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Recognition of occasions such as Easter, Christmas, New Year, Hanukkah and other festivals and special "weeks' such as Naidoc, Bird Week

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Rosh Hashanah

Monday 6 September sees in Rosh Hashanah (New Year) for the Jewish people. We wish you all a "Good and Sweet New Year". We celebrate today with works by Nachum Gutman.

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Celebrating Fathers Day

In celebrating "Father's Day" and acknowledging all the great dads we bring you works by Mary Cassatt, Carl Larsson, Paul Cezanne, Jean-François Millet, Van Gogh. And be introduced to the works of Israeli artist Shai Yossef.

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Celebrating the Paralympians

The Tokyo 2020 Paralympics commence today 24 August and will go until Sunday, 5 September. The paralympians are a special breed of sports people who have had to endure and overcome unbelievable mental and physical "barriers" to reach the top of their sport. Today we salute you. (L

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Tokyo 2020 Games – Making the Medals

Every athlete at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games strives to achieve a Gold medal. This golden moment involves very little actual gold. All of the approximate 5,000 medals to be distributed throughout the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Japan are made entirely of recycled materials.

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August 2021 Mailbag No 2

In our August Mailbag No 2 we journey from Europe (wall art) to Bendigo (Brett Whiteley drawings) to India (Video by Soumya celebrating Rath Yatra) , Africa - a round the world trip provided by our wonderful subscribers and followers. Thank you for your wonderful correspondence.

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Tokyo 2020 Games Mascot

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Mascot is Miraitowa while Paralympic Games mascot is Someity. Both designed by Ryo Taniguchi.

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Olympics Tokyo 2020 - Victory Bouquet

The flowers used for the Olympic victory bouquet in Tokyo will include eustomas and Solomon’s seals from Fukushima, sunflowers from Miyagi, gentians from Iwate, and aspidistras from Tokyo.

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Celebrating Naidoc Week with Nyapanyapa Yunupiŋu

Naidoc Week (4 -11 July) celebrates the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres strait Islander peoples. Today, on the AnArt4Life blog we celebrate through the work of Nyapanyapa Yunupiŋu , Winner of the 2021 Wynne Prize.

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John Winter Pickup OAM Investiture 12 May 2021

Australian artist and "Brushmen of the Bush" John Pickup received an OAM in the 2020 Australia Day Honours. Today he brings you his account of the investiture at Government House, Brisbane, Qld on 12 May 2021. Image credit: scottrileyphotography.com

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Mothers, Grandmothers, Aunts, Sisters, Godmothers, Friends: Thank you

Gustav Klimt's "Mother and Child" from "The Three Ages of Women" painted in 1905 leads us in reflecting on the importance of different women in our lives - our grandmothers, mothers, aunts, sisters, godmothers, friends. Image credit: "Mother and Child" by Klimt (gustavklimt.net)

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Celebrating Easter in Africa

As the sun rises in Africa on Easter Sunday about 70 million Christians in Africa will start a big celebration including decorating the churches with butterflies and singing Christian hymns to the beating of African drums. Image credit: Andy Brunner/Unsplash

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Norman Rockwell’s April Fools Covers

A little fun for April 1 to spot the errors in the famous April Fools Covers created by Norman Rockwell for the Saturday Evening Post in the 1940s. Image credit: saturdayeveningpost.com

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Celebrate Passover with Irma Stern

I thought Passover could be celebrated on the AnArt4Life blog this year by showcasing a few paintings done by the remarkable African artist Irma Stern, born in 1894 in the Transvaal to German-Jewish parents. Image credit: artnet.com

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Happy St Patricks Day!

Today is St. Patrick's Day. This is well known day of celebration for Irish people around the world. Today we bring you a number of traditions associated with the day that you may not know the origins of! Image: The Guardian

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Celebrating International Women's Day 2021

Today we would like to celebrate women's contribution to history and art. The text and images are courtesy of the author and art historian, P.L.Henderson.

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It's that day again: Happy Valentine's Day

Take a little time today to think about all the good things in the world and the people and creatures you love. And anything else that makes you feel good: chocolate, a good book, a beautiful painting. Image credit: Photo by Sidney Pearce / Unsplash

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Happy Lunar New Year 2021

Join in celebrating Lunar New Year and the Year of the Ox. Learn a little about Five Oxen painted nearly 1300 years ago in the C8th by Han Huang. Also some other Chinese paintings of oxen. Image credit: pinterest.com

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The beauty of the night sky

How many stars can you see at night? Do you ever look up to see? Come with us on a journey of the beautiful night skies around the world. Image: Shlomo Shalev, Unsplash.

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Boxing Day

What is the meaning of Boxing Day? Check out some opinions in today's post and enjoy a humorous interpretation by George Cruikshank (1792-1878). Image credit: meisterdrucke.uk

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25 December 2020

Wishing all our subscribers and supporters around the world a Very Happy Christmas with family and friends.

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Art is for everyone ......

This is a heart warming story about two artists who combined their very special abilities and qualities to produce a painting that was listed as one of the finalists for the Archibald Prize 2020. Image credit: digbywebster.com

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An Interview with Santa

We all know that Santa lives at the North Pole – but it’s a big place so where exactly does he hang out? He lives close to Rovaniemi, which is 800kms north of Helsinki across the forests of Finland in Lapland and the Arctic Circle. Image credit: Travel Lapland magazine Feb 2019

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Australian Christmas Stamp in Memory of Poldi Mimovich

Celebrating the art work of Poldi Mimovich who is being remembered this year with her art work featured on two of the Australia Post Christmas stamps. Image credit: melbourneartcritic.worldpress

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Greetings for Hanukkah

Today we celebrate the beginning of Hanukkah and send everyone our loving thoughts and best wishes. Including a recipe for classic latkes. Credit Image: Unsplash/Josh Appel

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Celebrating The Feast of Saint Nicholas

Sharing The Feast of Saint Nicholas by Dutch artist Jan Steen in recognition of the 6th December - Saint Nicholas Day. (Image: The Feast of Saint Nicholas by Jan Steen en.wikipedia.org)