Hsinchu City Mayor Junq-Tzer LIN visited the Hsinchu Cultural Affairs Bureau today (19th) to see Lyu Guan Hui Oil Painting Exhibition. Mayor Lin appreciated the beauty of the oil paintings, and praised Lyu for managing to use basic elements to portray deep emotions. He also encouraged all females to learn from Lyu's spirit and go for their dreams and make the best out of their life.

Lyu Guan Hui Oil Painting Exhibition will be held from Nov 19th to Nov 30th at the Hsinchu City Cultural Affairs Bureau. The exhibition will display thirty to forty pieces of paintings. Everyone is welcomed to come and enjoy the artworks.

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The 2nd Annual Holiday Art Show and Sale will take place at Seven Waters Studio, Damariscotta Mills on Sat. and Sun. Dec. 6th and 7th

from 10AM to 5 PM.

Located at 377 Bayview Rd. ( RT. 215 N. ) in the old church facing

the Great Salt Bay, the show will include artists of the Stable Gallery and many guest artists. The works for sale will include jewelry, ceramics, woodworking, paintings, textiles, sculpture, photography, glass and other surprise offerings.

The artists will prepare wonderful holiday food and drink and will be in attendance.

Come begin the Season Of Joy with us !

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Susan Mills is a Mixed Media Artist and Photographer who is currently showing and teaching both locally and nationally. She will attend the Bermuda event for a second year featuring her innovative work and teaching classes to students of all ages. Using wet felting techniques, she will guide students through her processes to create Wall Hangings, Spirit Puppets, Felted Soaps, Handbags, Vessels and her most intriguing work, Elemental Goddess Sculptures. Ms. Mills infectious enthusiasm for her work inspires all who learn from her.

The event will feature Mills in a Fiber Arts Show at the Elliot Gallery beginning with an opening Thursday December 4. The Festival will be hosting a free public demonstration event on Saturday and Sunday December 6 and 7 and Fiber Art Classes will begin on December 5th and run through December 13th.

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Aarhus Gallery announces its Annual Holiday Extravaganza

50+ Maine Artists and Craftsmen: 27 days

The EXTRAVAGANZA runs from November 28th through December 24th and features small works and creative gifts with a wide range of prices from over 50 talented Maine Artists from Portland to Stonington in a dazzling variety of mediums, including: pottery,poetry and painting,collage,etching and photography,woodblock prints,turned wood,fiber,stone and assemblage,cards,calendars and chocolates,ornaments,new Glass Plate images,jewelry,music and more! Come join the fun, meet the artists and help kick off the second annual Holiday Extravaganza with an opening reception Friday December 5th from 5-8 pm.

Artists who have shown at Aarhus over the past 18 months will be featured, along with some newcomers and the usual Aarhus partners. These include,Ed Anthonis,Bernice Arthur,Dan Beckman,Phyllis Buchanan,Linda Buckmaster,Kenny Cole,Mary Baldwin Collins,Thomas Michael Corcoran,Anne-Claude Cotty,Heidi Daub,Liz Deane, Dean's Sweets,Derek DeJoy, David Estey, Sallie Findlay,Annadeene Fowler,George Fowler,The Free Seedlings Band, Elizabeth Garber, Sam Gelber,Penny Gentle,Rebecca Goodale,Stew Henderson,Paul Jurutka,Kevin Johnson,Jody Johnstone, Judd Jones, Susan Jones, Mark Kelly, Michelle Kelly, A. C. Kulik, Betsy Levine, Richard Mann,Barbara Maria,Cathy Melio,Metaphor Bronze,Alex Morrow,Georges Nashan,Toki Oshima,

Leila Ostby, Jan Owen, Ben Potter, Abbie Read, Alison Rector, Wesley Reddick, Willy Reddick, Rebecca Rivers, Antje Roitzsch, Catherine Schwenk, Betsy Showstack, Mike Silverton, Karin Spitfire, Norman Tinker, Simon van der Ven, Dayle Tognoni Ward, Seth Whited, Dudley Zopp, and Dina Petrillo.

Aarhus Gallery is located at 50 Main Street,Belfast and is open daily 10-6, Friday nights til 8 from November 28th until December 24th. Winter hours following EXTRAVAGANZA will be 12-6 Thursday-Sunday, from February through May. Visit www.aarhusgallery.com for a slideshow of the current show, links to the artists and notice of special events, or call 207-338-0001 for more information.

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COMMONS ART GALLERY

447 Main Street Norway ME

Opening Reception Friday, November 7, 2008 7-9 PM

"ART MOVES ART"

On Friday, November 7, the Commons Art Collective will host an opening of original and new art, "Art Moves Art," joining in the celebration of twenty years of the Art Moves Dance Project, conceived and lead by dancer Debi Irons.

The art, like Debi Irons herself, promises to be contemporary, experimental, varied, and moving. At the time of this writing, most of it is still in process! For example, the show will include a mobile by Nikki Millonzi of Norway. Harrison poet Lisa Moore plans to write a poem right onto the wall that other artists will embellish and color. Steve Florenz of Norway will offer two surprises: "Surf-n-turf-wear" and "suggested improvements to the turtle." Falmouth painter Judy Schneider is excited to offer something based on nature, seasons, and growth, that is "way out of my usual comfort zone for walls." Anne Bernard of Bridgton is creating "a 3D gestural line wall piece in mixed media painting, including wax." Joanna Reese of Greenwood will contribute sculpture and oil painting. Lee Margolin of Harrison is experimenting with photographs of Debi Irons taken in July in Long Lake. Katey Branch is painting her lyrical dancers directly onto the wall. And there's sure to be more.

The opening is part of a three-venue evening-long gala that will begin with a silent auction at the Art Moves Studio at 13 Cottage Street in Norway. Doors will open at 6:15. The dance troupe will perform at 7. The gala will then move to the Commons, down the street, where this show of art will open.

There will be another short performance at about 8pm to commemorate the many years of collaboration and inspiration among the artists in our community. Then, the celebration will move to Cafe Nomad, across the street, for food and fun.

Tickets for the entire gala are available at Books 'n' Things: $35 per person and $60 per couple (all but $15 is tax deductible). For more information about Art Moves, go to www.artmovesdance.com.

The Commons Art Collective has been making and sharing art in the Oxford Hills since 2001. They have opened over sixty shows of original, contemporary art since they began and currently have over twenty members. For more information about the Collective, go to www.faresharecoop.org and click on "Commons Art Collective."

Attended Galler Hours: Th & F 3 - 6 PM, Sat 10 AM - 2 PM

Also accesssible during store hours through the Fare Share Market.

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