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• eBAY ROUNDUP of Vintage Home Finds

  
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  Check out these fab eBay vintage home auctions ending soon including items by Drexel, Virginia Metalcrafters and George Nelson. Be sure not to miss the large Evelyn Ackerman mosaic wall piece, the polar bear cocktail shaker, and the pair of lovely Art Deco bronze wall sconces. ...
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• Why are you here?

  
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  If there is one long piece about Mexico you should read this weekend, it’s Cat Rainford’s account in Sunday’s The Guardian of her two years as a malabrista in Mexico: I ran away and joined the circus – in Mexico …When travelling for long periods, it can be all too easy to fall in with other ...
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• Rare Antique Folk Art Sand Paintings in Glass Bottles and Jars by A. Clemens

  
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    The artist who created these beautiful bottles in the late 1800s was Andrew Clemens (1857-1894) of McGregor, Iowa, who was a deaf-mute. "... Its estimated that of the hundreds of sand art bottles Clemens made during his regrettably short life (he died at age 37 or 42 depending on which ...
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• Preservation Watch: After much preservationist ballyhoo about MoMAs...

  
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  After much preservationist ballyhoo about MoMAs decision to demolish its American Folk Art Museum, designed by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, the museum has started to backpedal. "Were going to try to create the best building we can create," Jerry Speyer, developer and MoMA chairman, told the Times. ...
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• Athens City Breaks – Give Your Vacation an Athenian Touch

  
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  Athens, the capital city of Greece, is stunningly surrounded by three hills and around 3.7 million people call it home.  Not standing on its laurels as a historic city this urban settlement has reinvented itself in a modern perspective and now it’s a prosperous country and proud host of 2004 Olympics. The city ...
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• Folk Art Museum Reconsidered

  
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  The American Folk Art Museum (Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times) After impassioned protests from prominent architects, preservationists and design critics, the Museum of Modern Art said on Thursday that it would reconsider its decision to demolish its next-door neighbor, the former home of the American Folk Art ...
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• The Last Shovel Maker

  
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  It’s always great to come across something seen many years ago, especially those things that made an impression. I don’t know when I saw this segment on PBS . It may have been when it first aired in 1974 or maybe it was a few years later. But even though it has been at least 30 years since I saw it,  I often ...
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• Primitive Automaton Figure

  
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  Circa 1920-1930s primitive automaton figure. Unknown as to its original purpose. A slow moving electric motor in the hollow body moves the right arm back and forth. Available at Anonymous Works .
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• William Matthew Prior: Artist & Visionary

  
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  Monroe Denton reviews the exhibition Artist and Visionary: William Matthew Prior Revealed at the American Folk Art Museum, New York, on view through May 26, 2013. Denton writes that: "Prior’s works, which will be returned to various museums throughout New England this summer, raise questions about art in ...
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• Man Does Not Live by Coffee Alone

  
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  This was my wonderful son-in-laws birthday card.  He is a coffee lover for sure.  If youd like details, just leave a comment, and I will find my notes. Thanks in advance for looking and commenting!
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• Dragonfly Cottage

  
  Catherine Holman Folk Art — Authority: 118
  Last week I had to stop working on my snowman painting long enough to paint this design again.  I didnt have a high resolution image to send to the Farmers Almanac for a 2015 calendar.   So, if you missed the chance to purchase the painting the last time it will once again be available on eBay this week.  I will ...
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• URBAN FOLKS ART STUDIOS PRESENTS ITS 4TH ANNUAL BROOKLYN BRIDGE ANNIVERSARY GROUP ART SHOW MAY 24-JUNE 20

  
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  April 24 th , 2013 URBAN FOLK ART® GALLERY PRESENTS IT’S 4th ANNUAL GROUP ART SHOWIN HONOR OF THE 130TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE UrbanFolk Art® Gallery will be honoring the 130 th anniversary of theopening of the Brooklyn Bridge with a group show of over 30 local artists ofvarying ...
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• Talking With My Hands

  
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  Without photos of my work to illustrate my point, I am helpless. Why post words from an artist (still not sure of the type) without something to look at? I always read story books with the goal of getting to the next illustration as a child. Now magazines are my guilty pleasure. I have deadlines looming, being the ...
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• Chicago Anyone?

  
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  Hi ya! Did you have a fun weekend? Its been worky, worky, worky around Bunnyville. Plus, its been raining and cold. Poo! Mother nature is obviously having hormonal issues this year. Geesh! Well, today Im over the moon excited to share this with you! I will be headed to the International Quilt Festival in ...
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• Size Matters

  
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  "Put any of MoMA’s art in that building and it will die. And certainly contemporary art does not work there. Even granting that the Williams-Tsien facade is singular (I once compared it to a Kleenex box), the proponents of this building love it as an abstract ideal of a space for art, a platonic thing apart, a ...
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• Lots and Lots of Flying Geese

  
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  Lots of geese to be appliqued, still pinned as I work on the color arrangment, using scraps of some of my older Brannock & Patek fabrics. I think Ive met the most polite squirrel, ever.  Im surprised he doesnt feed the birds himself.
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• Streetscapes | MoMA: MoMA’s History of Demolishing Potential Landmarks

  
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  The American Folk Art Museum isn’t the first important building to get in MoMA’s way.        
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• Festival of Easter Egg Heaven 2013 Kyiv, Ukraine

  
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  The Festival of Easter Egg Heaven in Kyiv, Ukraine is a celebration of intricately hand painted chicken eggs by children of Ukraine continuing the centuries of traditions and culture of the pysanky egg as a gift of friendship, good health, and for a bountiful harvest.
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• Hoppy Friday, a Winner and a Sneaky Peeky!

  
  Tales from The Raspberry Rabbits — Authority: 128
  Hi ya! Wow oh wow what an incredible week this has been! Thank you so very much for visiting with me and the bunnies and your kind words on our block in Quiltmaker magazine! Over 400 comments! It took me almost 3 hours to write all the names and numbers down. Whew! :) First I wanted to share another sneaky ...
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• Kiawah Island Escape (slash: Design Retreat).

  
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  If I create from the heart, nearly everything works; if from the head, almost nothing. ~Marc Chagall   This beautiful woven brocade work comes from a book I’m gathering much inspiration from called, “Great Masters of Mexican Folk Art,” from the collection of Fomento Cultural Banamex.   This ...
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