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Art students butt out
San Benito High School's Tobaction club, a group of students who are spreading the word about the hazards of smoking, announced the winners of the 2008 anti-smoking poster contest. The club members selected top winners and several honorable mentions.
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Pittsburgh graffiti writer admits causing $300K in damages
A Pittsburgh man admits causing nearly $300,000 in damages by spray painting graffiti around the city.
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Pittsburgh graffiti writer admits causing $300K in damages
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A Pittsburgh man admits causing nearly $300,000 in damages by spray painting graffiti around the city. Twenty-2-year-old Daniel Montano pleaded guilty to dozens of graffiti-related charges Friday in Allegheny County Court.
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Museum remembers famed residents
The south end of the parlor at the Harlan Lincoln House contains a red couch reupholstered by a volunteer three years ago and an artist’s rendition of the Lincoln family, who never posed for a photo together. MPN photo by Mira Cash-Davis.
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Fashion Institute's exhibit 'Aesthetes, Bohemians & Craftsmen' to open May 20
FIDM's outfits are the rebel's answer to the Gamble House's stiff Victorian fashion on display. "DATE this for me," challenges Kevin Jones, pointing to a caftan zigzagged with furious streaks of color.
Los Angeles Times |
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Engineers come to art's rescue
New project aims to give cracked London sculpture a second chance.
Nature |
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SWITZERLAND RETURNS PLUNDERED CONSTABLE PAINTING TO JEWISH FAMILY
GENEVA, May 16, 2008 (AFP) - A Geneva art gallery will return a 19th century painting by British landscape artist John Constable to relatives of French Jews 65 years after it was stolen and auctioned in wartime occupied France, local official said Friday.
Tocqueville Connection |
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Your community in brief (May 16)
SafeHaven art auction set for Saturday The second annual Art for the Paws Silent Auction for SafeHaven Humane Society will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at Mona Lisa’s Frame Shop in the Albany Fred Meyer Plaza.
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Everyday shapes turned into art
One thing art can do is slow you down. You've got to stop, look, savor. On a recent morning at the Gallery at Carillon not many were doing that. It's in the lobby of the Carillon building on West Trade and most people hurried by. There's reason to stop, besides Jean Tinguely's suspended sculpture, “Cascade.” The exhibit “Object-Based: The Familiar Object as Metaphor” features five artists, ...
The Charlotte Observer |
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Kiwanis Festival stars show why they are winners
An enthusiastic crowd in the gymnasium of Northwestern Secondary School were treated to an array of performances featuring some of the top performers from the 2008 Kiwanis Festival of the Performing Arts on Monday.
Stratford City Gazette |
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Ont. premier's arts prize expands to include arts organizations
Ontario is expanding the Premier's Award, its fledgling arts honour, to recognize not only individual creators but arts organizations as well. Nominees include writer Afua Cooper, composer Alex Pauk and the Hot Docs film fest.
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E.L. art fest: What you need to know to go
» Parking: A commuter lot will be on Service Road, just west of Hagadorn Road. » Buses: Every 10 minutes, a CATA bus will start at the Service Road lot and go up Hagadorn, turning west on Grand River Avenue. These festival buses are 50 cents for round-trip, free for kids 42 inches or less.
Eaton Rapids Community News |
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Bush signs legislation for National Museum of the American Latino
The National Hispanic Media Coalition joins citizens across the country today in congratulating Congressman Xavier Becerra (CA-31) for the passage of bill H.R.512. The bill, sponsored by Becerra and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, in the House of Representatives, establishes a commission to study the feasibility of a National Museum of the American Latino and brings the nation one step closer to ...
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The Oregon District's Link Gallery is showcasing local artists in current exhibition.
Why go outside of the wregion to find great art, when Dayton artists produce wonderful works right here close to home? That's the philosophy of Kaye Carlile and Susanne Scherette King, owners of Link Gallery, one of the newest art venues in the Oregon District.
Dayton Daily News |
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Student recital at Huntington Museum of Art for May 17
A student recital takes place at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 17, 2008, at the Huntington Museum of Art’s Grace Rardin Doherty Auditorium. Admission is free.
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Step into a whimsical world
The Arkansas City Area Arts Council will host an exhibit May 12-June 14 showcasing the work of local artist Howard R. Levy, of Arkansas City. An artist reception will be held in Levy's honor from 5:30-7 p.m. today, at the refurbished Burford Theatre in downtown Ark City.
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WindMark Beach Hosts “Great Paint Out”
The St. Joe Company's WindMark Beach community held its annual Plein Air arts event, The Great Paint Out, on May 9-10, at the Gallery in WindMark Beach's Town Center.
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Over 100 Paintings Hung in Plein Air Wet Room
Vince Bishop, guardian of the 2008 Plein Air wet room at the Cotton Exchange, said plein air painters have already been very busy this year. On Monday, there were already 115 paintings on display, 65 of which were painted this year.
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Under African eyes
Lurking behind an office door at London’s October Gallery is a thin, rough, pale wooden figure, nearly two metres high, topped with a cheap doll’s head that has been charred black, its hair scorched into an Afro fright-wig.
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Millionaires queue for new paintings from Lucian Freud
In his Holland Park studio Lucian Freud is working night and day, seven days a week, on four new paintings.
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Acclaimed dancer joins Vail Dance Festival lineup
VAIL, Colorado — Acclaimed former Martha Graham principal dancer Fang-Yi Sheu has joined the all star list of performers for the 2008 Vail International Dance Festival’s Opening Night musical and dance performance, Sunday, July 27 at the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater.
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Release the Orphan Works! Electronic Frontier Foundation
Orphan works legislation has returned to Congress, and the controversy surrounding the bill is just as heated as it was the last time around, in 2006. While a broad coalition of libraries, museums, independent filmmakers, public interest groups, and commercial arts organizations such as the RIAA and the MPAA back the bill, several prominent visual artists’ organizations have been rallying their ...
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BFAST season starts Saturday
Comments ( No comments posted. ) The first of this season’s three Beaches Fine Arts Series sprint triathlons is scheduled for Saturday beginning and ending at Mickler’s Landing in Ponte Vedra Beach.
Beaches Leader |
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Search Biz: Guerilla Artists Protest Google, Search Tops Online Spending Categories, Google Potentially Moving Mini To ...
Other than discussion of online advertising revenues, it's an all-Google day for Search Biz: rumors of Google Mini being replaced by a hosted solution, a "public art" protest about Google doing business with the Chinese government and speculation about the future of consumer marketing at Google. Click to continue reading...
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It's Fringe Festival time
It's the 17th annual Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival, the 12-day celebration of everything onstage -- plays, musicals, dance, comedy, music, performance art and just about anything else that moves. Read the most recent reviews by Sentinel Theater Critic Elizabeth Maupin to find out what's worth watching.
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