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© 2010-2011 Lolita Nikolova, PhD
Created: 4-14-10. Last updated: 9-30-11
Selected articles by Lolita Nikolova at examiner.com
LinkedIn invitations are not stalking
Living in globalizing world, many still cannot accept that the closed culture is dead. They would do everything to try to make history and human development
turn back and the world to return into the epoch of fear, uncertainness, and...
Call for contributions in memory of our friend Marek Zvelebil (by 3-3-12)
Source: Interdisciplinaria Archaeologica. Natural science in archaeology In memory of Marek Zvelebil, IANSA is preparing a special issue devoted to the
primary topics of his life’s work. Under the framework of „Neolithic Transformation in Europe and...
K’Naan has warmed Hollywood Bowl (William J Clinton Foundation 10th Anniversary)
It is nice to see a live concert on humanity watched all over the globe through yahoo. The show dedicated to the 10th Anniversary of William J Clinton
Foundation has gathered big names - Kenny Chesney, K’Naan, Juanes, Usher...
Bulgarian contemporary art in European Parliament
Bulgarian Art in the Collection of the European Parliament & Treasures from Bulgaria. The Gold of the Thracian Warriors. 10-14 October 2011. European
Parliament, Brussels, Belgium. Some Bulgarians may want to continue to reproduce the tainted model of Thracian...
Burns and Novick’s Prohibition at PBS stations (2-4 October, 2011)
Ken Burns & Lynn Novick. Prohibition. Three-part documentary film. Part I, "A Nation of Drunkards," 8 p.m. Sunday; Part II, "A Nation of Scofflaws," 8 p.m.
Monday; Part III, "A Nation of..
Global archaeologists: Approaching the deadline of US TAG in Buffalo (10-31-11)
Event: Theoretical Archaeological Group, Annual Meeting, University of Buffalo, NY, May 17-20, 2012. Website at http://www.cas.buffalo.
edu/tag2012/index.shtmlImportant dates: 10-21-11 (deadline for submissions of proposals for sessions); 1-1-12 (for individual...
AGEL means health, friends and smiles
Homepage: http://www.agel.com/ If there is a survey among the networkers of AGEL, it will be not a surprise the connectivity to win over health. People
share their joy of bringing heath and promoting health through AGEL and...
Leonard Cohen at 77
Sep 22, 2011 – Vassilka Dimitrovska, one of the most popular contemporary Macedonian archaeologists, reminded the cultural society at Facebook that ...
Paradise of plants inspires sponsoring graffiti wall in Salt Lake City, Utah
Homepage: Paradise Palm at http://www.paradisepalm.com/“It was just a white wall like a big spot. The idea was that graffiti wall would also help the
clients to remember the store…” It cost $ 2,000...
Will George Clooney run for President? (The Ides of March, 10-7-11)
The new movie of George Clooney “The Ides of March” (in theaters on 10-7-11) creates a unique cultural space of fictional presidential election that will be
gradually integrated into the social space of the real presidential...
Michael Shanks: Life Squared Talk at Manchester Whitworth (video)
Students and scholars who know Michael Shanks, archaeology Professor (Stanford University), may question the Toplist of Rate My ProfessorView David Mease is
the best Professor (Rate My Professor Toplist 2010/2011)Michael is able to take you from the door..
David Mease is the best Professor (Rate My Professor Toplist 2010/2011)
If there is an opportunity one to make a general reform in education, probably the best is to get rid of the mandatory class evaluations and to expand the role
and influence of Rate My Professor. Evaluations were founded as...
ArchaeoLit Exchange at Facebook
If you would like to ask for or exchange info about archaeological literature – just sign to become a member of ArchaeoLit Exchange. Bulgarian Ivajlo
Karadzhinov seems had the initiative, after hosting several years a special block on archaeology in...
Archaeologists: Marek Zvelebil [1952-2011] Appreciation Society (Sign up)
There is no way not to believe that Marek Zvelebil (1952- 7 July 2011) will be recognized as the greatest archaeologist of the 20th century leaving behind
Gordon Childe, Jan Hodder and Marija Gimbutas.Vere Gordon Childe (1892 – 1957...
Leonard Cohen at 77
Vassilka Dimitrovska, one of the most popular contemporary Macedonian archaeologists, reminded the cultural society at Facebook that Leonard Norman Cohen
has just turned 77. Her music choice - Dance Me To The End of Love, has more than 4 million views...
So sad: Marek is gone (Marek Zvelebil, 1952-2011)
7 July 2011 occurred to be a sad day for prehistoric archaeology. Unbelievable! We are living in world of information when everything looks just next to us and
we can learn about everything in a minute. It looks like only...
Celine Dion: Children are the biggest gift
It is nice to see the enthusiasm of Celine Dion when she talks about her family and children.View Celine Dion Shows Off TwinsIt looks not very usual stars to
manage in such way their life to be able to...
Next First Lady may call for unfencing
If you even just go to Starbucks and follow several orders of customers, you will recognize the huge progress in the obesity project of Ms Obama. Almost every
ordered Latte is skinny. The school food programs have been also changing...
Alcohol as a social identity construct in prehistory
Alcohol is probably as ancient as the human civilization, although its beginning is difficult to be traced in the archaeological records. In many cases the
scientists discuss mostly the similarity or the general distribution of the alcohol. However, there are archaeological data that allow learn in more details about
the alcohol as a social identity construct that connected but also divided even neighbors. ....
Ancient bodies call for attention (With slideshow of prehistoric burials all over the world)
According to the latest news, the bones of a prehistoric child named Charlier will stay on display at a UK museum despite the Druids' campaign for its reburial.
The end of this single case cannot stop the discussion of general reconsideration of the relation of modernity to the ancient bodies. Why? ....
A prize for David W. Anthony’s book on the Eurasian Steppes
The 75th Annual Meeting of Society for American Archaeology (SAA) will be held April 14 − April 18, 2010 in St. Louis, Missouri. In the list of this year awards is
the book by David W. Anthony “The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World” (Princeton
University Press 2007). ...
Metaphors and culture: seagulls
On the whole the paintings of Jamie Wyeth in Salt Lake Art Center are about emotions. According to the artistic language, human and animal worlds share
coming emotions and it is even not very difficult to express them, especially when years after years one artist was surrounded by the subjects of his art – in this
case seagulls. .
Social alliance and culture
There are different sorts of social grouping or alliance: by kinship, gender, age, common interest, social rank, etc. The people are members of different social
groupings that can complimentary cross, but also can cause big problems. The social alliances are the main constructors of the human identity...
The Cathy Edens’ surprise for friends: a benefit performance of Duna
Duna is a folk dance group founded and directed by Margaret Strickland (Salt Lake City, Utah). Soon it may become a shame for everybody in Utah if does not
know the name of Margaret Strickland since on July 31st 2010 the Gallivan Center will be the home of the Utah Slavia, the first Slavic festival in this state,
organized by her....
The magic of New Age music as a global genre
Coming New Age music concerts in Salt Lake area are a trustworthy recognition for many gifted American composers and instrumentalists. They also make us
reconsider this sensitive and contemplative in nature style....
Michele McLaughlin (Utah) will be lost without music (coming New Age music events)
Michele McLaughlin is a Utah based pianist and composer of New Age music. Her fans cannot make difference between her music and personality since her
tender music comes from the bottom of her most sensitive heart. Michele's performances are among the best cultural events of Salt Lake City (nominations of
International Institute of Anthropology). On April 16 and 17, 2010 Michele will have two concerts and will celebrate a new CD, Out of the Darkness. We will learn
more from her directly...
Children and Opera Creativity
On April 8, 2010, the Jeanné Wagner Theater was overcrowded with children and parents who came to see the youngest opera stars of Utah from Bluffdale
Elementary School and Providence Hall Charter School students during this year Children’s Opera Showcase organized by Utah Opera. Two operas were
performed in the Rose Wagner Center for the Performing Arts...
The Artful Cup amazes you in downtown Salt Lake
The new warmly look of Utah Artists Hands complex in downtown Salt Lake is more than astonishing. Now the visitors can have probably the best coffee in Salt
Lake served in the most attractive ceramic cups, as an exemplary Utah craftart...
Urbanization and culture
We don’t have statistics how many violent scenes were shown on TV in the week or in the year before Stephanie’s death and of many other like her (see the
video below). One of the paradoxes of the today thinking is that for instance, people complain against obligatory health care while at the same time have been
enjoying and paying money for the surrounding violence as entertainment....
Celebrating American airbrush artists in Salt Lake
ASET (1) is a West Valley, Salt Lake County, based company that organizes annual workshops on airbrush art. A rich collection including a whole auto can
been seen in the warehouse-gallery of the company, while selected pieces of 16 artists have been exhibited in Utah Cultural Celebration Center in West valley,
through May 5, 2010 (free to the public)...
Derek Dyer and Earth People
Derek Dyer is a Salt Lake City based American leading artist, whom belongs one of the Guinness world records (2005) – the construction of the largest mirrored
disco ball. This week Dyer also has a record – his two elite solo art-shows overlap in Salt Lake – close to its end Earth People in Sorenson Unity Center Gallery
and the new exhibit Plastic World in Utah Arts Alliance (both free to the public)....
How to get an autograph from Robert Redford
Do you collect autographs from celebrities? Such a fun! The psychology of this hobby is not very clear. Autographs usually mean that you personally meet the
celebrity. Years ago in some countries in Europe the concerts were songs and long lines of waiting fans for autographs on the stage. Being in line with unknown
people is itself a challenge...
Sustainability and dance: Repertory Dance Theatre (Utah)
Repertory Dance Theatre (RDT), Salt Lake City, Utah, is a receiver of $120,000 American Masters grant by The National Endowment for the Arts to become the
repository for preserving the legacy of Michio Ito (2009)....
Dianne Reeves in Salt Lake City
After Columbus (OH), Hong Kong, Perth and Sydney (Australia), Wellington (New Zealand), San Francisco and Los Angeles (CA), Osaka and Tokyo (Japan) and
Seoul (Korea), Dianne Reeves will have only one concert in Salt Lake City:...
Back to “Great Goddess”: The Lost World of Old Europe (New York)
Again is spring and time to recall how the different archaic cultures celebrated and conceptualized the cyclical rebirth of nature. Vital knowledge provides
prehistory since the archaic communities had built the foundation of the modern civilization. Did they really believe in Great Goddess? More ...
Locating ancestral places in Slovenia
Locating ancestral places is often a difficult task. What are peculiarities in genealogy research of the Slovenian ancestral places? Which sources can help the
best and which steps the researchers need to follow? (Ellis Island Family History Day, April 17). More ...
Easter in contemporary art
The pop culture and craft usually reproduce the most popular Easter symbols – the eggs, baskets, and bunny. They can be seen all over in the stores and on
Internet and usually they are one and the same each year. Such reproduction diminishes the beauty of the holiday and makes it looks like something trivial,
boring and even almost anticultural since culture has been usually applied to creativity. More ...
St George Art Festival continues
St George Art Festival is one of the most popular in West. Every year the visitors enjoy thousands of juried works of artists from throughout the USA. Location: St.
George, Utah. Town Square. Saturday More ...
Pornography and domestic violence (1)
Pornography is a social cancer of the global society. Its contemporary roots can be traced in the enormous opportunity of Internet to develop pornography as a
free or cheap industry. One of the aspects of pornography is its negative role in the family relationships by contributing to the increasing of the disbalance of
mutual respect defined in this work as domestic violence. More...
Brian Baity (USA) likes carving eggshells because of the difficulty
Brian Baity is a Utah based artist-eggshell carver. His recognitions include Forbes prize (2008) and a Utah Best of State winner (2009). In March 2010 the
remarkable Utah Cultural Celebration Center opened second display of his newest artworks. Brian Baity (homepage) had answered with pleasure interview
questions of the Salt Lake Anthropology examiner. More ...
Press Release to halt sale of human remains on eBay
Australian Archaeological Association and World Archaeological Congress have distributed a press release on March 31 2010 with a call eBay to withdraw from
sale two Dong Son votive bronze armlets from northern Vietnam. The reason is that the armlets contain human arm bones, and there is concern “about the
cultural origin of the remains being offered for sale, as well as the affront to human dignity resulting from the sale of human body parts.” The eBay is urged to act
in accordance with standards of human decency and withdraw these remains from sale. More...
Job and diversity in society
Job is the basic culture that makes people humans. Then, is it a dream 0% jobless in the USA? Could such dream be the American dream? It is not a dream of
survival, but of prosperity of this nation. Will such perspective improve diversity in society? More ....
Dolls and culture
Anthropologists research the dolls for instance, as a means to generate an individual and social identity of children. It is believed that some of the prehistoric
clay figurines played the role of dolls, but since archaeology cannot trace the objects from perishable material, it is unclear when the dolls were introduced to
human culture. More ....
Exclusive eggshell carvings by Brian Baity (Utah) on display
Exhibit Artisan Eggshell Carving (Brian Baity).- Utah Cultural Celebration Center.- 1355 West 3100 South.- Monday – Thursday, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM (or by
arrangement), through April 29, 2010.- Home page of Brian Baity. More...
Culture and analogies
Analogy is a basic category in culture and human cognition. It is embedded in the new knowledge and expressions of creativity, which depend essentially on
cultural memory. More ....
Easter Eggs: tradition and modernity
This year Easter will be celebrated in one and the same day on the both sides of the ocean (April 4, 2010). In Salt Lake City the multicutlural communities will
gather in different churches including the Saints Peter and Paul Orthodox Christian Church and Holy Trinity Greek Church in Downtown. Everybody will go with
the traditional red eggs, historically symbolizing the eternity of life and the diachronic connectivity of the human civilization since its birth. More...
Friends of Friends makes friends
GAFRO Art Center presents the art exhibit Friends of Friends (A Look at Contemporary Works and of Paper), open through April 23, 2010. Among the 20 artists
gathered from USA and Switzerland the common is that all like paper - as a medium and/or surface. More...
Sean Hannity in Salt Lake
Sean Hannity, a popular self-educated journalist, will be in Murray, Salt Lake County, on Wednesday, March 31, to present his new book “Conservative victory”.
More ...
Children and archaeology: a scholar approach
Children have a significant place in the studies of American archaeology. The edited by Ada Cohen and Jeremy B Rutter seminal book “Constructions of
Childhood in Ancient Greece and Italy” (American School of Classical Studies ay Athens, 2007) introduces to basic constructs of childhood in distant past –
family, socialization and enculturation, rituals and life transitions, gender and representation, burial and commemoration. More ...
Cara Despain about creativity and art
Art over time has had a role, some would say obligation, to function as a Zeitgeist; to speak to the human experience in its respective period of time. Creativity is
an inevitable part of recounting this experience, and revealing the perspective of both the artist and the generation via artistic dialogue. It’s hard to imagine
creativity’s role in society, from this viewpoint, ever becoming irrelevant. More ...
Constructs of human identity
Human society is millions of years old. A major problem for anthropologists remains how society responses to the identity of the individuals. The paradigm of the
contemporary society may include five constructs – life, home, health, job and education, as the skeleton of human identity and as natural human rights. More...
Dedicated to art: Tim Wilson
I have dedicated my life to Art. I have been an Artist for as long as I can remember. I have worked in many mediums bringing my visions into reality and I want
to share my ideas about beauty with the world. More ...
The value of gold in prehistory and today
Gold is the first precious metal discovered in the world. The earliest well documented gold comes from Bulgaria – many gold ornaments were unearthed at the
cemetery in Varna and the multilevel village of Hotnitsa, presumably from placer deposits. They are abt 6,000 years old. It is believed that approximately at that
time (later 5th – 4th millennium cal BCE) gold was also popular in Egypt – one of the best-known prehistoric civilizations for production and use of gold. More ...
Enjoy Matasa’s art in downtown Salt Lake
Liliana Matasa is a Romanian born artist who had lived in Venezuela for about 25 years and has lately moved to the United States. In the ongoing March
exhibition of the Contemporary Design & Art Gallery in downtown Salt Lake City, she presents her first abstract art-show, which includes a series of works under
the name “The Innocence of the Flowers.” More ...
American Professor Douglass W. Bailey curates the international world art exhibit ‘unearthed’ (UK)
Innovative world art exhibit is opening in Northwich, UK. For the first time in world culture history the most popular Balkan prehistoric figurine will share space in
an exhibit together with Japanese prehistoric figurines. More ...
Sarah Beare brings Balkan and Japanese ancient figurines to life (‘unearthed’ exhibition, UK)
The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Northwich, UK, published at youtube.com the first video on ‘unearthed’ international exhibition to be opened on June 22,
2010. More ...
LinkedIn invitations are not stalking
Living in globalizing world, many still cannot accept that the closed culture is dead. They would do everything to try to make history and human development
turn back and the world to return into the epoch of fear, uncertainness, and...
Call for contributions in memory of our friend Marek Zvelebil (by 3-3-12)
Source: Interdisciplinaria Archaeologica. Natural science in archaeology In memory of Marek Zvelebil, IANSA is preparing a special issue devoted to the
primary topics of his life’s work. Under the framework of „Neolithic Transformation in Europe and...
K’Naan has warmed Hollywood Bowl (William J Clinton Foundation 10th Anniversary)
It is nice to see a live concert on humanity watched all over the globe through yahoo. The show dedicated to the 10th Anniversary of William J Clinton
Foundation has gathered big names - Kenny Chesney, K’Naan, Juanes, Usher...
Bulgarian contemporary art in European Parliament
Bulgarian Art in the Collection of the European Parliament & Treasures from Bulgaria. The Gold of the Thracian Warriors. 10-14 October 2011. European
Parliament, Brussels, Belgium. Some Bulgarians may want to continue to reproduce the tainted model of Thracian...
Burns and Novick’s Prohibition at PBS stations (2-4 October, 2011)
Ken Burns & Lynn Novick. Prohibition. Three-part documentary film. Part I, "A Nation of Drunkards," 8 p.m. Sunday; Part II, "A Nation of Scofflaws," 8 p.m.
Monday; Part III, "A Nation of..
Global archaeologists: Approaching the deadline of US TAG in Buffalo (10-31-11)
Event: Theoretical Archaeological Group, Annual Meeting, University of Buffalo, NY, May 17-20, 2012. Website at http://www.cas.buffalo.
edu/tag2012/index.shtmlImportant dates: 10-21-11 (deadline for submissions of proposals for sessions); 1-1-12 (for individual...
AGEL means health, friends and smiles
Homepage: http://www.agel.com/ If there is a survey among the networkers of AGEL, it will be not a surprise the connectivity to win over health. People
share their joy of bringing heath and promoting health through AGEL and...
Leonard Cohen at 77
Sep 22, 2011 – Vassilka Dimitrovska, one of the most popular contemporary Macedonian archaeologists, reminded the cultural society at Facebook that ...
Paradise of plants inspires sponsoring graffiti wall in Salt Lake City, Utah
Homepage: Paradise Palm at http://www.paradisepalm.com/“It was just a white wall like a big spot. The idea was that graffiti wall would also help the
clients to remember the store…” It cost $ 2,000...
Will George Clooney run for President? (The Ides of March, 10-7-11)
The new movie of George Clooney “The Ides of March” (in theaters on 10-7-11) creates a unique cultural space of fictional presidential election that will be
gradually integrated into the social space of the real presidential...
Michael Shanks: Life Squared Talk at Manchester Whitworth (video)
Students and scholars who know Michael Shanks, archaeology Professor (Stanford University), may question the Toplist of Rate My ProfessorView David Mease is
the best Professor (Rate My Professor Toplist 2010/2011)Michael is able to take you from the door..
David Mease is the best Professor (Rate My Professor Toplist 2010/2011)
If there is an opportunity one to make a general reform in education, probably the best is to get rid of the mandatory class evaluations and to expand the role
and influence of Rate My Professor. Evaluations were founded as...
ArchaeoLit Exchange at Facebook
If you would like to ask for or exchange info about archaeological literature – just sign to become a member of ArchaeoLit Exchange. Bulgarian Ivajlo
Karadzhinov seems had the initiative, after hosting several years a special block on archaeology in...
Archaeologists: Marek Zvelebil [1952-2011] Appreciation Society (Sign up)
There is no way not to believe that Marek Zvelebil (1952- 7 July 2011) will be recognized as the greatest archaeologist of the 20th century leaving behind
Gordon Childe, Jan Hodder and Marija Gimbutas.Vere Gordon Childe (1892 – 1957...
Leonard Cohen at 77
Vassilka Dimitrovska, one of the most popular contemporary Macedonian archaeologists, reminded the cultural society at Facebook that Leonard Norman Cohen
has just turned 77. Her music choice - Dance Me To The End of Love, has more than 4 million views...
So sad: Marek is gone (Marek Zvelebil, 1952-2011)
7 July 2011 occurred to be a sad day for prehistoric archaeology. Unbelievable! We are living in world of information when everything looks just next to us and
we can learn about everything in a minute. It looks like only...
Celine Dion: Children are the biggest gift
It is nice to see the enthusiasm of Celine Dion when she talks about her family and children.View Celine Dion Shows Off TwinsIt looks not very usual stars to
manage in such way their life to be able to...
Next First Lady may call for unfencing
If you even just go to Starbucks and follow several orders of customers, you will recognize the huge progress in the obesity project of Ms Obama. Almost every
ordered Latte is skinny. The school food programs have been also changing...
Alcohol as a social identity construct in prehistory
Alcohol is probably as ancient as the human civilization, although its beginning is difficult to be traced in the archaeological records. In many cases the
scientists discuss mostly the similarity or the general distribution of the alcohol. However, there are archaeological data that allow learn in more details about
the alcohol as a social identity construct that connected but also divided even neighbors. ....
Ancient bodies call for attention (With slideshow of prehistoric burials all over the world)
According to the latest news, the bones of a prehistoric child named Charlier will stay on display at a UK museum despite the Druids' campaign for its reburial.
The end of this single case cannot stop the discussion of general reconsideration of the relation of modernity to the ancient bodies. Why? ....
A prize for David W. Anthony’s book on the Eurasian Steppes
The 75th Annual Meeting of Society for American Archaeology (SAA) will be held April 14 − April 18, 2010 in St. Louis, Missouri. In the list of this year awards is
the book by David W. Anthony “The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World” (Princeton
University Press 2007). ...
Metaphors and culture: seagulls
On the whole the paintings of Jamie Wyeth in Salt Lake Art Center are about emotions. According to the artistic language, human and animal worlds share
coming emotions and it is even not very difficult to express them, especially when years after years one artist was surrounded by the subjects of his art – in this
case seagulls. .
Social alliance and culture
There are different sorts of social grouping or alliance: by kinship, gender, age, common interest, social rank, etc. The people are members of different social
groupings that can complimentary cross, but also can cause big problems. The social alliances are the main constructors of the human identity...
The Cathy Edens’ surprise for friends: a benefit performance of Duna
Duna is a folk dance group founded and directed by Margaret Strickland (Salt Lake City, Utah). Soon it may become a shame for everybody in Utah if does not
know the name of Margaret Strickland since on July 31st 2010 the Gallivan Center will be the home of the Utah Slavia, the first Slavic festival in this state,
organized by her....
The magic of New Age music as a global genre
Coming New Age music concerts in Salt Lake area are a trustworthy recognition for many gifted American composers and instrumentalists. They also make us
reconsider this sensitive and contemplative in nature style....
Michele McLaughlin (Utah) will be lost without music (coming New Age music events)
Michele McLaughlin is a Utah based pianist and composer of New Age music. Her fans cannot make difference between her music and personality since her
tender music comes from the bottom of her most sensitive heart. Michele's performances are among the best cultural events of Salt Lake City (nominations of
International Institute of Anthropology). On April 16 and 17, 2010 Michele will have two concerts and will celebrate a new CD, Out of the Darkness. We will learn
more from her directly...
Children and Opera Creativity
On April 8, 2010, the Jeanné Wagner Theater was overcrowded with children and parents who came to see the youngest opera stars of Utah from Bluffdale
Elementary School and Providence Hall Charter School students during this year Children’s Opera Showcase organized by Utah Opera. Two operas were
performed in the Rose Wagner Center for the Performing Arts...
The Artful Cup amazes you in downtown Salt Lake
The new warmly look of Utah Artists Hands complex in downtown Salt Lake is more than astonishing. Now the visitors can have probably the best coffee in Salt
Lake served in the most attractive ceramic cups, as an exemplary Utah craftart...
Urbanization and culture
We don’t have statistics how many violent scenes were shown on TV in the week or in the year before Stephanie’s death and of many other like her (see the
video below). One of the paradoxes of the today thinking is that for instance, people complain against obligatory health care while at the same time have been
enjoying and paying money for the surrounding violence as entertainment....
Celebrating American airbrush artists in Salt Lake
ASET (1) is a West Valley, Salt Lake County, based company that organizes annual workshops on airbrush art. A rich collection including a whole auto can
been seen in the warehouse-gallery of the company, while selected pieces of 16 artists have been exhibited in Utah Cultural Celebration Center in West valley,
through May 5, 2010 (free to the public)...
Derek Dyer and Earth People
Derek Dyer is a Salt Lake City based American leading artist, whom belongs one of the Guinness world records (2005) – the construction of the largest mirrored
disco ball. This week Dyer also has a record – his two elite solo art-shows overlap in Salt Lake – close to its end Earth People in Sorenson Unity Center Gallery
and the new exhibit Plastic World in Utah Arts Alliance (both free to the public)....
How to get an autograph from Robert Redford
Do you collect autographs from celebrities? Such a fun! The psychology of this hobby is not very clear. Autographs usually mean that you personally meet the
celebrity. Years ago in some countries in Europe the concerts were songs and long lines of waiting fans for autographs on the stage. Being in line with unknown
people is itself a challenge...
Sustainability and dance: Repertory Dance Theatre (Utah)
Repertory Dance Theatre (RDT), Salt Lake City, Utah, is a receiver of $120,000 American Masters grant by The National Endowment for the Arts to become the
repository for preserving the legacy of Michio Ito (2009)....
Dianne Reeves in Salt Lake City
After Columbus (OH), Hong Kong, Perth and Sydney (Australia), Wellington (New Zealand), San Francisco and Los Angeles (CA), Osaka and Tokyo (Japan) and
Seoul (Korea), Dianne Reeves will have only one concert in Salt Lake City:...
Back to “Great Goddess”: The Lost World of Old Europe (New York)
Again is spring and time to recall how the different archaic cultures celebrated and conceptualized the cyclical rebirth of nature. Vital knowledge provides
prehistory since the archaic communities had built the foundation of the modern civilization. Did they really believe in Great Goddess? More ...
Locating ancestral places in Slovenia
Locating ancestral places is often a difficult task. What are peculiarities in genealogy research of the Slovenian ancestral places? Which sources can help the
best and which steps the researchers need to follow? (Ellis Island Family History Day, April 17). More ...
Easter in contemporary art
The pop culture and craft usually reproduce the most popular Easter symbols – the eggs, baskets, and bunny. They can be seen all over in the stores and on
Internet and usually they are one and the same each year. Such reproduction diminishes the beauty of the holiday and makes it looks like something trivial,
boring and even almost anticultural since culture has been usually applied to creativity. More ...
St George Art Festival continues
St George Art Festival is one of the most popular in West. Every year the visitors enjoy thousands of juried works of artists from throughout the USA. Location: St.
George, Utah. Town Square. Saturday More ...
Pornography and domestic violence (1)
Pornography is a social cancer of the global society. Its contemporary roots can be traced in the enormous opportunity of Internet to develop pornography as a
free or cheap industry. One of the aspects of pornography is its negative role in the family relationships by contributing to the increasing of the disbalance of
mutual respect defined in this work as domestic violence. More...
Brian Baity (USA) likes carving eggshells because of the difficulty
Brian Baity is a Utah based artist-eggshell carver. His recognitions include Forbes prize (2008) and a Utah Best of State winner (2009). In March 2010 the
remarkable Utah Cultural Celebration Center opened second display of his newest artworks. Brian Baity (homepage) had answered with pleasure interview
questions of the Salt Lake Anthropology examiner. More ...
Press Release to halt sale of human remains on eBay
Australian Archaeological Association and World Archaeological Congress have distributed a press release on March 31 2010 with a call eBay to withdraw from
sale two Dong Son votive bronze armlets from northern Vietnam. The reason is that the armlets contain human arm bones, and there is concern “about the
cultural origin of the remains being offered for sale, as well as the affront to human dignity resulting from the sale of human body parts.” The eBay is urged to act
in accordance with standards of human decency and withdraw these remains from sale. More...
Job and diversity in society
Job is the basic culture that makes people humans. Then, is it a dream 0% jobless in the USA? Could such dream be the American dream? It is not a dream of
survival, but of prosperity of this nation. Will such perspective improve diversity in society? More ....
Dolls and culture
Anthropologists research the dolls for instance, as a means to generate an individual and social identity of children. It is believed that some of the prehistoric
clay figurines played the role of dolls, but since archaeology cannot trace the objects from perishable material, it is unclear when the dolls were introduced to
human culture. More ....
Exclusive eggshell carvings by Brian Baity (Utah) on display
Exhibit Artisan Eggshell Carving (Brian Baity).- Utah Cultural Celebration Center.- 1355 West 3100 South.- Monday – Thursday, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM (or by
arrangement), through April 29, 2010.- Home page of Brian Baity. More...
Culture and analogies
Analogy is a basic category in culture and human cognition. It is embedded in the new knowledge and expressions of creativity, which depend essentially on
cultural memory. More ....
Easter Eggs: tradition and modernity
This year Easter will be celebrated in one and the same day on the both sides of the ocean (April 4, 2010). In Salt Lake City the multicutlural communities will
gather in different churches including the Saints Peter and Paul Orthodox Christian Church and Holy Trinity Greek Church in Downtown. Everybody will go with
the traditional red eggs, historically symbolizing the eternity of life and the diachronic connectivity of the human civilization since its birth. More...
Friends of Friends makes friends
GAFRO Art Center presents the art exhibit Friends of Friends (A Look at Contemporary Works and of Paper), open through April 23, 2010. Among the 20 artists
gathered from USA and Switzerland the common is that all like paper - as a medium and/or surface. More...
Sean Hannity in Salt Lake
Sean Hannity, a popular self-educated journalist, will be in Murray, Salt Lake County, on Wednesday, March 31, to present his new book “Conservative victory”.
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Children and archaeology: a scholar approach
Children have a significant place in the studies of American archaeology. The edited by Ada Cohen and Jeremy B Rutter seminal book “Constructions of
Childhood in Ancient Greece and Italy” (American School of Classical Studies ay Athens, 2007) introduces to basic constructs of childhood in distant past –
family, socialization and enculturation, rituals and life transitions, gender and representation, burial and commemoration. More ...
Cara Despain about creativity and art
Art over time has had a role, some would say obligation, to function as a Zeitgeist; to speak to the human experience in its respective period of time. Creativity is
an inevitable part of recounting this experience, and revealing the perspective of both the artist and the generation via artistic dialogue. It’s hard to imagine
creativity’s role in society, from this viewpoint, ever becoming irrelevant. More ...
Constructs of human identity
Human society is millions of years old. A major problem for anthropologists remains how society responses to the identity of the individuals. The paradigm of the
contemporary society may include five constructs – life, home, health, job and education, as the skeleton of human identity and as natural human rights. More...
Dedicated to art: Tim Wilson
I have dedicated my life to Art. I have been an Artist for as long as I can remember. I have worked in many mediums bringing my visions into reality and I want
to share my ideas about beauty with the world. More ...
The value of gold in prehistory and today
Gold is the first precious metal discovered in the world. The earliest well documented gold comes from Bulgaria – many gold ornaments were unearthed at the
cemetery in Varna and the multilevel village of Hotnitsa, presumably from placer deposits. They are abt 6,000 years old. It is believed that approximately at that
time (later 5th – 4th millennium cal BCE) gold was also popular in Egypt – one of the best-known prehistoric civilizations for production and use of gold. More ...
Enjoy Matasa’s art in downtown Salt Lake
Liliana Matasa is a Romanian born artist who had lived in Venezuela for about 25 years and has lately moved to the United States. In the ongoing March
exhibition of the Contemporary Design & Art Gallery in downtown Salt Lake City, she presents her first abstract art-show, which includes a series of works under
the name “The Innocence of the Flowers.” More ...
American Professor Douglass W. Bailey curates the international world art exhibit ‘unearthed’ (UK)
Innovative world art exhibit is opening in Northwich, UK. For the first time in world culture history the most popular Balkan prehistoric figurine will share space in
an exhibit together with Japanese prehistoric figurines. More ...
Sarah Beare brings Balkan and Japanese ancient figurines to life (‘unearthed’ exhibition, UK)
The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Northwich, UK, published at youtube.com the first video on ‘unearthed’ international exhibition to be opened on June 22,
2010. More ...
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