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Corel Celebrates Earth Day 2008 with the ''Your World, Your Voice'' Contest
OTTAWA----Corel Corporation, a leading developer of graphics, productivity and digital media software, today celebrates Earth Day with the launchdebut of the "Your World, Your Voice" Contest on www.corel.com/yourworld.
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Jerome Sans, Cultural Curator for Le Meridien Hotels & Resorts, Appointed Director of Ullens Center of Contemporary ...
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.----Today it was announced that Jerome Sans, Cultural Curator for Le Meridien Hotels and Resorts, has been appointed Director of Ullens Center of Contemporary Art in Beijing.
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Synchrotron light unveils oil in ancient Buddhist paintings from Bamiyan
The world was in shock when in 2001 the Talibans destroyed two ancient colossal Buddha statues in the Afghan region of Bamiyan. Behind those statues, there are caves decorated with precious paintings from 5th to 9th century A.D. The caves also suffered from Taliban destruction, as well as from a severe natural environment, but today they have become the source of a major discovery. Scientists ...
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TUESDAY'S CALENDAR
The National WWII Museum Events 945 Magazine St. The new exhibit "Real to Reel: Hollywood and WWII" featuring, artifacts, images, war-era movie posters, clips from selected movies, cartoon and shorts and runs through Aug. 31. Call 527-6012, ext. 229. Hours are 9 a.m.-5.
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Warm day on river makes for fun festival
Even the fish go free as Richmonders, others gather to mark Earth Day.
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BENTONVILLE : Latest Crystal Bridges model fills in details
BENTONVILLE — A new three-dimensional model of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art shows what the building will look like as the structure ages over the next few decades. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Northwest Edition)
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Evolution of an institution
BENTONVILLE — Walk the bowels of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art’s temporary space at The Massey building near the downtown Bentonville Square and it’s immediately apparent just how quickly Alice Walton’s vision of a world-class art institution is working its way toward reality. (Benton County Daily Record)
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Ancient funerary urn returned to Greece
A 2,400-year-old funerary urn has been returned to Greece and put on display, part of a campaign to reclaim illegally exported antiquities from museums and art dealers around the world.
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Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Centre joins prestigious IMEX 2008 as corporate exhibitor
Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company has announced that it has exhibited at IMEX 2008, the prestigious international exhibition for incentive travel, meetings and events, from April 21 to 22 in Frankfurt, Germany.
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Ancient funerary urn returned to Greece
ATHENS, Greece -- A 2,400-year-old funerary urn has been returned to Greece and put on display, part of a campaign to reclaim illegally exported antiquities from museums and art dealers around the world.
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Edgmon, art students to present spring exhibit
BELLA VISTA — The Studio Building behind Wishing Springs Gallery will host an art exhibit Friday and Saturday. Featured will be artist/instructor Susan Edgmon and her students. (Benton County Daily Record)
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Public displays of art draw affection
Shoppers strolling through the Prudential Center were treated to a concert Friday afternoon, when College of Fine Arts graduate student Maria Pikoula gave a free piano performance in the mall.
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PRESERVING PUEBLO'S PAST
These activities have been scheduled by local organizations in observance of Preservation Month in May. Saturday - El Pueblo History Museum’s “On the Road to Denver’s Little Italy.” May 1 - Program on rock art by archaeologist Larry Loendorf, 7 p.m., Robert H. Rawlings Public Library, 100 E. Abriendo Ave., held in conjunction with May 2-4 Rock Art Symposium in La Junta. More information ...
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Rock art subject of lecture, symposium
The archaeologist who's overseeing a project to record rock art in the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site will speak in Pueblo as part of Archaeology and Historic Preservation Month activities. Lawrence Loendorf will speak on "Pigments of the Imagination: Rock Paintings in Canyon de Chelly, Arizona" at 7 p.m. May 1 at Robert H. Rawlings Public Library. The public is welcome to attend his lecture at ...
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Gordon snaps up regional photography title
A BRIGHOUSE amateur photographer has been awarded a top prize for his pictures. (17/04/2008)
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Museums feel economic pinch
NEW YORK -- When the J. Paul Getty Trust in Los Angeles was seeking to finance the purchase of art works, it did what cultural institutions often do to raise money: It issued bonds. ... - By KAREN MATTHEWS The Associated Press
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Wacom(R) Introduces Major Innovations in Capacitive Touchscreen Technology
Wacom announced today a major innovation in capacitive touchscreen technology, called Reversing Ramped Field Capacitive (RRFC) touch, that will be publicly unveiled at the International Society for Information Display Exhibition, booth #1129, May 20 to 22, 2008 in Los Angeles, California.
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Embedded Technology 2008 (ET2008) Event Expected to Draw Record Attendees and Exhibitors, Set to Open November 2008 in ...
Japan Embedded Systems Technology Association with the participation of industry leaders in Japan will be sponsoring the annual Embedded Technology Conference and Exhibition (ET2008) in Yokohama, Japan, November 19 through 21, 2008.
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Tyler Green's modern & contemporary art blog
At right is the Broad Contemporary Art Museum at LACMA. Well, kinda. It's BCAM as seen by the Center for Land Use Interpretation, which wrote up BCAM (kinda) for both the CLUI spring newsletter and "BCAM/LACMA/2008." The link is free; the publication costs $44.
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Activities
TODAY ACRYLIC PAINTING CLASSES TALBOT HOUSE AUXILIARY MEETING NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING SPAGHETTI DINNER PARENTING CLASSES DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY SQUARE AND ROUND DANCE
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Local Lowdown
THUA THIEN-HUE — Artists from across the world are getting ready to compete in the fifth International Sculpture Competition, set to kick off at the Abalone Resort&Spa tourist area in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue’s Phu Vang District on May 1.
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Student art show readies April event
Les Jeunes Amies, a local women’s civic club, is holding its 38th annual art show April 5-6 at the Bayou Teche Trading Co. All students of Iberia Parish — whether private, public or home-schooled — are invited to submit art, said Chérie L. Lord, chairwoman of the event.
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Old made new when photo exhibit arrives
An exhibit encompassing 150 years of photographic technique will be on display at the Iberia Parish library on Main Street beginning Thursday. The collection is called “A Photographic Timeline: Digital, Film and Wet Plate Collodion Images,” and is the work of photographer Bruce Schultz.
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Mansfield Bicentennial Festival will feature Poco
MANSFIELD -- Poco, a nationally known country /rock band will headline the entertainment lineup for a free concert at Mansfield's Bicentennial Festival.
Mansfield News Journal |
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Nicolas Sarkozy Takes on Patronage of Exhibition
Nicolas Sarkozy, the President of the Republic of France is to be patron of the exhibition "Maeght: The Modernist Adventure", which is to take place in the Graphikmuseum Pablo Picasso Münster.
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