CategoryRelated News Items'Seeking Silicon Valley' - ZERO1's ambitious arts festivalFri, 11 May 2012 14:23:34 -0700 ZERO1 is a biennial arts festival that celebrates the intersection of technology and creativity. It announced its 2012 program. Read More... Asia's private museums blaze new trails in art worldThu, 17 May 2012 20:43:01 -0700 A boom in private museums funded by wealthy collectors is transforming the artistic landscape in Asia, and filling the cultural vacuum left by penny-pinching governments, experts say. Organisers of the ... Read More... Museums: Schoenherr Art GalleryMon, 14 May 2012 07:37:10 -0700 ART 7 West Studio: Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. At 7 W. Downer, Aurora. Visit 7weststudio.com. Adams Hall Gallery: Hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays from late August to early May. Free. Closed during the summer months. At Wheaton College, north of Blanchard Hall, 500 College Ave., Wheaton. Call (630) 752-5050 or visit wheaton.edu/art. Ainsworth Photography Gallery ... Read More... SkillsPEI cuts funding for arts industry employmentFri, 18 May 2012 09:12:23 -0700 The P.E.I. government announced Friday it would cut core funding to the arts industry employment group, CulturePEI, at the end of September. Read More... Arts America Introduces SummerArts – A Special On-line Guide for Planning the Perfect Cultural Arts SummerWed, 02 May 2012 00:08:29 -0700 ArtsAmerica.org, an online Cultural Arts Guide, announces SummerArts a special section devoted to summer theater, jazz, classical music, dance, multi-art festivals, special arts venues as well as college art museums.New York City, New York (PRWEB) May 02, 2012 Summer is approaching: the classic time for travel and the numerous opportunities to experience and enjoy the many special cultural arts ... Read More... MetLife Foundation Awards Leadership Grant to Blue Star Museums and Blue Star TheatersFri, 18 May 2012 10:58:11 -0700 With support from MetLife Foundation, Blue Star Museums will offer free admission to military families at 1,600 museums nationwide from Memorial Day to Labor Day, and Blue Star Theaters will launch in fall 2012. (PRWeb May 18, 2012) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/5/prweb9523101.htm Read More... In the Arts: Asia’s Rich Open Museums, Minn. Orchestra Cuts JobsFri, 11 May 2012 08:17:21 -0700 Asia is producing thousands of new millionaires a year, and newly rich entrepreneurs, whose spending on art has made Hong Kong one of the world’s biggest auction hubs, have opened or are planning institutions to house their swelling collections in Shanghai, Beijing, and Jakarta. Read More... For visitors to Houston, 5 great free things to do, from museums to the beachThu, 17 May 2012 13:41:24 -0700 HOUSTON - Summer is nearly year-round in Southeast Texas so it should be no surprise that the free stuff to see and do in the sprawling metropolitan area of the nation's fourth-biggest city focuses on the outdoors. Read More... OU's Sam Noble, Fred Jones museums to offer free admission to military personnelThu, 17 May 2012 08:42:16 -0700 All active-duty military personnel and their families receive free admission to museums across America this summer in a nationwide program. Read More... Palazzo Strozzi exhibit includes paintings from SFSun, 29 Apr 2012 03:22:48 -0700 In the fall of 2011, James Bradburne, director of the Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi in Florence, came to San Francisco to negotiate the loan of three paintings - one by John Singer Sargent and two by Elihu Vedder - from... Read More...
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