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Fallen Heroes Project
Nearly 5,000 American families have lost loved ones in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Michael Reagan is a talented artist from Edmonds who sketches the portraits of fallen soldiers for any family who wants one. He does it for free. As of December 1, Reagan has drawn more than 1435 paintings. Reagan draws at least two portraits a day, sometimes as many as four. He sends them to ...
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Children helping children at pottery studio
Sisters Carter, 6, and Madison Murray, 9, have teamed up to raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation this holiday season by enthusiastically painting original holiday cookie plates.
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Houstonist Flickr Photo of the Day - Just cool clouds on Election Day
Just cool clouds on Election Day by Rustypicstx As the title suggests, just cool clouds! We love the treatment to this cloudy day photo. ________________________________________________________________ If you have a passion for Houston and photography, consider joining a whole bunch of Houston's best photographers in the Houstonist Flickr Photo Group . Each day, Houstonist ...
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Still time to book a place on fascinating festive tours
There is still a number of places available on Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums festive tours at The Tolbooth, Provost Skene's House and Glover House. 2008/12/01 00:00:00
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Oliver Stone Sells Chinese Painting at Tepid Hong Kong Art Sale
Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- A painting by Chinese contemporary artist Tang Zhigang offered by Hollywood director Oliver Stone fetched HK$1.58 million ($203,817) at a Hong Kong auction that was marked by slow bidding and a flight to works by masters.
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Connolly collection, including president signatures, to be preserved
Violette Connolly wanted her Spring Street home, known as the “White House,” to become a museum some day. She and her husband, Joseph, were collectors, and among the many books, bric-a-brac, and historical memorabilia they gathered were from Block Island.
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Dallas Artist Laura Elia's Awake Art to Be Featured in RISING gallery's First Solo Exhibition in Knox Street
Dallas artist Laura Elia's works will be exhibited at the first solo artist exhibition at the new RISING gallery www.risinggallery.com, located at 4631 Insurance Road, in Dallas' popular Knox Street area.
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WE HEAR . . .
THAT Martha Stewart, Isaac Mizrahi, Georgina Chapman and Donald Trump are being honored by Avenue magazine Thursday in the Park Avenue Armory at the opening of the Avenue-Wendy Antique & Art Show chaired by Claude Wasserstein, Julie Dannenberg and...
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Exhibit honors history of mills
WILLIAMSTOWN -- With its two art museums, college and numerous businesses and restaurants, this town has come a long way from its manufacturing roots and the Industrial Revolution, but a new exhibit at the House of Local History is designed to bring residents closer to those roots through the history of a local mill slated to be turned into housing.
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New Stone Age artefacts unearthed
An archaeological dig in Russia has unearthed female figurines, carved tools, and a cone-shaped carving of unknown purpose.
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Nelson-Atkins celebrates 75th anniversary
Upon the opening of the Nelson-Atkins Museum December 11, 1933, nearly 8,000 people waited to tour the new museum while the freshly formed Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra made its national debut. In its first month, an estimated 100,000 people visited the museum.
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Conservatory Connections
Something besides hushed whispers and clicking heels filled the air on Nov. 21 in the Abstract Expressions Gallery at the Nelson- Atkins Museum of Art. Music rang throughout the gallery, not from paintings brought to life and spontaneously breaking into song, but from vocalist Stephanie Laws and pianist Michael Pagan performing as part of the museum's Conservatory Connections program.
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Lee Rosenbaum's cultural commentary
Here's hoping that the Metropolitan Museum's new director , Tom Campbell , will hit the ground running when he assumes his prestigious post one month from today. He's been at the institution for 13 years, knows the players, and will have had the benefit of four months of intensive on-site training.
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New Albany Considering Statue Of Community Founder
New Albany officials are considering a bronze sculpture of one of the southern Indiana community's founders to mark the city's bicentennial in 2013.
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Ticket: Art show commemorates World AIDS Day
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Palin campaigns in Ga.’s Senate runoff
Mon, Dec 1, 2008 (10:21 a.m.) Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin implored Georgia Republicans to back Sen. Saxby Chambliss in his hotly contested Senate runoff, telling a cheering crowd Monday that the first step in rebuilding the GOP begins with the Southern state.
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20 Under 40: The art behind finding a second career
Alejandro Garcia owns Comunicar Spanish Language Services in Columbia, but ask him what is his true profession and he’ll say it’s painting. The 2007 20 Under 40 recipient talks about having a second career: Art is not a “hobby” for those who are truly artists. I have always been an artist, though it has been a career that has emerged and connected in other ways to my more visible career as ...
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Tyler Green's modern & contemporary art blog
MAN readers have donated $463 and have fully-funded two DonorsChoose.org arts education projects. (This means that MAN readers are still outperforming the MOCA trustees over a comparable campaign period. It's 463-0. Join the rout!)
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Ike is focus of gallery show
The Art Gallery at College of the Mainland will be showing images from Hurricane Ike by freelance Galveston photographer Calvin Wehrle through Dec 17.
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Jazz News: Grammy Museum at L.A. Live Sets Opening Date
Soon to be added to the nominees for best historical music institution: The Recording Academy has set Dec. 3 as the grand opening for its Grammy Museum in downtown Los Angeles.
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Palin campaigns in Ga.'s Senate runoff
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin implored Georgia Republicans to back Sen. Saxby Chambliss in his hotly contested Senate runoff, telling a cheering crowd Monday that the first step in rebuilding the GOP begins with the Southern state.
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Walk On The Wild Side
The five-story brownstone on New York's Upper East Side might look like a dowager from the street. But there's a flirty, modern gal inside, full of sexy surprises. Take the white, curved staircase that, illuminated by a colossal skylight, glows like a swooping, sensuous sculpture.
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Morsanis Give Tampa Art Museum A $3 Million Boost
Private donations keep rolling in for the new Tampa Museum of Art. On Monday, museum officials announced that Tampa businessman and philanthropist Frank Morsani and his wife, Carol, have pledged a $3 million gift to the museum's capital and endowment campaigns.
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Photo of the Day: December 1, 2008
We see a lot of beautiful pictures of the new Air Force Memorial in the DCist Flickr pool, but rarely do we get to see such a nice shot of the (somewhat similar) sculpture at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center . This is John Safer's Ascent , which sits in the Center's parking lot and was captured by Flickr user lorigoldberg with the luck of some crystal clear ...
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Pencil This In
LAST MINUTE TIX: As part of the Museum of Modern Art’s Modern Monday Series, Thurston Moore will host a film program of David Bowie’s music videos. All in all 15 videos will be screened, and while the event sold out the museum just announced that $5 tickets will be available again at 1 p.m. today at their information desk. More details here . ART: The NYPL's Art Deco Design: Rhythm and ...
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