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Environmental photo award traces China desert
The inaugural award for environmental photography, the Prix Pictet, has gone to a Canadian for his work documenting China's expanding desert.
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Botswana: Thapong Holds Art Workshop At Supa Ngwao Museum
Thapong Visual Arts Centre is holding a week-long art workshop at Supa Ngwao Museum, for artists in the area.
AllAfrica.com |
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Museum exhibits special collection of music posters
Charles and Herbert Hatch opened their Nashville printing business in 1879 and first used it to produce church advertising. Their first woodcut-printed handbill – on display in the Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum’s new exhibit, “American Letterpress: The Art of Hatch Show Print” – heralded an appearance by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, the brother of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” writer, ...
Tacoma News Tribune |
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DCCA aims to attract more patrons with no admission
The Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts has eliminated paid admission, effective Saturday, a move officials hope will attract a wider audience during a time when many people are cutting back on discretionary spending.
The News Journal |
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Day of the Dead offers an array of festivities
The Day of the Dead celebration originated as a Central American tribal ceremony to honor the dead through eclectic dance and decoration. Five hundred years later, these colorful festivities have spread to communities throughout the world. The underlying theme of the festival is to honor the departed by bringing them back to life as well as celebrate the fact that life and death are so closely ...
Montana Kaimin |
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McMakin packs ideas with sheer beauty
Seattle artist Roy McMakin strikes gold with his show "Purplish" at James Harris Gallery, writes Seattle Times art critic Sheila Farr.
Seattle Times |
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The Sax & Drumming Core weaves roots music, attention to form
The Larry Ochs Sax & Drumming Core brings their amalgamated sound of jazz, blues and Asian and African drumming to an Earshot Jazz Festival concert at the Seattle Art Museum on Nov. 1.
Seattle Times |
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Dia de Muertos: Mexican tradition celebrates the afterlife
The Dia de Muertos festival for the Mexican holiday Day of the Dead will take place Nov. 1 and 2 at Seattle Center.
Seattle Times |
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Painter Jeffrey Bishop goes organic
Former Seattle artist Jeffrey Bishop leaves behind the spare geometrics of his early work for visceral forms in a show at Catherine Person Gallery of recent work from New York.
Seattle Times |
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Exclusive: Colin Montgomerie hits back in Jack Vettriano man boobs painting row
GOLFER Colin Montgomerie has shrugged off painter Jack Vettriano's man boobs slur - and scoffed that he had never even heard of him.
Daily Record |
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Lauren Grossman's "Told You So"
Lauren Grossman's art show "Told You So" is based on Old Testament stories. It closes at Howard House Nov. 1.
Seattle Times |
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Old bricks from the 'Old Brick'
LOWER TOWNSHIP - When the Cold Spring Presbyterian Church received a new roof in 2007, bricks from the building's original chimney, circa 1823, were found in an attic. Some church members are painting the bricks and selling them to benefit the church's 300th anniversary in 2014. Funds will help renovate the building in time for the celebration.
Press of Atlantic City |
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Weekending In Washington
If Washington, D.C. has any drawback for weekend visitors, it's that it has far too many museums, monuments, and attractions to visit in just two or three days.
RainbowNetwork.com |
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Break out the cake, it's Lincoln's birthday
WASHINGTON -- Happy 200th Birthday, Honest Abe! The nation is preparing to throw you a party. The celebration will be focused in the nation's capital, where museums, theaters and other attractions announced plans Thursday for more than 80 exhibits and programs in the coming months to celebrate the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth.
Detroit Free Press |
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POWER TURNOUT
IT was a big turnout the other night for the opening of Nathaniel Kramer's photography show at the Guy Regal gallery. The Allen & Co. heir was congratulated by the likes of Samantha and Aby Rosen, Dixon (Samantha's dad) and Arianna Boardman, James...
New York Post |
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Artists restore historic church
A renovation project at the downtown Vancouver landmark has restored century-old artwork and maybe even saved some parts of the historic building.
Seattle Times |
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Karel Čapek, the photographer
On the occasion of the MuVIM exhibit, Dashenka was published in Spanish for the first time. (Lenka Scheuflerová) Only a few people know that Karel Čapek, one of the most famous Czech writers and the inventor of the word "robot", was a photography enthusiast, even though his active involvement in photography lasted for a short period of time.
Prague Daily Monitor |
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Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival schedule
Tinsel Town and pimped-out cars are among the shining stars in a film at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival by former Miami Dade College film student, who also attended University of Miami Law School.
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Museum gotta see ums
The State Museums of Berlin and the Legacy of James Simon, the newest exhibit at San Francisco’s Legion of Honor, is a wonderful show, perfect for both the knowledgeable art lover and the family wanting to show children some very special objects.
San Mateo Daily Journal |
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Eyemouth artists to visit RNLI branches in UK
AN Eyemouth artist is on his way to completing a trip of the United Kingdom, presenting his paintings to various branches of the RNLI. (29/10/2008 11:20:54)
Berwickshire Today |
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Review: Art 'Offering' a subtle rebellion
Mills College Art Museum displays the work of seven Korean activist women artists in "The Offering Table."
Contra Costa Times |
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New Disney Fine Art: Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas Limited Edition by Artist Jim Salvati
SandersArtStudio.com, an authorized Disney Fine Art Gallery. (PRWeb Oct 31, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Sanders-CC/Nightmare-Christmas/prweb1526624.htm
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Coastal Community Briefs for Friday, Oct. 31
Toys for Thailand holds art fundraiser OCEANSIDE ---- Toys for Thailand will hold its first "Art to Hearts Gallery Project" showcasing several local artists from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Nov. 1 at Spectrum Video, 1043 South Cleveland St. Toys for Thailand is a voluntary, grassroots team of educators and community members who collect toys and monetary donations to deliver to tsunami-zone and orphaned ...
North County Times |
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Cuban-born modernist's paintings celebrated life
Cundo Bermudez, the Cuban artist who stylized on canvas the color and luminosity of traditional places and musical scenes of his homeland, died on Thursday in Miami-Dade from a heart attack. He was 94.
Miami Herald |
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History exhibit next weekend
The Roberts Creek History Project will launch an exhibit of old and new photos, stories and artifacts at Roberts Creek Hall from Nov. 7 to 9. Come out and peruse photos that have been graciously contributed by people in your community.
Coast Reporter |
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