
The word “moja” is a Swahili word meaning “one” and Lynda English Studio owners Lynda English and Jackie Wukela think that’s a perfect title for an exhibit honoring the harmony of a diverse community.
Florence Morning News |
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It's festival season for the foodie crowd
Book a seat at the table of the top chefs set to add savour to food and wine festivals around the world.
Independent |
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Pittsburgh: the ideas factory
Asked to name his home town, Andy Warhol would whisper, "I come from nowhere." This was true, more or less: Warhol came from Pittsburgh, an industrial city so grim that H L Mencken said it reduced "the whole aspiration of Man to a joke". The word "smog" was coined for Pittsburgh; some critics think Warhol's lurid palette recalled the dyes that made the city's rivers run purple. It was a place ...
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...some trace of her, NT Cottesloe, London The Wizard of Oz, Royal Festival Hall, London Her Naked Skin, NT Olivier, ...
The director Katie Mitchell makes conservative theatregoers fume. They think she messes with the classics, autocratically imposing her trademarks. Complaints will be lodged that ... some trace of her – Mitchell's short experimental adaptation of Dostoevsky's The Idiot – contains scant vestiges of his epic novel about a good soul, Myshkin, entangled in a murderous love triangle. In this ...
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Is the ticket office really the best farce in town?
Edinburgh Festival Fringe box office descended into chaos and The Times of London printed an article asking earnestly if the spirit of the festival has been killed, it seemed like an opportune time for a Glaswegian to go east and just make sure everything really was going badly.
Sunday Herald |
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AMOA features distinct art collections
News 8's Paul Brown sits down with the Austin Museum of Art's Shilpa Bakre to discuss the current and future collections on display.
News 8 Austin |
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Curious Kids in a Creepy House
A house built in the early 17oos, maybe even earlier, is now a historical museum but some locals still see it as a scary old house.
New York Times |
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