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After more than two years of planning and collaboration, the Thomson-McDuffie Convention and Visitors Bureau unveiled the McTell’s 12-String Strut art project with a reveal party at the Thomson Depot on Friday. Local artists from around the county were introduced and took turns unveiling their individually designed 7-foot Stella guitar replicas, in honor of blues music legend Blind Willie McTell. “This project began about 2½ years ago when the Georgia Department of Economic Development brought …

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LINCOLN — The Nebraska Tourism Commission has announced the stops that will be on the summer 2016 Nebraska Passport, including several in Central Nebraska. “The Passport Program encourages travelers to explore the state collecting stamps, while reconnecting with Nebraska and supporting small businesses and attractions,” said Kathy McKillip, Nebraska Tourism Commission executive director. “Year after year, the program gains popularity. In 2015, more than 24,600 travelers collected stamps, and we expect 2016’s participation to be …

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KEARNEY — More than 300 people gathered Saturday at the Museum of Nebraska Art to attend Cranes on Parade 3 art auction. Presented by Kearney Dawn Rotary, the auction featured 14 full-sized cranes along with 13 smaller study cranes and other assorted crane-influenced artwork by regional artists. Susan Bigg, co-chair for the event, said the amount of money raised during the auction will be released in about a week. “We raised a lot of money …

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GROTON, Conn. (AP) – Artists in southeastern Connecticut are being called upon to design sculptures of submarines for a public art project celebrating 100 years of subs in the Groton area. The Connecticut Sub Trail will showcase 20 miniature fiberglass subs, each about 5 feet long. They’ll be officially displayed at the Groton 4th of July Parade. Art teacher Joy Supples proposed the idea. Supples works for Ella T. Grasso Southeastern Connecticut Technical High School. …

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Groton — An art teacher wanted to create a “sub trail” as part of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the arrival of the first submarine to the U.S. Naval Submarine Base, and her idea has taken hold. Teacher Joy Supples’ plan was to have local artists create a “fleet” of submarine sculptures, similar to the “Whale Tail” art project in New London a few years ago. About a dozen sponsors have come forward …

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THOMAS, GA – 2/11/2016 (PRESS RELEASE JET) — The Thomson-McDuffie County Convention & Visitors Bureau is proud to present a new public art project located in McDuffie County. Titled McTell’s 12-String Strut, the project is meant to recognize and honor the legacy of Blind Willie McTell, his music and the fact that such an influential musician was born and lived in McDuffie County. Local artists will create unique designs for 12, 7-foot-tall polyurethane replicas of …

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Already Birmingham’s best known symbol, Vulcan has been reimagined as a new public art project focused on celebrating the city and raising awareness for what it has to offer. “Today, we take the symbol of our great city and use that as a way of creating a public identity for our great city, to let visitors know that Vulcan represents the best that this city has to offer,” said Birmingham Mayor William Bell during the …

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If you saw a painted pig at Bruster’s Real Ice Cream in September, it wasn’t a judgment of your diet. It’s part of a new campaign reminding Vestavia Hills residents to support their local businesses. At its September luncheon, the Chamber of Commerce launched its “Shop, Dine, Play” initiative and introduced four painted fiberglass pigs. One pig stays at the Chamber office on Merryvale Road, and the other three rotate between city businesses. Each pig …

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There’s a new attraction at the Merryman Performing Arts Center; it’s tall and colorful but totally silent…. So what is it? Another crane in the Kearney Dawn Rotary Club’s Cranes on Parade. The auction for all of the cranes will take place on March 12th. View the video

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KEARNEY — Tami Moore wants everyone to own a crane. “We’re taking a different direction this time,” said Moore, a member of the Kearney Dawn Rotary Cranes on Parade III Steering Committee. “We want to make them more affordable and accessible because they’ve been in the thousands of dollars before. We’re going to do about 10 of the 6-foot cranes again and about a dozen of the 1-foot study cranes.” The kickoff event for Cranes …

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TAMPA — Colorful scenes of Tampa Bay, the downtown skyline, a pirate’s map and World War II posters splashed across 41 streetcar sculptures on display at the Yacht StarShip on Wednesday, just days away taking their final perches around the city. The sculptures, all decorated by local artists, are the latest initiative of the Commercial Real Estate Women, or CREW, and its artLOUD! project. This is the fourth time CREW has undertaken a public art …

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Giant light bulbs that decorate the streets of Lincoln, Nebraska, artistic cranes spread throughout Kearney, the wolf mascot that stands high above each Bosselman convenience store and to-scale replicas of fire hydrants found in mainstream movies are just some of the projects that come out of Icon Poly located just west of Gibbon, on U.S. Hwy 30. Kyle Vohland and his family have built a unique business that has grown since 1998, and is now …

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