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Hartwick is hosting 'Native' events
ONEONTA _ Hartwick College is presenting a series of events starting Thursday. "Native Balance: Indigenous Ways in a Modern World" will combine scholarly presentations, storytelling, music, sports, demonstrations and exhibits by prominent members of the Iroquois, Lakota and Abenaki nations.
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HUB Holdings to unveil The Colosseum in Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi at Cityscape
HUB Holdings, the newly established Abu Dhabi based real estate Investment & Development Company with a focus on high quality & value for the end users, will be unveiling its landmark project 'The Colosseum At Saadiyat Island' in Abu Dhabi at Dubai Cityscape exhibition.
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Scottsdale Civic Center exhibit will rotate artworks
A series of public art will be on display at the Scottsdale Civic Center Bell Tower though June 2010.
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Chinese Qing treasures set records in Sotheby's sale
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A batch of rare Chinese imperial treasures including an emperor's seal and a scroll painting bucked weak sentiment in the Chinese art market on Thursday, setting record prices in a Sotheby's Hong Kong sale.
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McKerley, Story showcase new work at 18 Hands Gallery
Post-minimalist artist Eva Hesse’s belief that decorative art was the “only art sin” may have had less to do with disdain for decorative expression than with a post-modern compulsion to articulate.
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Music and dance abound at upcoming festival
GRIFTON - A wide variety of entertainment is scheduled for the 38th annual Grifton Shad Festival.
Kinston Free Press |
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Wakefield cattle get down to grass tracks
THE humans come to gaze – but new residents at Yorkshire Sculpture Park have come to graze. (08/10/2008)
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"Hanoi Emotion"
VietNamNet Bridge – A photo gallery named "Hanoi Emotion" opened on Monday at Hang Bai Art Gallery in Hanoi to present photos awarded in the 38th Art Photo Contest organised by the Hanoi Association of Literature and Arts and Hanoi Photographic Artists' Association on the occasion of the 54th anniversary of Capital Liberation Day (10-10-1954 - 10-10-2008).
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Festival highlights power of words
Words are powerful, said Patrice Melnick.
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Chinese Qing treasures set records in Sotheby's sale
A batch of rare Chinese imperial treasures including an emperor's seal and a scroll painting bucked weak sentiment in the Chinese art market on Thursday, setting record prices in a Sotheby's Hong Kong sale.
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Shakori Hills festival cranks up this weekend
Del McCoury, Nnenna Freelon among the featured performers this weekend
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Emperor's Scroll Fetches HK$67.9 Million at Sotheby's (Update2)
Oct. 8 (Bloomberg) -- A Chinese imperial scroll that shows the Emperor Qianlong leading 16,000 troops, the star lot of Sotheby's Hong Kong art auction, fetched a less-than-expected HK$67.9 million ($8.7 million).
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School briefs for Wednesday, Oct. 8
Immanuel Preschool to host country fair OCEANSIDE ---- Immanuel Preschool will have a country fair from 2-6 p.m. Oct. 18 on the school grounds at Kelly and South Nevada streets. There will be food, contests, games, hayrides, a reptile zoo, giant jumper, temporary tattoos, an old-fashioned cake walk and a white elephant silent auction. The school offers full- and part-time programs for children 2 ...
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Francis Bacon painting sells for £14,400
This is the fragment of a Francis Bacon painting that has been sold for an amazing £14,500.
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Torah case now has a Torah scroll
For years, docents at the N.C. Museum of Art complained to curator John Coffey that it was hard to explain the purpose of the intricately engraved silver Torah case without the Torah itself.
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Wednesday 'Visiones' in Boca Raton
CONTEMPORARY LATIN ART Visiones -- 20th Century Selections from the Nassau County Museum of Art and José Clemente Orozco -- The Graphic Work, are on display at the Boca Raton Museum of Art through Dec. 7. Visiones explores issues found in contemporary Latin art.
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Zolezzi mixes antiques, 20th century design
A year after his wife died, Walter Zolezzi, part owner of the San Francisco antiques gallery Therien & Co., decided to make changes to his Nob Hill condominium, where he had European antiques spread over the 3,000 square feet. But, instead of going to Robert...
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Kuwait News
KUWAIT CITY, Oct 7: Archaeological teams from seven countries will take part in excavation work in Kuwait this season that will commence on Oct 27 and continue until end of April, says Shihab Al-Shihab, the Director of the Museum and Antiquities.
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The Allan Houser Estate Announces Grounds For Sculpture Exhibition
Allan Houser, Inc. is pleased to announce that the prestigious, Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, NJ will present the exhibition, “Inspired Visions”, running from October 12, 2008 to April 26, 2009 at their indoor Museum Building. The exhibit features a focused, retrospective of the career of Allan Houser; from his attendance and the early influence of the Dorothy Dunn School to his later ...
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Friendship Heights statue serves for public art, safety
Eight years ago, the Friendship Heights Village office installed a bronze statue of a policeman on the northwest corner of the intersection of The Hills Plaza and South Park Avenue as a work of outdoor art and as a creative way to ensure a safer pedestrian and traffic environment.
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Ten Things You Won’t Want to Miss in Buffalo This Fall
Buffalo, New York, is a city at the center of America’s historic interest in art and architecture, from famous buildings – by the likes of Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Sullivan and H.H. Richardson – to exceptional modern and contemporary art collections and a tradition of nurturing working artists. This fall, don’t miss out on Buffalo’s art exhibitions, historic houses, new museums, and natural ...
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Local painters, photographers find exposure at Glass Gallery
I rwin Weintraub has a thing for wilting sunflowers and baby egrets.
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King Tut exhibit begins new tour
DALLAS (AP) - An exhibit showcasing items buried in the Egyptian tomb of King Tut is back in the United States. "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs" opened over the weekend at the Dallas Museum of Art, the first of three museums to host the exhibit's encore tour.
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News briefs
ST. HELENS – The 2008 Amani Center Luau Auction raised $34,000, money that will be used to further the center’s mission to prevent child abuse in all its forms. Local businesses raised $1,350 in the Silver Plate Competition, where people bid on donated desserts.
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Iron Chef teams to test their mettle at TMY
Kitchen Stadium comes to Tucson Meet Yourself on Friday, as a cook-off modeled after the the popular "Iron Chef" television show will have amateur and professional chefs whipping up masterpieces from mystery ingredients.
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