AltWeeklies Wire
Maine Moviemakersnew
While Hollywood may have the big bucks, Mainers are making a strong go of movie-making all on their own, and we encourage more of the same -- here are the winners of our first-ever Maine Short Film Festival.
Portland Phoenix |
Jeff Inglis and Sara Donnelly |
11-22-2006 |
Art
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Paint It Blacknew
Lowell Thompson fought racism in the ad industry -- now he's targeting the wine-and-cheese scene.
Chicago Reader |
Deanna Isaacs |
11-13-2006 |
Art
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A Fresh Signnew
A local artist hopes his role in the latest fight over Portland's sign code can finally mean more murals.
Willamette Week |
Jason Simms |
11-08-2006 |
Art
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Art on the Insidenew
Alabama inmate-artists break out.
Birmingham Weekly |
Phillip Jordan |
11-06-2006 |
Art
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Portrait of an Artistnew
Olive Pemberton is one of the last surviving members of a group of artists known as the Fort Worth school -- regional innovators whose works are now becoming highly collectible.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Jeff Prince |
11-03-2006 |
Art
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Drawn Togethernew
Why the surging popularity of yaoi -- graphic boy-on-boy comics -- might be the source of the genre's downfall.
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What Dreams May Come?new
William Dunlap's show proves that art including dogs does not have to be kitsch.
Jackson Free Press |
Roy Adkins |
11-02-2006 |
Art
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Culture Skirmishnew
A local artist comes up with an innovative response to censorship of her nude paintings.
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Sex-Mex Textnew
Photographer Joseph Rodriguez lays Mexico's sexual contradictions bare in Flesh Life: Sex in Mexico City.
Dig Boston |
Paul McMorrow |
10-25-2006 |
Art
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Witty, Sly and Even Earnestnew
Sculptor John Watts finds a way to connect the Renaissance and Gene Simmons.
Nashville Scene |
David Maddox |
10-24-2006 |
Art
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Hit the Wallnew
Two decades ago the Mural Arts Program's celebrated director tried to save a talented painter from the streets -- now they're working together in prison.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Frank Rubino |
10-23-2006 |
Art
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2 Morro Morrow Landnew
Sci-fi gentrification is writ large in an obsessive hand, courtesy of Brian Chippendale.
Baltimore City Paper |
Christopher Skokna |
10-12-2006 |
Art
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Boys Lifenew
Sometimes a giant robot isn't just a giant robot in the world of Japanese comics.
Baltimore City Paper |
Jess Harvell |
10-12-2006 |
Art
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Hard Bodynew
Liz Cohen's infiltrating the lowrider world -- and calling it art.
Phoenix New Times |
Megan Irwin |
10-10-2006 |
Art
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Making it Legalnew
Louisville's Committee on Public Art creates a legit venue for graffiti art.
LEO Weekly |
Bruce Linn |
10-09-2006 |
Art
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