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New artists expand Thousand Springs festival
If you haven't been to Ritter Island, the Thousand Springs Festival of the Arts is as good an excuse as any to visit.
The Times-News |
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Prayerful painting
KETCHUM - Anna Majernikova Lintner can't not paint. Her grandfather is one of Slovakia's foremost sculptors, crafting a mix of religious and contemporary sculptures. Her grandmother's hand-sewn tapestries are so elegant they look as if she had painted them.
The Times-News |
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Tony Foster introduces 'Painting on the Edge of the World' in Ketchum
KETCHUM- Tony Foster has long enchanted Wood River Valley residents with his watercolors of volcanoes, icebergs, rainforests, mountaintops and deserts painted on site around the world.
The Times-News |
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Vernissage of exhibition "Something that you will face" held in Moscow
Japanese artist Takashi Murakami attends a vernissage of "Something that you will face" exhibition held in Gagosian gallery. The baroque egg containing the works by Jeff Koons is on display at a vernissage of “Something that you will face”.
Itar-Tass |
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Literary festival expands limits with Charles Bock
Decisions like these have come easy for Charles Bock lately. Fresh off the hardcover release of his highly-acclaimed novel "Beautiful Children," Bock has been a hot commodity in the world of literature festivals and literary activism. Bock will be one of the star individuals at this weekend's Omaha Literature Festival, organized by University of Nebraska-Lincoln English professor Timothy ...
Daily Nebraskan |
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People's Design Award Voting Starts Sept. 22
The winner will be announced on October 23 at the museum's National Design Awards Gala in New York City.
Interior Design |
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New boutique exhibiting local artist's jewelry
It's time to update wardrobes for the rapidly approaching seasonal change. Most people will remember to cover the jeans-and-sweater base, but a key part of any look could easily be passed over if shoppers forgot to revamp their jewelry collections as well.
Daily Nebraskan |
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ART GALLERIES, MUSEUMS
Sunday "Up the Beaten Path: Following the Chisholm Trail," lecture by curator Kris Schmucker, 3 p.m., Harvey County Historical Museum, 203 N. Main, Newton. Admission $3, $2 youth 5-17, children 4-under free. Information, 316-283-2221. Tuesday "Awareness Series: Old Masters," video, 12:30 p.m., Wichita Art Museum, 1400 W. Museum Blvd. Included with admission. Information, ...
The Wichita Eagle |
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Case's Omaha performance epitomizes live music
For me, love is music, and music is love. I have felt that love well up inside me like an oil gusher at concerts many, many times, but not until last Monday had I taken part in a collective makeout session with an artist. Neko Case and her band showed me what I'd been missing.
Daily Nebraskan |
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Good to go
LAS CRUCES — Make reservations for the gourmet Dress the Child benefit dinner, catch a concert or art exhibit, share storytime with your favorite kid, take a free art lesson or share your musical or poetic talents at an open mic session.
Las Cruces Sun-News |
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Go do it: Mystical arts of Tibet
Experience sacred music, dance and art of the monks who live at the Drepung Loseling Monastery in India. The culture of Tibet, now largely in exile from its native country, has become extremely popular in the West in the past 20 years. Explore its rich traditions of mystical performing arts as the monks perform music, dance and create a beautiful sand mandala as part of the Caldwell Fine Arts ...
The Idaho Statesman |
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Stage Turner seeks fiction contest entries
Stage Turner, a non-profit arts organization based in Leland, is seeking entries for its second annual Louise Klein Carpenter Short Fiction Contest. The contest is open to writers age 16 or older who are full-time or part-time residents of Leelanau or Grand Traverse counties.
Leelanau Enterprise |
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Artists donate work for youth mental health
FARMINGTON — Phillip West donates his paintings every year to raise money for a local organization that treats young people who have behavioral health problems.
The Farmington Daily Times |
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Happy trails, too, you!
"Happy" art shows are usually doomed to the cellar of mediocrity, and yet they often find an audience that appreciates being mindlessly entertained for an hour or two — just look at the never-ending drivel that plays at our new multiplex on the south end of town.
Santa Fe New Mexican |
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GETTING TO KNOW
ESTEBAN AGUILAR SOUTH SOCCER Esteban Aguilar likes to shape goal-scoring plays on the soccer field. He also likes to shape sculptures. Meet the Northeast Magnet senior who spends a majority of his time playing soccer for South and participating in Final Friday art showcases. How did you get into art? Since I was little, I used to draw. Then I started going to Northeast and they had ...
The Wichita Eagle |
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Daytona Beach Film Fest continues through Sunday
Surf movies, a "dadamentary" about comedian Jonathan Winters and student films will be part of the sixth annual Daytona Beach Film Festival, which opened Thursday and continues through Sunday on two screens at News-Journal Center, 221 N. Beach St., Daytona Beach.
Daytona Beach News-Journal |
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Sleuthing skills a boon for Mystery Art Fest
The best place to get a unique piece of artwork? Elementary, my dear Watson — that would be the Mystery Art Fest.
Wichita Falls Times Record News |
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Kirkland artist with MS defies the odds
Zack Starck has survived over 16 years with Muscular Dystrophy and had his first public art showing Thursday.Doctors can't explain how he's survived
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BEST BETS
Feast your eyes on this. The 17th annual Art in the Park festival showcases the work of more than 100 local and regional artists in a new venue, Fluor Field at the West End.
The Greenville News |
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Shift of power on the arts
Although Mayor Jim Brainard will choose which arts organizations or projects get funding, the City Council will make the final decision on whether they deserve the financial help.
The Indianapolis Star |
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Art on the River 2008 -- 09/19/08 at Art Students League Gallery
Art on the River 2008 -- 09/19/08 at Art Students League Gallery
Rocky Mountain News |
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Hirst Art Lures Russians; Crisis Saps U.S. Demand, Dealers Say
Sept. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Buyers from the former Soviet Union and the Middle East were more active than those from the U.S. at Sotheby's 111.5 million-pound ($199 million) auction of new work by Damien Hirst in London, said art dealers.
Bloomberg.com |
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Troy professor's art selected for regional show
Larry Percy, Troy University art professor, is one of 31 artists from six Southeastern states whose works have been selected for the 10th Annual Renaissance Regional Art Exhibit at the Renaissance Center in Dickson, Tennessee.
The Troy Messenger |
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IMA breaks ground for nature park
After more than a decade of dreaming, the Indianapolis Museum of Art's ambitious art and nature park is out of the blocks and on its way to becoming a reality.
The Indianapolis Star |
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NEW EXHIBITS
Chipola Arts Center: "Living Waters," featuring photography, film and music inspired by Florida's natural waterways. Through Oct. 10. Free. Hours: 8 a.m.-3 p.m. CDT Mon.-Fri. 3094 Indian Circle, Marianna. (850) 718-2301.
Tallahassee Democrat |
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