Art Events

Feb. 16-25 — Newport, RI — Newport Winter Festival 2007 features over 150 individual events with food, music and entertainment, including a two-day Children’s Fair on Feb. 19-20 and an Ice Sculpting Contest with champion sculptors on Feb. 18.  Visit www.NewportWinterFestival.com.

Feb. 17 — Denver, CO — Denver Art Museum — A Family Art Festival will be featured from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. throughout the museum complex.  Bring out your creative side with music, special performances and artmaking activities.  Free. And every day there are free activities for kids—and general admission is always free for kids age 6 and under. Call 720.913.0048

Feb. 17-18 — Sarasota, FL — Main St. Downtown — The 19^th Annual Downtown Sarasota Festival of the Arts features 300 fine artists from across the nation who will exhibit their works ranging from metal sculpture to stained glass to fine jewelry and watercolor paintings.   10 a.m. – 5 p.m.  Free admission.

Feb. 22-26 — New York, NY — Pier 94, Twelfth Ave. at 55^th St. — The Armory Show, the International Fair of New Art, is the world’s leading art fair devoted exclusively to contemporary art.  In its ninth annual exhibition, the show will present 148 international galleries.  An Opening Preview Party will be held Feb. 22 at Piers 90 and 92 to benefit the Exhibition Fund of The Museum of Modern Art.  Visit www.thearmoryshow.com.

Washington, DC — National Gallery of Art — Sculpture Garden Ice Skating — A great way to see monumental sculpture by Lichtenstein, Oldenburg, Abakanowicz and other modern artists is by ice skating in the NGA Sculpture Garden.  Magnificent works of art surround an open-air ice rink in the center of the garden with music from a state-of-the-art sound system.  Refreshments to warm you are available in the Pavilion Café.  10 a.m.-9 p.m. M-Th; 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Fri-Sat; and 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Sun.  Visit www.nga.gov/ginfo/skating.htm.

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