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NEW YORK, Jan. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Some of the world's most celebrated African-American artists and the prominent galleries that specialize in Afro-centric works will exhibit their work at the 1st Annual Harlem Fine Art Show, Feb. 20 and 21, 2010. Bringing a major fine art show to Harlem and destined to become a highlight of Manhattan's annual Black History Month celebrations, the event will be held at Harlem's historic 369th Armory, 2366 Fifth Ave., between 142nd and 143rd Streets. It...

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Kansas City Art Institute, a four-year college of art and design, is celebrating its 125th anniversary by announcing the launch of a four-track major in digital media. Areas of concentration will include 3-D design and modeling, electronic game design art, motion graphics and visual effects. The college, founded in 1885, will observe its quasquicentennial throughout 2010. "These areas have become central to wide-ranging fields of...

Filmmaker Tyler Perry and painter Sam Gilliam were honored in Washington Wednesday at an event at which organizers said 20 students received arts scholarships. The U.S. Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and the Congressional Black Caucus Spouses honored Perry and Gilliam at the 13th annual Celebration of Leadership in the Fine Arts at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. The Celebration of Leadership program helped kick off the Spouses' activities as part of the CBCF's 39th annual...

BOSTON, Aug. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- 360 Public Relations (www.360publicrelations.com) has expanded its digital practice with the hiring of Cynthia Gordon as Vice President of Digital & Social Media. Gordon previously served as Vice President of New Media & Integrated Marketing for NBC Universal's resort division, and brings significant social media and consumer brand experience to 360PR. During her tenure with NBC Universal Orlando, Gordon developed the Universal Moms(TM) program,...

EAST GREENVILLE, Pa., July 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Knoll, Inc. (NYSE: KNL), a leading designer and manufacturer of branded furniture and textiles recognized for innovation and modern design, today announced that it plans to report financial results for the second quarter 2009 on Thursday, July 16, 2009, prior to the opening of the market. Knoll will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. EDT on Thursday, July 16, 2009, to discuss its financial results. The call will include slides;...

The late U.S. artist Andrew Wyeth's final painting, Goodbye, is to be published for the first time in the 2009 edition of Island Journal. The Journal is the Rockland, Maine, Island Institute's annual magazine. The new issue will be made available Saturday at a special event at the Institute honoring the artist, who died in January at the age of 91. The Wyeth family were founding members of the non-profit Institute. This last tempera, completed in October 2008, is the highlight of an...

The Art of Caring: A Look at Life Through Photography May 16 - October 11, 2009 (organized by NOMA) (EWF Galleries) NEW YORK, May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Manhattan-based artist Silas Shabelewska (http://www.shabelewska.com/) announced that her photograph, LOVE 7, from her 2008 show, PEACE & LOVE: Homage to Robert Indiana, will be included in the upcoming exhibition, "The Art of Caring: A Look at Life Through Photography," at the New Orleans Museum of Art May 16 - October 11, 2009. LOVE 7,...

- 60 abstract paintings by 50 New York School artists from 1940-1970 - Estimates from $1,000 to $50,000 - April 20-30, 2009 NEW YORK and BERLIN, April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- From April 20-30 artnet Online Auctions will feature a special sale of 60 abstract paintings by 50 New York School artists including Mary Abbott, Elaine de Kooning, Franz Kline, Michael Goldberg and Robert Motherwell. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090420/NY01657 ) The New York School artists painted...

U.S. scientists say they have created a virtual reality that visually restores deteriorated artifacts while leaving them physically unchanged. Purdue University Assistant Professor Daniel Aliaga and graduate students Alvin Law and Yu Hong Yeung developed the technique that uses light projections to give the illusion of restoration. Restoration efforts are faced with the challenge of keeping the object as unaltered as possible, while still providing a view of the object as it was initially...

EAST GREENVILLE, Pa., April 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Knoll, Inc. (NYSE: KNL), a leading designer and manufacturer of branded furniture and textiles recognized for innovation and modern design, today announced that it plans to report financial results for the first quarter 2009 on Thursday, April 16, 2009, prior to the opening of the market. Knoll will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. EDT on Thursday, April 16, 2009, to discuss its financial results. The call will include slides;...