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Graffiti Artist Banksy has turned a South London Tunnel into a Half-Mile Long Exhibition

LONDON.- Graffiti artist Banksy has turned a south London tunnel into a half-mile long exhibition space, but the elusive artist kept its location secret until the last minute, reported the BBC. Banksy marshaled more than three dozen international artists for what he's calling the "Cans Festival" — and is encouraging visitors to contribute their own graffiti starting Saturday.

Members of the public are being invited to take part in Banksy's latest project in London, as an army of graffiti writers turn a whole street into an art exhibition. The organizers' Web site - http://www.thecansfestival.com - makes the "rules of engagement" clear:

STOLEN IMAGES

On occasion other peoples’ images invade our inventory
Capturing some essence we adopt as though home grown;
Over time their stories becoming our stories:
A family’s ritual stroll after dinner although alone,
Reaching separate hilltops at five sequestered points,
Each in plain view yet clearly quite apart,
Knowing that something was somehow out of joint,
Positioned there like extremities of a solitary star,
Able to relate at ease only at a distance.
This tableau from a dear friend’s childhood lore
Has somehow wedged itself into my own expanse
It seems this scene does not want to disappear –
Like dreams that haunt your sleep from year to year.

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--Robin Locke Monda

“Taboo Topics” an Open Juried Show June 14th - July 20th 2008

Artists Union Gallery, California Street at the Promenade, Ventura
Drop-off dates for Artwork:
Monday, June 9, 4-7 pm
Tuesday, June 10, 9-noon.

As social mores become more restrictive, expression becomes less free. In our increasingly polarized society, deep divisions allow for less freedom of expression. We, as Americans, are divided more and more by politics (liberals vs. conservatives), social values (traditionalists vs. modernists), religion (fundamentalists vs. everyone else), race, ethnicity, gender, and age.

Reviving a creative nation
Cate Blanchett and Julianne Schultz
April 16, 2008

To flourish, society depends on a strong cultural heritage as well as
innovation. The challenge is to breathe new life into the arts.

CREATIVITY is at the heart of every successful nation. It finds
expression in great visual art, wonderful music, fabulous
performances, stunning writing, gritty new productions and countless
other media. Giving form to our innate human creativity is what
defines us to ourselves and the world.

This is what the arts have always done. Think back to any significant
time in the past and the chances are that it is the creative output
of the time that comes to mind — from rock art in remote caves to the

Listen to NedPR and then submit your own art or produce your own episode!!!

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AN EPISODE OF NEDPR PRODUCED IN FULL BY ERIN SHEA

NedPeRin: just kidding, just kidding
(this one's for the children)

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IN THIS EPISODE:

::::: Music by Blue Sky Divide ::::::

Blue Sky Divide is Matt & Paul, two Minnesota boys who met in Los Angeles and began writing & recording music together.

Songs In This Episode:

"Start of Things"
"Snake Charmer"
"Gone"
"Charmed Life"

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:::::: A Look at Van Cougar ::::::

I'm playing a show on Sunday at Charlie O's in Los Angeles, CA.

I'm opening for Dos (Watt & Kira), Binary Field and Motoko Honda. Live artists, food, sponsored by Amoeba Records and KXLU.

Should be a blast.

Join us for our weekly salon of art and fashion. Last week international leather designer Steve Roche stopped by to discuss speed traps in Elysian Park, canine dentistry, and the dusty cobblestone streets of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Who will stop by this week? The coffee will be on, NO RSVP NECESSARY.

Tawny Featherston and Howard Seth Cohen

check out this Sunday's salon's webpage on pingg,
http://MrMrs.pingg.com/April27-2008

Mr.Mrs.
4634 Hollywood Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90027

SATUR​DAY,​ APRIL​ 26

SOUR HARVE​ST & VENIC​E GRIND​ PRESE​NT
CANNI​BAL FLOWE​R
TRAVE​LING GROUP​ SHOW & PERFO​RMANC​E SPACE​
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FEATU​RED ARTIS​T
* JOSE CARAB​ES

LIVE PERFO​RMANC​E
*​PIEL MUSIC​

LIVE PAINT​ING
*​CHING​-​CHING​ CHENG​

GROUP​ SHOW

Being a model for life drawing classes is not particularly exciting; if anything, it is a testament to endurance, among other things.

While standing naked in front of a group of strangers you drop certain pretexts of perfection and hope to hell the students overlook the flaws you do worry about and really focus on muscle groups and mathematics of space and balance.

There is no glamour, no image or fantasy to project, and no way to hide a single thing as you would on a stage.

It is just you, simplified and straight forward.

Often the instructor might put on some music with which to create a relaxing mood for all involved.

Last week was my first week at Cal State for a class of beginners of varying age groups.