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Grab the shovel & pail, Sand Sculpting Festival is back
Sculptors started digging in Wednesday afternoon for the 22nd Annual Sand Sculpting Festival on Fort Myers Beach.
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'Joker' is great, and no fooling
The Joker has been front and center this year in the world of comics and film. Whether it is Heath Ledger's brilliant portrayal of the deviant killer or Grant Morrison's depiction in the current "Batman R.I.P." series, the clown prince of crime is experiencing a renaissance of sorts.
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Farnsworth Museum director steps down
ROCKLAND, Maine — Lora Urbanelli, the executive director of the Farnsworth Art Museum since January 2006, has stepped down to assume the directorship of the Montclair Art Museum in Montclair, N.J.
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Visual art: 2004: Atlanta to Baghdad
Thurs., Nov. 6... By Cinque Hicks Here's a sobering thought: The 11- and 12-year-old Iraqi boys in Manuel Llaneras' 2004 photographs currently at the Seen Gallery are now all 15 and 16 years old – most of their adolescence spent in the shadow of war. Llaneras documents the ruin wrought by the Iraq invasion in 2004: ATLANTA TO BAGHDAD, continuing Thurs., NOV. 6. Llaneras, a native of Cuba, ...
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Special event: Chomp and Stomp
Sat., Nov. 8... By Amber Robinson Don't expect any prickly soup Nazis at this year's CHOMP AND STOMP CHILI COOK-OFF AND FESTIVAL Sat., NOV. 8. Besides the annual chili contest, a 5K, a sprinkling of crafty art and good old-fashioned drinking games like Cornhole, you're more likely to encounter friendly Cabbagetowners than saucy chili ladlers. Chomp and Stomp revisits the old-timey mountain music ...
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Visual art: Day of the Dead Show
Sun., Nov. 9... By Alicia Wages Tweet Designs continues its show that breathes life into death. More than 50 artists from Atlanta and beyond – ranging from fine artists, crafters, musicians and graphic designers – have contributed to the first DAY OF THE DEAD SHOW, an exhibit showcasing custom artwork on miniature coffins. Through Nov. 30. Free. Sun.-Thurs., noon-8 p.m.; Fri.-Sat., noon-9 p.m. ...
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Unseen local artwork goes on show
An exhibition featuring the work of Victorian and Edwardian artists who lived in an Oxfordshire town goes on show in the town.
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Peter Bahouth illuminates his picture show at Marcia Wood Gallery
By Cinque Hicks Complete the following sentence: The resurgence of the Betty Page pin-up look a) killed feminism faster than Ally McBeal's gigantic eyes and tiny miniskirt, or b) salvaged feminism for a whole new generation that knows how to wield its sexuality like a blowtorch. Peter Bahouth's Sadie's Choice at Marcia Wood Gallery suggests that the b's have it. Bahouth's latest solo outing ...
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Grab the shovel and pail, the Sand Sculpting Festival is back.
The American Sandsculpting Championship Festival is one of Fort Myers Beach’s most popular events every year.
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Balance that SLR with 3-Axis Bubble Level [Photography]
Despite my best intentions, my photography is often 1 or 2 degrees off center, as if the horizon is slowly sliding my subjects off its back. But with the Brando 3-Axis Bubble Level Cube that fits in...
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What's Happening - Fort Bragg - Mendocino Coast Calendar
Dine for a Change, Project Sanctuary benefit, North Coast Brewing Company, Fort Bragg. 485-1232. Art reception and silent auction for Day of the Dead quilts. Plus mercado, free reception from 5 p.m. Little River Inn's Abalone Hall.
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Kenya: Kisumu to Hold Vigil to Keep Up With Results
Anxiety hit fever pitch in Kisumu on Monday as residents awaited the climax of the contest for the top seat in the US.
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Local Art Professor's Work on Display in OC's Options Gallery 11/5/08
Odessa, Texas - “Pam Price: Works on Paper” by artist Pam Price is on display now through Wednesday, Dec. 10 in the Learning Resources Center Options Gallery on the Odessa College campus.
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"Enchanted" Art Auction Raises $250,000 for Hollygrove
HOLLYWOOD----A charity art auction held at Paramount Studios October 2 brought in $250,000 to fund art enrichment programs for children in crisis at Hollygrove http://www.hollygrove.org.
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WorthPoint to Launch Live Auctions on Proxibid Platform
WorthPoint, which recently completed its acquisition of GoAntiques, an online network for buying and selling antiques and collectibles, sent a letter recently to dealers to update them on recent changes. WorthPoint said it would have two auction venues for members.
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Arty facts
A look at what's happening in the world of art. Mosgiel artist Justin Morshuis completes a triumphant return to the art world this weekend with his exhibition, "Landscapes of the Heart".
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Landscapes, portraits and Marilyn Munroe
James Dignan reviews the latest exhibitions by Frank Gordon, Janet de Wagt and Nils Peterson. Frank Gordon has taken a decidedly rural course in his latest exhibition at Salisbury House.
Otago Daily Times |
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Straube Center Fall Fine Art Show features local artists
Win Straube, president and CEO of Straube Corp., has announced the Straube Center Fall Fine Art Show running from Nov. 7-Dec. 28 at the newly refurbished office and retail complex located at Route 31 and West Franklin Avenue, Pennington. Managed...
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Her place to be: top in contest
Finding "a place to be" turned into a top placing in a national photography competition for Shanna Verhoef (12), of Dunedin. The Tahuna Intermediate pupil won first prize in the primary/intermediate category in an online photography competition organised by Habitat for Humanity New Zealand.
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Karlstad, Minn., artist wins Minnesota walleye stamp competition
Chalk up another one for Nick Reitzel. The artist from Karlstad, Minn., will have his painting featured on Minnesota's first-ever walleye stamp, the Department of Natural Resources announced this week. Advertisement: KELLY'S BAR HAPPY HOUR 9 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. That's right, 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Happy Hour all day long. Come to Kelly's Bar and check it out!
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DAVE PERRY: In their own health care universe
Years ago, during an exhibition game in Mexico, Denver Broncos quarterback John Elway tore a tendon in his throwing arm. It was big news in the Rockies.
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Greece: Vatican returns piece of ancient sculpture to Athens
Greece: Vatican returns piece of ancient sculpture to Athens (AKI) - The Vatican returned a fragment of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece on Wednesday in a move that is likely to increase pressure on the British Museum to return its own priceless sculptures from the ancient temple. The fragment, returned for a one-year loan is one of three in the Vatican Museum's huge collection of ...
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Gina Pareno stays two weeks in New York for screening of "Kubrador"
Gina Pareño recently went to the United States to attend the screening of Kubrador , which was chosen as the opening film of the traveling film festival, Global Lens Series 2008. The film about the illegal numbers game called jueteng was screened at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in midtown New York last January.
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Lee Rosenbaum's cultural commentary
I take it back. To my surprise, after I wrote my diatribe, I was sent a copy of the book. You can't judge an artwork without seeing it, and you can't judge a book without reading it. It turns our that the excerpt was an anomaly and did the rest of the book a gross injustice.
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Basel may find art of the deal tougher this year
By Scott E. Pacheco There are signs dealers at globally famed contemporary art fair Art Basel Miami Beach will have to fight the economic downturn despite optimism from event officials.
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