Toronto Fine Art School Student Evelyn Choi Wins Multiple Art Contests, Cash Prizes Evelyn Choi, a student at Toronto's representational fine art school Academy of Realist Art, has won multiple art contests with cash prizes totalling $2,700 USD, from The Artist's Magazine and the Art Renewal Center competitions. - 2006-08-16 Friend of PRWeb - 4

Nelson & Nelson Antiques Acquires Rare and Exceptional Antique Sterling Silver Tea Set Especially Made by Tiffany's for Exhibition at the 1893 World Exposition Nelson & Nelson Antiques is thrilled to announce the acquisition of this rare and exceptional 7-pc. sterling silver tea set made by America’s premier silversmith for exhibition at the hugely successful World’s Columbian Exposition held in Chicago in 1893. Objects made for this Fair have always been in great demand and are especially desirable to collectors, not just because of their scarcity, but also because they were made to such extraordinarily high standards. - 2006-08-15

When Color Does Matter- Visually Beautiful & Audibly Enriching Two Brooklyn Black-American artists who have combined their visions of the color and culture of Black and packaged it to present to a world who only sees the Colored. - 2006-08-15

Iraq Museum International Presents Vian Sora: A Woman in Time Iraq Museum International (www.baghdadmuseum.org) presents new work by Vian Sora, an Iraqi artist who challenges the forces that separate Mesopotamia yesterday from Iraq today. The solo online exhibition entitled, "Vian Sora: A Woman In Time," goes on view Monday, August 14, 2006, and marks the beginning of an initiative in community cultural development that is unique in the world of archaeological studies. It is the first in a series at Iraq Museum International in which modern artists explore the cultural tragedies faced by Iraq since the fall of Baghdad in 2003. - 2006-08-14 Friend of PRWeb - 5

Dichroic Glass Art Contest Sponsored by Dichroic Coatings Industry Leader Coatings By Sandberg, Inc. is sponsoring an annual contest using Dichroic Glass in an artistic or functional piece. Everything from jewelry, sculptures, vases to doorknobs and decorative windows will be considered for prizes valued up to $500. - 2006-08-14

World’s Largest Boxing Gloves Hit for Las Vegas Latino Heritage month art exhibit presents the large scale, 21st century monuments for the City Of Las Vegas. One of these is a sculptural monument 70 feet tall of two Boxing Gloves, aptly called "The Gloves." - 2006-08-14

Community Builders HDC, Romero Britto and Steinway Piano Co. Work Together to Raise Thousands of Dollars for Katrina-Battered Dillard University In the spirit of sister-city support, Miami’s Community Builders Holistic Development Corporation (CBHDC) is leading an eBay fundraising initiative to raise $100,000 for Dillard University in New Orleans, one of America’s historic Black colleges - 2006-08-14 Friend of PRWeb - 5

"Congress of Oddities: James G. Mundie’s Prodigies" Brings The Sideshow to the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, September 8th through October 22nd, 2006 Artist James Mundie brings his critically acclaimed portrait drawings of sideshow freaks to the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts (Wilmington), September 8 through Ocober 22nd, 2006. Mundie's work takes genuine performers and blends them with elements from art history to create a new hybrid that combines 'high' and 'low' art. The portraits challenge traditional conceptions of standardized beauty. - 2006-08-12 Friend of PRWeb - 5

Local Artists and Fine Crafters Invited to Showcase their Work at New Art and Gift Site, Arttowngifts.com Local artists and fine crafters are asked to submit their artwork for acceptance to Arttowngifts.com. - 2006-08-11

World's Largest and Stinkiest Flower to Bloom in Brooklyn--Witness the Makings of History with First-Ever Flowering of Amorphophallus titanum at Brooklyn Botanic Garden World's largest and smelliest flower, titan arum, will bloom for the first time at Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Visitors are welcome to experience this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see -- and smell -- this incredible plant. Plus watch the amazing seven-inch per day growth on BBG's live webcam at www.bbg.org/titan - 2006-08-09

Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Exhibits ‘Moments in Modernism: Paul Strand, Southwest’ 35 photographs by Paul Strand (1890-1972), one of America’s pioneers of modernist photography. Each of its photographs was completed in the summers of 1930 through 1932, when Strand was living and working in New Mexico. - 2006-08-09

DEA Exhibit at Museum of Science and Industry Ignores Costs of Prohibition Groups of concerned citizens have developed a response and supplementary material countering the upcoming DEA exhibit at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. They say the exhibit exploits the war on terror, while ignoring the role of the DEA and prohibition in creating obscenely high profits for criminal traffickers and increasing the dangers of drugs to American citizens. - 2006-08-07

Is It Photography Or Is It Art Introducing a new blended computer photo web site. - 2006-08-05

H2Om Water Sponsors Bleep Fest 2006 Vibration Hydration™ makes big splash at Bleep Fest 2006. - 2006-08-04

Exciting September Events Ch'i Contemporary Fine Art Kicks off Fall Season Sept 6th Ch'i contemporary fine art is pleased to announce five important exhibitions this fall: "Enthalpy" new photographs by Michel Demanche at the gallery home: 293 Grand St. Brooklyn, NY from Sept 9-Oct 9, 2006; "9:11 and the American Landscape," the photography of Jonathan Hyman at the WTC Memorial Foundation Museum -- 45th Floor WTC building #7 from Sept 8-Oct 8, 2006; "9/11: A Nation Remembers," the photography of Jonathan Hyman at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia from Sept 8,2006-January 1, 2007; Artist Sun K. Kwak appearing at the Gwuangjyu Biennale in Gwuangjyu, Korea, from Sept 9-November 11, 2006 and Artist Liu Jian appearing at the Shanghai Abstract Painting Biennale at the Shanghai Culture and Art Center from Sept 1-October 27, 2006. - 2006-08-03

Summer Premier Event: World Class Art and Dance Exhibit to Open at Saratoga Springs Museum Visitors and local residents alike look forward to the opening of a new a new exhibition at the National Museum of Dance -- "Eleanor Rigby's Resurrection: Images Inspired by Music's Icons." - 2006-08-03 Friend of PRWeb - 157

Dancing with Sculpture: Music & Motion Dance at the Grounds For Sculpture Music & Motion Dance Productions will be performing selected excerpts from their new dance work "To A Different Beat" at the Grounds For Sculpture, 18 Fairgrounds Road in Hamilton, New Jersey on Sunday, August 6th from 12:00 - 3:00 p.m. - 2006-08-03 Friend of PRWeb - 9

With Gas Prices at a Record High, Millions of Travelers are Searching Metro Area Guides Before They Travel For the first time in our history, the average family can not afford more than one vacation a year. Is gas prices going to lower our standard of living? As a Tourism destination, what can you do to get more families to your Metro area? - 2006-08-03

Library of Congress Announces Award-Winning Authors Participating In Sixth Annual National Book Festival Library of Congress and Laura Bush invite book lovers of all ages to meet award-winning authors, illustrators and poets to the National Book Festival on the National Mall on Saturday, September 30, 2006. - 2006-07-26

“This Will be the ‘Something Old’ for my Wedding,” Bride-to-be Amy Says; No Kidding; Something Really Old Silver Messages Sterling Silver Jewelry acquires museum-quality ancient Roman glass from archaeological dig sites in Israel. - 2006-07-26

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