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Local artist Nancy Hall hosts an open house in her new downtown art and clothing studio.     New Studio and Open House in Historic Downtown Village Media Contact: Veronica Pastore 941.330.4838 / This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.   [May 17, 2013 — Sarasota, Fla.] Artist Nancy Hall will host an open house at her new art and clothing studio in downtown Sarasota from 5 to 9 p.m. on Fri., May 24. She recently relocated to Sarasota’s Historic Downtown Village at 1899 Fruitville Road and invites visitors to see her new space during the area’s monthly “Fourth Friday” festivities.   “I could not be more excited for...
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    Artspace.com Selected as the 2013 Webby Award Winner in the Email Newsletter Category  WHO: Artspace.com, The Webby Awards  WHEN: The 17th Annual Webby Awards Ceremony May 21, 2013  WHERE: Cipriani Wall Street, 55 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005   WHAT: Artspace.com, the leading online marketplace for contemporary art, has been selected as a winner of the best email newsletter category in the 2013 Webby Awards. Selected by judges from The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences and by voters worldwide, The Webby Awards honors the most beloved, awe-inspiring digital work from the past year. Artspace.com will accept...
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THIRD EDITION OF SPRING SHOW NYC GARNERS ACCOLADES AND SALES       Spring Show NYC 2013; Amy Fine Collins, Co-Chair and Thomas Jayne are greeted by ASPCA volunteers and puppies from the mobile adoption van. NEW YORK - Like the tulips bursting forth on Park Avenue, Spring Show NYC aroused the art fair season with color, newness and vitality. Organized by the Art and Antique Dealers League of America, the third edition of Spring Show lured over 2,700 eager art-lovers to the Park Avenue Armory for the opening night benefit preview for the ASPCA®, sponsored by 1stdibs and the...
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  The 2013 AADLA Spring Show, produced by The Art Fair Company PRESS IMAGES PRESS RELEASES PRESS CREDENTIALS EXHIBITORS INFO BLOG SPANNING THE CENTURIES, SPRING SHOW NYC PRESENTS A DAZZLING ARRAY OF TREASURES FOR COLLECTORS OF ALL PERSUASIONS NEW YORK - When the third edition of Art and Antique Dealers League of America Spring Show NYC opens its doors to the public for a four-day run at the Park Avenue Armory on May 2, a diverse multitude of fine and decorative arts from a top-tier roster of over 60 international galleries await to enthrall fairgoers of every imaginable interest. Covering a wide...
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     Work of ArtArt Center Sarasota's Bi-Monthly Newsletter April 29, 2013   IN THIS ISSUE -Quick Links N. County Schools Exhibit Kevin Costello Lecture Series Call to Artists Summer Camp Kids Saturday Art Class Adult Art Leaf & Textile Workshops Volunteers ART CENTER SARASOTA GALLERY HOURS:Monday- Saturday 10am-4pmClosed Sunday    www.artsarasota.org   NEW EXHIBITION North Sarasota County SchoolsSpring Art Show April 30 - May 18, 2013 Student artwork from elementary, middle and high schools throughout the district in all galleries   Opening Receptions- free!: Elementary: Monday, May 6   5:00-6:30pm Participation ribbons will be awarded to the students   Middle & High...
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August 18-20, 2013, Pier 94Co-located with NY NOW® (formerly NYIGF)         Press Contact: Cathy Steel, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. SEMINARS & SPECIAL EVENTS AMONG HIGHLIGHTS OF THIRD SEMI-ANNUAL EDITION OF ARTISAN RESOURCE™  WHITE PLAINS, NY, April 26, 2013… A four-day schedule of educational sessions and special events will be offered during Artisan Resource™, a first-of-its-kind market offering U.S.-based importers, direct import retailers and wholesalers the opportunity to meet with international artisanal producers, August 18-20, 2013, at Passenger Ship Terminal Pier 94 in New York City. “These programs are designed to orient Artisan Resource exhibitors to U.S. market trends, etiquette and opportunities while also providing...
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May 1, 2013 Media Contact: Sheila Moore and Allyn Gallup § 941-366-2454 § This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art Presents  "Landscapes, Mindscapes and Dreamscapes"  May 9-July 20  A group show featuring work drawn from nature artists from Brooklyn, Miami, St Augustine, Ruskin and Sarasota.  (Sarasota, FL) Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art gallery presents "Landscapes, Mindscapes and Dreamscapes," May 9-July 20, 2013, featuring paintings by Michele Harvey, Heidi Edwards,  Bill Nichols, Bruce Marsh, Jean Blackburn, Deborah Brown and Jackie Battenfield and photography-based art by Nancy Hellebrand and Pablo Soria. The gallery is at 1288 N. Palm Ave., in Sarasota. For more information about this...
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April 26, 2013   Media Contact:   Su Byron § This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. § 941-922-7274 Call for Artists for 2013 Sarasota Craft Show   The 2013 Sarasota Craft Show, December 6-8, 2013, will feature more than 125 exceptional artists from around the nation.    (Sarasota, FL) Limited space remains for area artists to reach thousands of shoppers and collectors at the prestigious Sarasota Craft Show, December 6-8, 2013, at Robarts Arena, 3000 Ringling Boulevard in Sarasota. Booths are available for all categories of fine art, including painting, photography, sculpture, graphics, glass, wood, ceramics, furniture and fiber art.   Richard Rothbard, president of American...
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April 24, 2013 MEDIA CONTACTS: Su Byron § 941-922-7274  Embracing Our Differences Extends Bradenton’s Riverwalk Exhibit to May 2 The enthusiastic response to Embracing Our Differences' inaugural exhibit in downtown Bradenton has prompted the organization to extend the show to May 2.   (Sarasota, FL) Since 2004, Embracing Our Differences' annual juried art exhibit has graced downtown Sarasota's bayfront with billboard-sized images created by artists, writers and students from around the world reflecting their interpretation of the message, “enriching lives through diversity.” This year, a grant from the William G. and Marie Selby Foundation enabled the organization to mark its tenth...
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This Week in Sarasota
Hip Hop Gala - Art for All - Youth Filmmakers April 23, 2013 - The team at This Week in Sarasota relishes every opportunity to talk with movers and shakers in local, national and international arenas. Bonnie Greenball Silvestri interviewed notorious art critic Jerry Saltz while he visited Sarasota during the Greenfield Prize Weekend. She discovered they have a lot in common when it comes to the democratization of art. Greg Bowdish spoke with the next generation of filmmakers, a group of local students in 3rd through 10th grade who participated in the Inspired Minds program last summer. They wrote, directed, filmed and starred in their own...
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The Spring 2013 Senior Project Exhibitionsopened last night in the Art Gallery at Florida Gulf Coast University. The exhibition affords the FGCU faculty, student body and community at large an unparalleled opportunity to discover the future of art as FGCU's graduating artists launch careers in commercial, graphic, public and the visual arts. FGCU is graduating 14 art students this semester. Among them is Melissa Sower, who is a dual major in art and psychology. Appropriately, her exhibition is titled Duality of the Mind: Breakthroughs in Mental Anomaliesand it portrays three people the artist knows who struggle with mental illness in their lives. View slideshow: Meet...
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The 3 Sisters Dinner Party is one of 14 installations on view at FGCU as part of the Spring 2013 Senior Project Exhibitions.
The Spring 2013 Senior Project Exhibitionsopened last night in the Art Gallery at Florida Gulf Coast University. The exhibition affords the FGCU faculty, student body and community at large an unparalleled opportunity to discover the future of art as FGCU's graduating artists launch careers in commercial, graphic, public and the visual arts. Many of the graduating seniors conceived, created and placed on display elaborate installations, like Thais Alvarez (Radicle Growth) and Victoria Pimentel (Mythopoeia). But Kel Campbell's thoughtful assemblages are as complex as the human mind. View slideshow: Welcome to "The 3 Sisters Dinner Party." The 3 Sisters Dinner Party is one of 14...
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Fourteen graduating students took part in this year's Senior Project Exhibitions at the FGCU Art Gallery.
The Spring 2013 Senior Project Exhibitions opened tonight in the Art Gallery at Florida Gulf Coast University. The exhibition affords the FGCU faculty, student body and community at large an unparalleled opportunity to discover the future of art as FGCU's graduating artists launch careers in commercial, graphic, public and the visual arts. Included in this graduating class is ceramic artist Meaghan Shaw, who was one of three recipients of the Southwest Florida Fine Craft Guild Award, an honor she earned for a work titled Growth that she had accepted into the 2013 Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition that closed April 11. "The [piece] displayed...
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The Spring 2013 Senior Project Exhibitionsopened last night in the Art Gallery at Florida Gulf Coast University. The exhibition affords the FGCU faculty, student body and community at large an unparalleled opportunity to discover the future of art as FGCU's graduating artists launch careers in commercial, graphic, public and the visual arts. For centuries, artists have been consumed with the study of light and shadow. Leonardo da Vinci used value consistently across colors to unify light, color and form in a way that approximates, and describes, their scientific and naturalistic behavior. Rembrandt applied da Vinci's discoveries in new and novel ways to render...
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The Art Galleries at FGCU.
The Spring 2013 Senior Project Exhibitions opens tomorrow night in the Art Gallery atFlorida Gulf Coast University. The exhibition affords the FGCU faculty, student body and community at large an unparalleled opportunity to discover the future of art as FGCU's graduating artists launch careers in commercial, graphic, public and the visual arts. Sculptural ceramicist Noreen Thais Alvarez is among the graduating artists. Titled Radicle Growth, her organic sculptural environment explores the concepts of birth, growth, mutation and change. View slideshow: Graduating artist Thais Alvarez installs Radicle Growth exhibition in FGCU Art Gallery. To illustrate these constructs, Thais created nearly two dozen seed...
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The Art Galleries at FGCU.
The Spring 2013 Senior Project Exhibitions opens tomorrow night in the Art Gallery atFlorida Gulf Coast University. The exhibition affords the FGCU faculty, student body and community at large an unparalleled opportunity to discover the future of art as FGCU's graduating artists launch careers in commercial, graphic, public and the visual arts. The exhibition contains the senior projects of fourteen students, Noreen Thais Alvarez, Kel Campbell, Megan Farley, Michelle Gazvini, Nicole Halmos, Apolonia Lemus, Stephanie Nester, Victoria Pimentel, Meaghan Shaw, Anne Shively, Lauren Sinett, Melissa Sower, Elliot Taylor and Joan Tracy. Many of them were ensconced in the main gallery yesterday...
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BIG ARTS is the premier art center serving Southwest Florida's Sanibel Island.
Award winning vocalists from the Young Artists Awards performing arts program and an exhibit from the Young Artists Awards ‘Art by Kids with Cancer’ project will be featured from 3-5 p.m. at BIG ARTS on Sanibel during their annual Family Day on Sunday, May 5. The Young Artists Awards ‘Art by Kids with Cancer’ project will be one of the featured exhibits in the Phillips Gallery at BIG ARTS during the month of May. A not-for-profit organization benefiting local students in the arts, Young Artists Awards works with the staff at the Pediatric Oncology/Hematology program at the Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida. View slideshow: Art...
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Inside the Alliance's main gallery at last year's opening of the 26th Annual All Florida Juried Exhibition.
The Lee County Alliance for the Arts has issued a call to artists for its 27th Annual All Florida Juried Exhibition, which will be held May 31 through August 2, 2013. The deadline for submitting entries for this show is Saturday, April 20. Entry to the exhibition is open to all artists residing in Florida. Only original artwork will be accepted (no giclee or crafts) in the categories of sculpture, painting (including oil, acrylic, collage, watercolor and mixed media), photography, prints and drawings. Interested artists may submit up to three artworks, and there is a non-refundable entry fee of $15.00 for one entry...
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A new non-profit teaching and demonstration farm, Center for Organic & Sustainable Living at Green Planet Farm in Bokeelia, is planning an Earth Day Celebration and Open House today, Saturday, April 20. The all day event begins with guided nature walks through a rare Pond Apple swamp at 9 and 11 a.m. (register on Facebook), and continues with tours of the farm, an art exhibit of native & recycled media, a raffle for a rustic cypress bat house, food and refreshments and musicfrom 12 to 4 p.m. with The Brothers Van Kirk (of Strange Arrangement) & Friends, The Swamp Rats and Matt Hannam....
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Hundreds of Lee County high school art students and their families gathered at the Alliance for the Arts on Wednesday, April 17 for the opening reception of “The Future of Art.” The annual juried exhibition features artwork in mediums including painting, drawing, digital photography, mixed media, computer art and 3D. Awards were announced, including for Best in Show, which went to Mariner High Junior Kenzie Hasten for her digital photograph. Other category winners include: Jenny Rinella from N. Fort Myers High for Ceramics Justin Devine from Cypress Lake High for Sculpture Rebekah Johnson of Cape Coral High for B&W Drawing Kelli...
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Standing Thomas Edison in the entry to the Edison Ford Estates is Fort Myers' most photographed public artwork.
The Edison & Ford Winter Estates and The News-Press Media Group will offer visitors a sneak peek of the first iBook produced by The News-Press, “The Edison Festival of Light – Looking Back in Pictures,” which features Thomas Edison and his Fort Myers estate through June, 2013. The iBook commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Edison Festival and features 220 images including the first and only complete gallery of every king and queen of Edisonia, historic and current videos, an interactive quiz, and highlights from the 2013 Edison Festival of Light Parade. View slideshow: How to view and order iBook. Visitors can view the...
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Bell Tower Shops is an upscale shopping plaza located at the corner of U.S. 41 and Daniels Road.
The Edison & Ford Winter Estates has announced plans to open Edison Ford Shoppe at Bell Tower. Opening April 27, 2013, it will include feature unique, handcrafted and local items to purchase, information on how to visit the Edison Ford Estates and become part of its activities, and an area for regular programs, including author talks and book signings, artist demonstrations, food tastings and hands-on activities for children and families. The Edison Ford Shoppe at Bell Tower Shopswill be open during mall hours, vis: Monday – Saturday 10 a.m. – 9 p.m. and Sundays 12 – 5 p.m.. View slideshow: Edison Ford Shoppe...
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Greetings from arcbazar.com!   This is a call for participation! Please consider to participate in the following 5 competitions:---   Project #1 Title: "Start-up Office” Quick 1-week design challenge for a small office space for a start-up in Florida!Deadline: 4/24/2013, midnight (EST)---    Project #2 Title: "One Market Place” 2-week design challenge for a sustainable marketplace in a biodome in California!Deadline: 5/1/2013, midnight (EST)---    Project #3 Title: "Deck/Patio” 4-week design challenge for a landscape project in Massachusetts!Deadline: 5/19/2013, midnight (EST)--- Project #4 Title: "Living/Kitchen and Dining” 4-week design challenge for a home in Missouri!Deadline: 5/14/2013, midnight (EST)---    Project #5 Title:...
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We look forward to seeing you at Inside 3D Printing Conference and Expo - New York City this Monday and Tuesday at Jacob K. Javits Convention Center! Please read this note carefully, as it includes important details about the event. Be sure to have this email with the bar code available when you check-in at the registration desk (on a mobile device is fine). LOCATION Javits Convention Center 655 West 34th Street New York, NY 10001 (Entrance is on the corner of 38th Street and 11th Avenue)  REGISTRATION Registration will open at 8:15 a.m. and the welcome and introduction and moring keynote will...
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            Artist Series Concerts PresentsThe Golden Age of Operetta and Mother's Day Brunch!    ...
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The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
Open Daily  10am - 5pmThursdays  10am - 8pmwww.ringling.org 5401 Bay Shore RoadSarasota, FL 34243(941) 359-5700 Wednesday, April 17, 2013 ViewPoint this Saturday on the American Circus Join us on Saturday, April 20 at 10:30 am in the Historic Asolo Theater for our next ViewPoint - Empire of Fun: The Global History of the American Circus. Matthew Wittmann, Curatorial Fellow, The Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture, looks at how the circus was transformed in the United States from its modest European roots into the gigantic rolling spectacles that characterized the American circus during the late nineteenth century. The...
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  The 2013 AADLA Spring Show, produced by The Art Fair Company PRESS IMAGES PRESS RELEASE PRESS CREDENTIALS EXHIBITORS INFO BLOG A SPECIAL OFFER FROM APOLLO MAGAZINE   FOR FRIENDS AND FANS OF THE SPRING SHOW NYC   Published monthly since 1925, Apollo offers you the greatest diversity of any art magazine - covering everything from antiquities to contemporary art. International in scope, every edition brings you authoritative guidance on collecting, reviews and previews of exhibitions worldwide, plus interviews with major collectors and important personalities from the art world. Whatever your passion, it's reflected in Apollo.   SPECIAL SPRING SHOW NYC OFFER  Subscribe now...
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     Work of ArtArt Center Sarasota's Bi-Monthly Newsletter April 15, 2013   IN THIS ISSUE -Quick Links iconcept 2013 Gilhooley Play Reading Kevin Costello Lecture Series Call to Artists Summer Camp Kids Saturday Art Class Article Headline Leaf & Textile Workshops Volunteers ART CENTER SARASOTA GALLERY HOURS:Monday- Saturday 10am-4pmClosed Sunday    www.artsarasota.org   iconcept 2013   Thank you to everyone who came to iconcept in support of   Art Center Sarasota It was a spectacular evening of fun, art & fashion. The artists really outdid themselves this year! Next year's event will be in March 2014- we'll keep you posted     Thank you to the...
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Participate in these following 5 Exciting New Competitions!   Greetings from arcbazar.com!   This is a call for participation! Please consider to participate in the following 5 competitions:---   Project #1 Title: "Alaskan Getaway - Phase 1” 2-week design challenge for phase 1 (with a separate award for phase 2) of a vacation rental in Alaska!Deadline: 4/26/2013, midnight (EST)---    Project #2 Title: "Elementary School” 3-week design challenge to remodel an elementary school in Florida!Deadline: 5/1/2013, midnight (EST)---    Project #3 Title: "Temporary Studio” 2-week design challenge for a non-located studio project!Deadline: 4/25/2013, midnight (EST)--- Project #4 Title: "Backyard with Pool” 2-week...
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  The 2013 AADLA Spring Show, produced by The Art Fair Company PRESS IMAGES PRESS RELEASE PRESS CREDENTIALS EXHIBITORS INFO BLOG SPRING SHOW NYC WELCOMES OVER 1000 YOUNG PATRONSFROM CITY'S TOP CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS FOR ARTS' NIGHT OUT ON MAY 3     Spring Show NYC 2012 Co-Chairs Abigail Starliper, Maggie Moore, Emily Collins, and Lydia Melamed Johnson NEW YORK - Over 1,000 prominent young patrons from the city's top cultural institutions will gather at the historic Park Avenue Armory for Arts' Night Out, a celebration of the Spring Show NYC, organized by the Art and Antique Dealers League of America, on...
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