"Hairspray" out on DVD today (Seattle Times) A weekly listing of new DVDs....more...Rockwell exhibit to travel cross-country (AP via Yahoo! News) A traveling exhibit of Norman Rockwell works opens a cross-country tour Saturday at the Akron Art Museum and highlights the beloved artist's growing acceptance by a mainstream art community that had long spurned him as too kitschy and commercialized....more... Lawyers' impact widely felt for 175 years (The Pantagraph) The reasons are long lost, but John Dawson had to pay John Steers $10, and Dawson owed another $10 for court costs....more... ISU studio, artists team to produce ageless copies (The Pantagraph) International artist Arturo Herrera was preparing for a stay as a visiting artist at the printmaking program at Illinois State University....more... New gallery recycles art (OnMilwaukee.com) Milwaukee Street Gallery, owned by Barbi Blutstein and Jane Chernof, is a place where something old becomes something new again....more... Idaho history: Railroads were important part of many town histories (The Idaho Statesman) Some Idaho towns that moved to be on the railroad never quite died.Roseberry, a small town in Valley County east of Donnelly, is a notable example of a place that nearly died after the railroad passed it by. ...more... Conor Fallon (Independent) Conor Hubert Fallon, sculptor and painter: born 30 January 1939; married 1966 Nancy Wynne-Jones (died 2006; one son, one daughter); died Ballinaclash, Co Wicklow 3 October 2007....more... One of America's Great Student Newspapers (The Pitt News) Nowhere/Land Ho Solo exhibition by Cara Erksine Tunnel Gallery 5515 Penn Ave. 412-867-7453 Runs through Dec. 8 Pittsburgh's new Tunnel Gallery opened at the beginning of this month and features the exhibit Nowhere/Land Ho. This show, the gallery's inaugural exhibit, exclusively features local Pittsburgh artist, Cara Erskine....more... Holiday art hot spots (Exeter News-Letter) Holiday gift giving can be tricky. ...more... |