| Robert Kulicke, 83; artist modernized frame design
Robert M. Kulicke, a painter, goldsmith, teacher, businessman, and designer who changed the look of postwar art by modernizing frame design, died on Friday in Valley Cottage, N.Y. He was 83 and had lived in Manhattan until about 18 months ago. The cause was pneumonia, said Roy Davis of Davis & Langdale Co., the gallery that represented Mr. Kulicke since 1974, when it was called Davis & Long. Garrulous, articulate, and confident, Mr. Kulicke was a man of many talents, interests, and passions. He painted and regularly exhibited small, delicate still-lifes of flowers, dollar bills or, often, a single pear. He helped to revive the ancient cloisonné technique of granulation and to establish a school for jewelry making. Widely knowledgeable in art history, he often supported himself and his businesses by buying and selling medieval art and Coptic textiles.
Philadelphia University Fashion Design Student Awarded $25,000 YMA ...
Casey Saccomanno, a senior fashion design major, was awarded one of the first $25,000 Geoffrey Beene National Scholarships Jan. 9 at the YMA Geoffrey Beene Fashion Scholarship Dinner in New York. "This is a huge award, a huge honor," said Saccomanno, who was one of four student winners announced at the dinner. The other winners were from Rhode Island School of Design, Parsons The New School for Design and the University of Colorado, Boulder. "This is truly a great accomplishment for Casey to be recognized at this major industry event and for the University to be recognized as a preeminent institution for educating the future leaders of the industry," said Clara Henry, director of the university's Fashion Design program. In addition to the $25,000 award, Saccomanno and two other Philadelphia University fashion design students, Janelle Frank and Sandra Huffaker, won YMA scholarships of $5,000 each, which had been previously announced.
Shopping for value this season
But the folks at Singer will tell you that redecorating doesn't necessarily mean changing out every item of furniture and appliance in the house. That's always an option, mind you, but you can also go for accent chairs, lamps, televisions, etc., to change the look and feel of the home. Singer is saying, yes, you can decorate on a budget and we're endorsing it. Check for example, the dining room and living room furniture on this page. They are among the varying options that Singer offers to meet that redecorating need. One more thing you need to remember as you contemplate redecorating. Make sure to shop for value. Clients give Singer the thumbs up for value nevertheless as a responsible shopper you must make sure that you are comfortable with your purchase. "Test them," advises Health, Home and Garden CEO, Fay Wint.
The Pritzker Architecture Prize Adds Three New Jurors
Three new jurors, one from Italy, one from Japan and one from the U.S. have been added to the jury that selects the Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate for 2007. Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) September 11, 2006 — "Three architects from different countries and divergent backgrounds have been named as Pritzker Architecture Prize jurors," it was announced today by Thomas J. Pritzker, president of The Hyatt Foundation which established the prize in 1979. "The three are Shigeru Ban of Tokyo and Paris, Toshiko Mori of New York and Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Renzo Piano of Genoa, Italy and Paris."
They join jury chairman, Lord Palumbo, chairman of the Serpentine Gallery Trustees, former chairman of the Arts Council of Great Britain and well known as an art and architectural patron; and (alphabetically): Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi, architect, planner and professor of architecture of Ahmedabad, India; Rolf Fehlbaum, chairman of the board of Vitra in Birsfelden, Switzerland; Carlos Jimenez, professor at Rice University School of Architecture, and principal, Carlos Jimenez Studio in Houston, Texas; Victoria Newhouse, architectural historian and author who founded and is the director of the Architectural History Foundation in New York; and Karen Stein, editorial director of Phaidon Press in New York.
PS2 Makes You Study, Sort Of
We've all heard the basic story of Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 before: An unsuspecting orphan is pulled from the comfort of his boring life into an adventure that will eventually lead to saving the world from a vast source of evil. Been there, done that. But Persona 3, released on Aug. 14 for the PlayStation 2, is far from a run-of-the-mill PS2 role-playing game, and not just because of the techno and rap that make up its soundtrack. Despite the cliché story (albeit with a modern twist), the gameplay mechanics are so quirky and innovative that one can't help but overlook Persona 3's many similarities to every other RPG ever. Persona 3's originality stems from the fact that it doesn't fit comfortably into just one genre. Half of the game is composed of traditional dungeon-crawling RPG fare, but the other half is a high school simulation, complete with gossipy girls, extracurricular activities, dating, and tests.
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