Embarcadero's 'Urban Trees' take root Aug 4, 2008
Some of the sculptors are full-time artists and others are transitioning into the public art field, Tait said. A Day in the Life by Meilisa Lim is a whimsical depiction of a squid made of fiberglass and resin. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Rotarians work toward squirrel statue Aug 1, 2008
The committee has also received quotes from two sculptors and is currently gathering a third quote. However, Brumley said these quotes are not final as the statue has not yet been designed. (Olney Daily Mail, IL)
Twilight Auction on tap for Portsmouth Jul 30, 2008
The live auction begins at 6:30 p.m. and includes major art works graciously donated by talented Maine and N.H. painters, sculptors, and architects and much more. AIDS Response-Seacoast (ARS) is a non-profit, community-based HIV/AIDS service organization in Portsmouth dedicated to providing, direct assistance and prevention education programs to persons and communities affected by HIV/AIDS. ARS provides free comprehensive client services as well as educational and prevention programs in... (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Spacetaker Announces Call for Entries to Artists for Annual Winter Holiday Art Market Jul 30, 2008
Artists of all genres including painters, jewelry makers, potters, sculptors, knitters and other artists are encouraged to register. The sale will take place December 5-7, 2008 at Winter Street Studios, 2101 Winter St., Houston, TX 77007. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Not carved in stone!Montpelier's sculptors take a fresh look at their material world Jul 25, 2008
Montpelier's sculptors take a fresh look at their material world. 07/24/08 By Mike Giuliano. (Laurel Leader, MD)
100 sculptures for Olympics unveiled Jul 25, 2008
Among those, 19 were created by world-renowned sculptors like Ralfonso of Switzerland and Zadok Ben David of Israel. (Source: CCTV.com). (Xinhuanet, China)
Local designers make art of the old cotton standby Jul 24, 2008
Inspired by the success of Boston T-shirt magnate Johnny Cupcakes, Boston has become a hotbed of fresh-out-of-art school painters, sculptors, and graphic designers who put their art on T-shirts to draw in aficionados like Raymond. By day, they might wait tables or design sneakers, but at night they're feeding a growing demand for unique, hand-screened tees. (Boston Globe)
Siberian artist brings worldly aura to annual Western Montana Paint Out Jul 23, 2008
Normally, sculptors work indoors. But being outside provides its own inspiration. (Missoulian, MT)
Thailand artists in Dowagiac Tuesday Jul 22, 2008
"Thai Fest: Cultural Exchange" takes place July 13-26 and involves the community in a unique opportunity to offer an American experience to a small group of Thai sculptors and ceramic artists who are employed by their government in the Traditional Art Division of the Fine Arts Department ... In July 2006, seven Fire Arts members, named cultural ambassadors by South Bend Mayor Steve Luecke, traveled to Thailand and worked in the Samnakchang Sip Moo arts complex with government sculptors and... (Dowagiac News, MI)
Salado's 42nd Art Fair to Host Texas State Artists & Texas Originals Jul 21, 2008
This includes some of the greatest painters, sculptors, musicians, and poet laureates from around the state. Art fans that have been traveling to the banks of Salado Creek for the past 42 years are in for a real treat this year. (KWTX.com, TX)
This 'Devil' scores one for a sculptor fan and Newark Jul 19, 2008
In a city filled with public sculpture, some by America's most noted sculptors, the work of a just-discovered artist will soon be the most visible. "It is the dream of every artist to have your work seen," said Jon Krawczyk. (NJ.com -- News)
China's biggest sculpture exhibition opens Jul 18, 2008
There are awards for lifetime achievement, a grand award and awards for young sculptors. (Source: CCTV.com). (Xinhuanet, China)
Mother-daughter enterprises arrive at Wenham Center Jul 16, 2008
Subsequent exhibits will feature works from painters, illustrators, photographers, and sculptors selected from Elissa s professional contacts and associates. She has issued a call-for-entries to all artists for an upcoming exhibit of miniatures and small works, titled Little Gems. (Hamilton Wenham Chronicle, MA)
Bernini and Birth of Baroque Portra... Jul 14, 2008
The exhibition concludes with the accomplishments of 17th-century sculptors influenced by the artist, among them (1601/02-1653) and Alessandro Algardi (1598-1654). Sources. (Suite101.com)
Metal madness: stolen sculpture will be made into copper wire Jul 13, 2008
Lewers, who died in 1962, is considered one of the most important Australian modernist sculptors of the 1940s and '50s. He was an engineer before becoming a full-time sculptor and at one time he lived in a farmhouse on the Nepean River. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Worm-eating slug found in garden Jul 13, 2008
Sculptors create art from sand. Fairford air show a washout. (BBC News)
France hosts Mediterranean summit Jul 13, 2008
Sculptors create art from sand. FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS. (BBC News)
New guidance given on autism care Jul 13, 2008
Page last updated at 12:44 GMT, Wednesday, 2 April 2008 13:44 UK. The public health minister has announced new guidelines on autism. (Yahoo News -- Autism)
US sex-abstinence drive 'flawed' Jul 13, 2008
Page last updated at 02:13 GMT, Friday, 1 December 2006. US sex-abstinence drive 'flawed. (Yahoo News -- Birth Control)
Dig for knowledge Jul 13, 2008
Page last updated at 01:38 GMT, Saturday, 12 July 2008 02:38 UK. A grave job for student archaeologists. (BBC News -- Science)
Mounties honoured Jul 6, 2008
The sculptors, Don and Shirley Begg, talked with family members and collected photos of the officers to create the statues, Schiemann said. The sculptors won the privilege of creating the memorial after a nationwide competition, Shirley Begg said. (Edmonton Sun)
Looking at suitable employment for retirees Jul 6, 2008
He said retirees or pensioners in Singapore were retrained in their field of expertise before rejoining the work force while in Cambodia, retired traditional artists or sculptors in an academy of arts trained people who were maimed or jobless. Dr Tengku Aizan concurs, The investment in the retraining, lifelong education and learning will enable many retirees to participate in the new K-based economy. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Capturing the soul of Hanoi Jul 6, 2008
Members of Hanoi Link (a group of young contemporary painters, sculptors, musicians, designers, journalists and the like) were are kind enough to bring us into one of their homes and to Nha San Duc, an independent art space in the Quan Ba Dinh area. Tucked between the tall, narrow buildings so typical of old Hanoi, its no ordinary space. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Innes Indreswari Soekanto: Sculpting her own comeback Jul 5, 2008
Some people have even gone as far as taking her name off the list of the country's sculptors, thinking she wouldn't be back ... These three renowned sculptors equipped Innes with a deep, rounded understanding of concept, art, philosophy and life itself ... In 1995, when taking part in the Inami International Wooden Sculpture Workshop, where she learned about creating public art, one of the Japanese sculptors said something that struck a chord in her consciousness. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Letters: Art gallery is good for community, good for harbor Jul 4, 2008
Art is the verve of a town and Crescent City is a beacon for artists of every genre: painters, sculptors, writers, storytellers, potters the list goes on and on. Del Norte is resplendent with towering redwoods, unique beaches, sea life, lighthouses, sundry wildlife and the most beautiful rivers on Earth. (Daily Triplicate)
Hot talent in for the long haul Jul 2, 2008
When the exhibition opens on September 19 it will showcase the work of young Australian painters, sculptors, performance artists and video artists. Mathews is particularly impressed by Freakley, who calls herself "the Quote Generator". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Finding John Rogers Jul 1, 2008
He was also one of the only sculptors to craft irises in his human subjects eyes. It is for this reason that a sculpture of Abraham Lincoln was complimented by the late president's son, Robert Todd Lincoln, as the most lifelike of any sculpture he had seen fashioned of his father. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Silvermine still nurtures Conn. art community Jun 29, 2008
Painters, printmakers, sculptors, photographers, potters, and jewelry artists apply for membership during two opportunities each year. In the final step, they present their work to 30 to 40 members who decide whether it passes muster. (Boston Globe)
Penn Museum Exhibitions 2008-09 Jun 25, 2008
Royal and religious statuary, , gold jewelry, personal accoutrements of the ruler and his family, as well as sculptors' workshop materials, provide a balanced view of the Amarna Period (ca. 1353-1336 B.C.) and the theological, artistic and cultural changes that occurred during turbulent years when Akhenaten professed a religion devoted to the or solar disk. (Suite101.com)
Sculptor to cast famed horse in bronze Jun 23, 2008
Chytka, one of America s best-known cowboy sculptors, is creating a half-size bronze, Tipperary s Last Stand, for Buffalo s centennial in 2009 ... Unlike most sculptors whose work ends up cast in bronze by an outside foundry contractor, Chytka takes the whole process on himself. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Austin Winters' 'Bacon Boy' superhero sizzles in glass art Jun 19, 2008
Wearing a festive, horned Viking helmet, Austin slipped on safety glasses Wednesday and watched a team of museum sculptors craft his super-powered imaginings into glossy, three-dimensional art ... As they worked, sculptors frequently cried out, "Bacon's cookin'!". (OregonLive, OR -- News)
What's ahead Jun 18, 2008
It is the first of a series designed to provide opportunities for local residents to meet and learn from national and international sculptors working in cast glass. Dunstan is coming to Port Orford to work with local cast glass expert Hugh McKay. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Artistic endeavor Jun 15, 2008
Several local artists begin gathering with the goal of creating a network of painters, sculptors and other artists in the Scranton area. 1989. (Scranton Times, PA)
Shivaji statue plan ill-conceived: Raj Jun 15, 2008
"I have a high regard for Indian sculptors. But there is no denying the fact that foreign artistes and technicians have better expertise.". Bal Thackerays nephew, who broke away from the Sena after losing out to his cousin Udhav in the succession battle, turned 40 on Saturday. (Times of India)
Uncle plans 15-mile swim to benefit niece at Allied Nursing Center Jun 13, 2008
He s mastered the martial art of Aikido, and, notably, is one of the country s most admired sculptors in spite of recurring health issues, including four major back surgeries and eight abdominal hernia operations ... He s mastered the martial art of Aikido, and, notably, is one of the country s most admired sculptors in spite of recurring health issues, including four major back surgeries and eight abdominal hernia operations. (Scranton Times, PA)
Shinnyo-en Buddhism Brings Taiko Drum Ceremony to UCLA's Royce Hall Jun 13, 2008
Shinjo Ito (1906-1989), founder of the Shinnyo-en order of Buddhism, was one of Japan's most versatile Buddhist sculptors and an accomplished artist in fields as diverse as calligraphy and photography. His works are on display May 8-June 29 at the Westwood Art Forum at 1028 Westwood Boulevard Phone: 310-208-0627; Toll Free: 866-933-8467. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Public Art Exhibition CowParade Makes California Debut in San Diego Jun 12, 2008
An array of artists painters, sculptors, craftsmen and multi-media artists ranging from well-known to emerging will be selected to participate in the exhibition. Each artist whose design is selected for the exhibition will be provided with a life-sized, blank fiberglass cow form and will be paid a $1,000 honorarium upon completion and approval of their transformed cow. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Sculptors drawn to the power of suggestion Jun 11, 2008
We don't often think of the two forms in one work, but maybe we should, because three exhibitions up now - Michael Beatty at Barbara Krakow Gallery, Gregory G mez at OH+T Gallery, and Cal Lane at Judi Rotenberg Gallery - feature works by sculptors, many of whose sculptures read like drawings. Beatty, in an artist's statement, refers to his pieces as maps and declares that they give "physical reality to emotional topography." He has two fun, inviting bodies of work here, both wall sculptures. (Boston Globe)
About Town for June 11, 2009 Jun 11, 2008
Lompoc Sculptors Guild displays work ... featuring the works of members of the Lompoc Sculptors Guild. (Lompoc Record, CA)
Southwestern hosts New Zealand glass artist Evelyn Dunstan Jun 10, 2008
The event is the first of a series designed to provide opportunities for local residents to meet and learn from national and international sculptors working in cast glass. For more information about upcoming lectures, to suggest potential presenters or to be placed on a contact list, those interested can call the Southwestern Gold Beach Center at (541) 247-2741. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Annual Art Walk is Friday, June 6 Jun 6, 2008
Thirty businesses will open their doors to the public to showcase their wares and the talents of local painters, sculptors, jewelers, photographers and other artists. Buskers and other street entertainers will be spread out throughout the downtown area. (Ames Daily Tribune, IA)
Announcing 10 years of exhibits Jun 1, 2008
The trustees extend a very warm welcome for everyone to come and see this remarkable, diverse collection of one of our countries greatest sculptors. Every one who has visited has been amazed and pleased at what they saw. (Arlington Advocate, MA)
Anish Kapoor challenges perceptions in a mind-bending show at the ICA May 30, 2008
Despite his status as one of the world's preeminent sculptors, Kapoor's real knack is to make the many different materials he works with seem somehow other than sculptural ... Most serious sculptors run a mile from optical trickery and illusions ... Color is treated by most sculptors (those who don't avoid it altogether) as either a skin on the surface of things or a quality indivisible from matter itself. (Boston Globe)
A Year Off Work May 29, 2008
In addition to offering more familiar fellowships to painters, poets, sculptors and other artists, the seven-decades-old arts institution advertised for early career chefs. For 12 months, the resident would be given room, board and a nurturing space in which to explore his or her culinary interests, outside the pressure cooker environment of a restaurant. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
All-star cast May 28, 2008
More than 60 sculptors used 35,000 tonnes of sand on an area of 15,000sq m to build a park with sculptures of well-known Hollywood films and characters. A replica of Mount Rushmores four presidents was one of the major attractions. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Art grant recipients feted at auto museum May 28, 2008
Other speakers were Susan Navarre, director of the Brookline Arts Center and Kris Higgins of Puppet Showplace, Inc. Elizabeth Michelman represented Studio without Walls, a collaborative of Brookline sculptors, and Bette Ann Libby, awarded a grant for her Town-wide Mosaic Column project, spoke briefly about her work. The BCA awarded this year s Andrea Cilley Memorial Grant to Katrina Majkut, who discussed her forthcoming installation of Art on the Wind, planned for Larz Anderson Park in August... (Brookline TAB, MA)
CA Museum Exhibits: Summer 2008 May 26, 2008
Bernini and the Birth of Baroque Portrait Sculpture (August 5-October 26) traces the revival of the portrait bust in 17th-century Rome by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) and its transformation into a respected art form by sculptors who followed him. Some 50 marble, bronze and porphyry works are supplemented by relevant drawings and paintings. (Suite101.com)
* Taiwan News Quick Take May 25, 2008
Sculptors in German show ... Chen De-Lung (w) and Tseng An-kuo (w), who both have their own studios in Sanyi (Tq) X a small town in Miaoli County renowned for its woodcarving industry X will compete with 23 other wood sculptors from Germany and six other countries in the creative camp called Wood Sculptors Create Great Works. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
EUGENE ROBINSON: Choosing right likeness to honor King May 23, 2008
That's what Lei Yixin, one of China's most celebrated sculptors, is concocting. There was grumbling from American artists, especially black American artists, that a Chinese sculptor was chosen to create our nation's monument to King. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Garden tour will include sculpture by area artists May 22, 2008
The tour organizers reached out to sculptors because the event will take place one week before Art All Night, the city's 24-hour art festival, on June 21-22. Tour chairwoman Jane Vawter said the organizers hope to attract visitors of all ages. (NJ.com -- Times)
In the money May 21, 2008
The five artists participating in "En Mass: Award-Winning Massachusetts Sculptors" may have all earned Massachusetts Cultural Council grants, but that's about all they have in common. At their shared show at the Boston Sculptors Gallery, which opens today, you'll see the their drastically different styles ... Boston Sculptors Gallery, 486 Harrison Ave. 617-482-7781. (Boston Globe)
WallDecorAndHomeAcccents.com Gets a Contemporary Makeover - New Line of Contemporary Wall Art Highlight of and Inspiration Behind Website Redesign May 21, 2008
The artists and sculptors who create them have been hand-selected for their fine attention to craftsmanship. Wall Decor And Home Accents' spokesperson Krasen Tomov is pleased with the results the company is seeing from its contemporary collection and Website makeover. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Shakedown Shows Off Teen Artists May 17, 2008
More than 400 of the area's most talented high school painters, sculptors, and photographers are being celebrated in this year's ArtPeace Shakedown ... More than 400 of the area's most talented high school painters, sculptors, and photographers are being celebrated in this year's ArtPeace Shakedown. (R News)
What To Do In Las Vegas, Nevada May 16, 2008
Contemporary painters, sculptors and mixed media are represented by this partnership between artist Jerry Misko, and art dealer and Whirlygig co-founder, Naomi Arin. Gainburg Studio / 1039 Main Street #130 / 702 249 3200. (Suite101.com)
Read Indepth Article May 16, 2008
Here, painters, sculptors and print makers are encouraged to put up their works, showcase their skills and their ability to negotiate complex modern issues through their medium of choice. GenNext is a show to appreciate the creative sparks of the young generation artists, who will eventually inspire contemporary art to influence creative endeavours in the global arena. (AbsoluteArts.com)
More King, less Lenin May 14, 2008
The commission suggested the inspiration for the statue came from Soviet realist sculptors. Agence France-Presse. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
* More MLK, hold the Mao May 14, 2008
The Martin Luther King Jr National Memorial Project Foundation partly chose Lei because he is one of the worlds top sculptors for large human forms, Jackson said. The foundation, which evaluated 900 entries from 52 countries, chose Leis design because it captured the essence of Kings struggle to achieve his ideals, he said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Halcyon Gallery to Hold First Gallery Exhibition of Bob Dylan Art May 11, 2008
Situated in the heart of Mayfair, London, Halcyon Gallery is one of Europe's leading art galleries, representing some of the finest contemporary painters and sculptors working today. Halcyon Gallery is committed to supporting and nurturing outstanding living artists, as well as specialising in fine art and masters original paintings, drawings and sculpture. (PR Newswire)
An oversexed 'Rabbbit' joins toy cultureJC pop artist Ron English to unveil limited-edition creation May 11, 2008
Bunnny Rabbbit was actually designed by English, but he commissioned sculptors based in Hong Kong to put it together ... "I draw them from every possible angle, and then send it to sculptors where they sculpt and then they start pressing it.". (Hoboken Reporter, NJ)
* Chinese sculptor asked to rework King Jr statue May 11, 2008
In its letter the commission suggested that the inspiration for the King statue, which is being crafted by Chinese sculptor Lei Yixin (pyN), come from Michelangelo or Rodin X not the likes of Soviet realist sculptors. Commission members found that the colossal scale and Social Realist style of the proposed statue recalls a genre of political sculpture that has recently been pulled down in other countries, it said, urging that the sculpture be reworked. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Panel: Rework 'confrontational' MLK statue May 10, 2008
They "recommended strongly that the sculpture be reworked, both in form and modeling" and cited "precedents of a figure emerging from stone in the works of sculptors such as Michelangelo and Rodin.". The commission objected to what it perceived as the loss of the subtle way King seemed to be coming out of the stone in the drawings, Luebke said. (MSNBC -- Race)
Democratizing The Art World May 10, 2008
Enter Artadia, which aims to introduce healthy competition by hosting biannual contests for visual artists--painters, sculptors, photographers and videographers--in San Francisco, Chicago, Houston, Boston and, later this summer, Atlanta. Vroom's goal: to open up an imperfect market mainly controlled by a handful of powerful gallery owners and collectors in New York, Los Angeles, Berlin and London. (Forbes)
Giant horse leads race for 'angel of the South' May 8, 2008
The sculptors had three months to come up with their designs, maquettes of which will now go on display at the county's Bluewater shopping centre. The winning sculpture will be chosen by a selection panel for completion in 2010. (Telegraph.co.uk)
FEST CATERS TO ALL May 5, 2008
For art lovers, more than 300 sculptors, photographers, painters, potters and other artists displayed their wares. Pat Palinkas and Sage Logan of the Bronx made off with two framed pieces of art: a fanciful piece depicting an apartment building inside a tree and a small picture of a crane. (NJ.com)
Weird and brutal life in a mongrel tongue May 3, 2008
Most of the other 70 or so fellows - sculptors, artists, architects, scholars - had to compete for their places; Diaz was invited. He confesses that he "hasn't written a word" since he finished the novel last spring. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
