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Art About Art
From the Greek comes the word ekphrasis, meaning description. A synesthetic art form, ekphrasis is a poem written about another form of art—most often a painting. Keats’ “Od... |
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on Sep 21, 2010 at 7:55 pm by John Barry, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
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Story Ideas
I’m off to Alaska for a week and didn’t have time to come up with an “Art Space” installment before my departure. But some ideas I’m working on for later:
Art Chat. An oppo... |
John Barry |
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on Aug 30, 2010 at 11:22 pm by John Barry, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
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Art-Full Weekend
By John A. Barry
The weekend of August 21 in Danville was an artful one that actually started on Thursday with the annual Art and Wine Stroll. Three art venues featured rec... |
John Barry |
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on Aug 26, 2010 at 3:15 pm by Lynn, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
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Art Icon Turns '39'
Beth Bachelor is a legend in local art circles. A cofounder of the Alamo Danville Artists’ Society (ADAS) in 1977 and the Contra Costa Academy of Fine Art in 2001, she still k... |
John Barry |
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on Aug 6, 2010 at 4:24 pm by Evelyn, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
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Eyesore or Art?
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder; art is anything you can get away with. These two truisms came to mind as a I read recently in the “Contra Costa Times” about the temporar... |
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on Jul 27, 2010 at 11:19 am by John Barry, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
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Art and Bicycling
Kevin Davidson is concurrently an artist and a patron of the arts. Self-taught, he works in oil, often portraying religious themes. He is currently working on a representati... |
John Barry |
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on Jul 19, 2010 at 9:03 pm by Kevin, a resident of the San Ramon neighborhood |
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Danville Fine Arts Fair
For several years now, I’ve been attending the Danville Fine Arts Fair, covering nearly all of Hartz Ave. in downtown Danville. Because of the large number of exhibitors and... |
John Barry |
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on Jun 29, 2010 at 9:07 am by Julia, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
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Art, Wine, Food, Mount Diablo
Mount Diablo faces much more serious threats than a lunatic who has proposed renaming it Mount Reagan, among other monikers. A relatively large percentage of the mountain’s ma... |
John Barry |
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on Apr 16, 2010 at 8:04 am by Mr. Sarcastic, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
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Gallery City
To say that Santa Fe, New Mexico, is an art destination would be an understatement on the order of “a few landscapes featuring Mount Diablo have been painted over the years.”
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John Barry |
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on Mar 29, 2010 at 2:45 pm by John Barry, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
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In Vino. . .Ars Longa
If you walk into Kevin Milligan’s gallery at 408 Hartz Avenue, you’ll notice a LARGE piece of art in progress that is not hanging on the walls and is not for sale.
It’s... |
John Barry |
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on Feb 9, 2010 at 10:47 am by John Barry, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
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New Gallery to Open in San Francisco
Unable to find a suitable venue in the Danville-San Ramon Area, a group of local artists has secured a space in San Francisco in which to showcase talent from around the Bay A... |
John Barry |
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on Nov 14, 2009 at 10:50 pm by Bill, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
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The Art of Print
The word print in the English language precedes Guttenberg by about 200 years. It derives from the Old French priente, “impression,” as in an impression pressed into a surface... |
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on Nov 1, 2009 at 4:38 pm by John Barry, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
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