When William Shearburn opened his art gallery on McPherson Avenue in the Central West End 15 years ago, there were only a couple of businesses in the neighborhood.

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Ben Franklin Press & Label Co. has added Tom Jacobs to opening the business? new Pacific Northwest sales offices.

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Business has become child’s play for one entrepreneur. It started when Arthur Gelb built a miniature cottage that was displayed at a retail outlet specializing in backyard play equipment. That led to the opening of Folk Art Playhouses, founded in 2006 in Van Nuys.

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Digital Imaging Leader to Expand its Fine Art and Photo Portfolio SOUTH HADLEY, MA (December 18, 2007) – InteliCoat Technologies, Inc. (“InteliCoat”), a world leader in the manufacture of coated paper, film, and specialty substrates for digital imaging technologies, today announced the acquisition of Museo Digital Printmaking Papers from Crane & Co., the premier U.S. maker of fine papers for …

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It has been the year of the subprime mortgage meltdown, tainted spinach, toy recalls and the housing slowdown. In fact, 2007 was singularly lacking in stellar business moments.

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The Jan. 3 meeting of the Golden Hills Art Association will feature art curator Preston Metcalf as the guest demonstrator. The business meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in the Community Room of the Milpitas Police Department, 1275 N. Milpitas Blvd.

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With as many as one-third of young American workers now sporting tattoos, employers have had to adapt. While some managers demand

Interesting Journey (detail) by Allen Jones (1962). LONDON.- A groundbreaking exhibition Pop Art Portraits – the first to explore the role and significance of portraiture within one of the world’s most popular and influential art movements – opened at the National Portrait Gallery.

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A Jan. 24 Public Art Forum likely will be more than just a discussion about Bismarck Parks and Recreation District properties and consider public art in the Capital City overall.

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I attended the Art Academy of Cincinnati in the late ’80s and returned in 2006. I could not be happier with the move to Over-the-Rhine.

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