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All the winners at James Hamilton AcademyKilmarnock StandardExcellence: Accounting and finance, Amy Jackson; administration, Ashley Cameron; art and design, Kirsty Mair; biology Christopher Whitelaw; …and more »

Columbus, Ohio, Art News: Craftin' Outlaws 2009 Dateand New Venue …Associated ContentOf course, the main focus of the Craftin' Outlaws alternative craft fair is the crafts and art. A diverse and quirky plethora of homemade and hand-designed …and more »

Design goes back to basics in MilanThe Australian, AustraliaOne that did this best was Craft Punk, an exhibition of design "performances" that focused on the art of making as opposed to consumption, on process rather than the finished object, and that was purposely low-tech to the point that the techniques …

Charlotte Craft Museum to Display QuiltsLeisure Group Travel, ILDespite declining during World War II and the postwar years, quilt making rebounded following the popular and critical reactions to two exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Quilts gained in appreciation as works of art in their own right, …

Glass blowing brings tourists to GrapevineDallas Morning News, TXThey haven't always been open about their craft. Many still aren't, in fact. "Glass is such a mysterious and underground sort of medium," says Gappa. "It is a cloistered trade. The reason Murano (Italy) developed — it's an island — besides worry about …

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Lake Oswego pieces together diverse art showOregonLive.com, ORThe halls and grounds of the city's nonprofit community art center will become a network of galleries for the weekend, while the tree-rimmed ball field across the street becomes a craft fair and performance stage. Almost all of the festival's varied …

Family NotesAdvocate Weekly, MAEach Family Art Day features an interactive guided tour of an SVAC attraction - this one includes a tour of the June exhibitions and the Frank Mason (1921-2009) retrospective in Yester House Gallery - followed by a supervised art activity. …

Theater, art, science and more at Arts Palace summer campsMarion Star, OHStudents will take home an array of fabulous works of art that include but are not limited to sculpture, fiber arts, painting and drawing. Participants will create a plaster fresco painting, experiment with altering photographic images, …

Crafts Council launches online guide to public collectionsSpringFair.com Marketplace, UKby Charlotte Cowell A new guide to contemporary craft in national and regional public collections has just gone live on the Crafts Council website. The guide is still growing and ultimately aims to include information on every publicly accessible …

Spotlight: Art listingsSeacoastonline.com, NHNEW HAMPSHIRE ART ASSOCIATION JURIED EXHIBITION, June 27 through Aug. 23, Wed. through Sun., noon-5 pm, original artwork, sculpture, painting, pastels, collage and photography. Craft and art demonstrations Fridays 2-4 pm Sheafe Warehouse, Prescott Park …