| Real Art D.C. Finalist number five... | |
| Posted: 07/25/2010 | |
| http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2010/07/23/GA2010072304773.html | |
| Real Art D.C. Finalist number five, Lisa McCarty, in her Arlington Arts Center studio. Images from the series Florid Interiors hang on the wall behind her. (source: Washington Post -- click on the above link to read more...) |
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| George Soros tries arts philanthropy... | |
| Posted: 07/25/2010 | |
| http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2010/07/george-soros-tries-arts-philanthropy-but-hes-no-eli-broad-at-least-not-yet.html | |
| Culture Monster is kind of tired of applying the label "billionaire arts philanthropist" to Eli Broad and hardly anybody else.<br/><br/>So the news Wednesday that hedge fund titan George Soros is giving $11 million to New York City performing arts organizations through his Open Society Institute to help them out of the squeeze caused by cuts in local government grants got us thinking. We'd be more than glad to anoint Soros -- or any other wealthy folks -- as "billionaire arts philanthropists."<br/><br/>(source: LA Times: Culture Monster -- click on the above link to read more...) | |
| New state law regulates body art industry; tattoo artists predict shift to the underground | |
| Posted: 07/25/2010 | |
| http://www.seattlepi.com/sound/423871_sound99073644.html | |
| The body art industry is facing new state regulations adopted to ensure public safety. Sections of "RCW 18.300: Body art, body piercing and tattooing" went into effect this month. The law mandates that tattoo, body piercing, body art and permanent cosmetic practitioners obtain a license. Owners of businesses offering these services must now hold a location license. Prior, the body art industry was not been regulated. The law is designed to ensure consumers’ health and safety, but body artists worry the legislation could backfire, causing more artists to go underground or out of business. (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer -- click on the above link to read more...) |
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