Apr 30, 2008 | KATV Little Rock
Add Warmth and Value with Easy Weekend Projects
“You can find a weekend project that's right for your budget, skill level and decorating goals”
You've got a weekend to work with and the inspiration to do something to dress up your home. via KATV Little Rock
Painting illusions to blur the real and the surreal
“My paintings signify what everyone is suffering from these days - illusion. Quite often we fail to distinguish between people who are fake and genuine. From afar, my paintings seem something else - draw closer and it's something else”
Ten steps away from the wall, a woman looks straight at you, her hands resting on a block of wood. via India Gazette
“She didn't get to spend much time with him while he was serving in the Navy”
Sharon Priepke, the mother of a fallen sailor, gazed lovingly at a painting of her son unveiled publicly for the first time Monday. via Fond du Lac Reporter
Your Neighborhood Crime Statistics
For weekly updates on any criminal activity in your area, simply click on the link below. via KERO
Costs, testing cut into field trips
“As people are more and more worried about tests, field trips are going to be a natural thing to go”
Overcast, 46F, feels like 41F, wind is from the west at 9 mph, visibility is 5 miles We have 861 guests online Written by Jeremy P. Meyer, The Denver Post Monday, 28 April 2008 Whiteboards replaced chalkboards, ... via Indiana Gazette Online
Are lice art? Israelis scratch their heads
“The idea is that we live in the museum as their guests, and at the same time we are hosting lice on our heads”
From pickled cows to elephant dung, the art world is no stranger to offbeat ideas. via WNED.org
Inmates' Artwork, Including Skakel's, To Be Shown
“It's a common folk art in prison. People use the materials available”
At first glance, the painting "Faith for George" is perplexing. Who is the boy in the LOVE T-shirt and why is he in some wild place surrounded by animals including a lion, wart hog, zebra and lamb? Why is a ... via Connecticut's WB 20
Ottawa seeks to reduce smog-causing additives in paints
“So, that means they'll have to re-do their decks more often and that sort of thing. "Our question then for government is: If you're increasing the number of applications, are you actually getting an environmental benefit for that?”
So says the federal government as it proposed limits Saturday on the so-called volatile organic compounds , which cause the odour and are found in everything from house paint to nail polish and vehicle ... via The Globe and Mail
Art Gallery of Peel's 35TH Juried Show Opens April 30
“Thanks to all artists who submitted their work, and congratulations to award winners.”
' The Art Gallery of Peel's 35th Juried Show will be exhibited April 30 until June 15 at the Peel Heritage Complex , showcasing 49 works selected from 317 submissions. via The Brampton Guardian
New York cool: A transitional generation is given its due
“The evolution of American art from 1955 to 1965 is reduced to a simplified cliche: the big, sloppy celebration of the self in Abstract Expressionism leads by exhaustion and reaction-formation to the clinical impersonality of Minimalism and Pop.”
NEW YORK : In the art world, geography is destiny. The words "10th Street" are synonymous with gestural abstraction, just as the East Village is shorthand for '80s neo-Expressionism. Eventually rents rise, ... via International Herald Tribune
Indian artist Harsha wins 40,000-pound Artes Mundi Prize
“We based our decision on the artists' work over the last five-eight years and were particularly interested in work that added to our understanding of humanity and the human condition.”
London, April 25 : Indian artist N.S. Harsha, who tells stories about everyday life in India through his paintings, has been awarded the prestigious 40,000-pound Artes Mundi Prize, considered Britain's biggest ... via Newkerala.com
Tamayo's 'Trovador' Is Again Up for Sale
“We really have no choice but to sell some art”
Is Again Up for Sale With no legal issues blocking a sale, the financially troubled Randolph College in Lynchburg, Va., is offering one of its paintings - "Trovador" , by the Mexican master Rufino Tamayo - for ... via New York Times
Lewiston's graffiti wall is now off limits
“Some of the kids were honest and everything but some of them weren't”
Lewiston's graffiti wall is about to be painted over. The 12 Hour Club this week called off a deal with the city that allowed graffiti artists to show off their work as part of an effort to prevent uncontrolled ... via Bangor Daily News
New exhibition connects artists in Asia,
“Why, I don't know, it's just my emotion.”
A new exhibition at the Viet Nam Fine Arts Museum in the capital contrasts the work of artists from different countries in the region in an effort to boost cross-cultural understanding and co-operation. ... via VietNamNet
Danny Federici: Memorial salute at Stone Pony
“As a keyboard player myself, Danny Federici has always been someone I've respected. Watching him inspired me to do what I do. That's why I came to pay my respects”
With Bruce Springsteen's boardwalk anthem "4th of July, Asbury Park " playing on The Stone Pony PA system, heavy hearts gave way to lifted spirits as friends and loved ones came together Wednesday to honor ... via CourierPostOnline
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Campaigning Turner picture for sale after 180 years
“It is from the most formative part of Turner's career and illustrates something that was a fixation with him through his life - the idea of artistic legacy”
A campaigning landscape by British master J.M.W Turner, owned by the same family for the last 180 years, goes on sale in July with a starting price of five million pounds but no upper limit in sight. via Australian Broadcasting Corporation
First-ever Oil Paintings Found in Afghanistan
“This is the earliest clear example of oil paintings in the world”
Scientists have found what they described this week as the earliest oil paintings ever discovered. via WIBW-TV Topeka
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Wedded Bliss: PEM exhibit shows tradition of nuptuals
“Many cultures have specific bridal wedding attire”
The dresses and ceremonies may be different, but when it comes to weddings, cultures around the world are united by more than that which divides them, according to Paula Bradstreet Richter. via EagleTribune.com, North Andover, MA
The Best Home Improvement Investments This Spring
“Low-cost projects that enhance a home's curb appeal, improve safety, add style and save water and energy are all worthwhile investments this spring.”
There's no question it's a buyer's market right now, but can homeowners really do anything to make their properties stand out and sell for top dollar? Absolutely, says Tom Kraeutler, home improvement expert and ... via Earth Times
Denver Art Museum, Anschutz Collection buy Eakins painting
“Portrait of Dr. Samuel D. Gross (The Gross Clinic).”
The Denver Art Museum and the Denver-based Anschutz Collection have jointly acquired an 1892 painting by American artist Thomas Eakins from the Philadelphia Museum of Art. via The York Daily Record
New! Asians painted with oil before Europeans
“This is the earliest clear example of oil paintings in the world, although drying oils were already used by ancient Romans and Egyptians, but only as medicines and cosmetics”
Oil paintings discovered in caves behind two ancient colossal Buddha statues in Afghanistan that were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001 suggest Asians invented oil painting before Europeans. via Xinhuanet
Duval County Art Students Honored
“I can't believe, like, I've never had any art exposed before and now it's on a wall for everyone to see! It's sooo amazing! I love it! It's So much fun!”
By Kyle Meenan First Coast News JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Art, like all that is creative, and created, begins with an idea. via WTLV
Oil Paintings In Buddhist Caves Predates European Discovery Of The Technique By Hundreds Of Years
Submitted by News Account on 22 April 2008 - 2:00am. Technology In 2001, religious fundamentalists destroyed two colossal, ancient Buddha statues in the Afghan region of Bamiyan. via Scientific Blogging
Random art for a new age of egoists
Canadian artist and writer Brion Gysin, a contemporary of William S. Burroughs and other legends. via National Post
Easy job, $30/hour: Where are the applicants?
The Ritz-Carlton on South Beach was without a tanning butler. The last one, Malcolm, was a part-time male model who'd held the position for a year, about as long as each of the previous three tanning butlers, ... via Belleville News
Cameron Student Wins Art Acclaim
' Hanna Pyles, a senior art student at Cameron High School, recently won Best of Show and People's Choice awards at the Marshall County Student Art Show. via The Intelligencer
Naked ambition with bamboo and brushes
“I want to tell people living in the city what is inside the bang bang”
Chongqing, in Southwest China, is surrounded by mountains and has the famous Yangtze River running through its core. via People's Daily
Residents show pride during city cleanup day
“It helps the community and makes things look nice”
More than 400 volunteers, most of them children, kicked off a long-standing tradition Saturday and spent the day beautifying city parks and schools. via San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Exhibition runs through May 16
“This exhibition celebrates that innovative spirit and provides a tremendous opportunity for the community to experience a variety of media.”
The 2007-08 "In & Out of Traditional Art" Gallery 450 exhibition series will conclude May 16 with the UW-M/WC Student Art Exhibition. via Marshfield News-Herald
Norfolk paintings at Clare Hall
The first major exhibition of paintings and sketches by one of the most prominent British architects of the last century is being held at Clare Hall over the next few weeks. via Huliq.com
Authorities Capture Escaped Sex Offender Without Incident
Twenty-eight-year-old Michael Royce Glenn was part of a trusty painting crew when he apparently climbed over a metal fence and escaped. via WCTV Tallahassee
`Endangered Species' are explored with paper and sharp blades
“They're losing habitats because of human activity, they're threatened by our pollutants and chemicals. A lot of human activity is affecting these animals.”
The Folk Tree in Pasadena takes on a timely topic with its exhibit, "Endangered Species: Honoring & Acknowledging Our Vulnerable Natural World," which opens today. via Pasadena Star-News
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Obama Has Jay-Z on His IPod and The Moves To Prove It
“He has some Jay-Z on his iPod.”
Perhaps this is what the Funkmeister -- that other Clinton -- meant when he sang about painting the White House black: There's Barack Obama, fresh from Wednesday's debate dust-up, beleaguered but still standing, acknowledging that he's taken some hits from his opponent, some mighty hits, but you know, it's okay, because that's politics. Ultimately, you've got to . . .
And then he -- pay attention now -- brushes the dirt off his shoulders. Repeatedly.
The crowd leaps to its feet, applauding and laughing. Read more
Exhibition celebrates centennial of Gamble House
“Aesthetes, Bohemians & Craftsmen: Artistic Dress 1880s-1920s”
The year was 1908. Henry Ford introduced his Model T. Admiral Peary set sail for the North Pole. via Whittier Daily News
Kids can make own chocolate art at new London show
“There was nothing you could pick up, everything was behind screens, it was very unfriendly...you just feel completely out of place”
The first thing you notice when you see Prudence Staite's mosaic portrait of Marilyn Monroe made from smarties and chocolate is the smell. via XtraMSN Real Estate
Show making Saratoga stop helps bridge cultural divide with Iraq through artwork by women
“This gives them a way to share their art with others, as well as connect with the culture of America and learn more about it.”
Rima Adel Aljuburi's porcelain creation,"Asyrian Poetry of Mesopotamia,' is one of the many works created by Iraqi women on exhibit through Project Art Bridge. via San Jose Mercury News
Yakima stop provides inspiration for painter
“I knew right then that I had to finish the commission pieces here”
Last October, painter Tom Hausken was traveling from New York City to Seattle to finish a large commission for a Seattle client. via Yakima Herald-Republic
Sotheby's Woos Russian Jet Set With $30 Million Contemporary-Art Preview
Jeff Koons 's eight-legged steel caterpillar and Richard Prince 's ``Millionaire Nurse'' painting are headed to an upscale Moscow shopping mall next week. via Bloomberg.com
“I would greatly prefer to see these issues come up from reporters and editors and not from CEOs when, my guess is, they are much more concerned about marketing and demographics than they are about news judgment”
NBC Universal isn't painting its Rockefeller Center headquarters green - at least not yet - but the company is pushing all of its networks to deliver environmentally-friendly programming next week. via 102.9 CKDS-FM
Jacksonville Police are looking for a registered sex offender who has escaped from the downtown county jail. via WDBO-AM Orlando
Registered sex offender escapes from Duval County Jail
Jacksonville police are looking for a registered sex offender who escaped from the downtown county jail. via Florida Times-Union
ART GLASS STUDIO and SUPPLY, 509 S.E. Jackson St., Roseburg - The gallery showcases stained-glass work of Fran Cowan, Pat Daane, Jan James, Terry King and Grant Best. via The News-Review
Program aims to bring American art to classrooms, libraries
“These are reproductions of these very important works of art that tell the story of America”
As Christine Miller takes her students through the history of early American art, she flips through large, color reproductions of museum-quality works. via KRISTV.COM Corpus Christi
NC Art Museum prepares 700-year-old painting for Italy
“We felt like we just had to do it. It doesn't mean we're not scared, but we take all the precautions we can.”
No one knows all the twists and turns Giotto's "Peruzzi Altarpiece" took as it made its way from Italy in the 14th century to the North Carolina Art Museum hundreds of years later. via Myrtle Beach Online
“There are a lot of human figures involved in the paintings”
The human figure is a common theme in the work of two area artists who will be participating in the 83rd Annual Exhibition of the Pasadena Society of Artists at Brand Galleries. via Burbank Leader
BJU to move European masters downtown during Artisphere
“Whenever there is an unknown artist and they need to create a pseudonym, they choose the best, the most representative painting out of that artist's whole oeuvre and name him after that painting”
The Museum & Gallery at Heritage Green will welcome its first visitors on Saturday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. followed by an all-day family arts celebration on the lawn of Heritage Green. via Tribune-Times
Cloud Cult brings sincerity to indie rock
“And so I think when people hear it, they can take it into their lives for whatever it is they're having issues with.”
Hinckley, MN - Three years ago, Cloud Cult skipped out on a scheduled performance at the South by Southwest music festival in Texas - ' a potentially career-making gig for ambitious indie rock bands - ' to open ... via Reading Eagle/Reading Times
Attleboro museum sells valuable painting
ATTLEBORO, Mass.- A painting by Russian artist Alexandre Iacovleff donated to the Attleboro Art Museum a half century ago has been sold at auction for $713,000. The 4-foot by 7-foot painting entitled "Under a ... via Telegram & Gazette
Pre-Raphaelite painting of Arthur returns - temporarily - to Britain
“I think it's an extraordinary work, I really do. You can't understand Burne-Jones's career without immersing yourself in his life and this work. It's thrilling to have it here.”
Mark Brown, arts correspondent Wednesday April 16, 2008 The Guardian The Sleep of Arthur in Avalon', by Edward Burne-Jones on display at Tate Britain, London, as part of the major re-hang of the BP British Art ... via Guardian Unlimited
“I'm just getting started with my art”
Artists Pat Buoncristiani and Kerry Willis are to hold a joint exhibition in Mt Dandenong. via Star News Group
Spain's Prado museum opens with 'disturbing' Goya exhibition
“It's an exhibition to be seen, but it's not one to have a good time at”
It's not a show for the squeamish or faint hearted. In its main spring event, Spain's Prado museum unveiled an exhibition on Monday featuring some 200 paintings and drawings by Spanish master Francisco Jose de ... via Slam Sports
“When he's of the stature and has the knowledge and trained eye of Larry Kanter, you have to listen”
When a leading art authority determined that this painted relief was a fake, it spurred the conservator working on it to seek a second opinion. via Concord Monitor
“Don't bunt, aim out of the park.”
The third annual Teen Character Awards Banquet held April 7 honored the 72 area students nominated for the award. via WisInfo
“There's no way to Google 'single object'”
In 2007, to fill some open space on the Katonah Museum of Art's calendar, Andy Keir put together a movie miniseries that consisted of two films he'd worked on and a third he just liked . via Journal News
Personal Painting by Andreas Golder at The ARKEN- Museum of Contemporary Art
Andreas Golder; Literweise Neues;140cm x140 cm, Ol auf Leinwand, CourtesyK.Wallner ISHAJ.- The ARKEN- Museum of Contemporary Art opened the exhibit Andreas Golder: It has My Name on it through May 18. via Art Daily
Hundreds of Horse Lovers Show Up for Equifest 2008
Hundreds of equine fans gathered at Equifest 2008 at the Lake Helen Equestrian Center in Florida. via The Horse
“I like the quiet ones, but I love the vibrant ones.”
All artwork in the Colorado Governor's Invitational Art Show and Sale will be on display at the Loveland Museum/Gallery, 503 N. Lincoln Ave., through May 18. via LongmontFYI
DESCRIBE YOUR ARTWORK OR PERFORMANCE STYLE: Oil on canvas WHEN DID YOU START MAKING YOUR ART? When I was 16 years old. via The Daily Times
'Daniel DeSiga and Friends' -- Friends in high places
“When I first stared doing less realistic work and more abstract work, he was there, saying, 'Oh, I just love it -- don't stop -- keep going forward.'”
KRIS HOLLAND/Yakima Herald-Republic The Daniel DeSiga and Friends exhibition featured DeSiga's new mixed media works titled Plexipoly at the show's opening night at Central Washington University's Sarah ... via Yakima Herald-Republic
Photographer Amy Arbus: stranger than fiction
“I'm playing with the idea of the fictional character and the real person of the actor seeping through”
The image is hard to ignore: a distracted dwarf wedged awkwardly between the legs of a Moulin Rouge dancer. via Raw Story
Painting your green thumb 'blue"
Here are some of Erle Nickel's favorites, with brief descriptions on where to plant them in your garden. via Inside Bay Area
Two men accused of defacing Richmond synagogue
“But there are occasions when - unknown to the defendants - they are caught committing this particular crime.”
Two men will face a Richmond judge today for allegedly defacing synagogue property with spray paint and graffiti. via NBC12
The overweight JobCentre manager whose nude portrait is set to fetch 18million
“If I had the money I'd buy it myself because it's my favourite.”
Comments A painting of a naked JobCentre manager by Lucian Freud is expected to become the most expensive picture by a living artist ever sold when it goes under the hammer in New York next month. via Daily Mail
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The world's largest painting of Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Washington, DC
A 14 ft. portrait painting of "Pope Benedict XVI at Prayer with the Holy Theologians" from the National Museum of Catholic Art and History in NYC has arrived at the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center in ... via Press Release News From 24-7 Press Re...
Christie's eyes record with Lucian Freud picture
“Freud had greatly welcomed the new possibilities that the bulk of Bowery's own imposing figure had offered him and it was this that had prompted Bowery to think of his friend, 'Big Sue'”
Christie's will sell a major work by British painter Lucian Freud in New York in May which the company expects to become the most expensive work sold at auction by a living artist. via Reuters
New computer model helps study cell membrane dynamics
“Ultimately, understanding the dynamics of vesiculation is key to advancing the design of anti-viral therapies or understanding how protein processing goes awry within a cell and leads to disease”
A cell constantly remodels its fluid membranes to carry out critical tasks, such as recognizing other cells, getting nutrients or sorting proteins. via Medical News
"Vatican Splendors" coming to Cleveland
“Many of these works have never before been outside Vatican City.”
Promotional video for "Vatican Splendors" - One of the largest collections of art, documents and historically significant objects from the Vatican ever to tour North America is coming to the Western Reserve ... via WAKS-FM Independence
Contemporary Chinese artist fetches 8 mln USD at HK auction
A painting by 45-year-old Chinese painter Liu Xiaodong fetched 61.93 million HK dollars on Wednesday at Sotheby's spring auctions in Hong Kong, setting the artist's personal record. via People's Daily Online
Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter
Painting princess a horse, of course
“She enjoyed our time together, bonding. We began what started as a major trick-training program, which is what we're known for now”
Artists often don't like people looking over their shoulders while they work. Princess Rhia doesn't mind. via Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter
300th anniversary of the birth Malvern water man
“The Malvern Water says Is famous for containing just nothing at all.”
This year is the 300th Anniversary of the birth of Dr John Wall. As well as being the first person to bottle Malvern water, he was also a founder of Worcester Porcelain, helped found Worcester Infirmary and was ... via Malvern Gazette
Houston mural free for the taking, but act fast
“We are working with several universities and private individuals”
The wrecking ball is not a subtle art critic, but its opinion counts. And when it razes M.D. Anderson Cancer Center's 18-story administration tower next year, it will give a big thumbs down to Peter Hurd's ... via Houston Chronicle
Chaim Soutine and Modernism at the Kunstmuseum Basel
The Kunstmuseum Basel opened the exhibit Chaim Soutine and Modernism through July 6. In comparison to the much more renowned work of friends and contemporaries, such as Amedeo Modigliani or Marc Chagall, Cham ... via Art Knowledge News
Good Cheer Society still helping patients in need
“If you ask elderly people, they want to be in their homes”
The four women - Mary Wallace, Elizabeth Spaulding, Elizabeth Flather and Linna Belle Flagg - were at their weekly painting lesson when they came up with the idea of forming an organization they called the Good ... via UnionLeader.com
Artist unveils mystical umbrella collection
“If I lived somewhere else, I'd probably be painting something different.”
Artist unveils mystical umbrella collection Goodland artists scores a hit By SHARON YANISH 8:32 p.m., Monday, April 7, 2008 Tara O'Neill promised creativity at her 5th annual one-woman art exhibition - ' and ... via Naples Daily News
Orinda man's wildlife paintings take wing
“I've had him for 19 years. And this is Petri, a blue Pacific parrotlet.”
It's somehow fitting that before ushering me into his studio, wildlife artist Andrew Denman makes a quick detour to introduce me to his birds. via Contra Costa Times
Globe arts writer Feeney wins Pulitzer
“This prize goes to all of us - all of us who are The Boston Globe.”
Honored for range of critical essays Mark Feeney addressed colleagues in a packed Globe newsroom. via The Boston Globe
Exhibit starts Friday at Alessandro's
“It is a farce about payback for a practical joke one friend played on another before the story even begins.”
Alessandro's Ristorante & Galleria will open an exhibit of Leah Devora's mixed- media art of Hollywood legends on Friday with a wine reception. via Statesman Journal
“Top Arts provides students with exceptional experience of the arts industry”
Hills Picassos Cassie Meadows, above, and Alex Maisey, left, A CONSERVATIONIST and a budding nurse have been put in the spotlight with their artwork going on display at the National Gallery of Victoria. via Ranges Trader Mail
The blue carpet of spring is unfolding along the hills and highways of Texas, though flower forecasters say this will not be a resplendent year for bluebonnets, just average.
Obviously, they haven't seen the bluebonnet bouquet at the Dallas Museum of Art. There, in a single gallery, are acres and acres of bluebonnets: bluebonnets in the sun, in the shade, at twilight and in early-morning fog.
These are the early 20th-century bluebonnet paintings by Julian Onderdonk. They created a collecting frenzy and were the impetus for an entire landscape genre known as bluebonnet painting. Read more </
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