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It's getting bad out there. Museums in New York are trying to sell art to make ends meet. That prompted legislation that would prevent New York cultural institutions from selling art to cover everyday operating costs. Museums call it "deaccession," which usually happens when museums want to buy more
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The Museum of Glass is on John McCain's shit list for receiving stimulus money. Senators Tom Coburn and McCain just issued their third list of what they consider misuse of federal stimulus dollars. The report is called Summertime Blues, "100 stimulus projects that give taxpayers the blues". According to the report, arts
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I love the Art Bus. I love Third Thursday Artwalk. I love our museums and galleries. But I also believe we can do more than put art on display for appreciation and gawking through the bottom of a beer or wine glass. Art has power, or it once did, to
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Art and drugs was a hit in last week's column. Apparently Layne Staley was banging all the way through Mad Season, and people like drugs. And apparently I totally missed the point of a recent request to write about art and drugs. The request, which came from a reader, was
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OK. This wasn't my idea. But somebody asked for it. So you all get it. Drugs and art. Art and drugs. Where do the two meet? I don't know. Better question: What do drugs do to my art? Depends on the drug. Different drugs affect your brain, and your creative
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I usually hate homemade hip-hop videos about how much some unknown rapper loves where he or she comes from. But I got an e-mail the other day from someone who appreciated just such a video. So I watched "253" by local emcee Fice. The video is a testament to the beauty
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So I did it. I saw the Banksy movie at The Grand Cinema. Exit Through the Gift Shop was a work of genius. I think. For those who haven't seen it, the film - which recently ended its run at The Grand - follows the escapades of the indie art world's
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So I've heard the rumors. Tacoma's art scene is in a slump. Some say it's dead. Really? Well, yeah. These aren't common haters. These are longtime supporters of the local art scene. But summer is here. That means a lot of outdoor festivals and hefty events like the upcoming Grit
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So everybody's meditating these days. If you're an artist, you may have experienced great floods of creative energy during those rare stretches of time in which you mustered enough discipline to practice relaxing a bit. If not, you weren't doing it right. The following exercises will help you begin to
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So stress is a creativity killer. If you're one of the folks who believe stress makes your art better, you can just stop reading now. For those of you interested in working hard to be the best artist you can be, I am going to share some secret techniques