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Submissions Open Dec. 1 for Cabin Fever Film Festival
Local filmmakers are invited to submit films for the seventh annual Cabin Fever Film Festival co-hosted by the Franklin Park Performing and Visual Arts Center and the Town of Purcellville Arts Council. The festival, which will be held Jan. 26 and 27, highlights films made by Loudoun County residents. This year, festival organizers are…
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More for November – Arts, family fun, learning and more
ARTS Wee Create Playgroup for ages 2 – 4 is 10 – 11 a.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, or Thursdays at Yellowbobbypins Art Camp at Hampton Station. The cost is $25 to drop in or $84 per month. For details and registration, visit yellowbobbypins.com. Time Travel: Art Through the Ages for ages 5 – 7, 8 –…
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‘First of its kind’ visual arts career fair, exhibition gets underway
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Police believe forgery ring made €6 mln from selling bogus art works
Five people on Crete are facing charges related to making up to €6 million by selling forged art works, attributed to well-known artists, to private individuals, collectors and auction houses overseas, following an investigation by police. The investigation of the five followed an incident in Sofia, Bulgaria, in February when authorities prevented the sale of…
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Bridging a gap of understanding: Month-long visual arts and performance festival, “A Stone’s Throw,” examines the experiences of military veterans and their families
By STEVE PFARRERStaff Writer Though she was too young to understand many details at the time, Mollye Maxner remembers the Vietnam War had a profound effect on her family. Her father, Steve Maxner, served as a combat medic in the war and endured emotional turmoil from his experience for years afterward. Mollye Maxner, who grew…
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Rialto Theater’s Devereaux Room caps off renovation project with custom art piece by Aaron Harel
Thanks to the City of Loveland Cultural Services Department and Visual Arts Commission’s Art in Public Places initiative, the Rialto Theater’s Devereaux Room is getting a unique upgrade. The organizations partnered with Philadelphia-based musician and artist Aaron Harel to install a one-of-a-kind art piece made from upcycled hardwood drum shells. The drum shells will provide…
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Frerichs to present artist lecture, workshop at Vilnius Academy of Art
An artist book lecture, “Material as Content” and a 10-day artist book workshop will be presented by Department of Visual Arts and New Media Professor Timothy Frerichs at Vilnius Academic of Art, in Vilnius, Lithuania. Mr. Frerichs was awarded an Erasmus Plus Grant to support the presentation of his lecture and workshop to be held…
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Georgia’s art museum turns 75
Alfred Heber Holbrook was nearly 70 years old when he had an epiphany. Holbrook, a native of Topeka, Kansas, and retired New York attorney, had a deep connection to the visual arts. He shared that connection with his wife, Eva, by visiting art museums, exhibitions, and even acquiring an enviable collection of paintings. After Eva…
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Shapiro administration unveils new Arts Dashboard
MCKEESPORT — Lt. Gov. Austin Davis and Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) Secretary Dr. Khalid N. Mumin unveiled PDE’s new Arts Dashboard — an open data portal to view the state of arts education across the Commonwealth — during a visit to McKeesport High School in McKeesport Area School District. Davis and Mumin also watched…
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Review | In the galleries: Celebrating the depth and breadth of area artists
With work by 50 contributors, “(Not) Strictly Painting” is an impressive survey of recent output by local artists who are (mostly) painters. For regular visitors to the area’s visual-art venues, though, the McLean Project for the Arts exhibition may prompt sensations of déjà vu. Sharp. Witty. Thoughtful. Sign up for the Style Memo newsletter. Painter-turned-sculptor…
