Tag: Arts

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: In a celebration of French artisans and culture in Los Angeles, Selavi Global and Canard Duchene Champagne have teamed up to launch the brand new 'Le French Festival' set to take place across Los Angeles from July 4-14, 2015. The event will end with a closing night party produced by French Tuesdays on Bastille Day, July 14 at Riviera 31 at the Sofitel Hotel.

MILL VALLEY, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Leading fine art investment company ArteQuesta today announced that urban artist, Evan Skrederstu, has produced an exclusive collection of 12 art prints entitled 'Titanus' for ArteQuesta clients. The prints feature a unique subject matter that Skrederstu has become famous for: painted bugs.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Tattoos adorn the bodies of over 45 million Americans and the phenomenon of ink-on-flesh is now global. One area often overlooked when discussing tattoo art is the contribution of the Chicano community. 'The elevation of the tattoo to the status of art can be directly traced to Chicano culture,' notes Eric Schwartz, director of the documentary motion picture, 'Tattoo Nation.'

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Cory Allen Contemporary Art (CACA) today announced it will open the doors to its new concept 'The Showroom,' the world's first public relations gallery, this Thursday in the Warehouse Arts District in Saint Petersburg, Fla. The Showroom is a collaboration between the mechanics of public relations (PR) and the traditional characteristics of a fine arts gallery.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: The Calumet Gallery announces the opening of a new thematic fine art photography exhibition, 'Rust Revised,' (Oct. 3 - Nov. 3, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday - Saturday) from Arizona photographer, Bill North. Calumet Photographic of Los Angeles will host an open to the public wine and cheese Artists Reception from 6 to 8:30 p.m., with an artist talk at 7 p.m. on Oct. 10, 2013.

ADDISON, Ill. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Starting in February 2012, renowned author and entrepreneur Aaron Ozee compiled his poetic works into a beautifully constructed collection of boundary-breaking masterpieces that would stun literary minds across the United States. At first, according to the author, Ozee believed that if even a single person were to enjoy what he had written for the world to witness, it would mean more to him than anything he has or would ever experience in his lifetime.

PHOENIX, Ariz. /eNewsChannels/ -- Next up on Indiegogo: Graphic Tools for the Average Joe: No Design Skills? No Problem. Just hack a Toolmonks design in ToolSuite. It's the next innovation on the crowd funding stage: A simple solution for non-technical people to create custom graphics and vibrant 3D images for websites, social media sites, display ads and blogs.

CHICAGO, Ill. /eNewsChannels/ -- New to fest-goers at the Jeff Fest Arts & Music Festival, July 26-28, 2013, is a much-anticipated Juried Fine Art Photography Show presented by the Chicago Creative Coalition (C3) entitled 'C3 PhotoArt Fest.' The show will be limited to no more than 50 selected images and is open to original works. C3 invites you to submit images online by June 7, 2013. The entry fee is $35, and covers up to four images.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- A nude pregnant sculpture of Kim Kardashian with her belly fully accessible for gallery-goers to rub for 'good luck' is set for L.A. exhibit. The statue joins the celebrity baby sculptures created recently by artist Daniel Edwards; celebrating the beauty of celebrity pregnancy. The work, part of the artist's 'Celebrity Baby Boomer' series that began with the 2006 controversial sculpture 'Monument to Pro-Life,' which depicted a nude Britney Spears giving birth on a bearskin rug, will be revealed at LAB ART Gallery in Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS May 3, 2013: Leaked 3D ultrasounds of Socialite Kim Kardashian and Duchess of Cambridge Catherine 'Kate' Middleton have been fabricated into works of art by pop-culture artist Daniel Edwards; concluding his 'Celebrity Baby Boomer' series that began with the 2006 controversial sculpture 'Monument to Pro-Life,' which depicted a nude Britney Spears giving birth on a bearskin rug, at select venues in the Los Angeles area this summer, announces Cory Allen Contemporary Art.

ADDISON, Ill. /eNewsChannels/ -- Published at age 16, poet Aaron Ozee has written and self-published four poetry books through the self-publishing company, Lulu. 'Celestial Inferno: Poems of Another Realm,' initially released in hardcover, now will be available as an eBook and Kindle Edition through major retailers such as Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo Books, and more.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- CACA (Cory Allen Contemporary Art) announces that L.A. street artist 'ALEC Monopoly' will bring the game of MONOPOLY to life at LAB ART Gallery in Los Angeles, where the artist plans to sell one of his popular pieces for MONOPOLY money and create a designer game piece with Actor Adrien Brody's '64 Pontiac Catalina.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- Renowned photographer Wayne Schoenfeld returns to the big top in 'Circus of the Heart,' the completion of his celebrated Icons/Iconoclasts circus trilogy, the largest contemporary photographic series of the 1930's North American circus, February 26, at LA Circus.

ANAHEIM, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- Classes will begin on March 18, 2013 for the New Horizons Photography and Digital Arts Program. 'We are now enrolling students, but seats are limited,' says Cindy Sutherland, Vice President of Career Development. New Horizons of Southern California is a five-campus member of the largest independent IT training system in the world.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- Calumet Gallery announces 'Edge of Thought,' a thematic exhibition from fine art photographer James Maxwell. A native of Tennessee now residing in Pismo Beach, Maxwell is an artist who works at several levels: sculptor; innovative architect; and as a photographer who is equally at home with digital printing as well as alternative photographic processes using a traditional wet darkroom.

NEW YORK, N.Y. /eNewsChannels/ -- The Blue Hill Troupe, Ltd., the only musical theater group in New York City to donate its net proceeds to charity, will unveil a new production of Gilbert and Sullivan's 'The Mikado' with full orchestra, April 12-20, 2013 at El Teatro of El Museo del Barrio. Proceeds will benefit the GO Project.

IRVINE, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- The Maple Conservatory of Dance is now accepting male and female applicants ages 7-17 for the 2013 Charles A. Maple, Sr. Scholarship. Auditions are scheduled on Saturday, March 2, 2013 at 1824 Kaiser Avenue in Irvine,

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- Infamous 'Street Artist' XVALA, famous for invading the residential trash of celebrities such as Ashton Kutcher and Justin Bieber and tech icons Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg, has set his sights on Robert Downey Jr., Lindsay Lohan, and Taylor Swift for his latest exhibit 'The Tonight Show with Celebrity Chimp' at Lab Art Gallery in Los Angeles, announces Cory Allen Contemporary Art.

ELY, Minn. /eNewsChannels/ -- The 20th annual Ely Winter Festival runs from Feb. 1 to the 10th in the northern Minnesota tourist city known for its local beauty and wilderness. The volunteer Board has announced a celebratory, expanded schedule of events with something for all ages and interests taking place over the Festival's 10-day period for 2013.

MILL VALLEY, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- ArteQuesta launches its Israeli Masters Collection, announces Rayah Levy and Jessica Jacobson, co-founders of ArteQuesta. This collection is the culmination of a decade of work to gather and preserve historically significant art works by Israeli Master Artists during Israel's emergence as the Jewish state.

MILL VALLEY, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- ArteQuesta has decided to give kids a choice with what they fill their Halloween buckets this year. Over this holiday weekend, ArteQuesta put together a Halloween party filled with outrageous costumes by kids and adults alike, music and games, and, best of all, delicious festive treats. The delightful range of goodies included not only the candy corn and tootsie rolls we all love but also a range of tasty, healthy, homemade and homegrown Halloween sweets.

NEW YORK, N.Y. /eNewsChannels/ -- Art for Progress (AFP), a NYC 501(c)3 nonprofit, is proud to announce it is hosting artist Michael Alan's 'Living Installation: Family Misfit Healing' on Friday, November 9 at ABC NORIO in NYC's Lower East Side.

MILL VALLEY, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- ArteQuesta has developed a unique software program designed to manage investment quality art portfolios, it was announced today by Rayah Levy and Jessica Jacobson, co-founders. ArteQuesta Art Portfolio Management is the first program of its kind, and was developed and tested over two years.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- In wake of the recent Foxconn riot, Cory Allen Contemporary Art (CACA) announces that Post PC artist XVALA will debut his latest sculpture of the Apple-banned Steve Jobs action figure in an upcoming gallery show at AIS Editions in the Los Angeles Brewery Arts Complex.

MILL VALLEY, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- The unique organic farm located on the grounds of ArteQuesta's Museum of Fine Art will provide fresh produce to 3rd Street Youth Center and Clinic in Bayview Hunters Point, it was announced today by Rayah Levy and Jessica Jacobson, co-founders of ArteQuesta.