| Art Confronts Border Fence in South Texas | |
| Posted: 03/02/2010 | |
| http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D9E6PFGO0.html | |
| A collection of art protesting the border fence hangs in a downtown Brownsville gallery feet from the newly erected riverfront obstacle. The exhibition, "Art Against the Wall," hung Sunday on the fence itself for several hours before later moving into the nearby gallery of local artist and project organizer Mark Clark. (source: Dallas Morning News -- click on the above link to read more...) |
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| Friction over young photography whiz's art | |
| Posted: 03/01/2010 | |
| http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6890609.html | |
| The elders at Ecclesia Church were expecting something tame from Jackson Potts II for their annual Stations of the Cross art display. Instead, the 10-year-old produced a photo of his kid brother being beaten by a police officer. Jackson says it's a modern-day interpretation of Roman soldiers beating Jesus. (source: chron -- click on the above link to read more...) |
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| Long Beach Art Friendly Law Proposal | |
| Posted: 03/01/2010 | |
| http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_14489932?nclick_check=1 | |
| There's an art walk the second Saturday of every month in downtown Long Beach. Tuesday night in City Hall, there's going to be an art sit. The galleries are expected to be packed with local artists and their supporters who will be pushing for the City Council to enact five measures that are intended to make things better for the local arts community. (source: Contra Costa Times -- click on the above link to read more...) |
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| «KuKuK»: Grenzhäuschen wird Kulturinsel | |
| Posted: 03/01/2010 | |
| http://www.az-web.de/lokales/aachen-detail-az/1225094?_link=&skip=&_g=KuKuK-Grenzhaeuschen-wird-Kulturinsel.html | |
| «Es ist ein super-bewegender Moment, wie damals bei der Gründung des deutsch-belgischen Grenzvereins KuKuK vor zehn Jahren», erklärte voller Enthusiasmus Alice Loo, Geschäftsführerin des Vereins «Kunst und Kultur im Köpfchen» (KuKuK). Zehn Jahre ist das nun her. «KuKuK - das sind zehn Jahre Kunstgechichte durch Ehrenamt. Auch unser damaliger Check-Point-Charly am Köpfchen konnte dadurch erhalten bleiben. Alle haben mitgespielt und mit der Stadt Aachen gab es stets eine hervorragende Zusammenarbeit», betonte Hans-Dieter Laschet, Bürgermeister von Raeren. (source: Aachener Zeitung -- click on the above link to read more...) |
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| Atención España III Concurso Nacional de Dibujo Infantil para niños con Discapacidad | |
| Posted: 03/01/2010 | |
| http://artemoi-artemoi.blogspot.com/2010/03/atencion-espana.html | |
| FUNDACIÓN MAPFRE convoca y organiza el III Concurso Nacional de Dibujo Infantil para niños con Discapacidad con el objetivo de contribuir de forma desinteresada a la integración social de este colectivo. En esta tercera edición podrán participar todos los niños hasta 14 años que pertenezcan a asociaciones que desarrollan actividades con niños discapacitados dentro del ámbito nacional. Cada participante podrá presentar un dibujo que deberá ser original e inédito y que no haya obtenido hasta el momento ningún premio en otros certámenes. (source: Arte y discapacidad -- click on the above link to read more...) |
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| The (U.S.) Congressional Art Competition | |
| Posted: 02/23/2010 | |
| http://www.house.gov/house/ArtGuidelines.shtml | |
| Each spring, a nation-wide high school arts competition is sponsored by the Members of the U.S. House of Representatives. The Artistic Discovery Contest is an opportunity to recognize and encourage the artistic talent in the nation, as well as in each Congressional District. The Artistic Discovery Contest is open to all high school students. The over-all winner of each district will be displayed for one year in the U.S. Capitol. ... All entries must be an original in concept, design and execution. (source: U.S. Congress -- click on the above link to read more...) |
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| Artists Protest (Beijing) Demolition Threats | |
| Posted: 02/23/2010 | |
| http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2010/02/23/artists-protest-demolition-threats/ | |
| Beijing-based artists are finding themselves under attack from the forces of urban development and some are staging increasingly public protests to fight back. On Monday, a small group of artists held a brief demonstration near Tiananmen Square to protest the planned demolition of “artists’ villages” in Beijing and the alleged harassment of a group of artists by bat- and knife-wielding thugs. ... (source: WSJ -- click on the above link to read more...) |
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| Getty joins Sicilian officials to launch art collaboration | |
| Posted: 02/18/2010 | |
| http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_14423531 | |
| LOS ANGELES—The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles and the Sicilian cultural ministry will collaborate to conserve art objects, stage exhibitions and conduct scholarly research. ... Sicilian museums will lend marble statues and ancient vases to the Getty Museum and the museum's preservation staff will use their expertise in creating displays that protect the artwork from earthquakes, said Getty spokeswoman Rebecca Taylor. (source: Mercury News -- click on the above link to read more...) |
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| Napa agrees to collect fee for city art | |
| Posted: 02/18/2010 | |
| http://www.napavalleyregister.com/news/local/article_f68a1b2e-1c42-11df-839e-001cc4c002e0.html | |
| Let the beautification of Napa begin. Private developers and the city itself will now be required to set aside 1 percent of the cost of new buildings for public art, the Napa City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night. As the economy improves and builders start building again, residents can expect an explosion in public art, both in downtown and around town, council members said. (source: Napa Valley Register -- click on the above link to read more...) |
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| Council drops art sell-off plans to fund Titanic museum | |
| Posted: 02/18/2010 | |
| http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/8522234.stm | |
| Controversial plans to sell off art work in order to raise £5m to help fund a new Titanic museum have been dropped. Southampton City Council had planned to sell work by French sculptor Auguste Rodin and British painter Sir Alfred Munnings. (source: BBC News -- click on the above link to read more...) |
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| The Art of the Billboard | |
| Posted: 02/18/2010 | |
| http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/18/seeing-things-the-art-of-the-billboard/#preview | |
| Billboards, like palm trees and freeways, are ubiquitous elements of Los Angeles’s vast cityscape. Over the next seven weeks, “How Many Billboards? Art In Stead,” an ambitious urban exhibition organized by the MAK Center for Art and Architecture, will be displayed on 21 billboards across the city. (source: NY Times -- click on the above link to read more...) |
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