CINCINNATI author debuts with compelling novel

CINCINNATI author debuts with compelling novel
Columbus This Week Newspapers - Columbus Area,OH,USA
... It's about a guy who grew up living with an outsider artist, a Howard Finster kind of artist, who creates fantastic, strange environments,"
Sims said. ...
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HOUSTON as Art Town

HOUSTON as Art Town
houston.about.com - Houston,TX,United States
Hearing a friend in New York City say, "I hear Houston is a hotbed of Outsider Art" may sound odd to a Houstonian. here

AN eBay collector confesses all

AN eBay collector confesses all
Dallas Morning News (subscription) - Dallas,TX,USA
... I should say I used to collect coconut masks. Now, apparently, I collect skeletons, demitasse cups, Fiestaware, Mediterranean pottery and outsider art. ...
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Coral Castle

http://waitingforagnes.com/facts.htm

Coral Castle is the finest example of massive stone construction in the United States.

A study of the immense sizes and weights of the coral rock excavated, moved, and used in its construction establishes it as an authentic wonder of the world. That it was built entirely by one man makes it unequaled in all history.

There are approximately 1,000 tons of coral rock used in the construction of the walls and tower alone. In addition, over 100 tons of coral rock were used in the carvings of the artistic objects found throughout the entire park.

Ed's tower, where he lived, contains 243 tons of coral rock made up of huge blocks of stone weighing up to 9 tons each. The average weight of the stones used in the construction of Coral Castle is greater than those used in the Great Pyramid of Giza.

Additionally, several of the stones used are taller than those found in Stonehenge in England. In weight, they exceed greatly the stones used in many other famous stone works around the world.

Ed built a perfectly shaped heart-table weighing 5,000 pounds that, according to Ripley's Believe-It-Or-Not, is the largest Valentine table in the world. Ed said that if he forgot to get Agnes a Valentine's card, now she could look at the table and have her card. He also planted an Ixora bush in the table's center so Agnes could have fresh flowers everyday; the plant is still alive.

OUTSIDE In

OUTSIDE In
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News - Waynesville,NC,USA

The term "outsider art" is widely used to describe creative efforts that ignore the rules.

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Call for artists

CALL for Artists: the Raw Arts Festival

Emediawire (press release) - USA
... Raw Art Festival'. Raw or 'Outsider art' includes Folk/Intuitive/Marginalised/Self-taught/Visionary art.
LONDON, UK ...
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Greek exhibit

ARTS & LEISURE

Kathimerini - Athens,Greece
... Together with partners Andre Breton and Michel Tapie, he founded the Compagnie de l'Art Brut and exhibited the collection of "outsider art" ...
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ALBERTA'S Prairie Tales wag in many different directions

ALBERTA'S Prairie Tales wag in many different directions

Edmonton Journal - Edmonton,Alberta,Canada

... The only real documentary in the group is Outsider Artists, shot at Edmonton's Nina Haggerty arts centre and featuring artists who are developmentally disabled ...
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OFF the Charts: The Song-Poem Story

OFF the Charts: The Song-Poem Story

Louisville Courier Journal - Louisville,KY,USA

... It has been a thriving industry since 1902, and for fans of outsider art it has been a gold mine filled with treasures such as "Non-Violent Taekwondo Troopers ...
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ARTIST'S Work Preaches "Word of God"

ARTIST'S Work Preaches Word of God
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA

... Nov. 13 though Jan. 16, 2005, and The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art in Chicago, from Feb. 11, 2005 through May 28, 2005.
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MASKED ARTISTS

MASKED ARTISTS
Kansas City Star - Kansas City,MO,USA

... We meet Chrystal K, an untrained 24-year-old artist whose "outsider art" capitalizes on her tragic life story of abusive foster homes, violence and street ...
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CENTRAL State' play paints picture of asylum's triumphs

CENTRAL State' play paints picture of asylum's triumphs

Indianapolis Star - Indianapolis,IN,USA

... For the past seven years, Midtown Mental Health Community Center and Midland Arts & Antiques Market have co-sponsored the Outsider Art ...
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SISTER Gertrude, a Preacher Who Could Paint

SISTER Gertrude, a Preacher Who Could Paint
New York Times - USA
... the art world soon took notice and Morgan became a star, long before the term Outsider Art was coined.
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/arts/design/22DECA.html?ex=1078030800&en=e8f1e14ec35f392c&ei=5062

COMPARE and contrast

COMPARE and contrast
Knoxville News Sentinel - Knoxville,TN,USA

... African village of Nieu-Bethesda - and went deeper to create the award-winning
play "The Road to Mecca." Fugard reached into the soul of the outsider artist ...
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'VEHICLES' fuels county arts exhibition

'VEHICLES' fuels county arts exhibition
Tarboro Daily Southerner - Tarboro,NC,USA

... But at the opening for "Vehicles of Expression: Southern African-American Folk and Outsider Art," the Hobson Pittman Memorial Gallery was packed with people ...

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AN Uneasy Brush With Modernism

AN Uneasy Brush With Modernism
Washington Post - USA

... In his effort to become a modern master, the skilled craftsman Avery borrows heavily from the untutored techniques of outsider artists. ...
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man, anybody will steal from poor folks!

HOBO'S art enriches 'outsider art' market

HOBO'S art enriches 'outsider art' market
United Press International - USA
(UPI) -- The growing market for "outsider" art has hit it big in
the sculptures and paintings of Emery Blagdon, a Great Depression hobo ...
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IT'S pretty wild stuff over at C-Pop
Detroit Free Press - Detroit,MI,United States
... I was putting together a show called 'Outsider Art' for C-Pop and included some pieces of Ron's that I'd been holding onto forever," says Niagara....
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AUTISTIC artist brings a methodic intensity to his drawings
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Seattle,WA,USA
... Garde Rail specializes in outsider art, a bankrupt term for the romantic, late 19th-century idea that the crazed, the criminal, the God-obsessed ...
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BOOK dishes nasty White House dirt
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA
... I do think he needs some sassy highlights.". "Did you go to the Outsider Art Fair at the Puck Building?".
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EXPO features local artists
Huntington Herald Dispatch - Huntington,WV,USA
... said. His work is called outsider art, which he describes as non-traditional.
He uses acrylics, pen and ink, and felt-tip pens. ...
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TV'S month is full of black history shows
Kansas City Star (subscription)
... This one-hour documentary follows the legendary actor's life
and career. � "Highway Men: Florida's Outsider Artists" ...
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News Stories

THE creative heart of Bayou City beats year-round
San Antonio Express
... Nowhere more unabashedly displayed than at The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art, a superb example of outsider art, passion, creativity and ingenuity. ...
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THERE'S MORE!
New York Post
So-called outsider art - that is, works done by self-taught artists, from Grandma Moses to Howard Finster - doesn't have quite the cachet it did in the 1980s ...
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ARTISTIC take on interior design
Baltimore Sun
... The same writer placed Freeman inside the tradition of outsider art, which, like Freeman's work, frequently uses found materials and has religious themes. ...
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OF Signs and Wonders, Visionaries and Loners
New York Times
... this fantasy is nourished by seeing that some great art has been produced by real Outsiders, as you may discover this weekend at the 12th annual Outsider Art ...
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ART Calendar
Hartford Advocate
... Dealer specializes in outsider art. Art Brut and Outsider Art, works by Alexandra Huber, Ronald Sloan, Shane Van Pelt, Paul Pitt and others.
Through April 30. ...
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A Loner's Belated Company
New York Times
ven within the Outsider Art field, where hard-to-classify works by self-taught artists are the stock in trade, some creations are more unusual than others.
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NORTHERN NEW MEXICO GALLERIES AND MUSEUMS
Albuquerque Tribune
... Morocco," through March 14. "Vernacular Visionaries: International Outsider Art in Context," through March 29. "A Handmade Planet ...
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MCKENDREE Robbins Long; Rudolf de Crignis; Deborah Butterfield
New York Times
... Although Long's paintings are well known in the folk art and Outsider Art worlds, this is his first New York gallery exhibition. It's worth a visit.
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MCKENDREE Robbins Long; Rudolf de Crignis; Deborah Butterfield
New York Times
... Although Long's paintings are well known in the folk art and Outsider Art worlds, this is his first New York gallery exhibition. It's worth a visit. ...
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HOW to repair bad art
IdahoStatesman.com
... This technique actually falls under the category of "outsider art," which is merely a nice way of describing efforts by totally untrained but nonetheless ...
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African American Folk Art

EDGECOMBE ARTS posts spring schedule
Tarboro Daily Southerner
... Vehicles of Expression: Southern African-American Folk and Outsider Art" will be held at the Blount-Bridgers House Museum, located at 130 Bridgers St., Tarboro ...
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