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Platinum prints convey timelessness of Mississippi River
John Guider's photographs in The River Inside, on display at the Tennessee State Museum through Nov. 30, evoke a bygone era. The Tennessean
A GLASS ACT
By Lee Sutter -- It’s no wonder that glassfuser Richard Mortensen has fun with his art, considering he gets to enter shows with such names as “It’s Testosterone.” “That show was wide open” as far as themes go, and since it was tied in with a car show, “I did a wild Corvette, in glass,” he said. That was at the Danville Fine Arts Gallery, shortly before Mortensen and wife Carol retired last ... The San Luis Obispo Tribune
Holiday festival draws families to Pavilion
Dave Huebner was sporting a full white beard and a Christmas hat, so one could forgive the little girl's mistake. "She thinks you're Santa," her mother said. "I want a kitchen set," the girl declared. The Argus Leader
The essential Blumenschein
Historians and critics like to insert artists into neat, simplistic slots — a tendency that can distort and diminish the standing of those who don't fit easy categorization. Exhibit A is Ernest Blumenschein. Denver Post
Starz Denver Film Festival: 11 Days in the Dark
There are countless ways to craft your 31st Starz Denver Film Festival experience, and The Denver Post will offer advice throughout the grand event, which runs Nov. 13-23. Denver Post
Meridian prepares to dedicate new City Hall
MERIDIAN -- The city of Meridian will hold a dedication ceremony for its new City Hall at noon on Friday, Nov. 21.Activities will continue through 7:30 p.m. with the first showing in the Initial Point Art Gallery on the third floor."This has been an exciting transition over the last several months that was 15 years in the making since the City Council first began this process in 1992," Meridian ... Idaho Press-Tribune
Community mourns the passing of Lally
Area officials and community leaders were saddened Saturday as they remembered the life of Kenneth T. Lally, a generous businessman who showed his support of area organizations by selflessly donating large sums of his self-made fortune to help advance programs at local schools, hospitals, and museums. The Troy Record
Smurf goes for test-flight
The Smurf balloon is readied for flight at Balloonfest, an outdoor test-flight for new balloons in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, in New York on Saturday. On Turkey Day, three new giant-character balloons Disney-Pixar's Buzz Lightyear, Dr. Seuss' Horton and the Smurf and eight new floats and a new contemporary art balloon will make their parade debuts. Deseret Morning News
Museum looks at WW II through famed artist's eyes
Retired teachers Nouna Lee and Marjie Howard were in attendance Saturday at the Upcountry History Museum's Veterans Tribute Ceremony to learn more about painter Norman Rockwell's representations of World War II. The Greenville News
Artist makes the desert burst with color, energy
Jim Waid works wonders with a kitchen spatula. • We're not talking about whipping up a scrumptious soufflé or delectable dessert. • Waid — a prolific Tucson artist who has won widespread acclaim for his vibrantly colorful abstract paintings of lush imagined gardens — often uses a spatula to lay on paint here or smear it to perfection there. • "A spatula is sometimes just the right thing for the ... Arizona Daily Star
She's in perfect place for pictures
Rebecca Armstrong is new to photography. But the "partially retired" registered nurse is in a fortunate situation. Arizona Daily Star
EVENTS
Holiday Tables, annual exhibit of elaborately decorated holiday tables hosted by Designing Women, 1-5 p.m. today, Wichita Center for the Arts, 9112 E. Central. Children over age 8 may attend. Tickets $10. Information, 316-634-2787. White Christmas -- A Benefit for Music Theatre of Wichita, Bonnie Bing's Wichita Eagle Holiday Highlights Fashion Show, wine and cheese reception and silent ... The Wichita Eagle
SUNDAY ARTS CALENDAR
EVENTS Sports Card and Sports Memorabilia Show & Auction, buy, sell or trade, starts 8 a.m. today, Holiday Inn Downtown, 221 E. Kellogg, with auction at 1:15 p.m. Free admission. Presented by Trademasters. Information, Matthew Campbell, 316-265-1777, or 316-640-6221. Wichita Military Guns & Collectibles Show, buy or sell historical artifacts from all periods and wars, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. today, ... The Wichita Eagle
Art show at Little Tuna Restaurant
New Jersey Institute of Technology junior Kyle McCarthy is coordinating a Sunday art show "Picture a Cure" at Little Tuna Restaurant on Kings Highway in Haddonfield as a benefit for the LUNGevity Foundation, the country's No. 1 supporter of lung cancer research. Gloucester County Times
Changes brew in Bremerton / The hulking Puget Sound Naval Shipyard still dominates city's skyline
BREMERTON, Wash. -- Tour a Pyrex Museum and marvel at one of the world's biggest collections of colored casserole dishes. Standard-Examiner
City where Poe died to celebrate his birth
BALTIMORE — The city where Edgar Allan Poe died will celebrate the 200th anniversary of his birth with a year's worth of exhibits and events, including a reenactment of his funeral befitting the morose author. Cape Cod Times
Taubman unveiled - roanoke.com
More than 10,000 visitors mused over modern and basked in baroque at Roanoke's newest star, the Taubman Museum, on Saturday. The Taubman Museum of Art opened to the public Saturday with a day of music, ballet, inspiring words by Gov. Tim Kaine and other dignitaries and at least 10,000 visitors. A day Roanoke had anticipated for months, if not years, came off with few major problems, while the ... Roanoke Times
Latest Exhibition/Seminar News: Brian Belefant, Isaac Hernandez, Barry Seidman, Jeff Becker, Sue Barr, Helena de ...
Jeff Becker is part of several exhibitions. Touring Connecticut has its opening reception Thursday, Nov. 6th, 4:30-6:30PM at the Connecticut Commission in Culture, One Constitution Plaza., Hartford, CT and runs to Dec. 5th. Starting Nov. 6, the Easton Library hosts the 2008 Juried Photo Exhibit. PDNonline
Creating Art in the Garden - Quickly
The Hockaday Museum of Art held its Return to the Garden gala at the Hilton Garden Inn this evening. One of the cool things about this event is that several local artists (painters in this case) bring a penciled in or otherwise partially completed work. During the reception, the event's guests network and chat with the artists - while artists complete their painting. In 2 hours. Flathead Beacon
Arts fest draws a crowd
Thousands of people came out Saturday for the second day of the Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival in Seville Square. Pensacola News Journal
Churchill Downs unveils official 2009 ‘Art of the Kentucky Derby’
A colorful painting that depicts racing under the shadows of the Twin Spires by Atlanta-based artist Jeff Williams has been unveiled as the official art of the 2009 “Art of the Kentucky Derby” series that celebrates next year’s 135th renewals of the Kentucky Derby and the Kentucky Oaks. Churchill Downs and JettStream Productions, which is now in its eighth year as the official licensee of the ... Americus Times-Recorder
Monumental makeovers
Capitol statues renewed to honor sculptor. The News & Observer
Some art goes
NEW YORK - The fall auction season got off to a lackluster start this week. Not one hand went up when View of St. Petersburg by Alexei Petrovich Bogoliubov, expected to sell for $3 million, was offered at a Sotheby's art auction Wednesday, further underscoring the impact of the global financial crisis on the art market. The Philadelphia Inquirer
Gift Gallery helps raise money for Growing Strong Sexual Assault Center
DECATUR - Unique kitchen gadgets, purses, jewelry, photographs and environmentally-friendly cleansers were among items for sale Saturday at the Growing Strong Sexual Assault Center's first Gift Gallery at the Decatur Club. Herald & Review
Family fight to win back art of 'insane' genius
A row has erupted over the legacy of one of the most celebrated exponents of "outsider art", more than 40 years after his death. During his deeply troubled lifetime, Martín Ramírez's paintings were ignored by the art establishment. Guardian Unlimited