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Watch ‘Arts in Bloom’ This Sunday in Sparks
The City of Sparks is hoping you'll stop by this year's ‘Arts in Bloom' Festival this Sunday at the Sparks Marina. This year's free event is sponsored by Reno Lawn and Landscape and Channel 2. It's expected to draw in 6,000 people.
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art Till May 9 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, #6550 8418; 10.30 am - 6.30 pm:
Figurative Expressions , an exhibition of the works by Kamalaksha Gangopadhyay, Sanatan Dinda, Subrata Pal, Shyamal Mukherjee, Prakash Karmakar, Suhas Roy, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Sibsaday Chaudhuri, Gourango Beshai, Bratin Khan and Ramananda Bandyopadhyay.
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Study in contrasts anchors Elderwood art show
ELDERWOOD -- Life isn't always black and white, but for a group of artists, the contrasting shades were the impetus for continuing a relaxed art show in a rural setting.
The Fresno Bee |
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Callum Arnold: a New Zealand painter to watch
Forget what you know about New Zealand's tradition of landscape paintings in oil. Highly-regarded Christchurch based painter Callum Arnold is challenging the traditional portrayal of our landscape as static – and his work is getting noticed.
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Bair Museum supports anxious for re-opening
"It's a beautiful place in the middle of nowhere"
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HC relief to Husain
New Delhi, May 8 (PTI): M.F. Husain today got a relief when Delhi High Court quashed criminal proceedings against the artist for allegedly hurting public sentiments through some of his nude paintings.
The Telegraph |
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Old Garden Tools Make Great Folk Art
Folk art takes many forms, anything from cigar-store Indians to bottle-cap figures and carved coal pictures. It is the art of the untrained artist, and each piece is unique.
Hartford Courant |
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Miami grad makes Cannes-bound film
SYRACUSE, Ind. — With his first feature film's acceptance into the Cannes Film Festival, perhaps the world's premiere event of its kind, Miami University graduate Jimmy Conroy II is already looking ahead to the Oscars. \
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Forward.com
The 15th letter of the Hebrew alphabet will be getting a lot of attention this year. The samech, which represents the number 60, has taken form in California as an 8-feet tall, 400-pound sculpture.
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Community Briefs (5/9)
The Festival of Lights is gearing up for its Eighth Annual Charity Golf Tournament at the Foothills Golf Course on Saturday, June 7. This four-person scramble with a 7 a.m. shotgun start will benefit the Festival of Lights and the Kiwanis Club of Ahwatukee.
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Siouxlanders Get Chance To Showcase 'Talent' At Artsplash
An exciting addition is in store for this year's Artsplash. The art oriented festival along Sioux City's riverfront is expanding to include a "Talent Splash."
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'4 Months' may be a lot longer than one would assume
Although a very artistic film, "4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days" is a hard film to recommend due to its unconventional narrative style, which could jar most viewers. Winner of the Palme D'Or at last year's Cannes Film Festival, this Romanian film takes place in the 1980s and follows Otilia (Anamaria Marinca) as she tries to get her college roommate, Gabita (Laura Vasiliu), an abortion, an illegal ...
The Equinox |
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Young artists show their stuff
Ninth-grader Manuel Estrada plans to take an art class or two after seeing what Smith-Cotton High School had to offer at this year’s art show. “I think I’d like to take a class about painting,” he said. “I like to draw people. I just feel more calm when I draw.
Sedalia Democrat |
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Art sale to benefit Lemont Center for the Arts
The Art and Cultural Commission of Lemont will kick off its building fund for the Lemont Center for the Arts with a Community Art Exhibit and Sale from 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday at the Front Street Lofts on Stephen Street in downtown Lemont.
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The Neon hosts Dayton's first African World Film Festival
"Tsosti," the 2006 Academy Award winner for best foreign language film, is the opening selection of Dayton's first African World Film Festival, to be held May 16-18 at the Neon theater in Dayton.
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Works join battle for £2m arts project
The five proposed art works that will compete for Britain's largest public art commission were unveiled yesterday - and ordinary shoppers are to play a part in deciding the competition's outcome.
Financial Times |
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Jackson Action
The post-flood gallery is larger but has maintained the same welcoming feel and is filled with work from many of the same artists that graced the original.
The Reader |
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Local artist finds beauty in functional forms
From May 9 to June 21, artist Danny Mulvena will be displaying an exhibit of paintings entitled "Recent Yellow Works" at Sun Studio on E. 8th Street in Front Royal.
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MHS senior art show to honor longtime teacher Farrell
Marblehead High senior Erin Depew has organized the James Farrell Senior Art Exhibit, an event planned for Friday, May 16, 5-7 p.m., to honor Farrell, a longtime art teacher who is retiring at year’s end.
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Thursday, May 8, 2008 News Summary
A Norris City man has been reunited with his mother, whom he believed to be dead, and his brother-neither of whom he had seen for a half-century. A Carmi man shared his experiences as a world traveler with a local audience. Copper has been stolen from a Crossville warehouse. Coming up in Carmi are a middle school concert (Thursday night) and a high school concert and art show (Tuesday night).
The Carmi Times |
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Paintings stolen 'right off the wall'
In what may be a first in Madison, two paintings were stolen "right off the wall" at a Monroe Street gallery last Friday evening. The search continues for the thief, who onlookers say left Ma Cha Teahouse and Gallery with the artwork around 8:30 p.m. Artist Nina Bednarski had been enjoying a mellow but crowded opening reception for her show "Endangered Beauty" when she noticed that two small ...
The Capital Times |
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From sheer to Eternity
Stay in touch: Christa Hughes's colourful career is taking her to the Sydney Film Festival.
Sydney Morning Herald |
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Friday, May 9, 2008
Talented artists showcased their works at Alliance Francaise on Monday as part of the exhibition hosted by Galerie Karma. Fifteen artists put abstract and landscape art on display at the five-day event.
Deccan Herald |
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Clearing M F Husain, HC slams new Indian puritanism of the ignorant crowd
At 91, painter Maqbool Fida Hussain, forced to live a long self-imposed exile in Dubai, Meanwhile, "deserves to be in his home, painting his canvas."
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HC relief for MF Husain
NEW DELHI, May 8: MF Husain got relief today when the Delhi High Court quashed the criminal proceedings initiated against the eminent artist for allegedly hurting public sentiments through some of his nudist paintings that were dubbed as obscene.
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