New Waves 2008

New Waves 2008

the Contemporary Art Center of Virginia's 13th annual juried exhibition, highlights and supports Virginia artists while providing an opportunity to purchase art from the museum and build a collection. This year's exhibition features paintings, drawings, photographs and installation works by contemporary artists from across the Commonwealth.

Juror Anne Surak, director of Project 4 in Washington, D.C., chose 50 works from 17 artists:

* Mickael Elliot Broth
* Christine Carr
* Travis Childers
* RJ Clark
* Derek Coté
* Amanda Dalla Villa
* Susan Y. Elder
* Suzanna Fields
* Jenn Figg
* Jingjing Gong
* Philip Holman
* Chris Norris
* Tate R. Pray
* Shane Rocheleau
* Bryan Rojsuontikul
* Thomas Siegmund
* Pamela H. Viola

http://www.cacv.org/newwaves.asp

Sony World Photography Awards

Sony World Photography Awards : Cannes 2008

"Il “World Photography Awards” ha il piacere di dare il benvenuto alla Sony come suo sponsor principale.

Il Sony World Photography Awards, che si terra' nel prestigioso Palais des Festivals di Cannes dal 21 al 25 aprile 2008, vuole rendere omaggio ai fotografi di tutto il mondo nelle varie categorie. Dal paesaggio alla musica, dal reportage alla moda, il Sony World Photography Awards e' una vetrina delle migliori immagini scattate da fotografi famosi o ancora da scoprire."

World Autism Awareness Day

"The General Assembly of the United Nations designated April 2 as World Autism Awareness Day beginning in 2008."

Manila Bulletin Online:

7-Foot Great Dane

7-Foot Great Dane Is World's Tallest Dog - Orlando News Story - WKMG Orlando

"A 3-year-old Great Dane in Sacramento, Calif., has been named the world's tallest dog by Guinness Book of World Records.

The award-winning dog, named Gibson, stands 7 feet tall when upright, according to the report."

rotten neighbors

Locate, Rate, and Share Good and Bad Neighbors Before and After You Move

rotten neighbors

Julie Blackmon

Julie Blackmon -

Domestic Vacations

Future Exhibitions - Claire Oliver

Fa' la cosa giusta!

Fa' la cosa giusta! |
Fiera del consumo critico e degli stili di vita sostenibili

"Dire, fare ...abitare non è solo uno slogan e il tema della fiera 2008, è una vera e propria sfida. Perché su abitare c'è davvero molto da dire e da fare. Perché riguarda davvero ognuno di noi, dalla dimensione più privata e individuale agli aspetti sociali di più ampio respiro. Sostenibilità, partecipazione, rispetto reciproco, sono le parole chiave alla base della costruzione di un percorso articolato su quattro ambiti: La casa per tutti, Casa verde Casa, Abitare con gli altri, La città che abitiamo."

Archiving the Avant-Garde

BAM/PFA - Archiving the Avant-Garde

Works of digital and Internet art, performance, installation, conceptual, and other variable media art represent some of the most compelling and significant artistic creations of our time.

design pubblico

design pubblico:

"14 -21 aprile 2008 torna la settimana di Design Pubblico
Quest'anno sara' dedicata al tema dei cantieri e della periferia: installazioni in citta', osservatori sullo spazio pubblico, interventi temporanei."

Cinegrid wins CENIC Award

Cinegrid wins CENIC Award:

"At PICNIC'07 the Cinegrid Consortium met to discuss and demonstrate 4K with recordings made earlier in the year at the Dutch Holland Festival. We are delighted to inform you that this project has now won the CENIC Innovative Networking Award for Experimental/Developmental Applications"

PICNIC Network -

Mapping 2008

Mapping 2008 VJING & AUDIOVISUAL Festival - Geneva - Switzerland 10-20 april

Initié par les créateurs du logiciel Modul8 et le Zoo/Usine de Genève en 2005, le Mapping Festival s’est donné pour mission de promouvoir le VJing et les performances audiovisuelles au sens large.

SOCIAL NETWORKING CONFERENCE

SOCIAL NETWORKING CONFERENCE -
May 8-9, 2008 Tokyo

Social Networking Conference (Tokyo) brings you highly qualified experts in the internet industry to speak about all forms of management, internet marketing and traditional marketing/advertising for the internet social networking industry at this event. The presentations will be focused on topics concerning better management of a social networking site as well as increasing traffic and improving conversion rates. Each presenter will be both objective and neutral.

“Ruoli e protagonisti della fotografia contemporanea”

"L’Assessorato alla Cultura del Comune di Verona - Centro Internazionale di Fotografia Scavi Scaligeri di Verona - propone, in concomitanza alla consueta programmazione espositiva annuale, un ciclo di conferenze dal titolo “Ruoli e protagonisti della fotografia contemporanea”."

DIDA - Percorsi didattici nei musei civici di Verona:

BALTIC Podcasts

BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art

"BALTIC Podcasts is a series of free audio and video downloads designed to enhance your visit to BALTIC. An ongoing series featuring artists and curators, it explores current and forthcoming exhibitions at BALTIC providing ideal audio and visual accompaniment useful prior, during or after any visit to BALTIC."

Virgle: The Adventure of Many Lifetimes

Virgle: The Adventure of Many Lifetimes:

"Earth has issues, and it's time humanity got started on a Plan B. So, starting in 2014, Virgin founder Richard Branson and Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin will be leading hundreds of users on one of the grandest adventures in human history: Project Virgle, the first permanent human colony on Mars."


su L'allegro primo aprile di Google & C. - LASTAMPA.it

Photie

Photie.com/all -
Free and unlimited photo sharing

Barbara Walters

ABC Barbara Walters special to highlight Advanced Cell Technology - East Bay Business Times::

"The stem cell company Advanced Cell Technology Inc. will be featured on an ABC Television special report Tuesday night.

The company (OTCBB: ACTC), which maintains facilities in Alameda and Worcester, Mass., is to be featured on the Barbara Walters-hosted program: 'Live to 150, Can you Do It? Secrets to Living Longer' set to air at 10 p.m."

Green For All

Building a green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty

Green For All

Vancouver Sculpture Biennale

Vancouver Sculpture Biennale:

"The Vancouver Sculpture Biennale is an international art show that takes place once every two years. It is unique in the world of Biennale's, focusing on both sculpture and the urban landscape."