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Newburyport Art Association kicks off new Visiting Artist Series
Artist Barrie Cameron McDowell — nationally known painter, sculptor and art teacher — will be the first in the Newburyport Art Association’s new Visiting Artist Series, which kicks off this Sunday.
The Newburyport Current |
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Food, fun, fests are something to celebrate
From rubber ducks racing down a river to drag queens racing down an avenue, Colorado offers a cornucopia of summer festivals.
Rocky Mountain News |
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May 11: Celebrate Mother's Day
Mother's Day is Sunday, May 11. Have you made plans to honor your mom? How about starting at nvdaily.com first? Send your mom your love in nvdaily.com's special online Mother's Day photo gallery.
The Northern Virginia Daily |
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Art season sizzles
More Impressionism heads to the Denver Art Museum, MCA/Denver will open five exhibitions, the Democratic National Convention has inspired a digital media festival with big-ticket artists and a new art fair is setting up shop in Santa Fe.
Rocky Mountain News |
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Eddy Arnold, Country Music Hall of Famer, Dies at 89 (Update1)
May 8 (Bloomberg) -- Eddy Arnold , the baritone singer known for blending country and pop music in a style known as ``the Nashville Sound,'' died this morning, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum said. He was 89.
Bloomberg.com |
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'Son of Rambow': a little film among friends
Nick Goldsmith and Garth Jennings, the duo behind the crazy English coming-of-age film "Son of Rambow," were in town for the recent Philadelphia Film Festival. And Goldsmith, an inquisitive Londoner on his first visit to the U.S. city, picked up that day's edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer. "There was a thing that caught my eye," says the jolly Goldsmith, who produced "Rambow," a film about ...
The Charlotte Observer |
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Regional artists have a champion in the Cleveland Museum of Art's new curator of contemporary art
May in Northeast Ohio used to bring out works by budding artists. For almost 75 years, The May Show at the Cleveland Museum of Art showcased homegrown modern art. The annual show was discontinued 15 years ago. The new curator of Contemporary Art isn't inclined to bring it back, but she does plan a greater focus on local artists: WKSU's Vivian Goodman reports.
WKSU Kent State University |
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People’s Resource Center to hold art exhibit
The People’s Resource Center’s Kids Art, a program giving children in DuPage County the opportunity to develop their creativity, is having its first exhibit of artwork from May 17 to June 14 at the Naperville Cultural Center, 55 S. Main St.
Westmont Reporter Progress |
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Daily staff takes 37 awards from Virginia Press Association
ROANOKE — Northern Virginia Daily news staff members received 37 awards for excellence in writing, photography and newspaper design Saturday during the Virginia Press Association’s annual editorial conference.
The Northern Virginia Daily |
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Maori activist embracing art
Tuhoe activist Tame Iti is set to make another splash in the arts world -- with a large collaborative work touching on terrorism themes being put up for auction.
Stuff |
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Free high school art show, concert Sunday
The Dixon High School Art Show will be 1-4 p.m. Sunday in the school library. About 500 works from nearly 150 students will be on display. The featured exhibit will be student's murals, painted this year. Visitors will be given a map of the 15 or so around the school.
SaukValley.com |
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Free-speech advocates challenge new Ind. anti-porn law
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Museum of Art is teaming with bookstores, publishers and the ACLU of Indiana to sue over a new law that will require retailers to register with the state and pay a fee if they want to sell sexually explicit material.
Freedom Forum Online |
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Halls alive with color
DIXON -- For 15 years, Dixon High art teacher Lisa Kastello has wanted to turn the school into a canvas. Three years ago, one of her students, Cole Martin, was allowed to create a mural of a skull circled by thorns and roses on one wall.
SaukValley.com |
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Recycled art contest open to youths-adult
ELKHART -- The Elkhart EnviroCorps will hold a Recycled Art Contest June 14 in conjunction with the Rhapsody in Green festival.
South Bend Tribune |
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Nickerson Mansion now the Driehaus Museum
CHICAGO -- The restoration of the Samuel M. Nickerson Mansion has been completed and the mansion, 40 E. Erie St., to be known as the Richard H. Driehaus Museum, will open its doors to the public June 1.
South Bend Tribune |
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Artists sought to apply for the 2009-10 season
SAGINAW, Mich. -- Saginaw Valley State University's Art Gallery is seeking artists to consider for exhibition during the 2009-10 exhibit season.
South Bend Tribune |
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Visually Impaired Children Experience Himalayan Art Through a Special Multi-Sensory Tour at the Rubin Museum of Art
New Database of Events from AFB and NAPVI Offers Similar Activities for Visually Impaired Children in New York City
PR Newswire via Yahoo! News |
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Haunting Ledger portrait wins award
A haunting portrait of the late actor Heath Ledger has taken out the people's choice award at Australia's Archibald Prize exhibition.
Stuff |
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New Bedford Symphony Orchestra plans season finale
The New Bedford Symphony Orchestra will conduct a spectacular season finale “Enduring Masterpieces” at 8 p.m., Saturday, May 10, at the historic Zeiterion Performing Arts Center, 684 Purchase St.
The Marion Sentinel |
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Children's Square sculptures to depict founding event
Staff photo/Tom McMahon - John Lajba with his Christian Home – Children’s Square U.S.A. sculptures. Tuesday, the artist unveiled the three pieces that depict a father leaving his three children with Rev. J.G. and Florence Lemen in 1892 – an event that led to the home’s establishment one year later.
Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil |
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San José Firefighter Competes On American Gladiator
This season's premier of the NBC show American Gladiator will feature San José Firefighter Elena Maskalik as a contestant.
NBC 11 Bay Area |
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Former Remax mural could get a facelift
What was once a contentious mural—and is now a perplexing one—might get a facelift soon to become a viable part of Crescent City's many large wall-paintings scattered throughout the community.
The Daily Triplicate |
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Tribute to local photography legend, Jim Erickson
Jim Erickson, a Devils Lake legend in the photography business, passed away this week at his Plymouth, Minn. home. He had been afflicted with Alzheimers Disease.
Devils Lake Journal |
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Dario Robelto attempts, and fails, to open a new eye onto the life of Emma Frye
At the Frye, Dario Robelto's attempt to humanize the museum's matriarch falters; at Seattle Asian Art Museum, Su-Mei Tse succeeds in luring the casual viewer.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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Watertown's New Sweet Spot
Everything is on display at La Palette bakery in Watertown-not only the artistic pastries and cakes made from scratch by co-owner Carlos Perez and his mother, Debbie Perez, but also the creations in the bakery's gallery done by various artists.
Litchfield County Times |
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