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Spied potential
Doreen Nasato, who lives in Pinecrest, invited her granddaughter Brittani Silvestre of Toronto to visit and paint something on her guest bedroom wall. Silvestre, 18, has never had apainting lesson. “I’ve seen sketches and things she’d done in the past, and I thought she was quite good, so I said ‘Sure.
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SNAKES, SNAILS AND COILS
Bluffton Elementary School third- and fourth-grade gifted and talented art students discovered recently that snakes of clay can be put to good use as art. Don’t try to drink from these vessels, though. The only liquid they’ll hold is liquid glass — in the form of the specialty glazes that provide their color.
Bluffton Today |
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Jessica puts best foot forward
THE work of an art graduate from Mayo has been on display at the ‘Best in Show’ exhibition in The Digital Hub in Dublin for the past week.
Western People |
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Stage Door Gallery holds exhibit
Lovely music played by Tony Sacco and Mark Jensen offered a warm welcome to guests at the Stage Door Gallery's opening of the Holiday Show last Saturday night. A taste of foods from around the world added a special touch. The event was sponsored by Wendell Distributing Co., Inc., of Cape Charles.
Eastern Shore News |
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Lupe: A Swiss-Indian exhibition that blends stories with art
Storytelling is a form of art. And, in times of terror, offers a healing touch.
Calcutta News |
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Local original artworks make great presents
Art. This little word has the power to scare normally intelligent people. But, as the saying goes, "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" and that is how art should be viewed.
Daily Gleaner |
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Gallery Awaits a Reluctant (to Sit) Cuomo
Fourteen years after leaving the governor's office, Mario M. Cuomo is still refusing to sit for his official portrait.
New York Times |
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Art museum expansion on track
Plans for the expansion of the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art moved forward Tuesday when the University of Oklahoma Board of Regents approved the $13 million budget for the project.The addition will provide space for the new gallery and associated archive storage area on the second floor to display, store and curate Southwest and Native American works of art included in the Eugene B.
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Surveying the landscape of a changed industry
While two B.C. festivals celebrate film and music, players behind the scenes thrash out how their businesses can survive
The Globe and Mail |
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Gifts, goodies fair at VES Saturday
YORK and#8212; When the Festival of Lights parade is over this Saturday, Dec. 6, residents are invited to head up York Street to Village Elementary School for a "gifts and goodies" fair sponsored by the school's parent group, PAWS (Parents Active with...
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A multicultural swirl of Africa, the Americas and even outer space
A decade ago exhibitions linking Africa and the Americas were not uncommon. They are now, though, which may be one reason that "S & M: Shrines and Masquerades in Cosmopolitan Times" looks so fresh.
International Herald Tribune |
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$621 million Capitol Center opens
Hundreds of visitors got their first look at the Capitol Visitor Center — an underground museum and now the first stop for people touring Congress — as it opened yesterday, three years late and $360 million over budget.
Honolulu Advertiser |
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Watts to strip off for painting
Hollywood actress Naomi Watts is to strip for a nude painting by a top Australian artist.
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Television - Entertainment
A frustrated Wellington artist has started her own gallery after she got sick of trying to find somewhere to exhibit her work.
Scoop.co.nz |
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Foreigners flock to Nagaland to witness Hornbill festival
Kohima, Dec 3 : When other nations are calling back their citizens from India following the terror attacks in Mumbai, over 200 foreigners are presently touring Nagaland.
New Kerala |
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KidsWork Museum offering sneak peek to families
They are like kids at Christmas: They just can't wait to play with all the neat, new stuff.
The Lincoln-Way Sun |
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Go Christmas Shopping At This Auction
The Fairgrove Family Resource Center auction includes art, jewelry...even a storage shed!
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Museum gift shop will be missed, but it’s gone for good reasons
Wed, Dec 3, 2008 (2 a.m.) The Las Vegas Art Museum closed its gift shop over the summer. Almost $10,000 worth of merchandise was marked down. What didn’t sell was placed on eBay or sold through other outlets. It’s enough to make anti-consumerists raise fists of joy this holiday season.
Las Vegas Sun |
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Painting lets artist relive his past
When you're a professional artist trying to get your work out to people, even a realty office will do. "I'm learning, as an artist, you take whatever opportunity you can get," Oak Park artist Jay Boeldt said. "If I'm storing it on my own in my studio, nobody is able to appreciate it." Several of Boeldt's pieces are on display at the William B. Sullivan Realty office, 107 N. Marion St. Sullivan ...
River Forest Forest Leaves |
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Chief who set new course for LVMA is out, suddenly
Libby Lumpkin, executive director of the Las Vegas Art Museum and key player in the museum’s new direction, abruptly resigned on Tuesday.
Las Vegas Sun |
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Tipping point — Brighton girls open season with win - with photo gallery and video
BRIGHTON — Tuesday's season opener for the Brighton girls basketball team didn't win many style points, but the Bulldogs didn't care.
Livingston County Daily Press & Argus |
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Art Galleries
Go Figure Norton Gallery show for December is "Go Figure!" by William Bruner. Figurative works in pastel. Through Dec. 31, 6-8 p.m. Free. For more information, call Joy Chase at 650-965-1879 or e-mail joyjoy@gmail.com or visit www.pacificartleague.org . Pacific Art League, 668 Ramona St., Palo Alto
Palo Alto Weekly |
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Night sky: a free art gallery
You've seen it in depicted in artwork: the rings of Saturn, the cloud belts of Jupiter. But what if you had the chance to see the real thing?
Arizona Daily Wildcat |
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Penn State Dean: Journalism School Degree More Valuable Than Ever
Thirty-two years ago, I walked into the newsroom of The Geneva (N.Y.) Times and asked for a job. I couldn't type. I could barely write. I had no photography or design skills. I had never taken a journalism class.
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In retirement he was drawn to art
After retiring as the national advertising manager for Woolworths, Alan Holroyd (below) enrolled at the Sydney Gallery School at Meadowbank TAFE. Five years later he graduated with an advanced diploma in fine arts majoring in painting.
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