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Sep 09, 2013
Spotlight on Heather Vaillancourt, NAP Participant
Jack Vaillancourt works as a plumbing inspector for the City of Manchester’s Planning Department. After hearing about the opportunity for employees and their immediate family members to enter the 7th Annual NAP Exhibition, he immediately thought of his granddaughter Heather and her artistic talents. With the opportunity to participate in this free exhibition, Jack strongly encouraged Heather to enter her piece entitled “Lost at Sea” in the teen category.Sep 09, 2013
Technology Sheds Light on 6 Great Art Mysteries
Beneath the familiar faces of hundreds of paintings lining the walls of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., a host of secrets sit, waiting to be discovered.
Whether a Picasso or Da Vinci, every canvas holds brushstrokes that might conceal something else: a secondary painting, perhaps, or a mystery waiting to be untangled by John Delaney, the museum's senior imaging scientist.
On a typical day, he patiently places a painting in front of a specialized camera and completes a scan, which will reveal not just what's under the paint,
Sep 09, 2013
New van Gogh painting discovered: 'Sunset at Montmajour'
Featured on cnn.com
More than 120 years after Vincent van Gogh's death, a new painting by the Dutch master has come to light.
The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, which holds the largest collection of the artist's work, announced Monday the discovery of the newly identified painting, a landscape titled "Sunset at Montmajour."
Sep 06, 2013
Museum Hack's Tasting-Menu Approach to the Art Museum Tour
Featured on online.wsj.com
Every museum tour should start with a huddle break.
That's what Mark Rosen, one of the guides behind the upstart group Museum Hack, believes. On a recent Sunday, he began a tour in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Great Hall by urging his nine guests to form a tight circle, hands in the center, and on the count of three, shout: "MUUUUSEUM!"
"There is a thing called 'museum fatigue.' That's a real problem," he said, before zipping off toward the European Arts wing.
Sep 03, 2013
Twin photographers, 16, display ‘Art is Homeless’ exhibit at FIU
Featured on www.miamiherald.com
Homelessness is a worldwide issue that brothers and photographers Alexander and Christopher Kiener have been aware of from an early age.
Sep 03, 2013
Concordia art exhibit uses Instagram to define happiness
Featured on www.inforum.com
Katie Pepera inspects a collection of photos hung on a wall. They depict people from all walks of life. Many are eating or laughing around picnic tables.
Aug 29, 2013
Art exhibit showcases links between art and crime
Featured on philly.com
THERE ARE BOMBS on Arcadia University's campus.
But instead of drawing cops and explosive-detecting dogs, administrators hope the faux bombs - part of a five-week, crime-themed art exhibit called "No Bingo for Felons" - will draw crowds of art appreciators.
The show, which opened last night, takes its name from an obscure law forbidding convicts from operating games of chance.
The first thing visitors will see is Anna Duval's fiberglass head, the first bust made
Aug 26, 2013
Art Exhibit Memorializes Sentimental Ebay Purchases
Featured on www.psfk.com
For some people, buying a new piece of clothing is fairly cut-and-dry, but for others it is a chance to own a little piece of history. That’s because as one writer discovered, there is often more than meets the eye when it comes to clothes shopping.
Talking with FastCoDesign, Emily Spivack recalls shopping on eBay for a pair of vintage heels when she stumbled on a 1967 Playboy Bunny costume for sale.
Aug 20, 2013
Art museum co-creates iPad app for senior health
Featured on mobihealthnews.com
Last month, the CJE Senior Life (formerly Council for Jewish Elderly) and The Art Institute of Chicago launched an iPad app, Art in the Moment, to encourage conversation and engagement in older adults with cognitive disabilities.
Aug 19, 2013
Outdoor Urban Art Museum on tap for Mills 50 neighborhood in Orlando
Featured on articles.orlandosentinel.com
A new museum is coming to Orlando this year — one without walls.
The outdoor Urban Art Museum would scatter original, museum-quality art throughout the artsy Mills 50 neighborhood, east of downtown Orlando.
Aug 19, 2013
The Lorax Finally Gets His Own Art Exhibition
Featured on www.huffingtonpost.com
Most of our childhoods would not have been as bright (or as filled with rhyme!) without the help of a Theodor Seuss Geisel, also known as Dr. Seuss.
Aug 16, 2013
Burr Ridge artist uses talents to heal
Featured on burrridge.suntimes.com
After 25 years as a hospital volunteer, Burr Ridge resident Sue Kett has found a new way to serve the patients and families at Adventist Hinsdale Hospital. Kett is healing arts consultant for Adventist Midwest Health’s Healing Arts Program at Hinsdale Hospital, a service that Kett initiated just over a year ago and that is supported by the hospital.
Aug 15, 2013
Spotlight on Nickolas Gammicchia, NAP Participant
Nicholas Gammicchia was awarded Third Place in the Amateur category for his painting entitled “Nature’s Abstract” in this year’s NAP Exhibition for Detroit Medical Center. While everyone is always delighted to be recognized for their artwork, winning this award provides Nick with another opportunity to help a child facing the same disability as him.
You see Nick was diagnosed with severe Autism as a child. During that tim
Aug 13, 2013
Amazing Display for Manchester’s 8th Annual NAP Exhibition
A fantastic display adorns the walls of Manchester’s City Hall through August 28th which includes an extraordinary collection of artworks from employees and their family members. As always, Mayor Gatsas was honored to attend the award reception and announced the 2013 winners as well as his ‘Mayor’s Choice’ award recipient. Over 100 attendees were present at the ceremony which was held in the Chambers on July 31st. Coordinator Vicki Ferraro said that, “the display looks amazing this year with 131 pieces this is one of our largest displays yet”.
Aug 13, 2013
A Little Encouragement goes a Long Way for one NAP Participant
This year’s Best of Show winner almost didn’t submit his artwork into the NAP exhibition in Lincoln, NE. The untitled piece, which is proudly on display in his parent’s home, was a gift he created for them. When Samuel’s mother, an employee of the Bennett Martin Library, heard about the opportunity for employees and their immediate family members to enter the 7th Annual Exhibition, she strongly encouraged Samuel to enter his piece of art. Although Samuel initially showed hesitation, the piece was finally submitted and to his surprise, not only won First Place in the Amateur category, b