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Great Things About Photography By: Francesca Black Are you thinking about taking up the hobby of photography? Many who have already discovered this exciting and fulfilling hobby can tell you the top ten reasons why photography is so great. Maybe you will be captivated by this compelling and diverse art as well. 1. The Challenge …
Best Digital Prints: Things to Remember By: John Oxton So, you have captured that wonderful moment, a beautiful image in your digital camera! Now, you are preparing to take a print to make a gift to your dear and near one or for your personal collection! Now here is the crux! In the majority of …
Digital Photo: Things to Know By: John Oxton The best thing about a digital photo is that you can manipulate it to the extent of your imagination. This manipulation can be achieved thanks to various software packages available on the market, varying in complexity from the feature packed Adobe Photoshop to Paint Shop Pro. Still, …
Art Marketing аnd Selling by October Gallery Staff Thе аrt оf selling аrt iѕ difficult enough, but thе аrt оf pricing уоur аrt correctly iѕ a topic with a myriad оf passionate opinions. Shоuld уоur аrt bе priced lоw ѕо it sells оr ѕhоuld уоur аrt bе priced high tо avoid giving thе impression thаt …
Aboriginal Art Withоut a doubt, Australian Aboriginal Art iѕ a fоrm оf аrt thаt hаѕ hаd a huge impact аrоund thе world. Robert Hughes iѕ a prominent аrt critic аnd lоng timе writer fоr Timе Magazine аnd describes Aboriginal Art аѕ thе ‘last great аrt movement’. Whаt makes thаt statement ѕо significant …
Saudi-Ethiopian billionaire Mohammed Al-Amoudi is no longer the richest black person in the world. He has been ousted by Nigerian cement tycoon Aliko Dangote, who is worth an estimated $16.1 billion. That’s $2.6 billion richer than Al-Amoudi. American TV mogul Oprah Winfrey and newcomer Isabel dos Santos of Angola are the only black female billionaires on the …
Anthony Dickey I’m still in awe of how the timing in our lives is so gradual and perfect. Just enough time goes by to learn how wrong life can be and what there is to learn to make it right. Images like those of Hush Puppy from the film Beasts of the Southern Wild — …
by Penny Haw, MARCH sees the opening of two new art galleries in Cape Town. US abstract expressionist Andrew Hart Adler’s new “art and culture venue”, Atelier AHA opens in Woodstock on Saturday. Adler, who is the son of the late composer and lyricist, Richard Adler — he won Tony Awards for Broadway musicals such …
by Ashleigh M. Joplin Brick home after brick home creates a blur of tan as you drive through Bronzeville and then something catches your eye, a mural. Either free standing or painted on the sides of buildings, these decadent pieces of art call for more than just a glance. But as out of place as …
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As excitement builds on Broadway for the opening of “Motown: The Musical,” news for real-life Motown singers over the past few weeks has been far more somber. Bobby Rogers, a founding member of the Miracles, died Sunday at his Southfield, Mich., home. He was 73. That followed the death last Wednesday of Richard Street, a …
By Tanyanika Samuels / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS The art world will once again train its eye on the Bronx on Thursday as part of Armory Show 2013, which draws thousands of visitors from across the world. More than two dozen borough artists will showcase works in the 2nd annual Bronx Day event. “What we’re …
By Douglas Feiden / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS The nation’s leading Afro-Caribbean cultural center will begin constructionin early 2014 on an eye-catching new $5.5 million home in a converted landmark firehouse on 125th St. in East Harlem. Shuttered by the city in 2003 in a cost-cutting move, the crumbling, horse and buggy-era firehouse has been …
Al Loving, an innovative abstract artist whose work evolved from geometric paintings to colorful collages and murals, has died. He was 69. Loving died June 21 in New York’s Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center of lung cancer. The artist burst onto the abstract art scene as vibrantly as one of his paintings in 1969, when he …
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COLUMBIA, SC – The Columbia Museum of Art membership affiliate group, Friends of African-American Art and Culture (FAAAC) celebrates its first anniversary at an annual meeting on Tuesday, March 12 at 5:30 p.m. The meeting is open to everyone and features speaker Dr. Terry K. Hunter, an artist and educator from Orangeburg, SC. $5 or free …
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KPLC 7 News, Lake Charles, Louisiana Like most 4-year-olds, little Tyler Clemons enjoys banging on objects around the home. So what separates him from the rest of his destruction-prone peers? The answer: a pair of drum sticks and the label “child prodigy.” In a video posted by Louisiana news outlet KPLC, Clemons is shown …