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Wednesday, 14 December 2011

Art Buying Time? Doing it Online is Easier Than You Think

Posted on 01:21 by the great khali
WALL STREET JOURNAL
By Sameer Reddy

NEW YORK - Building an art collection often requires cultivating relationships with a global network of dealers, but now, a steadily growing genre of online ventures is seeking to streamline the process for both beginners and established collectors, facilitating keyboard-click access to fine art. [High End] With high-profile investors and advisers—Art.sy aims to become a Pandora for fine art;  The art-marketing site Paddle8, provides guest-curated "virtual exhibitions" accompanied by dossiers on participating artists, detailing their work and influences; [Middle Market] Artspace offers a more populist approach to collecting. [Low End] If your bank balance is feeling the holiday pinch, the art site 20x200  might prove a better fit. The art "e-tailer" Artsicle attempts to alleviate the risk factor in buying works from your laptop. Would-be collectors can lease works, often from MFA graduates still cultivating reputations. Prices range from $25 to $65 a month. [link]
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Tuesday, 13 December 2011

Scientists Narrow Search for the "God Particle"

Posted on 08:57 by the great khali
USA TODAY

SWEDEN - Scientists hunting for an elusive sub-atomic particle say they've found "intriguing hints" that it exists, narrowing down the search for what is believed to be a basic building block of the universe. The Higgs boson — popularly referred to as the "God particle" — is more likely to be found in the lower mass or energy ranges of the massive atom smasher being used to track it down, physicists from two independent research teams said Tuesday. [link]

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Art & Auctions of Judaica at Sotheby's Tomorrow

Posted on 05:47 by the great khali
THE NEW YORKER

NEW YORK - Sotheby’s mounts a sale of Judaica on Dec. 14, which includes such highly prized items as a lush Isidor Kaufmann painting of a young woman gazing mournfully at the viewer (“The Newlywed”) and a set of eighteenth-century German Torah finials. A sale of Israeli art the same day features a series of three oil paintings by Marc Chagall depicting synagogue interiors (an atypical subject for the artist) in Jerusalem, Vilna, and Safed. (York Ave. at 72nd St. 212-606-7000.) [link]
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Video: [Advent Conspiracy] Amen for Water

Posted on 05:45 by the great khali

AC Amen from Advent Conspiracy on Vimeo.

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Caravaggio's Light: Andrew Graham-Dixon's Portrait in Words

Posted on 02:33 by the great khali
THE GUARDIAN
By Jonathon Jones
"The Crowning of Thorns" Courtesy of owner Kunsthistorisches Museum
I've waited a long time for a decent book on Caravaggio to come along. Unable to translate the shock of his images into prose, authors either sensationalise his life story in ways so crass as to be irrelevant, or retreat into reconstructions of his networks of patronage that are so dull they make you wonder why you ever felt seduced by his art in the first place – until, once again, you see a Caravaggio in a gallery or a church that knocks you sideways and scars your soul.  In his biography Caravaggio, the critic Andrew Graham-Dixon has a very clever explanation for the unique effect of Caravaggio's paintings. The reason they obliterate other paintings in a gallery, even great paintings, is, he argues, to do with Caravaggio's special intensity of looking, which he believes was formed during the artist's youth in the religious visual culture of Counter-Reformation Milan. Under the influence of sensationally realistic popular Catholic art and spiritual advice to hold images of the holy scriptures in your mind, Caravaggio developed his ecstatic painterly stare. [link]
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Video: [Advent Conspiracy] Made to Work

Posted on 01:38 by the great khali

[AC] Made to Work from Advent Conspiracy on Vimeo.

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Monday, 12 December 2011

N. Korea Threatens S. Korea Not to Put up Christmas Trees

Posted on 09:38 by the great khali
USA TODAY
By Douglas Stanglin
AFP/Getty Images by Kim Jae-Myung
KOREA - Despite warnings from Pyongyang, South Korea says it will light three giant Christmas trees along the North Korean border. North Korea has warned South Korea of "unexpected consequences" if it goes thrugh with its plans, the BBC reports. Pyongyang has accused Seoul of using the trees to spread the Christian message to people inside Noth Korea. A government official said Seoul will light the steel Christmas structures on Dec. 23 and keep them on until Jan. 6, Chosun Ilbo reports. Seoul says it is acting on a request of Christian evangelical organizations. [link]
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Gulbarga Symposium in India Promotes Fine Arts to Aspiring Young Artists

Posted on 06:09 by the great khali
THE HINDU

INDIA - More than 70 painters of international and national repute and several sculptors are participating in the 25-day International Sculpture and Painting Symposium being held at the Sri Guru Vidya Peeta Education Institute complex at Kanadal village on the outskirts of the city. Six painters and six sculptors from different countries such as France, Germany, Moldove, South Africa, Italy, Serbia, and Dubai were taking part in the symposium that aimed at promoting art and culture and generate interest among the youth about fine arts. All the artists would donate their works to the peeta as a gesture to promote fine arts among children studying in different classes in the educational institutes run by the institution. [link]

Ralph Branacccio from the U.S. who is now settled in France; Wolfgang Brenner of Germany who is an expert in the emerging area of ‘conceptional' art; Elvira Cemortan and P. Guteira from Moldove; Shaif Quarshi from Dubai; Sheshrao Biradar from South Africa, and sculptors Miodreg Peric from Serbia, Paola Pompei, Albert Mariani, Brunvo Buttarelli and Samuele Palacco (all from Italy); and Ralf Klement from Germany are taking part in the symposium. Vasudev, artist, an expert in bringing out artwork in silk tapestry in collaboration with weavers, and reliefs in copper, said he was delighted by the initiative taken by the institution to promote fine arts and generate interest among young children about paintings and sculpture.

“It was a pleasant surprise to me when I arrived here three days to participate in the symposium…This is a very different kind of art camp,” he said. Mr. Vasudev said that, generally in India, the culture of going to museums and galleries to watch paintings and sculptures was not in vogue. At the end of the camp, the works of participating artists would be kept in an exhibition for a few days for the benefit of general public.
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Art & About: The Many Faces of Islamic Architecture

Posted on 05:51 by the great khali
NEWS STRAITS TIMES
By Luchien de Guise
Illustrated manuscript from Anwar-i Suhayli,Iran, 1593
MALAYSIA - Links between Malaysia and Russia have always been limited, an exhibition starting next month in St Petersburg will be travelling to Malaysia next year. Architecture and its Representations in Islamic Art at the State Hermitage Museum ends February 2012. Architecture is one of the greatest accomplishments of the Islamic world. Architecture was one of the first expressions of the cultural identity of Islamic society, and remains so to this day. Testimonials to this art form exist not only in the buildings that have survived but also in the legacy that these traditions have left in the other arts. The most detailed evidence of this impact is through the medium of painting. Miniature painting had existed for centuries in the Islamic Middle East but underwent a dramatic and series of developments in the Iranian world between the 14th and 16th Centuries. The most striking feature of architecture in book-painting is the emphasis on decoration. [link]
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Salem Woman was an Artist saved by Christian Faith

Posted on 05:36 by the great khali
SALEM NEWS
By Alan Burke
“Salem Rose at Dawn” by Kathleen Ward Atchason is a
4-foot-by-5-foot depiction of Salem Harbor at dawn. It was displayed at her wake.
MASSACHUSETTS - The '60s have been romanticized as an era of giddy excess, when young people ignored the nagging warnings of joyless adults and embraced a world of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. For several reasons, artist Kathleen Ward was susceptible to the message. Early in life, she was led to some very dark places and left with crippling addictions, son Christian Atchason said. Eventually, however, Kathleen Ward Atchason, bolstered by a faith in God and Jesus, overcame. She was clean and sober and an attentive, loving mother for more than 30 years, Christian said. His mother died on Nov. 30 at age 64, an observant Catholic, leaving behind a grieving family, friends and an impressive artistic legacy. It wasn't that easy, of course. Abandoning an interest in witchcraft, Atchason made the decision to fully embrace the Catholicism of her youth.  "Her faith was crucial," Keene said. [link]
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Video: [Advent Conspiracy] Enter the Story 2011

Posted on 05:35 by the great khali
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New Arts of Japan Gallery to culminate five-year initiative to expand presentation of Asian art

Posted on 05:01 by the great khali
ARTDAILY
Dish with Design of Dandelions, Nabeshima ware. Edo period, 18th century.
Glazed porcelain with overglaze enamels. Tokyo National Museum.
TEXAS - The new, permanent Arts of Japan Gallery at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, will open to the public on Sunday, February 19. The Japan gallery will be the final installation in a suite of permanent Arts of Asia galleries surrounding Cullinan Hall in the Caroline Wiess Law Building, culminating an effort begun in 2007 to expand the presentation of Asian art at the museum. The Arts of Japan Gallery will open with a special inaugural exhibition, Elegant Perfection: Masterpieces of Courtly and Religious Art from the Tokyo National Museum, showcasing important objects from the collection of the Tokyo National Museum, including National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties that will stay in Houston for only eight weeks. In April 2012, the MFAH permanent collection of Japanese art will be installed with 16th-and 17th-century ceramics, 12th-century bronze Buddhist ritual objects and a 1000 B.C. sculpture on two-year long-term loan from the Tokyo National Museum. This will be the first time for the Tokyo National Museum to approve long term loans to an American museum. [link]
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Art: On the Trail of Tintin's Tibet

Posted on 04:32 by the great khali
THE DAILY BEAST | NEWSWEEK
By Blake Gropnik
For Bugs, Scrooge, and Lara Croft, Tibet is a place of great mountains
and great adventures., Courtesy of the Rubin Museum of Art, New York
NEW YORK - Already at 5, I had plugged into the powerful myth of Tibet that Westerners have created. An exhibition at New York’s Rubin Museum follows our comic heroes and villains to the top of the world. Hero, Villain, Yeti: Tibet in Comics, an exhibition now at the lovely little Rubin Museum of Art in New York, shows I wasn’t the only kid who feasted on that myth. Martin Brauen, curator emeritus at the Rubin, has assembled 48 comic books built around Tibet, presenting some originals in cases on the wall but all 48 as reading copies out on open desks. [link]
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Sunday, 11 December 2011

RELIGIOUS ART | TALK OF WEEK

Posted on 01:29 by the great khali
AOA NEWS
By TAHLIB
The "NATIVITY SCENE" (above) is on view at a Texas courthouse, and Atheist extremists are angry about it, again. At Alpha Omega Arts, we are grateful to these extremists for the "annual" news controversy, because it gets Americans excited about defending Art & Faith. The first ever Nativity scene was created in the year 1223 by St. Francis of Assisi in response to his trip to the Holy Land. Each features at minimum the baby Jesus in a crib, his mother, and (stepfather) Joseph. Since that first creation in 1223, Nativity scenes have become a Western cultural tradition that are widely accepted by other faiths as part of the Christmas season. Listed below are the other religions art news stories of the past week from our interfaith world. The stories are grouped by the five largest faith traditions, with an additional category for other/interfaith.

BUDDHIST ART:
  • Colorado Museum Exhibit Features Art by Tibetan Priests (The Coloradoan)
HINDU ART:
  • Conflicting Identities Inspire Art of Anurendra Jegadeva (The Hindu)
  • Satirical T-Shirts anger "Some" Hindus (IOL News)
  • INSPIRE ME! Artist, Teresa Mas (AOA News)
ISLAMIC ART:
  • Islamic Art Welcomed at Utah's Mormon University Museum of Art (Eleven News)
  • Hey Brooklyn Museum, Show Some Islamic Art! (Courier Life's Brooklyn Daily)
  • Op-ed: Will Artists & Christians Leave Egypt? (Al Arabiya News)
  • Contemporary History of Islam and the Arts in Egypt (Ahram Online)
JEWISH ART:
  • Bainbridge Island, WA's Jewish Congregation Honors History with Art (Kitsap Sun)
  • Illuminated Hebrew Bible on Display in NYC this Holiday Season (The Jewish Week)
  • Author Maurice Sendak Selects Menorahs for Jewish Museum Show (Digital News Associates)
  • Jewish Artist Starts Service to Support His Artist Peers (Baltimore Sun)
CHRISTIAN ART:
  • Bethel College in Kansas Looks at Role of Arts in Worship (Bethel College News)
  • Video of Week: LIT by Gerda Liebmann (AOA News)
  • Liebmann's LIT on Display for the Holidays in New Jersey (AOA News)
  • Artist Louis Beck Learns it is Never too Late to Follow a Dream (Guardian Angels)
  • India's Pioneer of Christian Arts, Angelo da Fonseca Finally Gets His Due (Times of India)
  • Transition to Christianity: Art of Late Antiquity, Third to Seventh Century AD (The Art Newspaper)
  • Intimidation: Atheists Demand Texas Nativity Scene be Torn Down Immediately (The Blaze)
  • Vatican's Gaudi Exhibition Proves Popular (Catholic News Agency)
  • Theater Review: "Jesus Christ Superstar" Broadway Bound via San Diego (San Diego County News)
  • Johnny Depp Ignores Family Coalition Claim He "Will Burn in Hell" (ABC NEWS)
OTHER RELATED ART:
  • Art review: 'Contested Visions in the Spanish Colonial World,' LACMA (Los Angeles Times)
  • Surfing Madonna to Finally Get a Permanent Home (San Diego 10 News)
Get your daily dose of Alpha Omega Arts on Facebook and/or Twitter, or just come back each day. There's always something new to talk about in today's interfaith world of art.
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Saturday, 10 December 2011

Bethel College in Kansas Looks at Role of Arts in Worship

Posted on 02:14 by the great khali
BETHEL COLLEGE NEWS
By Melanie Zuercher

KANSAS – Bethel College's first major symposium in a decade, “Think, Celebrate, Sing: Worship and the Arts,” brought to campus two nationally known resource people in the areas of church music and preaching: John Ferguson from St. Olaf College and Thomas Long from Emory University.“Music is an art form that unfolds over time,” Ferguson said. “No matter how creative the structure, the final question is: ‘Does it work?’” The visual arts were also part of the symposium, through the cut-paper banners created by members of Hope Mennonite Church in Wichita that hung in Memorial Hall for the hymn festival and in the work of Martha Becker Yoder, a Bethel graduate who spent 22 years working at the University of Iowa Museum of Art before accepting a call to pastor at West Union Mennonite Church, Parnell, Iowa. The four-year liberal arts college is affiliated with Mennonite Church USA. For more information, see http://www.bethelks.edu/.
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Friday, 9 December 2011

Artist Starts Service Representing His Peers

Posted on 00:24 by the great khali
BALTIMORE SUN
By Larry Perl

NEW JERSEY - Yaakov Bar Am is a busy man. The 48-year-old Verizon analyst is also a well-known woodworker, a custom furniture maker and owner of two online businesses. He's also an Orthodox Jew and the father of four girls and a 4-month-old son. But, the Pikesville area resident has recently taken on a new challenge, which could be his biggest yet. With the help of a Mount Washington woman, he has started the Maryland Artisan Guild, which represents artists by showcasing their work at art shows, posting samples of their work online and doing many of their administrative chores. He said he represents nine clients from Bethesda to Lancaster, Pa., and charges modest fees, including a 20 percent cut of sales at shows and 10 percent of online sales. He and the client split the cost of him being in a show, he said. [link]
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Thursday, 8 December 2011

Intimidation: Atheists Demand Texas Nativity Set be Torn Down Immediately

Posted on 23:46 by the great khali
THE BLAZE
By Billy Hallowell


TEXAS - Christian pastors in Henderson County, Texas, are fighting back against atheists who are demanding that a nativity scene located on a courthouse lawn be taken down. The group behind the complains, the Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation, frequently targets faith and religion projects that are placed on public lands. The group sent a letter to the county that explains how a local resident, who wishes to remain nameless, is offended by the scene. [link]
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Liebmann's LIT on Display for the Holidays in New Jersey

Posted on 12:26 by the great khali
AOA NEWS
From LIT video by Gerda Liebmann
NEW JERSEY - Looking for a non-traditional visual arts experience to celebrate this season of Advent? Then go get "LIT" by artist Gerda Liebmann whose exhibition of light paintings explores questions of uncertainty and discovery, and will be on view this month through December 31 at the Oyster Point Hotel, a boutique hotel in Redbank, NJ. Liebmann, a Christian artist creates her light paintings by moving different types of light sources in front of an extended camera exposure. The artist reception on December 2nd also featured a video that incorporated both light painting and live action (view here). “Light painting gives me an opportunity to incorporate the elements of time and motion into the creation of the visual image,” said Liebmann to The Monmouth Journal last month. The Oyster Point Hotel, 146 Bodman Place, (800) 345-3484, theoysterpointhotel.com.
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Illuminated Hebrew Bible on Display in NYC this Holiday Season

Posted on 11:02 by the great khali
THE JEWISH WEEK
By Diane Cole
Menorah from the Cervera Bible
NEW YORK - The Jewish holiday of Chanukah lasts eight days, but New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is celebrating over the course of eight weeks, in the form of its recently opened exhibition “Lisbon’s Hebrew Bible: Medieval Jewish Art in Context,” on display through Jan. 16. And the contexts are plural, not singular. Produced in Cervera, Spain between 1299 and 1300, the “Cervera Bible” as it is called, is an illuminated manuscript that is both a sacred Jewish book and a masterpiece of the Gothic era. Its most famous image — of a resplendent seven-branched golden menorah (candelabrum) framed by two large olive trees — is familiar from its frequent use on Jewish-themed holiday cards (though it is a temple-style rather than a Chanukah menorah, which allows for eight lights) and innumerable book covers. [link]
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Wednesday, 7 December 2011

Video of Week: LIT by Gerda Liebmann

Posted on 10:54 by the great khali


Swiss-born, now New Jersey-based Gerda Liebmann is featured in the A&O INSPIRE ME series. There is an intense gentleness about Gerda's creations, in her videos as well as her other works.
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Conflicting Identities Inspire Art of Anurendra Jegadeva

Posted on 05:22 by the great khali
THE HINDU
By Harshini Vakkalanka
"Budha" (Mixed Media on Paper)
INDIA - As the world grows smaller, everybody experiences a conflict of identity and questions it, says artist Anurendra Jegadeva. It's literally an ABCD scenario at Anurendra Jegadeva's exhibition “Strange Paradise: Memories of Empire, The Gods & Mulligatawny Soup." He has even done a whole series of A-Z paintings depicting terms related to his identity, like A for ancestors, B for butterfly (a self-portrait) and C for change. “Though I'm a fifth-generation Sri Lankan Tamil staying in Malaysia, I'm aligned to the idea of Mother India. My religious and social idols are people from Chandrasekhar Bose to Gandhiji and Kamal Hassan. I explore the tensions between my identities as a Malaysian with a Western outlook with an Indian Hindu past. “Strange Paradise” will be on view at Gallery Sumukha 24/10 BTS Depot Road, Wilson Garden, until December 15. [link]

Artist Anurendra Jegadeva
"Ketu" (Mixed Media on Paper)
 
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Johnny Depp Ignores Family Coalition Claim He "Will Burn in Hell"

Posted on 04:12 by the great khali
ABC NEWS


UNITED KINGDOM - When you sing about Jesus getting drunk and passing out, you’re going to outrage a few people. Or a lot, if you’re Johnny Depp. Depp and the band Babybird released a controversial new song in time for Christmas: “Jesus Stag Night Club” (Listen below). Focus on the Family condemned the song to the U.K. paper The Daily Star; the Christian Coalition said Depp and his band mates “will burn in hell for this filth.” Neither group responded to ABCNews.com’s requests for comment. [link]

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Contemporary History of Islam and the Arts in Egypt

Posted on 01:28 by the great khali
AHRAM ONLINE
By Wael Eskandar with contributions by Menna Taher and Ati Metwaly

EGYPT - During the Mubarak era Egyptian courts were flooded with 'Hesba' lawsuits targeting writers, film makers and poets. Hesba lawsuits can be filed by anyone if they believe God has been insulted. The first case after the 25 January Revolution was filed on 12 April 2011 against the book “Where is Allah” by Karam Saber, released in November 2010. The book was sent to the committee of senior scholars at Al-Azhar Al-Sharif for content assessment. Hesba lawsuits have continued after the revolution and there is reason to believe examining art work through an Islamic moral lens could be formalised. In a recent interview on Al-Qahira Al-Youm, El-Shahat said, “It’s not your right” to decide if a work of art is halal or haram (right or wrong), and implied all art should be screened by senior Al-Azhar scholars, which would mean stricter censorship laws. This is not just a battle for artists, but for everyone in society. Although artists will be affected most by policies that promote censorship and hinder creativity, there is hope that people will move to challenge some of these ideas. [link]
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Tuesday, 6 December 2011

Surfing Madonna to Finally Get a Permanent Home

Posted on 23:07 by the great khali
SAN DIEGO 10 NEWS

CALIFORNIA - A recommendation for a new location for the "Surfing Madonna" mosaic was unanimously passed by the Encinitas Commission for the Arts on Monday. The recommendation says that the "Surfing Madonna" should be erected in a small park on Encinitas Boulevard west of Coast Highway near Moonlight Beach. The park is also where artist Mark Patterson would like to see his "Surfing Madonna" come to rest. Patterson envisions the park – with its one bench and path that cuts through the rough landscaping – as the perfect setting for his mosaic. "She's a cultural icon for people regardless of religious background," he said. The Commission for the Arts also voted unanimously to accept the long-term loan of the art, passing it up the line to the Encinitas City Council. It may take months and up to $20,000 to put the mosaic back up. A fundraiser is planned for Thursday night in Cardiff at Wine Steals. [link]
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Vatican's Gaudi Exhibition Proves Popular

Posted on 02:59 by the great khali
CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY

VATICAN CITY - An exhibition exploring the art, science and spirituality of Barcelona’s La Sagrada Familia Basilica is proving to be a popular winter attraction for visitors to the Vatican. The Basilica of La Sagrada Familia—which is Catalan for “The Holy Family”—is the creation of the Catalonian architect Antoni Gaudi (1852-1926). His innovative blend of Gothic and Art Nouveau styling that comes to life in the basilica is regarded as one of the modern architectural wonders of the world. Still under construction, the church was finally consecrated by Pope Benedict XVI in Nov. 2010. Cardinal Lluis Martinez Sistach of Barcelona described the exhibition to CNA as “another of the contributions of Christian faith which the Church has made over the centuries to the world of culture, art and beauty.” The Vatican exhibition is divided into three sections that denote the art, science and spirituality of Gaudi’s creation. The Vatican exhibition is entitled “Gaudi and the ‘Sagrada Familia’ of Barcelona; Art, Science and Spirituality,” and is open to the public until Jan. 15, 2012. [link]
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Op-ed: Will Artists & Christians Leave Egypt?

Posted on 02:38 by the great khali
AL ARABIYA NEWS
By Farrag Ismail

EGYPT - Instead of celebrating the first successful round of parliamentary elections, Egyptian intellectuals began sounding alarms after the remarkable victory of Islamist parties. Two of the alarms now gaining ground are the most dangerous: the immigration of artists to Lebanon and Dubai and the immigration of Copts [Coptic-Christians], especially businessmen. The first alarm was voiced in statements issued by several artists, some of whom decided to resist, such as director Khaled Youssef, and some made up their minds to leave Egypt and turn off the lights on the “Hollywood of the East.” The wisest comment on the results of the elections came from Coptic actor Hani Ramzy, who confidently stressed that art and creativity would not be affected. The Islamist trend, represented by the Muslim Brotherhood’s political wing the Freedom and Justice Party and the hardline al-Nour Party, immediately issued comforting statements. [link]
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Transition to Christianity: Art of Late Antiquity, Third to Seventh Century AD

Posted on 02:20 by the great khali
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India's Pioneer of Christian Arts` Finally Gets His Due

Posted on 02:05 by the great khali
TIMES OF INDIA
By Alexandre Moniz Barbosa
INDIA - In his lifetime, he was criticized by the clergy for painting Christian themes in Indian settings. In the 1930s he had to leave his homeland, and find refuge and recognition in British India. In 2011, his works of art are getting their just rewards in the land of his birth. Born in St Estevam, Angelo da Fonseca left the then Portuguese colony for further studies but returned with his brush to depict his Christian art in his homeland. Instead of encouragement for his talent, what he received was criticism. His depiction of the Virgin Mary (above) in a saree came up for censure in Goa. Disheartened, he left Goa for Pune and settled at the Christa Prema Seva Ashram at Shivajinagar where he found encouragement and a congenial atmosphere," writes M R Lederle, SJ, in the essay `The inner inspiration: Angelo da Fonseca`. "One could say that Fonseca was not only the pioneer of Indian Christian art, but also a pioneer in inculturation. [link]
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Satirical T-Shirts anger "Some" Hindus

Posted on 01:44 by the great khali
IOL NEWS
By Gugu Mbonambi

"Kalifornia" by Harry Fokker and Trevor Paul
SOUTH AFRICA - A DA councillor in eThekwini has lodged a complaint with the country’s religious and cultural watchdog body over satirical T-shirts made by two clothing designers: Michan Marais and Harry Fokker, which mock Hindu deities.  According to The Sunday Times Extra, Marais’s design had won second place in the annual Makhulu Polane T-shirt competition. It features a khaki-clad man with a beard and eight arms, sitting cross-legged on a large plant. He holds a protea, beer bottle, slingshot, mealie, braai tongs, rugby ball and a springbok head in his eight hands. The publication quoted Marais saying that: “The people in my (Afrikaans) community used to say Hindu art was scary… But I thought it was beautiful.” Fokker said the idea to reference Kali originated from a play of words in which “Kali” became “Kalifornia”, and he commissioned Trevor Paul, of Firebrand Design, to illustrate his idea. “The design represents a satirical take on the moral and ethical dissolution of popular American society and does not intend to mock and or demean the dignity of Hindus or the Hindu community,” he said. [link]
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Islamic Art Welcomed at Utah's Mormon University Museum of Art

Posted on 01:06 by the great khali
ELEVEN NEWS

UTAH - Bringham Young University’s Museum of Art announced Wednesday morning its upcoming exhibition of Islamic art. The exhibit will feature more than 250 pieces of art from more than 10 different countries and in February BYU will be this exhibit’s first stop on its tour throughout the country. “Beauty is a universal concept. A unifying force and a source for hope for a better future,” said BYU College of Fine Arts and Humanities Dean Stephen Jones. The MOA is known for being the premier art museum in the Mountain West and the most attended university art museum in North America. The museum’s upcoming addition entitled “Beauty and Belief: Crossing Bridges with the Arts of Islamic Culture” will feature art foreign to many in Utah. Sabiha al Khemir is an expert in Islamic art and serves as project director of the new exhibit that will travel to art museums throughout the United States after its stay at BYU-Museum of Art. Museum officials also say they hope the art will help viewers value the diversity and richness of the Islamic culture. [link]
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Monday, 5 December 2011

Bainbridge Island, WA's Jewish Congregation Honors History with Art

Posted on 07:16 by the great khali
KITSAP SUN
By Chris Henry
Dorothy Bach, who runs the Judaica gift shop at Congregation Kol Shalom,
sits beside a display of Hanukkah candles and a contemporary menorah. Chris Henry/Kitsap Sun
WASHINGTON -  When Dorothy Bach [of Bainbridge Island] was in Israel three years ago looking down on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem, she started crying. Such is the importance of history in Judaism, a history kept alive through symbols in art. Bach, in her own way, promotes Jewish culture on Bainbridge Island by importing fine handicrafts and jewelry, mostly from Israel, and selling it at the Judaica Gift Shop of Congregation Kol Shalom. Whenever possible, Bach buys from Israeli artisans. The gift shop is open periodically and by appointment. For information, email giftshop@kolshalom.net. [link]
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Hey Brooklyn Museum, Show Some Islamic Art!

Posted on 03:00 by the great khali
COURIER LIFE'S | BROOKLYN DAILY
By Shaavana Abruzzo
"Stop Islam. Islam has to stop killing people by stoning."
by Ahmed Mashhouri (2009)
NEW YORK - Art wouldn’t be art if it wasn’t contentious, but to truly shock and awe, it must also be new and revolutionary. The Brooklyn Museum’s latest “Christ” exhibit, depicting an ant-encrusted Jesus as part of a collection of gay identity portraiture, is neither provocative nor rebellious — nor new — even though the ho-hum archive defends it as “an expression of the artist’s outrage at indifference to human suffering.” The Brooklyn Museum needs some fresh blood on its walls, and Iranian artist and human rights activist Ahmed Mashhouri might be among the visionaries to provide it. The Brooklyn Museum should also lead the charge with the work of Australian revisionist Sergio Redegalli, who has received death threats for a mural he painted outside his Sydney studio of a burqa-clad woman, bearing the slogan, “Say no to burqas.” [link]

"Say No to Burquas" by Sergio Redegalli
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Art review: 'Contested Visions in the Spanish Colonial World,' LACMA

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LOS ANGELES TIMES
By Chris Knight
CALIFORNIA - At the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, a large and engrossing new show includes four big canvases painted in 1783 by Vicente Albán. Just a few of the 181 rarely traveled works assembled for "Contested Visions in the Spanish Colonial World," Albán's paintings overflow with arresting super-abundance. The magnificent show, organized by LACMA curator Ilona Katzew, is the first in the U.S. to chart the roles assumed by and for indigenous peoples within colonial Latin American art. "Contested Visions in the Spanish Colonial World," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, (323) 857-6000, through Jan. 29. Closed Wednesdays. lacma.org. [link]
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Theater Review: "Jesus Christ Superstar" Broadway Bound via San Diego

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SAN DIEGO COUNTY NEWS
By Welton Jones
Jesus Christ Superstar
CALIFORNIA - Any doubts that JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR is a genuine modern musical masterpiece should be banished forever by the splendid production in residence at the La Jolla Playhouse through December. Furthermore, though I will never be known as a devout religionist, I can’t imagine a more moving, more spiritual delivery of Christianity’s core story than this. Created by LJP legend Des McAnuff for his Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Canada, this show is on its way to Broadway trailing hosannas and fomenting anticipation. I can’t recommend it more sincerely and I particularly would hope than genuinely religious audiences find their way to the Mandell Weiss Theatre at UCSD. This is a gift that should be shared by all but could be even more special to many.  [link]
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Artist Louis Beck Learns it is Never too Late to Follow a Dream

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GUARDIAN ANGELS
By Aprille Hanson
Artist Louis Beck describes the most expensive piece in his art gallery, a 5-foot-by-4-foot, 150-pound wood carving of the Last Supper, priced at $30,000. He worked on the carving periodically for a little more than 20 years.
ARKANSAS - Artist Louis Beck describes the most expensive piece in his art gallery, a 5-foot-by-4-foot, 150-pound wood carving of the Last Supper, priced at $30,000. He worked on the carving periodically for a little more than 20 years. Artist Louis Beck will admit no painting is perfect, but said the closest he's painted would be the portrait of his wife Lottie, who died in February 2010. "About March (2010), I thought I'd paint her portrait," Beck said. "I found such a satisfaction in painting and it really kind of gave me piece of mind." As his inner artist was reawakened, so was an old dream the couple shared -- owning a gallery. The same year, Beck renovated a building he owned into what is now L & L Beck Art Gallery at 5705 Kavanaugh Boulevard in Little Rock, AK. [link]
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Author Maurice Sendak Selects Menorahs for Jewish Museum Show

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DIGITAL NEWS ASSOCIATES
By Amy Zimmer
A Hanukkah lamp from Landsberg am Lech, Germany, 1945. The menorah was made in a displaced-persons camp at the end of World War II and dedicated to U.S. Gen. Joseph McNarney, hailed as their liberator.
NEW YORK - Maurice Sendak, author of the beloved children's classic, "Where the Wild Things Are," sifted through the Jewish Museum's foremost collection of more than 1,000 menorahs for a new holiday exhibition at the Fifth Avenue arts space. He selected 33 of them for "An Artist Remembers: Hanukkah Lamps Selected by Maurice Sendak," which opens Friday and runs through Jan. 29, 2012. The show includes the illustrator's reflections on the process of picking the holiday fixtures. "I stayed away from everything elaborate. I kept looking for very plain, square ones, very severe looking," Sendak told the Jewish Museum. "Their very simplicity reminded me of the Holocaust. And I thought it was inappropriate for me to be thinking of elaboration." [link]
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Sunday, 4 December 2011

RELIGIOUS ART | TALK OF WEEK

Posted on 01:00 by the great khali
AOA NEWS
By Tahlib
"GANESHA" (above) is by Teresa Mas, and Mas is this month's Inspire Me! Artist. Mas is a practicing Hindu and a painter who lives in Florida. Her technique is dreamlike and seductive. The portraits of Hindu gods are fashioned from applications of acrylic paint and collage into celebrations of the internal journey we all seek as Believers. Find our more about this month's Creator Spirit from Florida at her December 1st Inspire Me! profile. *Listed below are the other religions art news stories of the past week from our interfaith world. The stories are grouped by the five largest faith traditions, with an additional category for other/interfaith.

BUDDHIST ART:
  • Documentary "Art as a Weapon" Needs to Raise $30,000 (AOA News)
  • Dali Lama Unveils New Coffee Table Book, "Sharnam Gacchami" (The Times of India)
  • Once Upon a Time in Asia: A Traveler Explores the Spread of Buddhism (Frontline)
  • Exhibition on Buddhism in Russia Signal Start of Bhutan-Russian Relations (Kuense Online Bhutan Daily News) 
  • Buddhist Monks Offer an Ancient Glimpse into their Culture (WINK News)
HINDU ART:
  • INSPIRE ME! Artist, Teresa Mas (AOA News)
  • High School Art Contest in India Features both Religious & Secular Images (The Hindu)
  • Book Picks: 5000 Years of Indian Art by Sushma K. Bahl (The Hindu)
  • Bhopal, India Artists Showcase Works in Jaipur (News Track India)
  • Indian Art Expert Challenges West to Change View of India's Art (Economic Times)
ISLAMIC ART:
  • Another Major Islamic Art Exhibit Heads to US Museums in 2013 (The Oregonian)
  • Pakistani Artists Throw Light on Quranic Verses at RAC (Daily Times | Pakistan)
  • Calligraphy: Islamic Art Celebrating Holy Month's of Peace (Express Tribune)
  • Liberal Columnist Praises "Constraint" in Depicting Islamic Divine (Think Progress)
  • Analyst Predicts The Arab Spring is the End of Artistic Freedom, and More (International Analyst Network)
  • Cincinnati Gallery Features Mesmerizing Islamic Works in Paper (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
JEWISH ART:
  • Jewish Marriage Contract Combines Art, Love, and Faith (Salt Lake Tribune)
  • Hanukkah Lamps Selected by Maurice Sendak Opens at The Jewish Museum (The Broadway World)
  • Tony Kushner Awarded $100,000 Prize for Challenging Status Quo (Jewish Journal)
  • Museum Expansion Boosts Tel Aviv Art Scene (Toronto Sun)
  • Deaf Jewish Artist Makes Exquisite Judaica (Jewish Chronicle)
CHRISTIAN ART:
  • Twin Brothers Create African American Bible Images (Urban Faith)
  • Video: Advent installation at Salisbury Cathedral (Clay Fire)
  • Fashion Designer Joseph Altuzarra's Muse is a Virgin Mary Santos (The New York Times)
  • The New Mass Translation in Here! Why the Change? Why Now? (Chicago Catholic Examiner)
  • Video: Stephen Colbert: The Pope's Altered Catholic Mass (Comedy Central)
  • Religious Production Provokes Thought (Truman Index)
  • "Jesus Christ Superstar" a Love Triangle? (Los Angeles Times)
INTERFAITH & OTHER ART:
  • What is Culture? Singapore Artists Fight for Methodist Landmark (Wall Street Journal)
  • Gay Americans, Censorship, And ‘After The Gold Rush’ At The Metropolitan Museum Of Art (Think Progress)
  • Year 2011: Declining Number of Atheists, But More Believers (Vatican Insider)
  • Video: "Last Address" a World AIDS Remembrance of NYC Artists (AOA News)
  • Video: World AIDS Day 2011: Remembering the Suffering Children (AOA News)
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Saturday, 3 December 2011

Religious Store Closes in Downtown Indianapolis, After 120 Yrs

Posted on 10:32 by the great khali
WTHR | CHANNEL 13

INDIANA - After nearly 120 years of selling religious supplies downtown, Krieg Brothers is going out of business. The company will close its supply house on South Meridian Street Saturday. Family members say the slow economy and no online sales presence took a toll on the economy. The store was first opened in 1892 by a pair of Indianapolis brothers and has sold religious supplies and gifts for local clergy and generations of Catholic families. Customers flocked to the store Friday to make last minute purchases before the doors close. Some have been coming to the store all their lives. At least $400,000 in inventory will go on the auction block this month. Christy's of Indiana will host an auction Wednesday from 9 a.m. until noon. Day-long auctions are also planned at the supply house on December 12 & 13. [link]
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Liberal Columnist Praises "Constraint" in Depicting Islamic Divine

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THINK PROGRESS
By Alyssa Rosenberg

It’s really impossible to say enough good things about the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s revitalized and reopened Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia and Later South Asia, an astonishingly rich journey through the centuries and a cornucopia of artistic influences and achievements. The galleries are a reminder that constraints can be a help, rather than a hindrance, in the production of astonishing art. It’s unfortunate that so much of the contemporary discussion around Islam and art ends up involving things like prohibitions on depictions of the Prophet Muhammad (a trend that some Muslims have exacerbated by reacting to free speech with violence), rather than the alternative ways Muslim artists have found to depict the divine. [link]
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Cincinnati Gallery Features Mesmerizing Islamic Works in Paper

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THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER
By Jackie Demailine
"Either/Or Arch 3.1" by Eric Standley, Cut Paper, 24h x 18w x 2d framed
OHIO - The Marta Hewett Gallery marks the end of 2011 by expanding beyond glass artists. Devotion to Detail features works by Lyndsey Fryman, Raymond Papka and Eric Standley. Working in paper, ceramics and encaustic with found objects, each artist displays a commitment to deliberate decision-making within the creation of their works. Although the three artists use very different materials they share a fondness for lush surface and rich detail, Hewett said. Eric Standley, an associate art professor at Virginia Tech, presents what Hewett called “mesmerizing” works rendered in cut paper. Each work is composed of myriad sheets of multi-color paper, finely cut and stacked, to form an image more than an inch in depth. These works, influenced by Gothic and Islamic design become visual mantras. [link]
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Buddhist Monks Offer an Ancient Glimpse into their Culture

Posted on 01:48 by the great khali
WINK NEWS NOW

FLORIDA - Perhaps no other art form requires as much concentration as the ancient ritual being performed in Naples. Six Tibetan Buddhist Monks are building a Sand Mandala at Unity of Naples. The art piece is made only one grain of colored sand at a time. "This is meditation, single point concentration," said Chophel, one of the traveling monks from the Gaden Shartse Monastery, "you really need to be focused on every detail." The ancient ceremony dates back more than a thousand years. The ritual offers several lessons, from being able to glimpse into a foreign culture, to patience and determination. Another lesson is impermanence. After it is finish, the mandala will be swept away and used to bless the Gulf of Mexico. "Nothing is going to last forever and in fact, today is never going to happen again, and we tend to forget that," said Chophel. [link]
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Deaf Jewish Artist Makes Exquisite Judaica

Posted on 01:27 by the great khali
THE JEWISH CHRONICLE
By Toby Tabachnick
"Waterfall Ketuba" by Sharon Jo Serbin
PENNSYLVANIA - Sharon Jo Serbin is a wood carver, sculptor, mosaic artist and muralist. She wrote a children’s book, entertains at birthday parties, models in the nude for art classes, is a trained masseuse, and teaches Pilates and drama. She teaches babies how to communicate by signing, and she just happens to be deaf. “I consider myself a creative specialist,” Serbin said in a clear voice, although she has not heard a sound since she was 18. With no formal training in art, Serbin creates intricately carved yads and menoras, and hand-painted ketubas — custom designed depending on the character of the couple. “I think God just started creation, and it is up to us to continue it,” she said. “We make it beautiful with our stories, our songs, our babies. Each part of us is a part of creation.” [link]
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Indian Art Expert Challenges West to Change View of India's Art

Posted on 01:19 by the great khali
ECONOMIC TIMES

INDIA - Even as Indian art is gradually beginning to be recognised globally and local artists are seen at art fairs across the world, focused efforts like building more museums, imparting art education in schools and producing good art books is the need of the hour, say experts. "Art from India is represented in art fairs in Dubai Brazil, Shangai etc but it is still a drop in the ocean. We need to do much more to be at par internationally," says Sushma Bahl, an independent arts adviser, writer, and curator of cultural projects. Bahl was in conversation last evening with Indian ambassador to Bhutan, Pavan K Verma discussing her recently launched book "5000 Years of Indian Art" in the presence of ICCR President chairman Karan Singh.[The book] moves on to Vedic and Buddhist traditions, Hindu and Jain temple art sculpture and medieval period artefacts, Mughal miniature painting, colonial and modern Indian art. [link]
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Friday, 2 December 2011

"Jesus Christ Superstar" a Love Triangle?

Posted on 07:04 by the great khali
LOS ANGELES TIMES
By Reed Johnson
CALIFORNIA - Des McAnuff's Broadway-bound revival of the musical stresses the relationship between Jesus, Judas and Mary Magdalene. Take away the miracles, the bluesy guitar licks and all those antsy apostles, and what's "Jesus Christ Superstar" really about? Des McAnuff thinks he has the answer. It's a love triangle among Jesus, Judas and Mary Magdalene, said the U.S.-Canadian director of the critically heralded, Broadway-bound production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice musical that's running through year's end at the La Jolla Playhouse. Actually, McAnuff said, he heard lyricist Rice deliver that revisionist take on the New Testament during a TV interview. The comment stuck with him as he began planning the revival of the '70s entertainment phenomenon that originated and ran last summer at Canada's Stratford Shakespeare Festival, where McAnuff presides as artistic director. [link]
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Museum Expansion Boosts Tel Aviv Art Scene

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THE TORONTO SUN
Ari Rabinovitch, Reuters
Visitors look at paintings by German artist Anselm Kiefer in a section of a new wing. (Reuters/ Nir Elias)
ISRAEL - The new wing, designed by Massachusetts architect Preston Scott Cohen, has doubled the size of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art by 19,000 square metres (200,000 square feet) and lured a growing number of art fans through its new, triangular concrete and glass complex since its November 3 unveiling. Many of the newly displayed pieces include elements of Israeli society, from military conscription to the agricultural communes known as kibbutzim. And alongside the locals, works by renown German artist Anselm Kieffer, which were inspired by Jewish faith and mysticism, make up a special exhibit for the new wing's opening. [link]
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Religious Production Provokes Thought

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TRUMAN INDEX
By John O'Brien

MISSOURI- Not a word was spoken by the actors during the 45-minute production of "Parabole" and, for the most part, not a word was needed as the symbolism and actions said everything. Sponsored by the Independent Performance and Art Coalition, "Parabole" is an independent production directed, written and designed by sophomore Megan Pattee. This Christian production depicts various biblical scenes, beginning with the story of the creation of heaven and Earth, making its way through the life and death of Jesus. Pattee's production was based loosely on similar productions put on at Riverside Lutheran Bible Camp in Iowa, where Pattee has worked as a counselor. The simplicity of the production worked well. Review based off production's first dress Nov. 28, 2011. [link]
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Analyst Predicts The Arab Spring is the End of Artistic Freedom, and More

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INTERNATIONAL ANALYST NETWORK
By Mark Silverberg

With all the talk of revolutions, the Middle East continues to slip backwards. If Sharia is to become the supreme adjudicator of future legislation across the Arab world, it can also be assumed that Islamic law will validate the ethnic cleansing of Jews, mandatory donning of the veil for women, the execution of homosexuals, prostitutes and apostates (those who convert away from Islam), bans on music, dancing, men and women mixing in public (the effect of which will suffocate philosophy, art and research), suppression of freedom of expression for artists, journalists and writers, the punishment of those in the media who disagree with their government, and the practicing of any religion other than Islam (witness the recent attacks on Copts and Christian Coptic churches in Egypt). Change is indeed coming, [and] it is clear that the “Arab Spring” is morphing into an "Islamic awakening." [link]
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Exhibition on Buddhism in Russia Signal Start of Bhutan-Russian Relations

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KUENSE ONLINE | BHUTAN DAILY NEWS
By Samten Yeshi
Current day Dratsang Monastery. Courtesy of AllPosters.com
RUSSIA - An exhibition on Buddhism in Russia that opened yesterday at the Nehru-Wangchuck cultural centre in the capital marked the beginning of Bhutan-Russia relations. The exhibits are high quality technological reproductions of the 19th century Buddhist art works of Russia. Arts from the collection of Nicholas II, the last emperor of Russia, 19th century photographs from the Russian museum of ethnography, the national museum of Buryat republic, Tuva republic, Kalmkia republic, and the works of contemporary artists, used in the decoration of Buddhist temples in Russia, are on display. What the exhibition showcased and which surprised many were the similarities between the Buddhist arts in Russia and Bhutan. To see the black and white photographs of monasteries known as Dratsan, similar to Bhutan’s “dratsang,” that were destroyed during the Russian revolution, was admirable, said the home minister Minjur Dorji, who opened the exhibition. [link]
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Calligraphy: Islamic Art Celebrating Holy Month's of Peace

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EXPRESS TRIBUNE
By Mavra Bari
View "Slide Show of Exhibit"
PAKISTAN - Calligraphy, historically used for the means of preservation of Quranic text, is one of the most revered forms of Islamic art. Practiced in Pakistan for years, artistic geniuses like Sadequain brought the art form into the mainstream. Recently, a week-long calligraphy exhibition was held at the Rawalpindi Arts Council from November 28 to December 5, 2011, to mark the commencement of the month of Muharram while celebrating and remembering the Muslim heritage. Muhammad Azeem Iqbal, one of the artists participating in the exhibition said, “We can change the perception the world has towards Pakistan through arts and culture. Islam is about art and peace, not violence and war, and this calligraphic exhibition is trying to remind people of that.” [link]
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Once Upon a Time in Asia: A Travelor Explores the Spread of Buddhism

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FRONTLINE
By Benoy K. Behl
Two Kalmyks posing in front of the image of an acharya from Nalanda.
AFGHANISTAN - The way Indian philosophy spread across the continent of Asia in ancient times is amazing. There was a time when there was no country in South and South-East Asia, East Asia and Central Asia where Indic deities, the Buddha, Siva, Vishnu and others, were not revered. Much of this history has been forgotten. A great new Buddhist temple called the ‘Golden Abode of Buddha Shakyamuni' was built in Elista, the capital of Kalmykia (above). It has today become a symbol of the identity of the people of Kalmykia. It is crowded every day with worshippers. Around the temple are seated statues of 17 acharyas of the Nalanda University who developed the philosophical traditions of Buddhism. [link]
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Thursday, 1 December 2011

Publishing Art Books Via Microsoft & Blurb

Posted on 12:40 by the great khali

Using the Blurb add-in for Microsoft® Word from Blurb Books on Vimeo.

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Advent: Something Great is Coming, for this New Year

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AOA NEWS
By Ernest O. Britton
"Something Great is Coming" by Ryan Petrow
INDIANA - This past Sunday was Advent Sunday, a holyday marking a period of great anticipation for the birth of Jesus Christ on December 25. It also marks the start of the liturgical season for Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican, and Methodist churches who wear violet-coloured or blue vestments on this first day, and the first violet or blue Advent candle is lit at Mass. In some years Advent Sunday is in November as in 2011, and sometimes December as in December 2012, but it always begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas Day. Indiana watercolorist, Ryan Petrow captures the anticipation of the season, if not in Advent colors but in the red & white colors most often associated with the season in with his work, "Something Great is Coming" (above) now on view at the Indiana Interchurch Center Gallery, 1100 W. 42nd Street, Indianapolis. The painting of a pregnant young woman surrounding by a variety of symbols remains on view through December 31. For more information, call (317)755-8400.
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Video: SHUKR Islamic Clothing Ramadan/Eid 2011 Men's Collection

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World AIDS Day 2011: Remembering the Suffering Children

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INSPIRE ME! Artist, Teresa Mas

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"I trust my God within, to guide me,
talk to me, remind me and teach me."
~ TERESA MAS
Krishna and Parvati
By Ernest Disney-Britton

Teresa Mas is a true American Creator Spirit. Her works are inward journeys of self-discovery filled with the unexpected at every corner. With a highly developed technique, she creates acrylic paintings often mixed with collages of surprises--imagery and details of surprises! A world traveler and follower of Hinduism, she studied art in Miami, Florida and also Spain. Teresa's paintings are fresh, colorful, full of light and in a word, so "beautiful" you are seduced by her creations and can't wait to discover more about her Hindu faith. Alpha Omega Arts is proud to feature her as the INSPIRE ME! Artist of the Month: December 2011.
Teresa in her studio
(1) Why do you create art that sparks dialogue about religion or spirituality? The main motivation is the need to convey to the world the true search of the self. A trip inland. We are gods indeed, beautifully dressed. For humanity there is no other chance than the surrendering recognition of its divinity. True communication can only happen with ourselves.

Baby Krishna
(2) How do you describe your artwork? My work collages, acrylic, silks, stones, jewelry.., paper, pictures of Hindu gods, all carefully selected and crafted.

Ganesha
(3) How do you describe your faith? There is nothing more genuine than watching a human do the impossible. I trust my God within, to guide me, talk to me, remind me and teach me. Dod my teacher is always within me. Within us lies the power to realize any dream. My job...I would describe it as dream, and if you create your dream of love, your dream becomes a work of art.

Lord Ganesh
(4) As an artist, are there any challenges you've experienced because of this perspective? As an artist, when you learn to listen to your feelings and pay enough attention to your being, your work is filled with joy and you make what you really feel.

Baby Krishna
(5) What other artist(s) have inspired your creativity, and how? In creating my work, I am not inspired by any specific artist, the creative process of my work has come from within.

Ganesha
(6) Where can AOA readers learn more about you and your artwork?In my web page: http://www.teresamas.es/

During 2012 Teresa Mas is already scheduled to display her works throughout Florida as well as in Spain. If you are as inspired as we've been here at Alpha Omega Arts, about her art, her faith, and the intertwining that results from these works, we urge you contact her right away!
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