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Art Calendar: 07-29

Except where indicated, all area codes are 419. Toledo Museum of Art: 2445 Monroe St.; 255-8000; Canaday Gallery: The Psychedelic 60s: Posters from the Rock Era; through Sept. 12. Gallery 18: Out of Sight: through Aug. 29. Community Gallery: Arts Gone Wild: through Aug. 15. Works on Paper Galleries: Toledo Area Artists Exhibition: through Aug. 22. Hours: Tue.-Thu., 10 a.m.-4; Fri., 10 a.m.-10 ...

Eastern Ohio Art Guild to offer 'Learn from the Masters' classes

There will be a mid-summer "Learn from the Masters" series at the Eastern Ohio Art Guild Learning Center on Wheeling Avenue in Cambridge. Among the classes: Observational Figurative Painting with Matthew Kinsey. During this six-week session, students will learn to paint the human figure from a clothed model, with emphasis on proportion and accurate color mixture. Classes are 6 to 9 p.m. on ...

'Work of Art': It's a beauty

Ken Tucker on show he likes better each week: Usual reality-TV rhythms rare, unexpected emotions arise

‘New Photography 2010’ Coming to MoMA

The Museum of Modern Art’s exhibition “New Photography 2010” will feature works from four artists: Roe Ethridge, Elad Lassry, Alex Prager and Amanda Ross-Ho.

Who deserves to sit alongside Chagall?

There are many ways to view the lush, colorful, dreamlike and apparently naive art of Marc Chagall, one of the undoubted greats of 20th-century painting. "Marc Chagall and the Russian Avant-garde, from the Collection of the Centre Pompidou" at The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of Arts, makes a brave attempt to set him within the context of his times, something that doesn't quite work ...

Tamara Browning: Jacksonville native sells art to help revitalize downtown

Local artist Don Dennis wants to give back to his hometown of Jacksonville by donating proceeds from an art show to benefit the development of the city’s downtown area.

'Between the Lines' latest Art League project

Last week, the Naperville Art League opened its latest monthly offering with a nod to those classic directions grade school kids learn in art class.

Artist, teacher helps others tell stories through art - Thu, 29 Jul 2010 PST

Born in Barbados, Priscilla Barnett immigrated with her family to Brooklyn, N.Y., where she attended high school and earned a bachelor’s degree in fine arts, focusing on sculpting and painting, from Parsons School of Design. In New York, she taught elementary school and worked with disabled students. She later moved to Alaska after visiting there with a friend. In Ketchikan Alaska, she worked ...

Nicolas Carone, Abstract Expressionist, Dies at 93

Mr. Carone was present at the beginning of the New York School and friends with Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, and Mark Rothko. But his best work may have come long after the style faded.

Regina Hackett takes her Art to Go

On all the reality shows remotely connected to art - Bravo's Project Runway and Work of Art , So You Think You Can Dance on FOX - the judges are identified by full names, and the artists by first only. Why? The artists are the chicks, an idea reality TV did not invent.

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