| Lawrence Schiller tells how he captured some of the most iconic images ...
Lawrence Schiller has a knack for being in the right place at the right time. Two months before Marilyn Monroe's death in August 1962, the American photographer captured her undressing during her last (unfinished) film, Something's Got to Give. These iconic images were then splashed across the globe in 71 magazines in one week, from Paris Match and Life magazines to London's The Sunday Times, making them some of the best remembered images of Monroe. Last week he was in town to promote The Photographs of Lawrence Schiller, an exhibition of 26 images at Schoeni Art Gallery, highlighting his view of America in the 1960s and showcasing the period's most famous people from John F. Kennedy and Clint Eastwood to Barbra Streisand and Muhammad Ali. .
Dakota Heart Gallery offers unique art
The Dakota Heart Gallery, a unique photo exhibit of South Dakota children currently waiting for adoptive families, will be available for public viewing at several locations.
Free information and materials regarding adoption of children from foster care also will be available with the Dakota Heart Gallery exhibit.
More than 114,000 children in foster care are waiting for adoptive families, their birth parents� legal rights permanently terminated due to abuse, neglect or abandonment. More than half of these children are age 9 or older, and a child in the foster care system may wait five years or longer before being adopted.
The dream of belonging to a family will be extinguished for 20,000 of these youth each year as they turn 18 and age out of the system of foster care.
Gallery showcase for students' work
WIRRAL sixth-formers have launched a high street art gallery that will showcase student talent and the work of local artists. The Black and White Community Gallery in Liscard Road, Wallasey, will be run as a money-making business by 13 sixth-formers from Calday Grange Grammar School, as part of the nationwide Young Enterprise programme. It was opened last week by Wirral Cultural Ambassador and photographer Mike McCartney at a ceremony attended by civic and business figures, teachers, parents and students. Young Enterprise is a national charity that forges links between schools and industry by inspiring and equipping young people for entrepreneurship. More than 5,000 schools take part in the annual initiative that includes a competition to identify the nation's top student business project.
Take a tour through ‘Texas Art’
Take a break before the holidays gear up to full force and visit an art gallery in Pilot Point.The Farmer's and Merchant's Gallery on the square in Pilot Point is featuring "Texas Art, Past and Present" through Jan. 27.Wes Miller owns the gallery and antique shop housed in what once was a bank. The bank closed in 1931. Miller bought the building in 1975, restored it, and eventually opened the Farmer's and Merchant's Gallery.He holds at least two exhibits a year, one at the end of the year and one in the spring. The current exhibit is an eclectic combination of paintings in various styles and ceramic work.Justine Wollaston exhibits her work regularly at the Farmer's and Merchant's Gallery. Her paintings in this exhibition are flowers and vines and a dandelion that grew outside her back porch.
Take an art walk downtown
Considering that there are a lot of things to do on a Saturday night, enjoying an art walk might not be the first thing that comes to your mind. But, sometimes it's cool to take the road less traveled.
It's also nice to get an idea on what local artists are doing, and to attend a community event. Most of the venues had some light snacks and warm drinks, which makes the experience that much better. Enjoying artwork, in similarity to music, books, or movies can be a very relaxing experience.
The official web page for the art festivities at www.sacramento-second-saturday.org, labels the The Second Saturday Art Walk as "The brainchild of the late Michael Himovitz."
Himovitz was a local art gallery owner, who convinced local restaurant and gallery owners to hold art walks every second Thursday of each month in 1992.
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