2,000 volunteers ask David Cameron to do more for homeless people

December 6, 2011 – 8:06 am | Comments Off

More than 2,000 volunteers have signed a letter calling on the Prime Minister to ensure people get the help they need when they approach their local council as homeless. The 2,097 volunteers voiced their shock that a homeless single person can approach their council for help and “still be turned away to sleep on the streets”. Under the existing law most single homeless people are not considered a priority for housing. They should still get advice and ... more

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Kansas Museum of History presents You Are Here. Putting Kansas on the Map

January 29, 2012 – 10:16 am |

The Kansas Museum of History in Topeka presents You Are Here. Putting Kansas on the Map an exhibition on view through April 29, 2012.
The answer to “Where are we?” can usually be found on a map. Maps provide us with information about what&#…

Dixon Gallery and Gardens presents Selections from the Kattner Collection of American Painting

January 29, 2012 – 10:15 am |

The Dixon Gallery and Gardens in Memphis presents Selections from the Kattner Collection of American Painting on view Sunday, April 15, 2012.

Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1863-1928) Madonna of the Hills, Oil on canvas, 17 ½ x 22 ½ inches. Collecti…

Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art announces Daisuke Takeya . GOD Loves Japan

January 28, 2012 – 3:08 pm |

The Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art presents Daisuke Takeya. GOD Loves Japan on view Feb 04, 2012 – Apr 01, 2012. Opening reception: February 4, 2-5pm.

Daisuke Takeya Kesennuma, 2011 color photograph, copyright Daisuke Takeya.
God Loves Japa…

Tampa Museum of Art opens Romare Bearden. Southern Recollections

January 28, 2012 – 10:31 am |

The Tampa Museum of Art presents Romare Bearden. Southern Recollections an exhibition of approximately 80 works of art that span the career of this internationally renowned artist, on view January 28 – May 6, 2012.

Bearden (1911-1988) is widely …

Joslyn Art Museum Creates Mobile Tour Experience

January 28, 2012 – 8:45 am |

A new interactive cell phone tour is launching in February to visitors at the Joslyn Art Museum, located in Omaha, Nebraska. This mobile interpretive program, powered by OnCell (www.oncellsystems.com), features 30 stops posted throughout the galleries….

Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art announces Spectral Landscape. Peter Doig, Tim Gardner, Sarah Anne Johnson

January 28, 2012 – 8:30 am |

The Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art presents Spectral Landscape. Peter Doig, Tim Gardner, Sarah Anne Johnson an exhibition on view Feb 04, 2012 – Apr 01, 2012.

Sarah Anne Johnson, Circling the Arctic, 2011. CMCP Collection. © Sarah Anne Joh…

International Center of Photography opens Magnum contact sheets exhibition

January 28, 2012 – 8:15 am |

The International Center of Photography presents an exhibition of Magnum contact sheets exhibition on view JANUARY 20–MAY 6, 2012.
Satellites, Russia, 2000. © Jonas Bendiksen/Magnum Photos
Magnum Contact Sheets reveals how Magnum photographers have …

High Museum to show Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring

January 28, 2012 – 7:58 am |

The High Museum of Art in collaboration with the Mauritshuis, The Hague, will present a major exhibition of Dutch masterworks in 2013, including Johannes Vermeer’s iconic “Girl with a Pearl Earring,” which has not been on view in the United State…

Lunds konsthall presents the first survey of Miriam Backstrom’s art

January 28, 2012 – 7:40 am |

Miriam Bäckström (born 1967 in Stockholm) emerged as an artist in the late 1990s. The conceptual and visual precision of her photographic work soon gained wide international recognition, not least after Harald Szeemann included it in the Venice Bienn…

Tampa Museum of Art presents John Cage. 33-1/3 – Performed by Audience

January 28, 2012 – 7:30 am |

The Tampa Museum of Art presents John Cage’s 33-1/3 – Performed by Audience on January 28 – May 6, 2012.
One of the most influential artists of the 20th century, John Cage (1912- 1992) created sound and performance works that broke throug…

La Conservera announces Eighth series of exhibitions

January 28, 2012 – 7:21 am |

Sala Verónicas (Murcia) and La Conservera Contemporary Art Centre (Ceutí/Murcia) open their eighth series of exhibitions on Friday February 3rd and Saturday February 4th respectively.
La Conservera Contemporary Art Center
These six artists share comm…

The 440 Gallery presents A Cup of Air, whimsical new sculpture by Karen Gibbons created from found objects and photography

January 28, 2012 – 7:13 am |

Brooklyn, NY – “I’m going out for a cup of air,” Brooklyn artist Karen Gibbons’s mother would say to her five children as she stepped outside for a reprieve from the stresses of parenting. The free-standing sculpture and…

Fasthosts Launches Review Website

January 27, 2012 – 2:35 pm |

Fasthosts Internet Ltd, a leading UK web hosting provider, today announced the launch of Fasthosts Review Site, http://www.fasthostsreviews.com, a resource website dedicated to customer comments on its products and services. Fasthosts’ review sit…

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Announces Licensing Agreement with 1000Museums

January 27, 2012 – 10:30 am |

The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation announced a new licensing agreement with 1000Museums, the premier provider of archival reproductions from museums around the world. Now, with the help of print-on-demand technology, never-before-printed selections from…

Woodmere Art Museum announces Force of Nature exhibitions

January 27, 2012 – 10:29 am |

The Woodmere Art Museum announces Force of Nature on view February 17, 2012 – April 22, 2012.
Force of Nature features two new exhibitions inspired by the natural world. Elaine Kurtz: A Retrospective provides a closer look at one of Philadelphia&#821…