MAT students to begin careers ...The Index-Journal: 0 views since Saturday, July 19, 2008 at 03:05 AMLander University master of arts in teaching graduate Tracy Culbreath, class of 2003, returned to campus this summer to give outgoing MAT candidates tips on successful art instruction.
Hamilton steps down as Poncho executive director ...Puget Sound Business Journal: 0 views since Friday, July 18, 2008 at 10:32 PMAfter a 10 percent drop in its fundraising for the past year, local arts grant-maker Poncho and its executive director have parted ways.
Grand winner drawn ...The Daily Dispatch: 0 views since Friday, July 18, 2008 at 05:24 PMMitzi Aguirre of Davis California, was the winner of the annual Grand Theatre Raffle. Douglas resident Bill Wendt drew the winning ticket with Nick Forsythe and Debra Wendt as official witnesses. First runner-up is Jerome J. Fagg from Kailua Kona, Hawaii.
Atlanta's National Black Arts Festival turns 20 ...The Charlotte Observer: 0 views since Friday, July 18, 2008 at 04:21 PMStephanie Hughley's 12th floor office at the new headquarters of the National Black Arts Festival has a stunning view of Atlanta, including the city's cultural standard: the High Museum of Art. The vantage point reminds Hughley that she has arrived, and that the festival can claim the title of artistic institution after two decades of focusing on the music, film, dance, theatre, literature and ...
Figurative/Narrative @ Healing Arts Gallery ...DCist: 0 views since Friday, July 18, 2008 at 02:47 PMThe Day I Stopped Believing by Billy Colbert With an entrance so unassuming its easy to walk right past, the Healing Arts Gallery , once you find it, is a new and welcome addition to the D.C. art scene. The venue is part of the Smith Farm Center on U Street NW, a nonprofit dedicated to using creative methods for the health and education of people suffering from cancer and other ...
Rowlett arts commissions sponsors photography contest ...The Rowlett Lakeshore Times: 0 views since Friday, July 18, 2008 at 02:16 PM"The Sky's the Limit" is this year?s theme for the Rowlett Arts and Humanities Commission photography contest. The contest is open to all ages and offers three categories: person, place, or thing.
Traveling exhibit part of this year's Wabash Arts Camp ...Shenandoah Valley News Today: 0 views since Friday, July 18, 2008 at 09:46 AMCampers of the Wabash Arts Camp get a special treat this year as the traveling exhibit, Picturing America, is making a stop in Shenandoah the week of July 20.
Calder and the Curator ...Litchfield County Times: 0 views since Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 12:34 PMRoxbury resident Ann Y. Smith thinks the New York City-based Calder Foundation, which was founded by artist Alexander Calder's grandson Alexander Rower, wanted someone "on the ground" when it chose her to moderate the symposium on the sculptor that will take place at the Washington Art Association tomorrow.
Arts, chess part of plan to boost school scores ...Lexington Herald-Leader: 0 views since Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 06:28 AMThe Fayette County school board has chosen two downtown Lexington schools to receive $1.2 million to hire more teachers and offer chess, violin, foreign language and art instruction. The extra funds will go to Harrison and the newly built William Wells Brown elementaries to improve test scores at two schools that have struggled. .I'm extremely excited because for once I think we can ...
Calendar ...Morton Grove Champion: 0 views since Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 05:23 AMBased upon space availability, The Champion prints calendar announcements and items for columns, including births, campus news, newsmakers and others for local organizations and individuals. The deadline is 10 days before the desired publication date, however there is no guarantee for publication. Send releases and items of local interest to: Morton Grove Champion, 130 S. Prospect Ave., Park ...
Teachers attend Humanities Texas Institute ...Coppell Gazette: 1 views since Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 04:26 AMAngela Geiger, Kimberly Pope and Melanie Ringman of Coppell Middle School North joined outstanding teachers from across the state earlier this month at ?From Disunion to Empire: The United States, 1850-1900,? a pair of institutes exploring U.S. history in the second half of the nineteenth century.
School's out for long-serving teachers ...North Devon Gazette & Advertiser: 0 views since Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at 09:39 AMTHE school bell will be ringing for the last time for three long-serving Chulmleigh teachers when schools break for summer this week.
Area woman awarded Fletcher Fellowship ...Muskogee Phoenix: 1 views since Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at 12:38 AMThe annual fellowship program established by financial executive Alphonse Fletcher, Jr. to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court?s landmark decision, Brown v. Board of Education, has named four scholars as 2008 Alphonse Fletcher, Sr. Fellows, Fletcher announced Tuesday.
Green degree ...The State News: 1 views since Monday, July 14, 2008 at 11:48 PMSet in a pristine 5,200-acre campus, it?s hard not to think how what you do can affect the environment. But as the rest of the world becomes more environmentally conscious, more of the focus is turning to what research professors at MSU have been doing for years.
Neighbors ...Worcester Telegram & Gazette: 0 views since Monday, July 14, 2008 at 07:14 PMMembers of Northbridge High School class of 2009 were honored last month at a Junior Medalist Reception held in the high school's theater before 180 faculty members, family and friends.
Biography ...All About Jazz: 1 views since Monday, July 14, 2008 at 05:43 PMThe music of pianist, improvisor and composer Anthony Davis eludes easy categorization. Active in a variety of media, including operatic, symphonic, choral, chamber, dance, theater, and improvised musics, Davis has focused upon the integration of improvised and notated expressive resources.