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Call for Entries-Senior Artists
"A group of artists who have been working together for some time at the Senior Center are planning a special show.  It will focus on fine arts.  We would like to ask you to participate in this first time experience in our community.  In fact, we hope that all senior (55 yrs.+) artists will make some of their work available in time for holiday gift purchases at this event...
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Through The Lens Presented by The Sawnee Artists Association
The Sawnee Artists Association presents the second annual "Through The Lens," a juried exhibit and sale of fine art photography. Forty-four of Georgia's talented photographers will be exhibiting 73 photographs September 24-25, 2011. The show is presented at Cumming's rustic Windermere Lodge, 4444 Front Nine Drive, and is free to the public...
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High Presents First-Ever Major Exhibition Devoted to the Game of Golf at an American Art Museum
“The Art of Golf” Explores History of the Sport through Art; Charles Lees’s Iconic 1847 Painting “The Golfers” Travels to the United States for First Time for Exhibition...
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The High Museum of Art Acquires 56 Prints by Artist Kiki Smith
 The High Museum of Art has recently acquired a significant collection of 56 prints by artist Kiki Smith from collector Stephen Dull. The acquisition was made through a partial gift from Dull and partial purchase through the Museum’s acquisition fund. This group of prints makes the High a major national repository for Smith’s graphic work. “Kiki Smith: Rituals,” an exhibition showcasing...
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Forsyth County Arts Alliance Announces Award of Grants
The purpose of these funds is to support projects that enrich the quality of life in Cumming-Forsyth County by connecting people to the arts. This is the third year that FCAA has awarded grants, for a grand total of $165,265, which also includes a 2010 grant to Lanier Technical College for an art installation at the Forsyth Conference Center...
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High Acquires Major New Works by Alex Katz and Anish Kapoor for Modern and Contemporary Collection
Acquisitions Represent Significant Contribution to the High’s Collection of Contemporary Art; First Paintings by Katz to Enter Collection...
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Johns Creek Arts Center 4th Annual Bowls Event
Join Johns Creek Arts Center for this hot event...
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Celebrating Earth Day, Down and Dirty
One might think of dirt as being the absolute lowest form of a medium to use for creating art but Maceo sees it as one of the most fascinating sources for creative exploration. As perhaps the only artist in the U.S. to explore dirt in such a way, he has worked with dirt on canvas...
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Japanese Film Festival: March 4 – March 18, 2011: Kamome Diner
The series closes on Friday, March 18, with “Kamome Diner” from director Naoko Ogigami...
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High Celebrates Japanese Film With First-Ever Local Screening Of Three Recent Releases
The High Museum of Art will celebrate Japanese film this March with the Japanese Film Festival...
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Sawnee Artists Association Announces The Opening Of New Gallery
Open for business in the Artisan Market beginning February 8 (Tuesday) through Saturday from 10 to 6 pm...
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Second Annual Collectors Evening Secures Six New Acquisitions for the High
Participants voted to secure four new acquisitions for the Museum...
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Pinecrest Academy Student Wins “Best of Show” in Art Competition
Pinecrest Academy student, Tesi Saker, recently won “best of show” for the Inspire Life Art Competition, sponsored by Beacon of Hope pregnancy resource center in Johns Creek, GA...
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Children's Art Contest winners get an Italian Excursion
This summer a select group of promising young artists will travel with the Frank Ski Kids Foundation on an 8-day excursion to Rome, Italy in June, as part of the Foundation's international art excursion...
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A Show of Hands
A 3-Dimensional art exhibit and sale, featuring original handcrafted pieces and local artist demonstrations. Presented at the Historic Brannon-Heard house
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Forsyth County Arts Alliance Announces Availability of Funds and Grant Writing Workshops
$50,000 for operational and special project funds in support of arts that benefit Forsyth County residents are available for 2010 through the Forsyth County Arts Alliance. Nonprofit and governmental organizations that “enrich the quality of life in CummingForsyth County by connecting people to the arts” are encouraged to apply...
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The High Museum of Art Displays Leonardo da Vinci – Hand of Genius
The High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia has extended the premier of feature artist Leonardo da Vinci – Hand of Genius. The exhibition will now be on display until February 21. This is the first exhibition to explore Leonardo da Vinci’s profound interest in and influence on sculpture. This fantastic exhibition offers approximately 50 works, including 20 sketches and studies, some never seen in the United States before...
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High Launches Contest to Name Leonardo’s Sforza Horse
Visitors to the High now have the opportunity to name Leonardo da Vinci’s Sforza Horse, which is currently re-created on the High’s Sifly Piazza, for the chance to win airline tickets, a dinner for four, $100 to spend in the High’s Museum Shop, and a class trip to the High...
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Pinecrest Art Teacher Creates 'Out of the Box' Pizza Box Competition
After a visit to the California Pizza Kitchen in Alpharetta, Pinecrest Academy art teacher, Alison Batley, envisioned an opportunity to engage her art students in an unusual way...
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The Arts Council Announces FY2010 Grassroots Arts Program
A grant writing workshop will be offered on Friday, August 28, 2009 for the FY2010 Grassroots Arts Program.  The workshop will begin at 10am at the Arts Council office in the Smithgall Arts Center 331 Spring Street Gainesville.  The workshop is free to all organizations located in one of the ten counties served by the Arts Council interested in applying for a grant through the Grassroots Arts Program...
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Exhibition Celebrates Meaders Family Folk Pottery Legacies
A year-long special exhibition opens Wednesday, September 2, at the Folk Pottery Museum of Northeast Georgia, displaying new aspects of the Meaders family influences on folk pottery in northeast Georgia, the southeastern states and the nation...
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Picturing a National Treasure: The Grand Canyon in Art
On August 8, 2009, the Booth Western Art Museum opens two exhibitions celebrating the Grand Canyon - "Painting the Canyon: Selected Works from Grand Canyon Collections" and "Lasting Light: 125 Years of Grand Canyon Photography."The exhibitions will be on display in the museum's Special Exhibition Gallery through October 25...
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Over 100 Artists Get Ready to Meet and Greet
Over 100 northeast Georgia artists will emerge from their studios and workshops to meet the public and to showcase their work in the making during the fifth annual Northeast Georgia Arts Tour June 19th through the 21st in Habersham, Rabun, White and Stephens Counties in Georgia. ...
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Do Some Economical Shopping this Weekend
With new items available every month, visit Lakewood 400 Antiques Mall this weekend and find great deals on housewares, lawn and garden decor, and more...
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Sawnee Arts Festival this Saturday
Make plans now to attend the second annual Sawnee Arts Festival this Saturday, March 28 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Central Park Recreation Center. Admission is free...
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"Can You Hear The Pipers Playing?"...
It's Coming…Dahlonega's 2nd Annual Celtic Music Festival! -Mark your calendar for March 27, 28 and 29, 2009!...
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Festival of the Arts
Click here for information about the upcoming Forsyth County Festival of Arts, hosted by Cumming First United Methodist Church...
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Otwell Middle School Student Wins Art Contest
Otwell Middle School 8^th grader Ivonne Garnica was the grand prize winner of the Center for Mediation, Peace, and Resolution of Conflict poster contest.
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Forsyth High School Art Teachers Win National Award
Forsyth Central High School art teachers Kevin Whitley, Mary Jane Taylor, Veronica Martin, and Heather Hanline have been selected by the National Art Education Association as the 2008 National Art Honor Society sponsors of the year...
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South Forsyth High's Art Department Wins Top Prize at Georgia National Fair
South Forsyth recently brought home more than 10 First Place ribbons, along with numerous Best in Category awards...
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