News - Powered by Yahoo NewsYour Job: Got ink? Local artist leaves permanent mark
Chad Messersmith leaves a permanent impression on his clients. Whether he is shading a small tattoo on a client's ankle or outlining a multifaceted full-back piece, this talented tattoo artist enjoys leaving his mark and has a penchant for ink.
Sat, 10 Nov 2007 07:06:50 GMT - (The Sentinel)
Artist Jill Miller: surveillance of art collectors
San Francisco performance-installation artist Jill Miller, best known for spending six weeks in a Northern California forest "Waiting For Bigfoot," has a provocative new surveillance-themed exhibition opening November 17 in San Francisco.
Fri, 09 Nov 2007 18:21:16 GMT - (Addict 3D)
Artist Makes L.I. Debut
"Home and Hearth," an exhibition of the paintings of Queens artist Sandy Ryan, will be featured at the Barnes Gallery in Garden City South from November 7 through January 2. Ryan, whose oils and watercolors have been displayed at Manhattan's Lever House, Almondine in Dumbo, Brooklyn, and other New York area galleries, will be showing her work on Long Island for the first time.
Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:39:02 GMT - (Garden City News)
Fast work pays off for winning artist
By the time Raylena Cunningham heard about the art contest for City of Buffalo employees and their families, the Oct. 12 entry deadline was looming.
Sat, 10 Nov 2007 12:58:43 GMT - (The Buffalo News)
MUSIC REVIEWS: Pop, country/roots, jazz and classical releases
Pop: VARIOUS ARTISTS "I'm Not There: Original Soundtrack" (Sony, 3 stars) Todd Haynes' Bob Dylan movie, "I'm Not There," is an art project that aims to explain the Bard as a shape-shifting cat whose multiple facets are explored by seven performers, including Cate Blanchett and 11-year-old African-American actor Marcus Carl Franklin. The movie's soundtrack, thankfully, is a much more ...
Sun, 11 Nov 2007 04:21:08 GMT - (Lexington Herald-Leader)
The Celebration of Cecil Cooper's David Reid-inspired journey
There are two popular nouns that are commonly used incorrectly. Even though they are related, there is a distinction between them, subtle though it may be. They are 'artiste' and 'artist' (without the e), which more often than not are wrongly used interchangeably.
Sun, 11 Nov 2007 01:50:37 GMT - (The Jamaica Observer)
Artist provides a 'Gathering Space'
Its purpose is to gather text, images and memories, to capture the West Toronto Junction at a period of change. And the time is now, according to artist Loree Lawrence, whose family on both sides g...
Thu, 08 Nov 2007 20:50:27 GMT - (East York Mirror)
BACAA: Classical Training From Contemporary Masters
Walking into a class at the Bay Area Classical Artist Atelier (BACAA) feels a bit like stepping back in time to the European artist studios of the 19th century, when gifted apprentices gathered around professional masters to learn everything they could about the fundamentals of drawing and painting.
Sat, 10 Nov 2007 19:08:40 GMT - (American Artist)
ARTS & BOOKS DIGEST
Salinas artist Sylvia Borgman is showing a brief retrospective of oil and acrylic paintings, matted prints and cards through Nov. 30 at Cafe Vio, 1111 Riverside Ave., Paso Robles.
Sat, 10 Nov 2007 13:05:49 GMT - (The Salinas Californian)
Rap icon hosts lively hip-hop debate show on Web
Bill Maher crossed with "Meet the Press" for the hip-hop culture -- that's the potent formula behind "SpitFire," a new talk show hosted by rap pioneer Kool Mo Dee.
Sun, 11 Nov 2007 01:11:51 GMT - (Reuters via Yahoo! News)