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Art teacher talent on display
Throughout the school year, Volusia County art educators exhibit their students' artwork in numerous shows. But once a year they showcase their own art in the Annual Volusia County Art Educators Exhibit. The 7th year of the show runs through Oct. 3 at the Art Haus in Port Orange.
Daytona Beach News-Journal |
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Teens pair artwork, lessons in business
Jessica Rice aspires to be a fashion designer, complete with drawing the concepts for her clothing.
The Clarion-Ledger |
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Art pupils gain practical skills
A Northwest Rankin High class aims to teach its art students a real world lesson: how artists work with clients.
The Clarion-Ledger |
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Days of the llama
A few days ago the little one comes out of his sisters' room with a photo album. He starts flipping through the pages of photos she'd taken back when we had a version of farm life. She was starting an interest in photography, and she recorded everything.
Chambersburg Public Opinion |
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New volume collects works of Chicano writer, artist and Renaissance man
Editor's note: Jos Antonio Burciaga grew up in El Paso. Mimi Gladstein and Daniel Chacn, the editors of "The Last Supper of Chicano Heroes," teach at the University of Texas at El Paso.
El Paso Times |
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Bill Rakocy to be honored at this year's Arts International
EL PASO -- The 2008 Arts International Exhibit is fast approaching, and organizers have voted to honor longtime El Paso artist Bill Rakocy at this year's show.
El Paso Times |
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Bill Sullivan art opening
EL PASO -- "Territory: Beyond," an exhibit by El Paso artist Bill Sullivan, opened with a reception Sept.
El Paso Times |
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Pieces begin to stir as guests pass by
I t's become commonplace to insist that visitors to museums can become participants in certain works of art by entering into the spirit of the piece and actually manipulating or contributing to a work.
Akron Beacon Journal |
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'A Night with the Miners'
EL PASO -- "Salsa y Azucar -- A Night with the Miners" was the theme at the El Paso Museum of Art's Third Thursdays event Sept.
El Paso Times |
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Fall for the Arts Festival opens doors on Cape
Arlene Hecht, sculptor and owner of Gallery 333 on Old Main Road, usually closes her doors for the season in September. But this year, Hecht is keeping the gallery open later, through the first week of October.
Cape Cod Times |
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Global artists reassess African womanhood in Wellesley College exhibit
Visitors are invited to see black women through the varied eyes of their African communities, colonial oppressors and artistic sisters in "Black Womanhood," at the Davis Museum and Cultural Center of Wellesley College. Video: Black Womanhood revealed
The MetroWest Daily News |
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The jazz is happening: Nine acts to perform at annual Mesilla jazz and wine festival
MESILLA — The days of jazz and wine and mellow times on the Mesilla Plaza have become a classic autumn tradition for the Mesilla Jazz Happening.
Las Cruces Sun-News |
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Western art goes South
An elegant museum in Cartersville's modest downtown has become a surprising sanctuary for Western art collectors.
The Biloxi Sun Herald |
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'MY ANTONIA': BIG READ EVENTS
If you go Here is a list of events being held in conjunction with the Big Read of Willa Cather's "My Antonia." Events are free unless otherwise noted. Wednesday -- "American Masters -- Willa Cather: The Road is All," airing at 8 p.m. on KPTS, channel 8 Friday -- Old Sedgwick County Fair, featuring an Antonia re-enactor at 11 a.m., other activities and food, Old Cowtown Museum, 1865 W. ...
The Wichita Eagle |
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Arts Alive visitors will judge at Senior Action art show
Jenny Hendricks is a busy woman.
The Greenville News |
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Festival more than apples and cheese
Enjoy art, food, vendors and fun against the background of the Endless Mountains at the Pennsylvania Apple 'n Cheese Festival in East Canton on Saturday and Oct. 5.
Elmira Star-Gazette |
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Community Notes
The International Fund for Animal Welfare and the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History are joining in celebrating IFAW's Animal Action Week, beginning next weekend through October 10 at the museum, Route 6A, Brewster.
Cape Cod Times |
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DeCordova curator will leave post
Officials at the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park said last week that the museum does not plan on replacing its longtime director of curatorial affairs immediately.
Boston Globe |
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Sausages, polkas on menu
Chardon resident Annie Lawrence certainly felt at home Saturday at the fifth annual Slovenian Sausage Festival in Kirtland.
The News-Herald |
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Event Keyword
If you like your art with a chaser of song, catch this program at the Getty Villa that explores the evolution of a new musical genre called opera during the lifetime (1598-1680) of the great Italian sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Celebrated early-music singers Ann Monoyios and Drew Minter,...
LA Weekly |
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Heritage training for tunnel workers
A representative of the National Museum said workers building the subway tunnel below Plaza Independencia in Cebu City will undergo “heritage training” to help preserve pre-Spanish artifacts dug up in the site.
Cebu Daily News |
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Laura Bush, daughter Jenna read at book festival
WASHINGTON—First lady Laura Bush and daughter Jenna took a lesson from their own book Saturday at the National Book Festival.
Las Cruces Sun-News |
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Events Calendar Sept. 28
Altrusa Home Tour — 2-4:30 p.m. Information or tickets: Frankye King, 356-4212, or Dianne Parker, 356-8234. WPA Art Show — In the old jail on the fourth floor of the courthouse. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Nicole Wilkening, 356-6662.
Portales News-Tribune |
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Atlanta visits painting
"Earlier this year a team of Atlanta movers and shakers flew to Pennsylvania to visit the newly renovated cyclorama painting at the Gettysburg National Military Park.
York Daily Record |
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Food not sole lure to NAACP Soul Food Festival
DECATUR - The Decatur Civic Center was bustling Saturday as visitors to the 11th Annual NAACP Soul Food Festival gathered for food, fun and entertainment.
Herald & Review |
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