THE WASHINGTON POSTBy Philip KennicottWASHINGTON, DC - The National Gallery in Washington, D.C. will presents the exhibition "The Gothic Spirit of John Taylor Arms from May 15 - Nov. 27, 2011. John Taylor Arms (also on view in VA) was a conservative artist, and he knew it. He started making prints in 1914, a year after the epic Armory Show in New York introduced European modernism to the philistine shores of the New World. Gothic churches were a perfect subject. Arms aligned himself with the Gothic revival, with artists who, for confused but...
Monday, 9 May 2011
AOA TODAYINDIA - Founded over 50 years ago, Indian based ANI (www.aniin.com) is today South Asia 's leading multimedia news agency with over 100 bureaus. When it comes to covering South Asia , ANI goes across the globe to bring news of and from South Asia, wherever it takes place. The result is a complete service, multi-faceted in the depth of its coverage, and extensive in its reach. ANI covers almost all areas of interest including news as well as religious arts such as how faiths come together to create art tapestries. Today's video...
EL DEFENSOR CHIEFTAINNEW MEXICO - As far as we know, all Indian pueblos prehistoric and historic had their religious shrines. Perhaps the most common form was a simple rock cairn, at which religious leaders deposited offerings and recited prayers. A spring, a mountain, or even a lake, as at Taos Pueblo, could in itself be regarded as a holy place and have sacred cairns or petroglyphs associated with it. One of New Mexico’s most fabled shrines is Towa Yalane, a flat-topped mountain rising a thousand feet above a sandy plain, just three miles southeast...
THE RECORD DELTABy Amanda HayesArtist Sheri Gaudet stands in front of the mural she painted at Chapel Hill United Methodist Church.WEST VIRGINIA - A local artist has helped bring the stories of Jesus to life through the creation of an 80-foot-long by 8-foot-high mural at Chapel Hill United Methodist Church. Sheri Gaudet spent roughly two months painting the scenes of Jesus on the Christian Education hallway. Chapel Hill UMC’s pastor, Chapel Hill...
Sunday, 8 May 2011
THE JOURNALBy Michelle BruchMINNESOTA - Nick and Rosie Heille host the annual Art-A-Whirl trolley tour. Nick and his wife Rosie helped found the Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association (NEMAA), they are often spotted at gallery shows, and they continually add to a personal art collection that represents about 40 artists. In addition to serving as founding members of the Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association, Nick and Rosie advised the city on its Arts Action Plan, which is meant to strengthen the artists’ presence in Northeast. They also founded...
AOA TODAYNEW JERSEY - Resurrection Parish, a Roman Catholic Church in Randolph NJ, is the first venue in the mid Atlantic region to exhibit and host an informative art lecture on life-size replica of Michelangelo's masterpiece, La Pieta, May 13 at 8 p.m. The sculpture is cast from a prototype made from a mold of the original located in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome and is on display now through May 31. The art lecture will be conducted by Ms. Ivannia Vega-McTighe, a current Ph.D. candidate in Art History at Rutgers University, NJ. [li...
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