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The Lake Wales Arts Council presents Against All Odds: The Art of the Highwaymen, an exhibit organized by the Orange County Regional History Center in Orlando, opening on Sept. 1 …
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Three Day Weekend of Art, Music & Great Food in Downtown Mt Airy, Philadelphia, PA 19119 October 14, 15 & 16, 2011 26th Annual Philadelphia International Art Expo is a …
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Romare Bearden, the 20th Century master of collages capturing the African American experience, has long been a popular artist. Now everyone can have a tiny bit of his expressive art …
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Edith Marie Stanton Ingram relished meeting people and often incorporated what she learned from their stories in her writing and artwork. Mrs. Ingram, an accomplished artist and writer who published …
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What is Art? Ask anyone this simple question and see how many unique answers you will get. I had the opportunity to interview self-taught artist, Monroe Reeves from Baltimore, Maryland …
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Park Ave Summer Art fest opens View works from more than 300 artisans at the Chrysler Park Avenue Summer Art Fest. The event also features entertainment, food and activities from …
Provides an overview of Sao Tome and Principe, including key events and facts about this oil-rich island nation – one of Africa’s smallest states.
Provides an overview of Niger, including key events and facts about this arid state on the southern rim of the Sahara.
Framed by African American art, 18 local poets celebrated women at the Women’s Civic Improvement Club in Oak Park. The “Poetry and Spoken Word Explosion” on Wednesday night was a …
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Michael H. Hodges/ Detroit News Arts Writer “Tyree Guyton is a talented artist — an environmental sculptor. We have at least one piece of his hanging in our galleries right …
Afterschool stained glass art program with First United Methodist Church of Germantown featured in Center City before landing down the Bayou. This summer, Love Park, Independence Mall andGermantown High School …
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“With the recent financial cutbacks in education, the first disciplines to go are the arts,” said Frank Liu, “yet there’s a proven relationship between the ability of children to learn …
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Some of the hundreds of carved ivory tusks a Philadelphia art dealer is charged with smuggling into the country through Kennedy International Airport. Of the millions of tons of stuff …
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Provides an overview of Mozambique, including key events and facts about this former Portuguese colony and its recovery from a long civil war in the 1980s.
By Staff reports The Holland Sentinel Beginning Aug. 4, parents can enroll their child in the Center for African American Art and History’s after-school literacy program. The program is designed …
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