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Festival sparks imagination, creativity
When some people see old signs and scrap steel, they see garbage. Lucas Stokes sees canvases and feathers.He used a 4 inch by 4 inch quot for sale quot sign from outside an old apartment building as a canvas for quot The Tavern. quot
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Festival features area's Indian heritage
As a cool breeze whispers softly through the tall treetops along the creek bank outside the Oakville Indian Mounds Park and Museum, it's easy to image a time when only American Indians called the area home.
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Some words well spoken
WORCESTER - Eight Clark University undergraduates each made powerful presentations in the fourth annual Hervey Ross Oratorical Contest, held April 8 in the Little Center Theatre.
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Thousand Oaks Acorn - Datebook
Woodland Hills-Tarzana Chamber of Commerce hosts Food, Wine and Microbrew Festival, Westfield Promenade, corner Erwin and Topanga Canyon boulevards, Woodland Hills. Local restaurants, wineries, microbreweries present tastings. Call for tickets, (818) 704-1358.
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GuelphMercury.com - arts - CALENDAR
Barber Gallery Continuum: Homage to Sand, Stone and Water group show; 167 Suffolk St. W., Guelph; to May 17; 519-824-0821. Cambridge Centre for the Arts Ocean as Vessel: Janet Read; 60 Dickson St., Cambridge; to June 2.
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SARAH SLEAN: ACTOR, PAINTER, MUSICIAN
Sarah Slean could be described as a renaissance woman -- a polymath whose pursuits branch into music, visual art, the sciences and metaphysics. She could also be described as a restless city girl with a short attention span.
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Muralist highlights La Quinta's history
When the new La Quinta Museum opens later this month, artist André Blanché's mural depicting the history of the people of La Quinta will still be a work in progress.
The Desert Sun |
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High desert music fests kick off this weekend
Goldenvoice, promoter of the Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals, has packed up the stages, recycled the water bottles and high-tailed it out of the desert, minus one giant inflatable pig.
The Desert Sun |
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ART exhibits
55 12th Ave. S.E., Cedar Rapids. Iowa Roots, Global Impact: The Life & Legacy of George Washington Carver. Runs until Aug. 4. More information: 319-862-2101.
The Iowa City Press-Citizen |
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Record auction price for Francis Bacon set
A new record was set at auction Wednesday when Francis Bacon's three-panel masterpiece "Triptych, 1976" sold for 86 million U.S. dollars at Sotheby's in New York. ...
People's Daily |
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Cannes fest opens on dark note
The Cannes Film Festival usually starts with a movie that's light and goes down easy. Well, not this time.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT: By Sarah FrostensoThe Hood examines themes of Pop Art with Ruscha, Warhol
Nestled away in a nook on the second floor of the Hood Museum of Art an Andy Warhol silkscreen of Chairman Mao, as irreverent and brash as his pop art renderings of Marilyn Monroe, looms ominously with thick neon lips and cerulean blue jowls. Welcome to the Hood's Pop Art exhibit, "Ruscha and Pop: Icons of the 1960s."
The Dartmouth |
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'Witness to Persecution' Photo Exhibit
PHILADELPHIA-Since 2002, at events all across North America to educate the public about the persecution of Falun Gong in China, a petite woman gingerly moves through the crowds. With a serene count...
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Musicians, fans called to bluegrass festival
Bluegrass musicians and fans of the genre are invited to the Ozark Mountain Bluegrass Festival, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday at the square in downtown Ozark. The free event features performances by several bluegrass bands, jam sessions and an open mic, a classic car display, an art walk, vendors' booths and more. Bring your instruments and lawn chairs or blankets to sit on. For more ...
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Call for Artists: Gen Next III (2008-05-09 - 2008-07-15)
Aakriti Art Gallery in Kolkuta is calling for artists for the exhibition entitled Gen Next III. If you are an aspiring contemporary artist, under 40 years of age, and wish to participate in the next show, you may send a CD containing your recent works along with your detailed profile / resume, marking the envelop to Gen Next III and sending it to the address below by July 15th 2008. Aakriti Art ...
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Secret Portraits (2008-04-04 - 2008-05-31)
Portraits are one of the basic forms of artistic practice. With Secret Portraits the UAVM Museum pretends to reveal that ancient form in the digital age. Secret Portraits refers to an unknown identity, a grateful theme to the Unknown Artist. The secrecy as representation is against individualism of the picture. In this sense the Secret Picture. It's anti-individual. In a sense it's an ...
Absolutearts.com |
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Richard Solstjarna: The Gossamer Lightness of a Gesture (2008-05-15 - 2008-06-02)
Richard Solstjarna, Swedish fine artist, will have a solo exhibition entitled "The Gossamer Lightness of a Gesture" from May 15 until June 2, 2008 at Sala Barna Gallery in Barcelona, Spain. Stig-Ake Stalnacke, International artcritic, from Sweden comments: "Richard Solstjarna fascinates me with his suite of paintings. In some of his art I see the gesture – the rapidly sketched sign, a fleeting ...
Absolutearts.com |
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100 years of 'The Wind in the Willows'
The children's classic has been refreshed with new illustrations to mark its centennial. In 1907, author Kenneth Grahame wrote a series of letters to his young son Alastair about the exploits of four small anthropomorphic animals along the River Thames. Conceived merely as bedtime entertainment for the little boy, these adventures went on to become the basis for one of the most unique and ...
Orlando Sentinel |
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Marc Katano: Eurythmics - A series of large scale paintings (2008-05-14 - 2008-06-28)
Cheryl Pelavin Fine Arts is pleased to present new large scale paintings by Marc Katano. We have worked with Katano for 15 years both as his publisher of monotypes and with exhibitions of his paintings. In our original publications and exhibitions Katano's signature elliptical strokes formed solid or semi- solid ovoid shapes that could be read as leaves layered in space or water. One could ...
Absolutearts.com |
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Mattia Bonetti 2008 - New Work (2008-05-14 - 2008-06-14)
David Gill Galleries is delighted to announce an exhibition of new work by Mattia Bonetti at 3 Loughborough Street London SE11 5RB, 14 May to 14 June, 2008. Mattia Bonetti was one of the first artists to work with David Gill when he established his gallery in Fulham Road in 1987. Now, Bonetti is set to have a solo show at David Gill’s primary space in Loughborough Street, which opened in 1999. ...
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Cash and carry
Carry one away. Bid on a wonderful, whimsical or wacky handbag at the "Power of the Purse" auction, and your contribution will help fund local organizations that address issues of women's health and violence against women. The purses are created by local artists for the event, which is hosted by 100 Women Strong, a giving circle of the Center for Women's Philanthropy. The silent auction and ...
Orlando Sentinel |
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Courrier du Vietnam
Le seul quotidien national de langue française du Vietnam. Éditeur : Agence Vietnamienne d'Information Le 1er Festival national de prestidigitation a été inauguré le 13 mai au Cirque central de Hanoi, avec au programme les interprétations d'une cinquantaine d'artistes de 20 troupes du pays.
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Gone for £43m ... Nightmarish painting smashes auction records for Francis Bacon
A nightmarish Francis Bacon painting sold for a record £43.14 million last night at an auction in New York. Three bidders were involved in the auction for the work called Triptych, 1976. Sotheby's described the painting as a "masterpiece of the 20th century" and the most important work by the British artist in private hands
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students
Local winners of the Tri-County Concert Association’s 66th annual Youth Festival Competition include:
Daily Local News |
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Taking time for artwork
Students ruined a beautiful art engagement book. But the damage was done in the name of art, and thanks to the generosity of Park Cities artist Jennifer Culbertson.
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