Remembrance illuminates The Canadian Soul
The Chronicle Herald
Perhaps young Canadian students in competition could prepare a montage to identify The Canadian Soul for space in a national gallery — a display that would, as well, suggest a mobile exhibit that could reach out from coast to coast to coast...
Art gallery to insure its permanent collection
The Sault Star
The Art Gallery of Algoma has been granted up to $10,000 to insure the gallery's permanent art collection. The one-time funding request was narrowly approved by council Monday. The funding will come from the city's unforeseen account.[...]
Battle of Britain Pilot’s Perch Secured by City Boxer (Update1)
Bloomberg
Keith Park is a very deserving subject, but the fourth plinth is the wrong place,” says Sandy Nairne , director of the National Portrait Gallery and a former chairman of the plinth commissioning group. “It’s not what I would’ve chosen, but ...
Staring into faces of our politicians
Stuff
More than 160 years of New Zealand's political history goes on show this month at the National Portrait Gallery on Wellington's waterfront. The Cabinet Makers: New Zealand Prime Ministers is an exhibition of portraits, cartoons and memorabi...
Photo Gallery: Veterans Day breakfast at Hy-Vee
Galesburg Register-Mail
Military veterans and those celebrating the day came to Hy-Vee on E. Main Street this morning to have breakfast and swap tales. Kitchen Manager Ray Delacruz said by 8:00 a.m. more than 300 people had attended. Outside the store, Illinois Na...
Maquoketa residents party at Smithsonian
Quad-City Times
MAQUOKETA, Iowa — One of the biggest thrills, Robert Osterhaus said, was standing outside the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., knowing that when he and his wife, Ann, walked through the door that they would see their very own ...
Scholar on Islam to speak at Kentucky Country Day
Courier-Journal
Trinity English teacher Kahl has essay selected for honor Trinity High School English teacher John Kahl had a submission selected for the National Gallery of Writing hosted by the National Council of Teachers of English. Kahl's piece, title...
Chockfull of ancient rock art, Utah's Nine Mile Canyon nominated for ...
Fox 13 Now - Salt Lake City
... rock carvings and drawings are being nominated for the National Register of Historic Places. The Bureau of Land Management this week nominated 63 sites along Nine Mile Canyon, which some call the world's longest art gallery. The BLM pla...
PHOTO GALLERY: West Dennis vet reminisces on a life of service
Abington Mariner
Before becoming a firefighter, Don Babineau served from 1972 to 1976 in the Air National Guard at Otis Air Force Base in Bourne. Don’s son, Petty Officer 1st Class Daniel Babineau, presently serves in the U.S. Coast Guard and is stationed a...
Portrait Gallery of Canada Program Celebrates Olympic Spirit on Granville Island
Marketwire
GRANVILLE ISLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Nov. 10, 2009) - The Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, accompanied by Dr. Daniel J. Caron, Librarian and Archivist of Canada, today announced the ...
Kodak Partners with National Geographic and Miller’s to Make Décor ...
pressreleasepoint.com
More than 75 million people worldwide manage, share and create photo giftsonline at KODAK Gallery --join today at www.kodakgallery.com. The National Geographic Society is one of the world's largest nonprofitscientific and educational organi...
Making the Face of Modernism Familiar
New York Times
... project was rejected by the public: Congress refused to finance it, with opponents contending that it was too modern and clashed with John Russell Pope ’s neo-Classical National Gallery of Art , which had just opened across the Mall.
Portrait of disabled swimmer wins photo prize
Reuters
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - A portrait of a 13-year old swimmer, who lost her right foot when she was 10 months old, was awarded a photography prize at the National Portrait Gallery, its spokeswoman said on Wednesday. Paul Floyd Blake, 47, was...
