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Bizmen to place active role during Kadayawan
THE business sector will once again play an active role in this year's Kadayawan Festival in August after they were shunned last year due to the claims of some sector that the festival has become too commercialized.
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The finicky life of an Easter show exhibitor
SYDNEY: Walcha grazier, Bob Thompson, has been working on the central districts regional exhibit at the Royal Easter Show for 42 years. "Way too long, really isn't it," the 60-something year-old cattle runner, admits.
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Valley artists showcase talent
The winds were calm, the temperatures were balmy, and the skies were blue this past weekend, for the second half of the third annual Open Studio and Gallery Tour. The Kern River Valley Art Association sponsors this self-guided tour, which has grown in popularity to cover two full weekends.
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Around the county
CANTON HIGH SCHOOL ART DEPARTMENT TO HOLD A 50 YEAR ANNIVERSARY ALUMNI ART SHOW AND RECEPTION
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Two shows in Charlotte tear down walls
Speaking truth to power... By Scott Lucas.Two art exhibits in Charlotte are exploring a few man-made barriers. The artists invite us to ponder the physical and psychological distances we create between each other historically and electively, for sad and shameful reasons, toward comic, unhappy and sometimes deadly ends. The two different shows expose two discrete divides constructed on opposite ...
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Dean Barber Online Art Auction
By Charity Frederick.Exhibit: Dean Barber Online Art Auction Date: Saturday, May 3 Location: givingworks.ebay.com Info: www.barberfundraiser.org On May 3, there will be an online art auction commemorating the late Myers Park high school teacher Dean Barber. Several of the teacher's former students have gotten together to grant a scholarship in his name. The architects of the fundraiser will be ...
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Biscuits
From Downtown to Buckhead... By Jennifer Zyman.The biscuit is a simple combination of a few basic ingredients, but it has the ability to instantly make you feel at home. Since this is the South, biscuits are a topic as fiercely debated as fried chicken and barbecue. But why spend precious time arguing when you could be eating? OK Café: Colorful folk art, friendly servers in retro diner costumes ...
Creative Loafing Atlanta |
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Sculpture in Motion: Flower power
The Atlanta Botanical Garden gets movin'... By Curt Holman.Most backyard gardens have some wind chimes or perhaps a weather vane among the homegrown herbs and tomato plants. The Atlanta Botanical Garden re-imagines that notion on an appropriately grand scale with Sculpture in Motion: Art Choreographed By Nature, the new summer exhibit showing May through October. Guest curator Brigitte Micmacker ...
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Naomi Silva
Gallery owner returns to judge Atlanta Photography Group's In Your Dreams competition... By David Lee Simmons.Naomi Silva apparently has a recurring dream: serving as jurist for the Atlanta Photography Group's In Your Dreams competition ("Journey's End" by David Swann pictured). Silva returns for this year's exhibition, which runs May 2-June 20 at APG. There will be a reception Friday, May 2, at ...
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Visual Arts: Flagship Mark
Fri., May 2... By Wendi Jonassen.Imagine how different the American flag could have been if Betsy Ross had the help of electricity and some young and crafty artists. In Cooper Sanchez's independently produced art show FLAGSHIP MARK, he collaborates with the Betsy Ross Society, a group of 19 seamsters and seamstresses, sewing machines and printing presses, to make his own versions of flags. ...
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Visual Arts: Young Americans
Sun., May 4... By Andisheh Nouraee.Atlanta photographer Sheila Pree Bright has been lauded in recent years for work exploring African-American stereotypes. In 2006, she earned the Santa Fe Prize for Photography and last year she was a key actor in the Atlanta Celebrates Photography series, and appeared on a CL cover. Her latest collection, YOUNG AMERICANS: PHOTOGRAPHS BY SHEILA PREE BRIGHT, ...
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Community News: VA Museum of Natural History receives award
The Virginia Museum of Natural History received a Silver MUSE award from the American Association of Museums during an awards ceremony held on April 27 at the Colorado Convention Center during the AAM Annual Meeting in Denver. The museum received the award for the interactive bone-bed in the “Carmel Church” exhibit located in the “Uncovering Virginia” gallery.
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O! Public Art Auction to be held Thursday
OMAHA - Alegent Health, the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts and the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce are raising money for the uninsured by auctioning off 22 pieces of public art Thursday.
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Free Times - Ohio's Premier News, Arts, & Entertainment Weekly
Common origins in earth and fire are just about the only features shared by the array of vessels and objects displayed around the margins of Convivium 33 Gallery's massive space (formerly the nave of St. Josaphat Catholic Church), on exhibit through May 25.
Cleveland Free Times |
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Mother's Day gift leads to pursuit of creative life
Photographer Christine Kelsey had her work on exhibit at Cross Mills Library during the months of February and March. She loves to photograph local images of coastal culture and displays her work at Heart 2 Heart Peaceworks in Charlestown.
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UNIFORM OF WALTER HERRING IS ON DISPLAY AT HISTORICAL MUSEUM IN BELLE PLAINE
Gene Herring, Belle Plaine, recently donated his father’s World War I Army uniform to the Belle Plaine Area Museum. The presentation was made at the society’s meeting March 17.
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Museum of Art to host ‘Tea and Roses’
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — This Sunday the Huntington Museum of Art will host “Tea and Roses” at the museum. The tea is a fund-raiser with proceeds going to the museum’s 15-year plan to restore the facility and add to its endowments.
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National Museum celebrates the young with Mozart
SINGAPORE: It has been said in theory that listening to Mozart’s music can enhance kids’ intellect. The National Museum of Singapore puts this theory to the test from May 1 with its first ever Children’s Season.
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Valuable Americas art collection seized in Munich - Summary
Munich - German police were gingerly sorting and listing hundreds of pieces of nearly priceless Mayan, Aztec and Incan art on Wednesday after seizing the mysterious hoard a week ago at a warehouse. Law officials said it looked as if there would be a ...
EARTHtimes.org |
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Modern dance, cabaret, punk rock and experimental theater -- it's all good to New York performance troupe Witness ...
The critically acclaimed innovative performance group Witness Relocation brings its tight new show, "Vicious Dog on Premises," to Austin to premiere as part of the Fuse Box 08 Festival, the 10-day contemporary performance festival that runs through Saturday.
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Museums join limited free admission program
The San Jose Museum of Art and the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose have joined a program that gives Bank of America credit card and debit card holders free admission on the first Saturday and Sunday of each month.
San Jose Mercury News |
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Tribeca Film Festival 2008: "Man On Wire" Tells Story Of Man Who Dared To Walk Between Twin Towers
The documentary “Man On Wire,” which premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival recounts how a man in 1974 conspired for eight months to walk between the towers of the World Trade Center. NY1’s Roma Torre filed the following report.
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Ojibwe artists, crafters are invited in art exhibit
The Cable-Namakagon Historical Museum has invited adults and youth of Ojibwe heritage to showcase their artistry and craftsmanship at the second annual American Indian Art Exhibit to be held Saturday, May 3, through Monday, May 26, Memorial Day weekend.
Spooner Advocate |
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Ancient Latin American art collection seized in Germany
Munich (Germany), April 30: German police have swooped on a warehouse and seized a collection of Mayan, Aztec and Inca art, which governments have been trying to keep off the art market, officials said Wednesday.
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Newseum buries the lead with corporate sellout
On historic Pennsylvania Avenue in the nation's capital, adjacent to landmarks celebrating art and industry, a new museum opened this month celebrating a special overlap of art and industry: the Newseum, a tribute to the Fourth Estate, the news media and America's commitment to a free press.
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