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The Haida ember in full flame
Ten years after his death, a gallery devoted to Haida artist Bill Reid and Northwest Coast art opens its doors
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Spanierman Modern Gallery, NY Presents 'Tales: New Work by Jasmina Danowski', an Exhibition of Paintings by ...
Spanierman Modern is pleased to announce the opening on May 8, 2008 of "Tales: New Work by Jasmina Danowski", including large-scale ink-on-paper works and smaller paintings in alkyd and oil on wood panels, honeycomb fiberglass, and canvas. In her second exhibition at Spanierman Modern, Danowski continues to show multi-layered gestural abstractions in which sensuous natural and biomorphic forms ...
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Student art show tonight at WHS
HAMPTON and mdash; The Winnacunnet High School auditorium foyer will be overflowing with impressive displays of student art tonight from 6 to 8. The annual WHS Art Show includes student artwork from graphite drawings to ceramic sculptures.
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Preakness event is up, up and away
Annual hot air balloon festival held at Turf Valley Turf Valley Resort played host recently to some unusual props -- a hot air balloon, an actress in costume as Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz, a dappled gray racehorse and a table of hand-painted jockey figurines.
Baltimore Sun |
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First nations ceremony welcomes city's new Bill Reid gallery
When Bill Reid art was chosen to adorn the $20 bank note, it was a sign that the Haida artist had become a Canadian icon.
Vancouver Sun |
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Marilyn Monroe nude photo fetches $7,000 at auction
CALGARY -- Marilyn Monroe's birthday suit sold to the highest bidder for $7,000. The framed nude colour photograph, which the starlet autographed across her breasts, was once one of Frank Sisson's most prized possessions.
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Amateurs dial into artist within
MORONGO BASIN — In a three-day media festival that spanned from Yucca Valley to Twentynine Palms, participants of varied ages and backgrounds created digital films to share with the world through filmmaker Christopher Coppola’s MiniPAH program.
Hi-Desert Star |
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This Just In Style news and notes
Hold it Uber-architect Jean Nouvel has to his credit the futuristic Arab World Institute, the bullet-shaped Torre Agbar in Barcelona and a radical tower going up next to the Museum of Modern Art in midtown Manhattan.
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5 p.m. - Women's Night, Maga Haga Night" at the Guam Gallery Friday
5 p.m., May 7 — The Chamorro Artists Association will hold “Women’s Night, Magahaga Night” at the Guam Gallery of Art in the Chamorro village from 5 to 10 p.m. Friday. The exhibit will feature two and three dimensional artwork from female artists.
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Academy of Art University Awards Scholarships to Richmond Youth
Academy of Art University awarded ten art scholarships to Richmond high school juniors for the Pankow Builders Ltd./Richmond Civic Center (RCC) Public Art Scholarship Program. (PRWeb May 7, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/05/prweb923584.htm
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Kitsch or folk art, it's undeniably Bawlmer
A dwindling breed tries to preserve a quintessential Baltimore art form, which will be celebrated this weekend Every window and even the jalousie door in Lil Sims' skinny Formstone-encased rowhouse in Canton has a screen that her baby brother painted.
Baltimore Sun |
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Lawrence's 'Migration' settles in D.C. museum
Art of blacks' journey north on display at Phillips In 1941, 23-year-old Harlem-based artist Jacob Lawrence completed a haunting series of paintings depicting the mass migration of African-Americans that occurred between the two world wars when almost 1 million moved from the rural South to the industrial North. Called The Migration Series, the entire work is on display at Washington's ...
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HOME EVENTS
Crossing Stitches and Crossing Borders: Iu Mien Embroidery in a Global Community Sandra Cate speaks. 10 a.m. Sat. $5-$10. Koret Auditorium, de Young Museum, 75 Tea Garden Dr., S.F. (415) 750-3627. www.thinker.org. "Green" Faux Finishes An all-day lecture and...
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Dell gets hip to the sound of the underground
DELL IS GETTING HIP to the underground scene, dawgz, by manufacturing laptops skinned up with crazy artwork from Mike Ming.
The Inquirer |
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Redding experiencing a career renaissance
For Nationals starting pitcher Tim Redding, the months following shoulder surgery three years ago led to a complete re-evaluation of his baseball career.
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Lynn artist manages to capture the essence of her subjects
LYNN - Irena Kaczor-Jankowska played hooky as girl but the times she snuck away from school were spent painting pictures not playing with friends.
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Managing health services: Nashvillian plays key role in Newseum
It's known as the Newseum, a $450 million, 250,000-square-foot museum of the news industry. And the building's façade has 15 tons of Tennessee marble. I recently had the privilege of raising the Tennessee state flag to welcome it to our nation's capital.
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Composer/pianist/singer Adam Guettel performs his songs written for Broadway, with singers Elias Hendricks and Angela Turner Wilson and pianist Adam Ben-David. 7:30pm Tue. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 3200 Darnell St, FW. $10-25. 817-738-9215.
Fort Worth Weekly |
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Very Special Arts Festival coming to Hunt Valley
Connections Academy, the provider of virtual public schools and service provider for the Baltimore County Virtual Instruction Program, will participate in the 2008 Very Special Arts Festival on Thursday at Oregon Ridge Park in Hunt Valley.
Baltimore Examiner |
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Head to Braddock Bay for International Migratory Bird Day
A Bird Festival for International Migratory Bird Day will be held Saturday and Sunday at Braddock Bay Park, 109 E. Manitou Road, Greece.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle |
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Hope for the Car Kabob
Berwyn's famous Car Kabob may be getting a second life after all. The sculpture called the Spindle featured cars from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s skewered on a huge metal spike.
Daily Herald |
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Fund established for local museum
A Sayre native established a fund for the Tioga Point Museum at the Community Foundation for the Twin Tiers (CFTT) in the memory of a former Athens resident, according to a news release from the CFTT.
The Daily & Sunday Review |
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Student art show opens today
SPRINGFIELD -- There are gaudily colored paintings and austere black-and-white photographs, ceramic pots and clay landscapes, historic collages and portraits: it's Springfield's annual student art show at the Miller Art Center. ... - Herald Staff
The Barre Montpelier Times Argus |
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Cream Software introduces PixExpose
The company says that users do not need to be trained in using the software or have HTML knowledge. All that they need to do is choose a graphic template for the gallery and wait while it is automatically generated and published.
Computer Business Review |
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Is beer the new wine? Microbrews take beer upscale
Think beer only goes with pizza or peanuts? Not anymore. Microbrewing is an artform. And these beers are masterpieces for your mouth. (Credit: "By Robert C. Lopez Staff Writer")
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