Archive for the 'Visual Arts' Category

Walt Disney Imagineers Demonstrate the New Features of the Cruise Ship Dream

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During a recent public demonstration at the headquarters of Walt Disney Imagineers, the company announced their plans to line the decks of the Dream,  their latest cruise ship -launching early next year – with over 20 pieces of moving artwork, and two interactive floors of youth-oriented play areas.

The “enchanted art” will be displayed on large LCD [...]

Police Shut Down Art Exhibiting Photos of Mugabe-Related Violence

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When Owen Maseko decided to explore President Mugabe-related violence, he thought it best to gather the photos of missing people, the pictures of the mine shafts where they are allegedly hidden, and the reports that document the 1980 massacre of thousands of civilians in the western Matabeleland district. But, the police in Zimbabwe weren’t very [...]

Art Dubai Expands as the City Fears a Monstrous Debt

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In lieu of the gloom revolving around Dubai’s upwelling debt concerns, the city’s annual art fair still managed to earn record sales, drawing more than 18,00 visitors – a 28 percent increase from 2009. The four-day contemporary art show featured the works of world-famous artists from 31 different companies, which was also an improvement in [...]

Shepard Fairey Wants to Paste his Next Exhibition to the Sides of New York Buildings

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Today, Shepard Fairey, the once co-founder of BLK/MRKT Inc. (1997-2003) – which worked with high-brow clients like Pepsi, Hasbro, and Netscape – is so popular from his HOPE portrait of Barack Obama that he’s walking door to door at Deitch Projects in New York, searching for building owners that will premiss him to use their [...]

The Twelfth-Annual Celebration of “Art Awareness Month” is Well Underway

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Continuing a 12-year-old  tradition, The Genesee-Orleans Regional Arts Council is celebrating “Art Awareness Month” where local businesses, artists, schools, and cultural organizations will present a wide array of different performances, exhibitions and programs all throughout the month.
A performance of an African folk tale by the Forum Players kicks off this week at Genesee Community College, [...]

The North Dakota Museum of Art Roars

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Lions, and tiger, and bears…oh my!!!  The North Dakota Museum of Art is bringing them to life through an extraordinary touring exhibit, “Animals, Now and Then”.  The museum features artists’ works in the form of captivating video, stunning photography, numerous paintings, and sculpture.  This contemporary exhibit highlights the work of twenty artists from across North [...]

Teams of High-Schoolers Race To Create at the Wiregrass Museum of Art

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Six teams from six different high schools were invited to Project Installation, a reality-type concept where teams were pitted against one another in a race to create art.  They spent the night of Feb. 26th locked away in the Wiregrass Museum of Art, with only twenty-four hours available to create their piece.
Imani Purcell, a student [...]

Washington D.C. Adds A Splash Of Color

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Washington D.C. is in for an eye-opening, splash of color, as the National Museum of Woman in the Arts prepares to unveil a vibrant display of sculpture along New York Avenue.  The, larger-than-life fiberglass figures are the works of the late French sculptor, Niki de Saint Phalle, and promise to liven up this stretch of [...]

Shaquille O’Neal curates the new art exhibit, “Size Does Matter”

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The 7-foot-1, 325 pound, Shaquille is an all-star veteran who not only plays professional basketball for the Cleveland Cavaliers, but is also a reserve police officer in Miami, a movie star (Kazaam), a rapper, and now, a rookie art curator. The exhibit, “Size DOES Matter,” is open for display at the Flag Art Museum in [...]

Bringing Ancient Vietnamese Art to America

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