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Focus on digital camera course
ADULT Education's Archiving Rural Community History Project (ARCH) is organising a free digital photography course at Swaffham Community Centre on Friday evenings for ten weeks from 6pm to 8pm. (05/09/2008)
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Leading Contemporary Artists Donate Work to Raise Funds for the Children's Cancer & Blood Foundation
Some of the most prominent members of the contemporary art community will participate in an art auction on Monday evening, September 15, 2008 at Phillips de Pury & Company, 450 W. 15 Street, New York, NY, from 6:00-9:00 p.m. Auction proceeds will go to support the work of the Children's Cancer & Blood Foundation, which funds clinical care and cutting-edge research for children with cancer and ...
Centre Daily Times |
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Local arts groups get $350,000 in grants
More than $350,000 in grants to 56 local arts organizations were announced last week by the Tucson Pima Arts Council.
Tucson Citizen |
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The art of blacksmithing
Purchase a copy of this photo."> Lu Heintz of Germantown works on a piece of sculpture at the Ashokan Center in Olivebridge. Purchase a copy of this photo.
Kingston Daily Freeman |
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Pete Doherty offers free gig for cancelled festival fans
THE organiser of Moonfest has confirmed that Pete Doherty will play a free solo gig for Moonfest ticket holders to make up for the disappointment of the festival's cancellation.
Wiltshire Times |
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Delmont Festival This Weekend
DELMONT — The Kuchen/Old Time Harvest Festivals will be held in Delmont Sept. 13-14.
Yankton Press & Dakotan |
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Breakfast With Scot
Breakfast With Scot was one of the hits of this year's round of lesbian and gay film festivals. The movie is based on Michael Downing's novel of the same name, originally published in 1999, but the book tells a slightly different story.
RainbowNetwork.com |
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Museum’s exhibit allows stroll down Main street
Patrons stroll through the Main Street exhibit Saturday at the newly renovated Museum in Uptown Greenwood. The Museum re-opened this weekend following nearly 10 months of renovating and upgrades.
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No wall flowers here
“A Brush with Georgia O’Keeffe” is a three person play about the remarkable life of the celebrated American painter. Actress-playwright Natalie Mosco wrote the play and takes on the starring role. Sharing a similar exuberance for life, Mosco illustrates clearly there’s more to O’Keeffe’s legacy and art than just painting flowers with symbolic feminine sexuality Tickets are $31.50-$56.50. 8 p.m. ...
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Photography director says magazine is his 'dream job'
To many, one of the most valued aspects of living in Arizona is the state's natural beauty -- from the Sonoran Desert to the Grand Canyon and mountain vistas.
BizJournals |
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San Antonio arts community has a big-dollar impact on the city
San Antonio’s artistic workforce is painting the city’s economic canvas with a total impact of $3.4 billion, according to new figures calculated by Steven Nivin, Ph.D., chief economist for the city’s Economic Development Department.
BizJournals |
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2008 Tanglewood Jazz Festival
Tanglewood, in Lenox, Massachusetts, is the summer home of the Boston Symphony, and it's also home to events like an annual James Taylor concert, an annual recording of A Prairie Home Companion , and the annual Tanglewood Jazz Festival , which ran this year from August 29-31.
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What the Hay: Contest means punny times down on the farm
In this Sept. 9, 2007 file photo, hay sculptures depicting a University of Montana grizzly bear mascot and a Montana State University bobcat mascot battle it out in a field near Utica during the 17th annual "What the Hay" bale art show.
Missoulian |
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New exhibit features 'Textile Constructions'
A new exhibition of quilts and fabrics by Clemson artist Terry Jarrard-Dimond is on display in Furman University's Thompson Art Gallery in the Roe Art Building.
The Greenville News |
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Bell Gallery show reconsiders Soviet art
An eye-opening new exhibition, "Views and Re-Views: Soviet Political Posters and Cartoons," invites viewers to reconsider overly simplistic characterizations of the style of Soviet art known as Socialist Realism.
Brown Daily Herald |
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Editor's Picks
Now to Oct. 19: "Views and Re-Views: Soviet Political Posters and Cartoons"; exhibition at the David Winton Bell Gallery in List Art Center and the John Hay Library, with auxiliary selections on view in the Rockefeller Library and the Cogut Center for the Humanities.
Brown Daily Herald |
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Strider stops traffic in Banks
When Brundidge metal sculptor Ronald Godwin placed his piece, "The Strider from Chernobyl," on a busy corner in New York's Greenwich Village, the Strider literally stopped traffic and a police officer had to be called out to keep the vehicles moving.
The Troy Messenger |
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Roped in
In image 1 Chuck Hannaford, education director for the Office of Archaeological Studies at the Museum of New Mexico, explains the construction and use of ropes made from yucca to Joshua Renteria.
The Deming Headlight |
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TODAY
Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour, 7 p.m., the Orpheum, 200 N. Broadway. Advance tickets $12 at Backwoods, Select-A-Seat outlets and employee clubs; $15 at the door. Information, 316-263-0884. THURSDAY Steve Barnes & the Country Money Honeys, Art for Your Ears concert, 6:30 p.m., Ulrich Museum of Art courtyard, WSU. Free. Information, 316-978-3495. "Seven Years Since 9/11," ...
The Wichita Eagle |
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Heiress funds Serpentine Gallery gala
LONDON: She is best known in London as an heiress, fashion designer and the girlfriend of Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich - but now Dasha Zhukova is making waves in the world of art.
Gulf Times |
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Angering the gods
Nigerian spirit-god festival at risk from commercialisation
BBC News |
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Marketing 'killing Nigerian festival'
A unique traditional festival in Nigeria is under threat from commercial interests, cultural guardians say.
BBC News |
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From isolaton to exhibition
Joel Cook, a Purdue University Calumet senior, will debut his photography collection this month at Calmer House Gallery.
The Times of Northwest Indiana |
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Replacing CEO not easy; Art Museum is in no rush
Nearly three months after the sudden death of longtime director Anne d’Harnoncourt, the Philadelphia Museum of Art is moving toward its goals at a deliberate pace.
BizJournals |
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Jewelry designer Jill Heller is a designing woman
Take one step into Jill Heller’s four-bedroom Upper East Side apartment and you’re transported to a Chelsea art gallery. In the foyer, a bright green Sam Durant lightbox greets guests with the words “Welcome Back.” “It’s a political statement,” says Jill, who purchased it at a Democratic fund-raiser, “but my kids think it’s a personal message for them.” Jill, 36, a former Esquire ...
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