Celebration - AnArt4Life

Honoring Fathers

It's Fathers Day in America and Britain and what a wonderful chance to enjoy some famous and not so famous images of fathers and their children. Thank you dads around the world for loving us and especially for making us laugh.

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Platinum Jubilee - Queen Elizabeth II

Over four days this last weekend Britain celebrated the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II – incredibly Her Majesty has reigned for 70 years. Little did she know that her pledge at the Coronation in 1952 would continue for a record reign.

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Spirit of Ecstasy

The Spirit of Ecstasy mascot on the Rolls-Royce cars is a symbol of passion, creativity and feelings of "umlimited heights of joy" to quote our subscriber Monica in Tanzania. Learn how this mascot came to be.

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Happy Mother's Day in recognition of Anna Marie Jarvis, Julia Ward Howe & Janet Heyden

It's Mother's Day here in Australia and in the USA and we celebrate all women who have made and continue to make our lives so rich and fulfilled. Meet the three women who helped recognise the role played by women.

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ANZAC DAY - "Holding the Line 1899-2022" by Rowdy Wylie

We are so honoured today as Rowdy Wylie has once more created a painting to commemorate ANZAC DAY in recognition of the service and sacrifice made by the armed forces of Australia and New Zealand to help many countries facing conflict and disaster.

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Amedeo Modigliani

Our last artist to celebrate the Passover period is the Jewish Italian painter and sculptor Amedeo Modigliani who bridged all worlds and embraced people from vastly different backgrounds to his own.

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Earth Day

Please take 5 minutes today to reflect on the beauty and vulnerability of our wonderful planet we call Earth. Showcasing the work of acrylic artist Amy Casey. Photo by Lukasz Szmigiel / Unsplash

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Celebrating the Life of Joseph Schmidt

The post today is in celebration of the life of Joseph Schmidt who was a remarkable Jewish cantor and tenor.

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Eva Hesse

Eva Hesse was one of the most influential minimalist artists of her time, known for her revolutionary use of space and material. Credit: Zimra Chickering, emorywheel.com

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Celebrating Passover

To all my Jewish family and friends I wish you a very happy and fulfilling holiday. And let's celebrate with Marc Chagall.

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Ramadan

Celebrating the beginning of Ramadan with artist Natasha Ahmed. And wishing a Happy Ramadan to my Muslim friends.

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The romance of flight: The Serpentine Air Race - August 1920 and 2022 - Part 1

Today we look at the history of the first official air race in Australia, in August 1920. It was a promotional event by four World War One pilots to raise funds for investment in the Second Peace Loan. Image: J Tresise. East Loddon Historical Society collection

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Mothering Sunday

It's Mothering Sunday this weekend in the UK and so we are sending our very best wishes to all the mothers around the world and we thank them for all the love they give and the sacrifices they make to give children the best possible chance at "a good and fulfilling life".

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Pub scenes from around the world: The Irish View

Celebrating St Patrick's Day with a visit to an Irish pub or two - from Argentina, to Uganda, to New York, then Melbourne Australia - and ending up in Ireland at the "South Pole Inn" where you can learn all about a very interesting Irishman.

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The Golden Years of Radio with John Pickup OAM

A treat today with a video made by John Pickup OAM - artist and broadcaster explaining what it was like to be involved in The Golden Years of Radio. John's delivery and insights are informative and entertaining - as he remains very much a broadcaster.

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Happy Valentine's Day

It's Valentine's Day and we wish you a very happy day connecting with loved ones.

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Champions lift Melbourne Spirit

These past two weeks in Melbourne saw three tennis champions shine not just as great sports people but more importantly as great humans. Read more to find out who they are. Image credit: Kevin Mueller/Unsplash

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Happy Chinese New Year of the Tiger

It's Chinese New Year and it's the Year of the Tiger so what a wonderful celebration is in store. We wish you all - "The power of the tiger"! Image credit: en.wikipedia.org

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Celebrating 100 years for Castlemaine artist Peggy Shaw

Today we celebrate the 100th birthday of Castlemaine (Central Victoria) artist Peggy Shaw. Peggy is a watercolourist painting specialising in flowers from wherever she can get them - the wild and in the garden.

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Artistic window displays

Following the recent post on Myer Christmas windows, readers have written in to tell us about their favourite display windows. Image: Best European Destinations

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New Year's Eve 2021

Today as we prepare to usher in the New Year of 2022, we look at some of the spectacular firework displays from around the world in previous years. Image: The NY Times

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Celebrating the Life and Remarkable Achievements of Desmond Mpilo Tutu (7 Oct 1931-26 Dec 2021)

Celebrating the life of the remarkable Archbishop Desmond Tutu who died on 26 Dec 2021.

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Happy Christmas 2021

From all of the AnArt4Life blog team to all of our wonderful subscribers and social media followers - a very Happy Christmas with family and friends.

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The feast of Sinterklaas 2021

The feast of Sinterklaas celebrates the name day of Saint Nicholas on 6 December. Gifts are given on St. Nicholas' Eve (5 December) in the Netherlands and on the morning of 6 December, Saint Nicholas Day, in Belgium, Luxembourg and northern France.

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Hanukkah 2021

Hanukkah 2021 will begin in the evening of Sunday, 28 November and ends in the evening of Monday, 6 December. Our feature artist today is Marie Vorobieff Marevna

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