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ArtPourri
--Art Glass Suppliers Convene--Source '98, the annual convention for art glass products, supplies, equipment, services in Houston, TX, from July 8-12. In addition to seminars, workshops, and trade show, a professional glass cutting competition will be sponsored by The Fletcher-Terry Company and Cutters Video Productions. 740-452-4541.
--Atlanta Exhibits--"Walker Evans: Simple Secrets" includes 90 vintage prints, including abstractions and work for the Farm Security Administration at the High Museum of Art through June 14. (404) 733-4400.
--Director Appointed--The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has filled the position of director after being without one for six months. Appointed was David A. Ross, who stepped down as director of the Whitney Museum of American Art in Manhattan.
--Director Resigns--Richard Koshalek, Director of The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, has resigned, and a search begins for his replacement. Koshalek will stay on for five years in the capacity of consultant.
--Fellows Chosen--Recipients of the 1998 Guggenheim Fellows award number 168--from over 3,000 applicants in the U.S. and Canada. The award aids artists and scholars in the creation of arts and research, and totaled $5,376,000 this year.
--Records Set--Manhattan's annual week of major photography auctions has seen record sales and record prices for several artists. World records were set for works by Imogene Cunningham, Lee Miller, Edward Weston, and Thomas Eakins, among others.
--Philadelphia Exhibits--"Recognizing Van Eyck" at the Philadelphia Museum of Art until May 31 includes two mysterious images of St. Francis Receiving the Stigmata--paintings that have not been seen together in five centuries. Tickets: 215-235SHOW.
--Chair Nominated--President Clinton has nominated Bill Ivey as chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. Ivey is director of the Country Music Foundation, a research and educational organization.
--Society Celebrates--The Sixth Annual International Exhibition of the Colored Pencil Society of America will be held in Washington, D.C. from July 20 - August 17. The society is a nonprofit volunteer organization dedicated to the promotion of colored pencil art and artists. (248) 540-8614.
--Outsider Art Exhibited--"Henry Darger: The Unreality of Being" runs until May 31 at the Chicago Cultural Center. Included are watercolors, pencil drawings and works from private collections. (312) 744-6630.
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