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Photo of the Month
The Flagstaff Photography Club has chosen "Sacred Splendor" by club member Annemari Kate Romero as the Photo of the Month for April.
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Young Artists Premiere New Works
Gesturing toward his prize-winning painting at the Hockaday Museum of Art’s high school exhibition, Kenny Yarus paid tribute to the great painters of the Renaissance. He spoke intensely of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, of purity and divinity. He discussed pop culture and the temptation of self-fulfillment.
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Show spotlights local artists
Tucked away in a side alley at the Oceanside Days of Art was a collection of drawings, paintings and sculptures that had aficionados gasping in awe yesterday.
San Diego Union-Tribune |
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Leaving Las Vegas (Art That Is)
The Guggenheim's closing of its gallery in the Venetian Hotel Marks an end. The philosophy of the Guggenheim Hermitage had been to send visitors the message that "you don't have to know anything about this to enjoy it; we're not going to make you feel intimidated," but without dumbing down the art.
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What's Online
Improve your photography skills at this site, which offers critiques and advice.
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April fundraiser helps DEAR
SCOTLAND NECK – Down East Animal Refuge, along with Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Park, held a very successful Doggy/Ducky art fundraiser auction on April 5 at Sylvan Heights in Scotland Neck.
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TORONTO - The rugs from Afghanistan featured in a new exhibition at the Textile Museum of Canada reflect the strife that country has endured over the last three decades.
Brandon Sun |
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Hottest trends in Home Furnishings from Lisa Davenport
(WTNH, April 20, 2008) - Twice a year, Designer Lisa Davenport travels to High Point, North Carolina to attend the "International Home Furnishings Market." And Lisa Davenport of Lisa Davenport's Home Gallery of Glastonbury is back with a preview of some of the hottest finds in interior design.
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Transformed school's teachers blame new principal for problems
Barton Elementary has a lot of "heart teachers."
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The Art and Style of Sara & Gerald Murphy at the Yale University Art Gallery
(WTNH, April 20, 2008) - Sara and Gerald Murphy are best remembered as the American expatriates who inspired F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel "Tender Is the Night." The couple's style, modern in it's appeal became the manifesto for a group of artists including Pablo Picasso, Cole Porter and Ernest Hemingway. The Murphys' are also the subject of a new exhibit at the Yale University Art Gallery.
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Raising 'pennies for penguins'
Humboldt penguins at the Woodland Park Zoo have outlived their 60-year-old home, and plans are underway to build them a state-of-the-art natural exhibit area.
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The New York Times 04/19/08
Painting Small - An Evident Appeal? "In a time of glut and waste on every front, compression and economy have undeniable appeal. And if a great work of art is one that is essential in all its parts, that has nothing superfluous or that can be subtracted, working small may improve the odds."
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More prehistoric artifacts found in Sarangani cave
GENERAL SANTOS CITY - Archeologists from the National Museum have uncovered more artifacts at a recently discovered cave in Maitum, Sarangani believed to be dating back to prehistoric times, it was learned yesterday.
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Costanilla: Diego Salvador soap as teleseries
YOURS truly had the privilege of witnessing a historic event over the weekend. I was there when Gov. Gwen Garcia and Vice Gov. Greg Sanchez Jr. formally opened the Tuburan municipal museum, which is housed in the former town hall. I gathered that the edifice, which was finished in 1889, used to be the house of the Tabotabos.
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Turkish film scoops top annual award at Istanbul film festival
The 27th Istanbul International Film Festival awarded on Saturday its most prestigious prize, the Golden Tulip, to "Yumurta" (Egg) by Turkish film-maker Semih Kaplanoglu for best film of the year.
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Art from Within at St James Cavalier
An exhibition of pictures from artists of the Art Brut Scene in Austria is to be held at the St James Cavalier upper galleries between May3rd and June 15th. The exhibition will offer an overview of the work of the psychosocial institutions of all nine provinces of Austria as it has developed over the last few years. It started with the experiences and knowledge of the psychiatrist Leo ...
Maltamedia.com Daily News |
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Tucson school studies Chavez
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) _ Visitors to a south Tucson charter school will see a special sculpture of Mexican-American labor activist Cesar Chavez when they enter, but Chavez's influence on the students goes beyond first impressions.
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The hard and the supple
OMNIBUS TOUCHES, the exhibit that runs until April 30 at the Galerie Hans Brumann in Greenbelt, Makati wraps the firm and the supple into one. The show featuring the works of sculptor Ovvian Castrillo and the paintings of Fernando Modesto offers the viewers a unique sense of the yin and the yang.
The Manila Times |
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Sand Sculpture In Keys Celebrates Earth Day
A message in celebration of Mother Earth has been spelled out in the sand at the Cheeca Lodge Resort in Islamorada.
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Review: 'Woman on the Beach' a deft, beautiful portrait (April 20)
One of world cinema's most underappreciated talents, South Korean director Hong Sang-Soo inexplicably has failed to make it outside the festival circuit. His latest follows the exploits of a film director who casually romances two women without considering the consequences.
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Face book for sock monkeys
Ron Warren has been the director of the Mary Boone Gallery for 24 years and there's no question that contemporary art is his thing. But then he started in with the sock monkeys.
New York Daily News |
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Arts commission nears reality in Urbana
URBANA – A compromise ordinance creating a public arts commission is headed for a final vote Monday night before the city council. The final version, worked out in a series of meetings between Mayor Laurel Prussing and Alderwoman Danielle Chynoweth, does not include a recommended level of funding for a public arts program and gives the city council final approval over any works of art to be ...
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Simon and Yasmin Le Bon lead the guests as Tim Jefferies marries
The crème de la crème of Britain's social scene gathered together on Saturday to celebrate the wedding of art dealer Tim Jefferies and his gorgeous fiancée, Swedish model Malin Johansson.
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Enjoy some dinner with your documentaries
ASHEVILLE -- Flood Gallery Fine Art Center will host "Dinner & a Documentary" with work from conceptual artist Mel Chin at 6:30 p.m. April 24.
Asheville Citizen-Times |
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Away we Go:
May 3 and 4: Civil War Living History Re-enactment at the Carroll County Farm Museum, 500 S. Center St., Westminster. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 3, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 4.
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