LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton Inc. & American Composers Orchestra Announce Partnership to Commission & Premiere New Music by Emerging American Composers Aug 13, 2009
Renaud Dutreil, Chairman of LVMH Mot Hennessy Louis Vuitton in North America said: LVMH and American Composers Orchestra share a commitment to supporting emerging American artists. For LVMH, this stems directly from our work to foster creative passion and exalt artistic endeavor. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
LETTER: Town needs real McCoy veterans memorial Aug 3, 2009
Our town deserves the real McCoy art made by American artists, not some junk art from overseas. Contact the Rockport Art Association or the Copley Society of Boston and get a second opinion on what great art should look like. (Swampscott Reporter, MA)
10 things to do this weekend Jul 31, 2009
BROWSE. American artists who work in all media will show their wares at the 52nd annual GOLD COAST ART FAIR. This year the large street festival includes additional street closures and more vendors for your browsing pleasure. July 31, noon-5 p.m.; Aug. 1 and 2, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. (Crain's Chicago Business)
Renowned blanket maker expands iconic art form Jul 19, 2009
In 2006 she was among the first American artists to receive a $50,000 United States Artists award. She also received a Governor's Arts Award that year. (Anchorage Daily News)
"Soul Power" Jul 18, 2009
In 1974, a three-day soul music festival, featuring a mix of African and African American artists, was held in Kinshasa, Zaire. Going into the project, its organizers had two intentions: 1) That it would take place the same week as the Ali-Foreman fight; and 2) That it would be filmed and made into a major documentary, a kind of black Woodstock. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Court: O'Keeffe Museum has no right to Fisk University art Jul 16, 2009
Art historians say the collection has an appealing unity because many of the American artists were part of O'Keeffe and Stieglitz's circle of friends. In addition to paintings by O'Keeffe and Hartley, the collection includes works by , , and. (USA Today -- Life)
Native American artists programs open for applications Jul 13, 2009
Monday, July 13, 2009. First Peoples Fund is seeking artists to apply for two of its fellowship programs that support Native American arts and culture. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
'Soul Power': the Ali-Foreman fight soundtrack Jul 13, 2009
Stewart Levine, who co-produced the concert with South African musician Hugh Masekela, couldn't delay the concert and instead forged ahead with his idea of bringing together the best African American, African and South American artists on one stage. The result: A multicultural spectacle that, until now, was largely forgotten for more than 30 years. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Visions of Morocco and Tunisia Jul 12, 2009
The lure of foreign lands like Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Egypt led various 19th century European and American artists to travel abroad and create a lush, exotic style of painting known as Orientalism. Major representatives of the Orientalist school included Eug;ne Delacroix and Jean-L;on Ger me, with many works produced depicting odalisques, sultans, minarets, or camels traveling across moonlit deserts. (Suite101.com)
Native Americans to gather in US Jul 12, 2009
The festival, which takes place July 11 and 12 at the Sussex County Fairgrounds in Augusta, New Jersey, is organized by the Brooklyn-based nonprofit Red Hawk Native American Arts Council, which supports Native American artists and conducts educational programs. Matias, who is of Quechua and Taino heritage-tribes with roots in Central America and the Caribbean-said the festival serves to teach the wider public that native cultures are richer than what is typically portrayed in popular culture. (NJ.com -- News)
When Disco Sucks! echoed around the world Jul 11, 2009
Before long American artists picked up on it and crafted music to fit the new market. One such artist was Gloria Gaynor, who had two of the first disco hits with and. (MSNBC -- Music)
US musicians demand radio royalties Jul 3, 2009
American terrestrial radio does not pay any performer, homegrown or foreign, so in retaliation, international markets do not pay performance fees to any American artists. Crystal Waters says her lawyer reckons she would have made around $700,000 (428,000) if the new proposals had been law back in 1991. (BBC News -- Americas)
SA lights up White House Jul 2, 2009
"The family's casual style, their interest in bringing 20th century American artists to the forefront and utilising affordable brands and products will serve as our guiding principles as we make the residence feel like their home," he said on his appointment to the White House. According to the Wall Street Journal, the Obamas have a long-standing interest in modern art and design and President Obama included $50-million for the National Endowment for the Arts in his economic stimulus package. (iAfrica.com)
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East West Players Receive Grant, Award. $300,000 Grant to go Towards Developing New Artists. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
East West Players Receive Grant, Award Jun 26, 2009
$300,000 Grant to go Towards Developing New Artists. Published: Thursday, June 25, 2009 11:03 AM PDT DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - East West Players, one of the nations premier Asian theater companies, received a double honor from the James Irvine Foundation this month in the form of a $300,000 grant and an award for artistic director Tim Dang. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
Sweetness and Spite Jun 25, 2009
Intelligent American artists then enjoyed genuine popularity, as they never afterward did. During the Pax Eisenhoweriana, Princeton and Petticoat Junction spoke, to a surprising extent, the same tongue. (The American Conservative)
Stanley William Hayter : From Surrealism to Abstraction Jun 4, 2009
European surrealists found a community of migrs there while American artists were inspired by the European avant-garde. Hayter returned to Paris in 1950 and was making inventive abstractions by the early 1960s that rival the visual brilliance of op art, many imbued with electric, even dissonant, color and dazzling moir patterns. (AbsoluteArts.com)
House is opposed to new radio performer fees Jun 4, 2009
Were confident that as members become acquainted with the accommodations in the bill, there will be ample support to create a performance right on radio for American artists and musicians. . (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)
Broadcasters say majority of US House opposed to new performers royalty for radio airplay Jun 4, 2009
"We're confident that as members become acquainted with the accommodations in the bill, there will be ample support to create a performance right on radio for American artists and musicians.". Over the last several decades, broadcasters have successfully stopped attempts by the recording industry to require radio stations to pay artists for playing their music. (FOX61, CT)
Grant will help Lakota artist reach global audience Jun 1, 2009
Last month, three Native American artists from South Dakota initiated steps to connect their artwork to their communities and the global art market. For a Pine Ridge native, it is one more step toward becoming this century's Andy Warhol, M.C. Escher or Pablo Picasso. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Art show brushes aside recession fears May 30, 2009
90 galleries representing 800 Latin American artists showed work this year ... This year, 90 galleries representing 800 Latin American artists were present. (CNN -- International)
Things to do: May 29 to June 4 May 29, 2009
The second annual Native American Cultural Celebration will feature basket-weaving classes taught by traditional Native American artists, a demonstration of acorn preparation, and guided hikes through Kaweah Oaks Preserve with a focus on native history. There will also be a native plant sale with plenty of deer grass, a basket-weaving staple, and an Indian taco stand. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
Louis Vuitton exhibits go on display in HK May 22, 2009
The second section features a fine selection from the contemporary art collection of Foundation Louis Vuitton pour la Creation, including works by renowned Chinese, French and American artists. A three-dimensional model and brief introduction to the forthcoming Fondation Louis Vuitton pour la Creation Museum designed by iconic architect Frank Gehry will also be displayed. (Xinhuanet, China)
Anniversary Travel Deals (Even If It's Not Yours) May 19, 2009
The hotel is right in town, within walking distance of the (the current exhibit features American artists' impressions of Rome at the turn of the century) and the , a living museum and ode to farming, with maple syrup making and butter-churning demonstrations and a blacksmith shop. A special anniversary package starts at $299, breakfast included, through June 11. (Time.com)
Radio stations could face extra taxes May 17, 2009
But local radio station managers say the fee would prove to be detrimental to the business and ultimately affect the type and amount of music played over the air (Somerset Daily American, PA)
Upside-Down Economy May 12, 2009
hmmm, wonder how many of today's American artists will come to the same conclusions some day. (). (Townhall.com)
Lighthouse features a surprise Rodin May 11, 2009
"Very early on, there were many American artists and American collectors who were going to France for Rodins.". Is plaque worth millions. (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)
Exhibit not coming to DAI May 9, 2009
Museum officials confirmed Friday the exhibit featuring four female American artists including Georgia O Keeffe has been dropped from the museum s schedule. The contract for the exhibit had not been finalized and when the museum saw the final contract, prices had been raised and terms had been thrown in that no longer made it worth it to the museum, said Michael Greitzer, chairman of the board of directors and president of the. (Dayton Business Journal, OH)
Aspire Auctions May Pre-Auction Highlights May 8, 2009
Two important American artists in this category include Edith Barretto Stevens Parsons pair of Nubian bookends and Edward Francis McCartan pair of figural candlesticks, both estimated $8,000. 00-$12,000. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Royalty ruling looms for radio stations, musicians May 4, 2009
To further thicken the already convoluted plot, other countries refuse to pay American artists performance royalties under their own laws because of the lack of reciprocity. Irwin estimates that American artists could be getting between $70 million and $100 million a year in royalties from overseas airplay. (Boston Globe)
ODC/Dance picked for DanceMotion USA Apr 30, 2009
The NEA Opera Honors, an annual program instituted last year, cites five American artists and administrators for their services to opera. Other honorees this year were director and librettist Frank Corsaro, mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne and conductor Julius Rudel. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Aboriginal art show riddled with clichés Apr 28, 2009
Assembling North American artists of whole or part aboriginal descent, this is an exhibition about the contemporary experience of being between cultures. As its title suggests, the show is positioned as a hip next chapter to the kind of exhibitions that introduced aboriginal artists to the mainstream art world a few decades back, group shows that highlighted cultural distinctness and the dignity of the traditional legacies from which they drew. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Artist doubles as curator Apr 28, 2009
For the "Artist As Curator" part of the dual exhibitions, Leipzig chose works by American artists from the museum's collection of representational art. "It was more difficult than I thought it would be," he says. (NJ.com -- Times)
Santa Fe: City of Art Markets Apr 13, 2009
May 23-24, 2009: Native Treasures - Presented by the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Native Treasures features over 140 Native American artists who are specially invited by the museum to represent the best and brightest of the Indian art world ... August 22-23, 2009: Santa Fe Indian Market- Over 1,000 of the most gifted Native American artists from across North America showcase their work, from timehonored forms to innovative contemporary art, in the largest Native American art show and sale... (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Musicians and fans join together to get albums made Apr 12, 2009
And it's not just limited to American artists. In France, singer-songwriter Gr. (Boston Globe)
The gravity of modern-art shift to Pacific Rim Apr 5, 2009
Alexandra Munroe, senior curator of Asian art at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and a team of collaborators have set out to revise, or at least complicate, that story with an exhibition titled "The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia, 1860-1989" (through April 19) ... Some, such as "Aestheticism and Japan," cope more with chronology, outlining an ancestry of Asian influence on American artists' taste and practice ... Others, especially "Buddhism and the Neo-Avant-Garde" and... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
U.S. art scene builds bridges with Cuba Apr 1, 2009
The last Havana exhibition by American artists was a 1986 show organized by Havana's Wifredo Lam Contemporary Art Center, but Magnan says his show is the biggest American group exhibition in Havana since 1958. Although the sale of art is not covered by the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba, travel restrictions have limited cultural exchanges between the two countries. (CNN)
What's up at the Museum? Apr 1, 2009
Published: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 2:51 PM CDT The public is invited to a reception and 'Gallery Talk' by artist Lone Hansen, on Sunday, April 19 from 2 to 4 p.m. The "Gallery Talk' will be at 2:30 p.m. in the Lower Level Gallery. Lone and her mother, Grethe Herlin are the featured artists in our Danish American Artists Series. Light refreshments will be served.Wanted: Immigrant Children! The Family History logy Center is looking for photographs for this year's Tivoli Fest/summer photograph... (Atlantic News-Telegraph, IO)
Fay Gold gallery to close Mar 28, 2009
Gold, whose gallery was established in 1980 and who has represented famous American artists including Jean-Michel Basquiat, said her sales volume dropped too low to meet her operating costs. Overhead at Atlanta s second-largest art gallery was at least $40,000 a month. (Atlanta Business Chronicle, GA)
Student Photographers Capture Spirit of Modern France Mar 21, 2009
The innovative project, called Jeunes Talents ("young talents") is intended to capture the spirit of modern France through the eyes of a new generation of American artists. In addition to the planned tourism campaign, photographs will be on view at Louis Stern Fine Arts, 9002 Melrose Avenue, West Hollywood, in an exhibition also titled Jeunes Talents. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
John Rich to Release Son Of A Preacher Man on March 24 Mar 20, 2009
Two of the all time great American artists in what they do, and the faces that these guys have, they have faces that tell a story. It is a humbling experience working with these guys. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Linking past and present at Amerind Museum. Mar 19, 2009
"We always put Native American artists in that gallery.". In December, the work of Native American photographers was on display. (AZCentral -- Travel)
Free and cheap in Nashville Mar 18, 2009
Inside is a re-creation of the 42-foot statue Athena and an art museum featuring 63 paintings by 19th and 20th century American artists. Admission is $6 for adults and $3. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
* Broadway outsources to Seoul Mar 16, 2009
Shin, representative of South Koreas new, voracious appetite for musical theater, bankrolled the production: royalties for American artists, a local cast, costumes and a US$1. 5 million set. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Uncaged At Last Mar 15, 2009
" When Googoosh sings those words onstage, she smiles and the crowd shouts its adoring encouragement. As Googoosh approaches 60 years of age, her voice remains buoyant and powerful ("I have to thank God , he gave me this gift"), and she still looks like a model, though she's replaced her formerly dark hair with a Marilyn Monroe-like blond color. At the height of her popularity in the 1970s, Googoosh headlined in Europe and the Mediterranean with such American artists as Ray Charles and Ike and... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Artists over 33 need not apply Mar 11, 2009
While other ambitious survey exhibitions in New York tend to focus primarily on American artists, or those working in this country, "Younger Than Jesus" is international in scope. Its 50 artists hail from more than 25 countries, including Algeria, China, Colombia, Venezuela, Poland, Lebanon and Turkey. (International Herald Tribune)
Photos • Booth Western Art Museum Mar 10, 2009
Robert Graham (1968-), Bull Dogged Baffled, 2008, Watercolor on paper, 20 x 24" Collection of the Artist Sign up for one of our many We Invite You To Explore The West Without Leaving The South. - Exciting plans underway!Please park in the Tabernacle Baptist Church parking lot on Gilmer Street during the construction. Special Exhibitions The Black West: Buffalo Soldiers, Black Cowboys & Untold Stories Through March 22, 2009 Special Exhibition Gallery Showcasing the work of 16 contemporary... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Vince Aletti: Walker Evans, at MOMA. Mar 9, 2009
Walker Evans, one of the most influ 00004000 ential American artists of the last century, had his own influences, and chief among them was the ordinary postcard. Evans began collecting penny postcards as a child and amassed more than nine thousand during his lifetime. (New Yorker)
Art Review | 'Performance 1: Tehching Hsieh': A year in a cage: A life shrunk to expand art Feb 19, 2009
(The piece, a combination of time cards and photographs, is on view at the Guggenheim in "The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia, 1860-1989.") His third piece was a year spent living entirely outdoors, mostly in downtown New York, filling his time with the basic act of surviving and charting his movements. 1. (International Herald Tribune)
Soul salute: UGA honorsmusic legend Otis Redding Feb 18, 2009
"He wanted to make sure other African American artists in his day knew that they needed to take care of themselves and their business, because after they couldn't sing anymore they still needed a check," she said. "He was certainly very business-savvy despite not being able to finish high school and not being able to attend a major university," she said. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Michelle Obama displays her love of fashion as Vogue's cover star Feb 12, 2009
We want to make sure that our young people remember and understand what classical music is, who some of the great American artists are. We want entertaining in the White House to feel like America, that we are reminded of all the many facets of our culture. (Times Online)
Meditations on Asia in American art Feb 8, 2009
The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia, 1860-1989" at the Guggenheim Museum is a strange show, mostly good-strange, often beautiful-strange, and for sure long overdue. When I first saw the title, I thought: O.K., so we're going to get Nature, cosmic consciousness and tons of Zen. All of which we do get, maybe too much, but we also get more, including enough revisionist thinking to muss up all standard accounts of 20th-century American art, always a worthy goal. The strangeness starts... (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)
Rourkes redemption tale appeals to everyone Feb 7, 2009
The French tend to like the primitive in American artists in general, Braudy said. They like what they feel is really American. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Brandeis' Attempt to Turn Art into Assets Feb 7, 2009
Meanwhile there was the Rose, with its collection of more than 7,100 objects, including works by major American artists like Jasper Johns, Willem de Kooning, Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol. In 2007 the collection was assessed by the auction house Christie's to be worth around $350 million. (Time.com)
