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Can I please be the Hopi shaman who got to wear this helmet? Ah. OK. I didn’t think so. On April 12 the Néret-Minet auction house in Paris will auction many sacred Hopi artifacts, over the objections of the tribe. Above, a helmet representing the Crow Mother, made from leather recycled from a Mexican saddle and [...] 
“Shwiqhiq Pi mun” (Frog and Moon) will at last find its place at Clatsop Community College. It will be unveiled just before the College Board meeting, Tuesday, April 9, at 5:30pm, in the upper entry to Columbia Hall, 1651 Lexington Avenue, Astoria. Continue reading Chinook Power Board Showing Frog and Moon to be Unveiled at CCC We found this review by Frank Bures in the February 2013 issue of The Rotarian magazine. Since it resonates with a previously published interview with anthropologist Ellen Dissanayake and helps to explain how and why the arts are so ingrained in our collective psyche, we thought readers with the same fascination might also be interested. Continue reading Book Review: A History of How People Cooperate – And Why 
An archaeologist says he found the oldest piece of rock art in Australia and one of the oldest in the world: an Aboriginal work created 28,000 years ago in an Outback cave. The dating of one of the thousands of images in the Northern Territory rock shelter known as Nawarla Gabarnmang will be published in the next edition of the Journal of Archaeological Science. Continue reading Archaeologist Finds Oldest Rock Art In Australia 
Ignite the Mind, Stir the Soul, Open the Heart- Boldly Create!
The Rogue Gallery & Art Center is offering a variety of inspirational art classes & workshops for adults this summer! For youth ages 4-7, 7-12 and 13-17, please check out our summer art camps. Please visit our website: www.roguegallery.org for detailed class descriptions and to register. For more information, please call (541)772-8118, email rgaceducationroguegalleryorg (rgaceducationroguegalleryorg) emobascript(‘%72%67%61%63%65%64%75%63%61%74%69%6F%6E%40%72%6F%67%75%65%67%61%6C%6C%65%72%79%2E%6F%72%67′,’<span class=”emoba-em”>rgaceducation<img src=”http://blogs.soartists.com/ArtMatters/wp-content/plugins/emoba-email-obfuscator-advanced/at-glyph.gif” alt=”at” class=”emoba-glyph” />roguegallery<img src=”http://blogs.soartists.com/ArtMatters/wp-content/plugins/emoba-email-obfuscator-advanced/dot-glyph.gif” alt=”dot” class=”emoba-glyph” />org</span>’,'emoba-2417′,”,”,’0′); or stop by 40 South Bartlett Street in Medford, OR.
Adult Summer Art Opportunities at RGAC: May 19, 12-3pm: Ikebana: The Art of Japanese Flower Arrangement- Barbara Longhurst June 15-16, 5-8pm & 9am-12pm: Paste Paper Art Bookmaking- Denise Kester June 23-24, 10am-4pm: Encaustic: Experiment in Layers & Creativity- Cathy Valentine July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Sundays, 1-5pm: Oil Painting Basics- Roni Marsh July 6, 1-5pm: Basketry: 
Ignite the Mind, Stir the Soul, Open the Heart – Boldly Create! Please visit the Rogue Gallery & Art Center website for complete listing of summer art camps and to register: www.roguegallery.org. 2012 SUMMER ART CAMPS FOR CHILDREN & TEENS CREATIVE ● INSPIRING ● FUN!
Summer Art Camps are designed to nurture creativity and youth ages 4-17 will have fun, explore, and learn foundational art skills. Each camp is taught by an experienced artist educator and students use quality materials to create their art. All this takes place in a real art making environment-our professional art studio. Rogue Gallery & Art Center Summer Art Camps provide quality art education to inspire and build life-long interest in the arts. Weekly, themes include: New! Ages 4-7: RECYCLED ART Ages 7-12: WORLD ART, PAPER CREATIONS, YOU CAN DRAW!, MIX IT UP- ART Continue reading Summer Art Camps for ages 4-7, 7-12, 13-17! – Rogue Gallery & Art Center 
Review our Winter/Spring 2012 Adult Class and Workshop Schedule! Continue reading Register online for RGAC Art Classes and Workshops 
This March, RGAC is offering an Artist Professional Development Series! Each class is just $35 for members and is jam packed full of useful information, ideas, and skills to help you bring your art career to the next level. Whether you want to develop an art marketing strategy, better utilize online resources and social networking, or learn to make digital images of your work stand out for exhibition opportunities- we’ve got you covered! With four amazing workshops led by outstanding artist and artist advocates Hannah West and Nikolas Allen, the Rogue Gallery & Art Center wants to help YOU develop your art career! Continue reading Artist Professional Development Series at RGAC this March! 
www.roguegallery.org Register online for adult, teen and children’s classes in the Rogue Gallery & Art Center studio! Discover the Class or Workshop that’s Right for You Professional or amateur, young or old – there’s a class for everyone who wants to explore art through our diverse art education programs. Our classes and workshops feature traditional and new art techniques taught by professional artist/educators. In addition to hosting classes with well-known local artists, we offer workshops with nationally-recognized educators from the Northwest, and beyond. Our 1100 square foot studio is located in the heart of downtown Medford. We occasionally offer satellite classes at local artists’ studios allowing us to offer more specialized mediums in an intimate setting. We also host “local travel” workshops for some location inspiration. For more information, please visit our website with online class registration! www.roguegallery.org Member discounts, scholarships, and financial aid is available- just call (541)772-8118 for Continue reading Rogue Gallery & Art Center announces Winter 2012 Classes & Workshops |
    
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Abed Abdi and the Liberation Art of Palestine
Palestinian artists of the second half of the twentieth century, when interviewed, sometimes speak of being the first to do this or that, or that theirs was the first Palestinian one-artist exhibition, etc. The trauma of the Nakba caused an absence in knowledge. Closer study reveals that, despite this perceived chasm in the continuity of Palestinian painting and sculpture, there were precious connections between the two halves of the twentieth century in Palestinian art history that were so traumatically divided.
Continue reading Abed Abdi and the Liberation Art of Palestine