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Piecing together the past (video) Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 2:07AMBorn a slave, died a free man, known generations later only by his first name, Dave lived in perilous times. He dared to read and write. He dared to sign his name to his work. He dared to create poetry. His life, his pottery, his poetry live on as a celebration of the indefatigability of the human spirit.
Pottery lovers flock to 45th annual Crooksville-Roseville Pottery Festival Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 11:16AMOn Friday, Michelle Hartfield made a visit to the Crooksville-Roseville Pottery Festival. One of the first things she was drawn to was the Pottery Pitch. A popular attraction for all ages, patrons can purchase five washers for $1 and try their hands at tossing the small metal rings into pots for a chance to win a pottery piece of their choice.
Art fair produces unique finds Sunday, June 20, 2010 @ 3:37AMPeople on the hunt for one-of-a-kind conversation pieces had luck Saturday at the Art Center of Battle Creek's annual art fair in Mill Race Park.
Saving grace Monday, May 24, 2010 @ 11:13PMA one-time reptile house at Cypress Gardens reopens in a few days with a more culturally significant exhibit: artifacts from slaves who toiled nearby on Dean Hall plantation.
A Blooming Town of the North Saturday, May 1, 2010 @ 3:11PMLIVING in a big city, blinded by sparkling lights, shopping malls and fashion boutiques and having been acquainted and surrounded by people of different faces from different races, makes me feel elate read more
Greek meltdown piles pressure on euro - can Germany fix it? Saturday, April 24, 2010 @ 4:10AMGreek meltdown piles pressure on euro - can Germany fix it?
A mystery jug finally gets an identity Tuesday, April 6, 2010 @ 12:55AMOver more than half a century, the odd little stoneware jug inlaid with white porcelain eyes and fiercely bared teeth was stored in a china closet, then a shoe box, an attic and a kitchen cupboard.
Haute hansik Monday, March 22, 2010 @ 11:16PMCuisine at its most elegant, most refined involves more than just the food itself. It engages an entire sensory experience, from the way it is plated down to what it is plated on.
Haute hansik Monday, March 22, 2010 @ 11:06PMCuisine at its most elegant, most refined involves more than just the food itself. It engages an entire sensory experience, from the way it is plated down to what it is plated on. This is where Kwan .....
When art becomes magic Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 12:28PMShe spent years getting frustrating with her paintings, constantly wanting them to have texture, a depth they couldn’t have.
Wedding registries should blend practicality and personality Tuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 6:12PMThe modern wedding registry is a marriage of personality and practicality. Newlyweds Mindy and Ricky Galloway of Blue Springs didn’t register for fine china or silver; they’d inherited sets from grandparents.
He's still making mud pies Wednesday, December 2, 2009 @ 10:06AMWAKEFIELD - In 1971 Thomas Ladd took his first class at the South County Art Association. He remembers one room with two little wheels where he learned to throw pots in a couple of days.
Amateur archaeologists explore old, damaged outhouse in Dunnellon area Sunday, November 22, 2009 @ 5:31AMBy Paulette Lash Ritchie Correspondent Nina Mattei was watching TV, she thinks it was the Travel Channel, and saw a show about privy digging.Mattei, 44, a rabid history buff, was fascinated."There are all kinds of things in outhouses," she said, "besides what you think."
Pottery Saturday, November 21, 2009 @ 10:43PMChristmas shopping started early for the dozens who attended Lockbridge Pottery’s 30th annual Thanksgiving Show at the Beckley Women’s Club Saturday.
Life lessons learned through pottery Thursday, November 19, 2009 @ 5:12PMothers also read... I love the way the Bible uses simple, everyday stories to illustrate how life works. For instance, the prophet Jeremiah described the process of maturing by telling of a potter he visited.
Slack, Ferree hold annual show Sunday, November 15, 2009 @ 3:40AMASHEBORO — For more than a dozen years, artist Lenton Slack and potter Mike Ferree have challenged themselves to stretch their creativity, try new things and take a few artistic risks.
Stanford workshop recreates the world of Incan pottery Friday, November 13, 2009 @ 1:13PMThe Inca artisans of the 1570s tried to recreate the pots their predecessors had made before the Spanish Conquest. Now Stanford's Archaeology Center retraces their steps and in doing so, rediscovers a vanished world.
Caddo Queen of Clay Friday, October 30, 2009 @ 12:24AMThe National Museum of the American Indian purchased Jereldine Redcorn's ceramic pot titled "Intertwining Scrolls" in 2005. This was significant recognition for the Norman artist's one-woman resurrection of the traditional Caddo methods in making both fine and utilitarian pottery.
‘Chasing butterfly' inspires local artist Thursday, October 29, 2009 @ 6:14AMI haven't done an outdoor art fair in a long time, but when I did, I loved the interaction with the people who came into my booth. I've never made a lot of money with my work and making money has never been my motivation. Rather, for nearly 40 years, I have been exploring an art form, in which I have tried to create beauty for the average home. I call it “chasing the Butterfly.” I get tremendous ...
Artists tap into nature at the Delavan Art Gallery Wednesday, October 28, 2009 @ 9:26PMSyracuse — Art works by painters Lynette Blake and Jim Van Hoven and potter Amy Haven comprise Delavan Art Gallery’s upcoming featured exhibition, “Elements.” The shows opens with a reception from 5-8 pm on Thursday, Nov. 5 and runs through December.
‘‘Posey” A site of Native American contact Thursday, October 8, 2009 @ 12:05PMIn 1957 there was an unusual non-fatal explosion at what is now Naval Support Facility Indian Head’s Biazzi plant—unusual in the sense, that other than the extreme rarity of accidents due to the extraordinary safety procedures taken at a major location where the Navy makes stuff that goes ‘‘swoosh” and ‘‘boom,” there was something extraordinary.
Sun City Vistoso puts fine art, crafts forward Wednesday, October 7, 2009 @ 12:27AMSun City Vistoso is a place full of talented artists and craftsmen, from painters to woodworkers to jewelry makers.
Sidewalk gallery wraps up 50th season Monday, October 5, 2009 @ 8:54PMBy Leigh Kelley Times-News Staff Writer Mary Poole wasn't sure she saw what she thought she saw in a photography exhibit at Art on Main this weekend. So she looked again.
Sun City Vistoso puts fine art, crafts forward Wednesday, September 30, 2009 @ 11:41AMSun City Vistoso is a place full of talented artists and craftsmen, from painters to woodworkers to jewelry makers.
Soup Bowl Supper benefits suicide prevention group in 8th year Tuesday, September 29, 2009 @ 2:10AMPotters and members of the Steamboat Clay Artisans put months of preparation each year into the group’s annual community fundraiser, the Soup Bowl Supper. In its eighth year, the fundraiser — at 5:30 and 7 p.m. Wednesday — will benefit Reaching Everyone Preventing Suicide.
Life as a mudslinger Wednesday, September 23, 2009 @ 2:29AMAcross Foothill Boulevard from Pine Street in Calistoga is a modest little house with an equally modest building out back that looks as though it could have been built by hand by some long-forgotten Calistoga pioneer.
Archaeological digs show ancient Indians took refuge beneath rock overhangs Sunday, September 20, 2009 @ 4:07AMCOSHOCTON COUNTY, Ohio -- Jeff Dilyard squatted in a waist-deep pit beneath a rock overhang, contemplating a dark patch of sand he uncovered. Perhaps it's the remnants of a campfire an Indian hunting party built more than 10,000 years ago, when mastodons roamed the woods. It's a good theory. It was just a few feet away that the retired teacher and volunteer archaeologist found the base of a ...
Bring indoor comfort outside Sunday, September 6, 2009 @ 3:44AMRetail may be in a drought, but for many garden supply stores, it's been a green season in more ways than one.
Garden supply stores rake in the sales Wednesday, August 19, 2009 @ 4:01AMRetail may be in a drought, but for many garden supply stores, it's been a green season in more ways than one. We're paying a lot more attention to beautifying our own backyards, perhaps because we're traveling less. Americans are spending about 20 percent...
Otto Heino dies at 94; master potter created 'hearty and gutsy' pieces Monday, July 20, 2009 @ 7:56PMThe indefatigable artist became a multimillionaire after he and his wife, Vivika, reformulated a long-lost buttery yellow glaze from the Chin dynasty. Otto Heino, the Ojai-based master potter, educator and symbol of the midcentury California studio crafts movement who along with his late wife, Vivika, reformulated a lost-to-the-ages Chinese glaze that made him a multimillionaire, has died. He ...
Studio sparks kids' creativity Thursday, July 9, 2009 @ 3:20AMA nonprofit organization aims to keep children off the streets this summer, with hopes to inspire their inner artist.
Digging for evidence of Md.'s Indian heritage at Arundel site Thursday, July 2, 2009 @ 5:23AMPatuxent River site could be among state's most important Archaeologists have uncovered an Algonquian Indian camp on a bluff above a lush bend in the Patuxent River, a find that includes the oldest human structure ever detected in Maryland. Artifacts show that the campsite — in a location favored by native people for hundreds of years for its bounty of fish, shellfish and game — was in use two ...
Digging for evidence of Maryland's Indian heritage Thursday, July 2, 2009 @ 2:35AMPatuxent River site could be among state's most important Anne Arundel County archaeologists have uncovered an Algonquian Indian camp on a bluff above a lush bend in the Patuxent River, a find that includes the oldest human structure ever detected in Maryland.
Barrels, raised beds put gardens within easy reach Saturday, June 27, 2009 @ 5:52PMBrenda Bell tried vegetable gardening at her Mountain Gate home several years ago, but mostly what grew was her frustration. The garden took a lot of time to till and weed, and then gophers sucked her crops underground. So she gave up.
Summer Camps with Openings Thursday, June 18, 2009 @ 8:08PMSummer Camps This is a listing of the camps that report that there are still openings. Before going to them, people should call the number to make sure they are not filled.
Board sets fair exhibit entry rules Wednesday, June 17, 2009 @ 9:23AMThe Nodaway County Fair will soon be here. The 2009 dates are July 16-18. The featured category for 2009 will be “Great American Heroes.” There will be five classes in this category: ceramic/glass; clothing/needlework; decorative including home decoration, holiday and other; jewelry and other.
Exeter/Hampton/Rockingham community calendar Friday, June 5, 2009 @ 5:04AMExeter
All fired up Friday, May 29, 2009 @ 8:57PMWearing a mask and holding a shovel, potter Jody Johnstone of Swanville began removing a pile of ash at the front of her pottery kiln on a recent Sunday morning. As she planted the shovel, she kicked ?
Have fun for free this weekend Saturday, May 2, 2009 @ 4:30AMDown the stretch they come: You can check out live horse racing at River Downs, which offers free admission and free general parking every day its open. Post times are 1:20 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Tuesday and Sunday. Located at 6301 Kellogg Avenue, Cincinnati, 45230, 513-232-8000.