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Marie Hildebrand at Charles Street Gallery in October – Beaufort, South Carolina

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Charleston Street GalleryCharles Street Gallery presents works by and a reception with Parisian artist and fashion designer Marie Hildebrand, in Beaufort October 12-27

Marie Hildebrand has taught at FORMAMOD, the center for arts in fashion in Paris, and OSMOD in Osaka, Japan and Aleppo, Syria. Following her show in Beaufort, her work will be exhibited at the European Council in Strasbourg.

Hildebrand’s paintings are quickly released after a deep observation of the subject, and the paint is applied in traces from sponges and scrapes from credit cards. “I search my models, to make them as expressive as possible,” said Hildebrand.

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SCAD Design Show House – Savannah, Georgia

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SAVANNAH, Ga. — The Savannah College of Art and Design Alumni Association will host its 2007 Alumni Design Show House at the Bartow House, 126 W. Harris St. The four-story, late Federal- and early Greek Revival-style home sits on the corner of Pulaski Square in Savannah’s National Historic Landmark District. Boasting more than 8,000 square feet of space, the freestanding clapboard structure provides talented SCAD alumni a blank canvas to transform a historic house (circa 1839) into a design show house.

Alumni designers and artists were challenged to showcase their individual style and unique vision for the assigned rooms. The completed interior designs will be on display Oct. 6–Nov. 3, Wednesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m.–4 p.m., and noon–4 p.m. on Sundays. The house will also be open on Columbus Day, Monday, Oct. 8, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Self-guided tours take approximately one hour.

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BIRDING AND NATURE ENTHUSIASTS WILL FLOCK TO GEORGIA COAST – Jekyll Island, Georgia

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Georgia’s Colonial Coast Bird & Nature FestivalJekyll Island, Ga. –Wildlife enthusiasts are expected to flock again to Georgia’s Colonial Coast Birding & Nature Festival held on Jekyll Island October 12-14, 2007. The fifth annual festival offers a variety of entertainment and educational activities including a keynote speech by Cornell University’s Laboratory of Ornithology Director, Dr. John W. Fitzpatrick on the Ivory-billed Woodpecker’s rediscovery; Saturday’s FREE Nature Day event for families and youth; plus seminars and field trips highlighting coastal Georgia’s abundant natural beauty and wildlife. The Jekyll Island Convention Center will serve as the hub for festival activities, and field trip excursions will include many of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division’s (DNR/WRD) Colonial Coast Birding Trail sites.
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