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Pooh's dip into honey sells big at art auction
LONDON - Tiggers might not like honey but collectors apparently do.
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TUSD budget override rejected; supporters to try again
Kindergarten and first-grade classes won't be reduced to 18 students in Tucson Unified School District. Additional schools won't get the award-winning fine arts program, Opening Minds through the Arts, linked to academic improvement. There won't be extra cash to hire those ever-elusive math, science and exceptional education teachers.
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Arts Enter lecture on Impressionists painting
On Thursday, Nov. 6, Arts Enter will present a lecture entitled "How the Impressionists Painted." In this lecture Dr. Schrader, from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, will explore the painting methods of the Impressionists, and their relationship to standard artistic practices of the 19th century.
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Hunt to demonstrate raku pots
Elizabeth Hunt, a well known local potter, will be firing raku pots outside of the the Dragonfly Studio and Gallery at the Old Onancock School on College Avenue in Onancock on Nov. 7. This is a First Friday event.
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Karen Pruitt's art chosen for calendar cover
"Marsh Morning" by Karen C. Pruitt has been chosen by the American Diabetes Association to grace the cover of their 2009 calendar. The painting also will be featured in the calendar for March, The calendar is offered exclusively by the ADA in its Gift of Hope catalog.
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Native American Festival on Chincoteague Nov. 8
The Native American Heritage Festival will be held on Chincoteague on Saturday, Nov. 8, and is an enjoyable opportunity to learn about the living legacy of the first peoples to inhabit the Eastern Shore.
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The AGO's new promise
The countdown was getting serious, with just days to go until the transformed Art Gallery of Ontario opens its doors, but there were still chain-link fences blocking the south side of Dundas St. W. from one end of Frank Gehry's sweeping new facade to the other.
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As a young Saudi-Yemeni woman and independent artist, Reema Qasem occupies a special place amongst artists in Sana’a. Qasem’s abstract paintings are large in size, deep in color and rich in materials hiding under the paint.
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CISD, WISD boards get new faces
With only one incumbent running for one of four contested school board seats it was a night for new faces, with three newcomers winning election to the Conroe and Willis school district boards.
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NYC auction house art sales continue
A jittery economy is painting a picture of anxiety for art auction houses which are seeing their fall season open to a mix of strong prices for some 20th century masterpieces - and a high percentage of unsold works.
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Can you do this again next year?
"Would you consider doing this again next year?" That was the question posed to us by one of the guests at a very special dinner party the other Michael and I threw a few weeks ago. The dinner was the result of an auction that was held last May to benefit the Iowa City Public Library.
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Calendar: Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008
LITERARY EVENTS The National WWII Museum Events 945 Magazine St. Lunchbox Lecture: Assistant Director of Collections Stacy Peckham explores some state-level apologies given for events that took place during WWII, noon. Free. Call 527.6012, ext. 333. Museum hours are 9...
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Pat's Picks
• Hear the African Children's Choir raise its voice at 7:30 p.m. at the College of Southern Idaho Fine Arts Auditorium, 315 Falls Ave. in Twin Falls. Tickets are $25 and children $18. The programs are a mix of African song and dance with popular, gospel and contemporary music, accompanied by the children on traditional African instruments.
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Morristown gallery to debut exhibit
MORRISTOWN -- The Arts Council of the Morris Area on Thursday will debut a newly installed art exhibit at the Atrium Gallery on floors two to five of the County Administration and Records Building on Court Street.
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Something old, something new inform photographer's art
WILMINGTON -- As digital photography began maturing during the late 1990s, already there was talk about the death of traditional methods of developing and printing images. Terms such as JPEG and pixels elbowed their way into daily conversations.
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Holiday event planned for Nov. 13 in Milton and Dorchester
The inaugural Holiday Stroll in Milton Village and Dorchester Lower Mills will feature more than 30 stops. Businesses will be offering discounts, giveaways and exhibits.
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Home Events / Peninsula
Home events High Fiber Under Five Art Sale Features fiber artworks. 6-11 p.m. Fri. San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, 520 S. First St., San Jose. (408) 971-0323. www.sjquiltmuseum.org. Mendocino Coast Furnituremakers Members exhibit their works in wood...
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A portrait inspired by a woman's nightmare about being pregnant with quintuplets has won this year's National Portrait Gallery Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize worth £12,000.
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Yours for £40 ... and it could be a Tracey Emin
Yoko Ono, Tracey Emin and photographer David Bailey have created new works to help future artists. All three have contributed an original piece of art on a postcard for sale in the Royal College of Art's annual Secret exhibition, which raises money for bursaries to the college.
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Dubai International Film Festival backed by top UAE firms
Leading UAE businesses and corporations have confirmed their continuing support for the Dubai International Film Festival which takes place from 11th-18th December.
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First Thursday: Sightings of wild things in Pioneer Square
Picks for Pioneer Square's gallery walk in Seattle: happy hour at Crimson C, "Truth Sessions" at Corridor Gallery, "The Vancouver Project" at Fat Tiger Studio, "Bin Labs" at SOIL and "Animal Logic" at Howard House.
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Review: After Effects CS4
After Effects CS4 represents one of the most significant and useful upgrades to Adobe's flagship motion graphics software in recent history. The new version’s interface now integrates more seamlessly than ever into the rest of the CS4 suite.
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NYC auction houses' fall art season resumes after an initial sale that produced mixed results
NEW YORK - A jittery economy is painting a picture of anxiety for art auction houses which are seeing their fall season open to a mix of strong prices for some 20th century masterpieces — and a high percentage of unsold works.
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The East Bay Today: November 5, 2008
Today's Top Event: Volume Too at Rowan Morrison Gallery. Brainiac: Learn something new every day. Today's lecture: Stress Be Gone! With Michael Cavallaro at the Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy.
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CRITIC'S CHOICE
East Asian Influences in Contemporary Art Examining a form of globalization that has made the world a more beautiful place, East Asian Influences in Contemporary Art is a symposium at the JFK University Arts & Consciousness Gallery (2956 San Pablo Ave., Berkeley) on Nov. 8. An afternoon of ...
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