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Museum program attracts students
Kayla Duncan puts the finishing touches on her homemade mug in a pottery workshop at the Huntington Museum of Art during a class outing. CHESAPEAKE — They squished. They poked. They prodded. They twirled. All in the name of art.
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Human Cadavers: Art or Exploitation? - 5/21/2008
CINCINNATI (AP) - Some members of Congress think there ought to be a law against a popular but controversial exhibit of plasticized human cadavers. "Bodies ...
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All contents, unless so noted, ©2008 Estes Park Trail-Gazette
Through May 24 — “Native Visions” at the Cultural Arts Council Fine Art Gallery, 304 E. Elkhorn Avenue, featuring paintings by William Sitting Bull, great-great grandson of Chief Sitting Bull. Also on exhibit, the hand-carved wood clocks by sculptor William O. Zelt; 586-9203, www.estesarts.com.
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Denver sprucing up its public art ahead of Dem convention
DENVER (AP) - Denver is spending about $200,000 to spruce up some of its public art ahead of this summer's Democratic National Convention. Seven prominent pieces are being cleaned, repainted and repaired in preparation for the August convention.
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Lee Rosenbaum's cultural commentary
Martin Bailey 's report last week in the Art Newspaper about the damage to a 500-year-old panel painting by Domenico Beccafumi at London's National Gallery (which "slipped out of its temporary frame and dropped to the ground," breaking in half) brought to mind a major 2002 mishap at the Metropolitan Museum---the unfortunate fall of "Adam," a 15th-century sculpture by Venetian artist Tullio ...
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American Legion Auxiliary announce winners of Poppy Poster Contest
Sixth grade students at Gehlen Catholic School showed their support of veterans of all wars by participating in the American Legion Auxiliary's annual Poppy Poster contest.
Le Mars Daily Sentinel |
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Rated R
For its latest exhibition, Galerie Václava Špály has redecorated its windows to make the Národní street establishment resemble a sex shop, or even a brothel. So it’s not surprising that the gallery is currently attracting a greater variety of visitors, and in greater numbers, than usual.
The Prague Post |
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Art expo planned at B-P Middle School
PERTH — Broadalbin-Perth Middle School will host an Arts and Science Expo from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday in the cafeteria. The event will feature more than 1,000 pieces of artwork created by sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade students.
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Antioch Digest
Get artsy ANTIOCH – The 21st annual Student Art Festival will take place from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, April 25, at Antioch Community High School, 1133 Main St. (Route 83).
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Students shine during annual art festival
WAUCONDA – Using a paint brush, Matt Krajniak manipulated black ink on a white piece of paper during an artists workshop at Wauconda High School.
Lake County Journals |
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TVOTR, Justice, Raconteurs, CSS Do Treasure Island
Eye patches, parrots, pirate patois, and-- oh yes-- more sweet indie rock/dance acts than you can shake a peg leg at: it's the Treasure Island Music Festival , returning to the historic San Francisco island September 20 and 21.
Pitchfork |
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Powerfully stylish
Eastern European fashion meets Southeast American Indian function at the Tennessee Valley Art Center's newest exhibit.
The Florence Times-Daily |
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Indiana Jones' Precursors
Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and its predecessors owe a lot to the movie serials director Steven Spielberg watched as a boy. Here's a gallery of some of the films that may have inspired him
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Arkansas League of Artists to present annual member show
The Arkansas League of Artists presents its Annual Member Show at the Arkansas Arts Center Community Gallery at the Terry House June 6-29, 2008.
The Log Cabin Democrat |
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Neptune Beach fields complaints about festival crowd
Comments ( No comments posted. ) Too many unruly people were Dancin’ in the Street at this year’s festival, according to citizen complaints. The annual festival, held at Town Center where Neptune Beach and Atlantic Beach meet, has drawn crowds for 22 years.
Beaches Leader |
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Once-mighty NGV yearns to restore buying power
The most-oft heard phrase at the National Gallery of Victoria's St Kilda Road home yesterday was "buying power". In recent years, it has been absent from the NGV.
The Age |
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Students compete in art contest
When Betty Michael called Arts United for Davidson County to inquire about a local artist who might be interested in designing a logo for her new dog-treat business and illustrating a children's book she was working on, art teacher Melinda Hedrick said she had a better idea.
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Thomasville has new art gallery
THOMASVILLE For artists to have their own venue to showcase their artwork, Dr. Joe Hedgpeth opened an art gallery in Thomasville."It gives local artists a way to display their talents," he said. "Instead of having 20 paintings in their home under the beds and in the closet, they have somewhere to sell it."
The Lexington Dispatch |
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Khaldun Bypasses Curragh Contest
Ibn Khaldun will miss the Boylesports Irish 2000 Guineas on Saturday.
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Paradigm(TM) Donates E&P Software to Kyungpook National University in South Korea
Paradigm , a leading provider of enterprise software solutions to the global oil and natural gas exploration and production industry, announces a donation of Paradigm software to the department of geology at Kyungpook National University in South Korea.
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Total Exploration Production makes a 120 TFlops step with SGI to accelerate exploration decisions
In a global effort to extract the greatest value from subsurface oil and gas reservoirs, the Exploration and Production Branch at French oil and gas leader Total recently expanded its already extensive computing and storage capabilities with SGI technology.
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Taste of India set June 21-22 in Chester
The fifth annual Taste of India festival will be June 21-22 from noon to 9 p.m. at the Cultural Center of India, 6641 Ironbridge Parkway in Chester. The event gives the metro Richmond and Tri-Cities areas a glimpse of Indian culture through diverse Indian cuisine as well as Indian handicraft, art, music and dance. Visitors will be able to taste authentic Indian cooking, from chicken curry; lamb ...
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The MURAL Of The Story
Muralist Hans de Castellane of Harwich, whose first gallery show will open on June 7 at the Wynne/ Falconer Gallery in Chatham, is a night owl. This is handy for an artist who is often called upon to decorate a business after hours.
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Stolen, recovered and mended "Scream" back on view
OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian painter Edvard Munch's "The Scream" goes back on display this week after repairs to the masterpiece which was stolen in 2004 and recovered by police two years later, museum officials said on Wednesday.
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Indiana's First Renaissance to be Unveiled...
The "Hoosier" state prepares to unveil its first Renaissance near Carmel's premier Arts and Design District on Friday, May 30, 2008 during a ribbon cutting ceremony with Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard and other key dignitaries. The Renaissance Hotel is part of Marriott International's distinctive full-service hotel brand and the first for Cincinnati, Ohio based, Winegardner & Hammons, Inc., one of ...
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