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ArtsCape draws 3,000
Capaha Park was soaked with sun and creativity at the eighth annual ArtsCape community arts festival Saturday.
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Charlotte police look for missing Angier woman
Sallie Rohrbach, 44, of Angier, was last seen at an art gallery and coffee shop in Charlotte's South End on Friday.
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Missing woman's car found at Bojangles
Charlotte police this morning have found the car of a missing Harnett County woman at a Bojangle's in west Charlotte. Police said Sallie Rohrbach, 44, of Angier, was last seen on Friday at Elder Art Gallery and a coffee shop in a strip mall at 1427 South Blvd. in Charlotte's South End. Rohrbach, who works as an accountant for the N.C. Department of Insurance, was in Charlotte for business. ...
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Pavilion competitions were well supported
Pavilion exhibits again provided the traditional focal point of the Lithgow Show at the weekend, with high quality entries in wide ranging categories.
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Garrels Leaving Hammer For SFMOMA
"Gary Garrels, the highly sought-after curator who has helped raise the profile of the UCLA Hammer Museum in Los Angeles and beyond, is jumping ship. The Hammer snagged Garrels, 56, from the Museum of Modern Art in New York three years ago.
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Mark Morris in pictures
Mark Morris photo exhibit at the Paramount show the choreographer as a consummate performer.
Seattle Times |
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Another Exhibit of Kapampangan Artists
SEEMINGLY braving the young provincial art scene, a group of Kapampangan artists once again wowed mall-goers with an eccentric display of visual arts.
Sun Star |
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African Art Museum Losing Director
"Citing the recent change in the top leadership at the Smithsonian Institution, Sharon F. Patton announced yesterday that she is leaving as director of the National Museum of African Art at year's end.
Arts Journal |
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American Indian artists band for show
Traditional and contemporary styles and media are combined in a new exhibition at the Wilbur D. May Museum to showcase a group of American Indian Great Basin artists.
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Art Briefs
San Luis Obispo “ C entered,” photographs of the Central Coast by Shell Beach resident Tony Hertz, former Telegram-Tribune photographer, will be on display from May 30 to July 6 at the San Luis Obispo Art Center. A reception and slide presentation will take place on June 6 from 6 to 8 p. m. during Art After Dark. Daily gallery hours are 11 a. m. to 5 p. m.; the gallery is closed ...
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Entering a bold, new 'galaxy'
The definition of “galaxy” is something vast—a unit of measure containing about 100 billion solar masses. It other words: massive. This year’s blue-ribbon piece in the exhibit by the same name, however, is quite tiny by comparison. “Sometimes good things come in small packages,” said the show’s juror, Rita Ferri.
The San Luis Obispo Tribune |
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Photographer to sign copies of new book
Denton native and fine art photographer Scot Miller will be signing copies of his new book Cape Cod: Illustrated Edition of the American Classic from 1 to 5 p.m. today at the Sun to Moon Gallery in Carrollton.
Denton Record-Chronicle |
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No gold medal at first National Magic Festival
Artists honoured silver medals at the festival. Nhan Dan Online – After four nights of competition, the first National Magic Festival closed last night with no gold medal awarded.
Nhân Dân |
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'A Journey in Maiolica'
Dotting the richly decorated rooms of Renaissance and 18th-century art and furnishings at the Caramoor House Museum in Katonah, N.Y., are some new, unexpected works of ceramic art.
Norwalk Advocate |
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Painting of black cowboy on cattle drive takes top award at visual arts society contest
You’d think painter Steve Miller might talk in crisp phrases, or that maybe he’d use a 50-cent word or two. He paints with such sensitivity, with such a feel for the minutiae of light and shadow, that you’d expect him to talk about his art like someone who holes up with books, or in the studio.
Denton Record-Chronicle |
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UNT professor to play at Fort Worth art museum
University of North Texas music professor Steve Harlos is set to perform as part of a First Friday event at The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. The concert will take place Aug. 1.
Denton Record-Chronicle |
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Foundation donates $2.5 million for arts programming at EIU
CHARLESTON, Ill. (AP) - A family foundation has donated $2.5 million to help pay for programming at a new arts center at Eastern Illinois University. The Doudna Fine Arts Center is scheduled to open this fall.
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Fourth-grader draws from experience
CORINTH - Cade Hagan may not be a seasoned veteran at 10 years old, but he can still draw on his experiences. His interest in fishing (he has a lake behind the house) gave him the opportunity to win Mississippi’s fourth- through sixth-grade division of the Wildlife Forever State-Fish Art Contest.
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal |
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In Focus: Check out photos from Victoria Day weekend events
To view photos from Victoria Day weekend events in Niagara Falls, click on the May News and Features window under Photo Gallery on the homepage, or follow this link: http://photos.niagarafallsreview.ca/mycapture/folder.asp?event=507813
Niagara Falls Review |
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Queen's Park gets behind Carassauga
An additional $70,000 in funding from Queen's Park will help the organizers of this year's Carassauga festival promote the three-day multicultural celebration as a must-see stop for tourists, says a Mississauga MPP.
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Historical Society present the art of Herb Packard
On Sunday, June 1 from 2 to 4 p.m. an exhibition of the works of local artist Herbert “Herb” Packard will take place at the Fisher School, 830 High St., Westwood.
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SUNDAY MORNING UPDATE: The SHS Television auction schedule of items up for bid
Again this spring, the Swampscott Reporter’s Web site – right here at Wicked Local Swampscott – is providing an online source for what’s going on in the annual Swampscott High School Television auction . Here’s the schedule for the 10th annual Swampscott High School Television auction, airing nightly Monday to Thursday, may 19-22, on Channel 15 on Comcast cable systems and on Channel ...
Swampscott Reporter |
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Northern Notes: Reunion set for May 31
It started four years ago when Del Corner helped five busloads of veterans attend the dedication of the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., and took another busload the following year. In 2007, a float with veterans appeared in the National Cherry Festival, followed by a reunion for about 300 northern Michigan World War II veterans. That's where the idea was born to hold an all-state ...
Traverse City Record-Eagle |
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Students appreciate Parkland prof for sheer artistry of instruction
Like many former students of Don Lake, Judy Ikenberry believes he had a profound influence on her life and art. She saw her skills and confidence improve considerably after she began studying with Lake at Parkland College – and that was after she had taken courses at a museum-affiliated school in a big city.
The Champaign News-Gazette |
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Parkland students offer their mentor a lasting gift
Besides having a scholarship established in his name, retiring Parkland College art Professor Don Lake received a special gift from some of his students. It was a collection of 35 watercolor paintings, all done in the same size by them and organized in a box specially made for the "Don Box Project' by Lincoln Bookbindery in Urbana. The chief organizer of the project was Margaret De Cardy, a ...
The Champaign News-Gazette |
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