Rare Piece of New York History Goes to Auction in January A recently discovered Hugh Ferriss print of the Chrysler building in New York signed by Walter Chrysler, William Van Alen and others makes its way to auction January 27. - 2006-12-20

Park West Gallery Presents Collection of Andras Markos' Abstract expressionist and conceptual artist Andras Markos' adds the wonders of the Adriatic Sea to a variety of mixed media works. Park West Gallery invites visitors to return to the sea with artist Andras Markos'. - 2006-12-19

Film Portrays Legendary Painter Marsden Hartley: "Cleophas and His Own" Screens in New York January 17 New movie portraying legendary American painter Marsden Hartley screens in New York City on January 17. "Cleophas and His Own" presents Hartley in a way never before seen. This movie is a film adaptation of Hartley's deeply personal and private narrative titled "Cleophas and His Own: A North Atlantic Tragedy" which he wrote as a way to ease his grief over the death of the man who was the great love of his life. - 2006-12-18

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Will Commemorate Jamestown's 400th Anniversary with "Rule Britannia!" Exhibition Opening April 28, 2007 Unprecedented loans from Queen's Collection and others to explore art, power and royalty in era of Virginia settlement. - 2006-12-14

SENYLRC Receives Joseph F. Shubert Library Excellence Award 2006 The Southeastern New York Library Resources Council was selected as the recipient of the Joseph F. Shubert Library Excellence Award 2006 for the Council's Hudson River Valley Heritage (www.HRVH.org) service. - 2006-12-14 Friend of PRWeb - 5

Kenny Scharf, Pop Artist, Party: A Wild Ride at Art Basel Miami Beach and The Raleigh Hotel Party at star-studded Art Basel Miami Beach features Scharf's 1960 Cadillac art piece, Astral Uber Cumulo Nimbus Atlantian Express, and opens with a "time splat" interpretive dance. Media and art VIPs flock to Andre Balazs' famed Raleigh Hotel. Documentary in the works. - 2006-12-12

San Francisco International Arts Festival Announces 2007 Program The Truth in Knowing/Now: A Conversation Across the African Diaspora May 17 - 27, 2007; www.sfiaf.org Artistic Director Rhodessa Jones curates 4th annual showcase of visual and performing arts with projects from SF International Airport to downtown SF. San Francisco's "Jewels in the Square" free music series joins as presenting partner. Union Square to feature 10 days of free mid-day performances & SFIAF Info Kiosk. - 2006-12-11

AAUW-Illinois Applauds New State Day Honoring Jane Addams: Carbondale Branch Members Instrumental in Lobbying State Legislature When Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich signed HB 5243 naming December 10 "Jane Addams Day" in Illinois, he brought to fruition two years of dedicated work by Dongola (IL) Unit School teacher Cindy Vines and an eager team of eighth-graders. Their project received a major boost when Lelia Marvin, President of the AAUW Carbondale (IL) Branch entered the loop. HB5243 takes effect January 1, 2007, making December 10, 2007 the first "official" commemorative day. According to Jan Lisa Huttner, Director of International Relations for AAUW-Illinois, "our goal is to make sure everyone knows to mark December 10, 2007 on their calendars right away; great things will happen in Illinois on that date!" - 2006-12-10 Friend of PRWeb - 1

A Thousand of Drawings & Twenty Years of Angel Orensanz's Work Exhibition with Music Based on Angel Orensanz's Drawings Opened in New York this Week An one hour film of the concert "Angel Orensanz. Dance of Fear" will be shown daily at the Foundation, starting Wednesday December 6. This opening marked a significant development in the career of Angel Orensanz. "Angel Orensanz. Dance of Fear" was a recent huge concert success at the National Conservatory of Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. In the film we see Yan Leus conducting the Georgian National Orchestra in his own compositions to a rapturous audience.This video of the concert can also be viewed on Manhattan Cable Channel 67 on Tuesday, December 19 at 7 pm. - 2006-12-10 Friend of PRWeb - 3

New York Times's About.com Names Protozone.net Site of the Week ProtoZone Interactives is pleased to be recognized for their highly creative software activities for children of all ages. About.com's parenting of K-6 Children named Protozone their site of the week for November 9th 2006. - 2006-12-09

Vinyl Key to New Home Design at New York Show Architect finds vinyl “perfect choice” for innovative, energy-saving homes. - 2006-12-07

Exhibition of Shaker Artifacts Now at National Heritage Museum in Lexington, MA More than 150 stunning examples of the Shaker dedication to simplicity and function are on display in the exhibition, "Handled With Care: The Function of Form in Shaker Craft," at the National Heritage Museum, Lexington, MA now through April 22, 2007. - 2006-12-07

Royal Hanover Painting Smuggled out of Nazi Germany Makes £1,125,600 at Bonhams A remarkable painting by one of Rembrandt's colleagues sold at Bonhams on 6 December 2006 for an exceptional £1,125,600 - well over twice its £300,000 - 500,000 estimate. - 2006-12-07

Outsider Artist Dover Abrams @ The "Raw Arts Festival" New York, 2007 Outsider Artist Dover Abrams @ The "Raw Arts Festival" New York , New York Wendsday, January 17th - Friday, January 31, 2007 Opening Reception Thursday, January 18th 6-10 pm The Carrozzini von Buhler Gallery, Aka "CVB Gallery" 407 West 13th Street, New York, 10014. - 2006-12-07

Postal Cancellation Commemorates 65th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor Attack The U.S. Postal Service will commemorate the 65th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor this Dec. 7 by collaborating with the USS Arizona Memorial, USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park, Battleship Missouri Memorial, and Pacific Aviation Museum - Pearl Harbor to issue postal cancellation and commemorative envelope designs featuring each of those sites. - 2006-12-02

Panagiota Betty Tufariello Appointed to Children's Maritime Museum Board Panagiota Betty Tufariello, an intellectual property lawyer, was recently appointed to the Board of Directors for the Children's Maritime Museum in Port Jefferson, New York. She is also the founder of Intellectulaw (www.intellectulaw.com), a firm that specializes in intellectual property law. - 2006-12-01

The Sale of Three Centuries Though only several centuries old - many of the art pieces being offered in the DoveBid 'Three Centuries' auction are fully destined to become treasures in their own right and are most certainly significant in the record of Man's development. The sale will see 88 items for auction with delightful pieces such as - Longines Hour Angle Limited Edition Watch, (solid 18K gold case with 18K rotating bezel); King Phillipe IV of Spain' Oil on Canvas (1891); Mickey Mouse Vintage Original Comic Strip (with Walt Disney's signature); 'Fisher Girl', and 'Girl with Basket' by E. W. JAMES (1816, Oil on paper); 'While Picking Tea', one of Four Scrolls of the Beauties by Chen Yuhe (1927, Original Watercolour) and many more, interesting and varied pieces… - 2006-11-30 Friend of PRWeb - 1

Holiday Season in Spain With No Pain, Savings up to 70% Christmas & New Years in Madrid and Barcelona is Easy on the Pocket with Rafaelhoteles The 245-room Rafaelhoteles Atocha in Madrid and the new 126-room Rafaelhoteles Casanova in Barcelona are offering a first ever "Heavenly Holidays Package" with savings of up to 70 percent off of room rates from December 21, 2006, to January 14, 2007. Packages include different features ranging from gourmet Christmas lunches in Madrid, welcome gifts and wine on arrival, complimentary visitor cards for the best city-wide museums, galleries, attractions; and roundtrip fast train to Toledo to New Year's Eve parties in Madrid and Barcelona's hottest restaurants. The special offer is for three or more nights and starts at 304 Euro (approx. US$383) in Barcelona and 480 Euro (approx. US$604) in Madrid (three nights based on two people). Second rooms for children are available at a discounted price of 30 percent off package prices at Rafaelhoteles Atocha and 25 percent off at Rafaelhoteles Casanova (child rates are based on children aged under 16 at Atocha and under 12 at Casanova). Rates are exclusive of 7 percent tax. For reservations contact tel: 011 34 902 100 105 or visit www.rafaelhoteles.com. - 2006-11-30

Landis Arboretum Dinner-Auction Fundraiser Features Harley-Davidson Softail®Deluxe, Storm at Sea" Patterned Quilt, and Personal Chef On the Block; Dozens of Beautiful Items; Event at Howe Caverns, Dec. 5, 5 - 8:30 p.m. Landis Arboretum turns to Harley-Davidson Softail@ Motorcycle to raise funds; only 300 tickets will be sold; winners to be picked at December 5th Holiday Dinner-Auction at Howe Caverns; area chef on auction block as main tent item. - 2006-11-29

Pop Artist Kenny Scharf and Astral Uber Cadillac Come To The Raleigh Hotel For Art Basel Miami Beach Future & past collide: At Art Basel Miami, Scharf's mixed-media installation will feature a 1960 Cadillac DeVille and a"closet" installation for which the artist is famed. The event opens with an interpretive dance at 10 PM poolside at the the Raleigh Hotel, an acclaimed art deco Andre Balazs property-- named "one of the sexiest pools in America" by Conde Nast. Scharf's superstardom began in the eighties in tandem with roommate Keith Haring and friends Jean Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol. Scharf's worldwide exhibitions have included the Guggenheim and Whitney Museums in New York; the Ludwig Museum in Cologne, Germany; the Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and the Vincent Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, among others. - 2006-11-28

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