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  Salon (gathering) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The salons, commonly associated with French literary and philosophical salons of the 17th century and 18th century, were carried on until quite recently in urban settings among like-minded people of a 'set': many 20th-century salons could be instanced.
The most famous of the literary salons of Paris formed in the 1620s were the Hôtel de Rambouillet by Madame de Rambouillet and the rival salon that gathered around Madeleine de Scudéry.
The Paris Salon was originally an officially-sanctioned exhibit of recent works of painting and sculpture by members of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture, starting in 1673 and soon moving from the Salon Carré of the Palace of the Louvre.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Salon_(gathering)   (842 words)

  
 Paris Salon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Paris Salon (French: Salon de Paris) is the official art exhibition of the Académie des beaux-arts in Paris, France.
The Salon's original focus was the display of the work of recent graduates of the École des Beaux-Arts, which was created by Cardinal Mazarin, chief minister of France, in 1648.
In the 19th century the idea of a public salon extended to an annual government-sponsored juried exhibition of new painting and sculpture, held in large commercial halls, to which the ticket-bearing public was invited.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Paris_Salon   (494 words)

  
 FESTOON SALON::JOB OPPORTUNITIES
She began this venture with the hope of realizing her dream to create a salon atmosphere where employees could grow, prosper, be challenged, and enjoy a beautiful environment.
As a salon coordinator, you are the client's first and last impression of the salon.
The salon coordinator has a wide variety of duties and is rewarded with the following benefits: gratis hair and skin services, retail sales bonuses, end of year bonuses, unpaid leave time, health insurance, pension plan, annual holiday gathering, and annual weekend getaway.
www.festoonsalon.com /altjobs.html   (859 words)

  
 The Salon-Keeper's Companion (Articles) Eric Utne
Salons can work outdoors (under a tree, around a campfire, in a private garden), but the potential for interruptions outdoors is greater.
Salons can be as small as 5 or 6 people or as large as 20 to 30.
The first order of business when a new salon is assembled, is to ask the group if anyone is an experienced group facilitator who'd like to serve in that role for this particular gathering.
www.utne.com /web_special/web_specials_archives/articles/2977-1.html   (1309 words)

  
 glbtq >> arts >> Salons
The tradition of literary gatherings began in Renaissance France and Italy, but it was in eighteenth-century Paris that the salon gained prominence for lively intellectual conversation in the fields of arts and letters.
Salon conversation was characterized by a blend of wit and oral brilliance.
Before establishing her salon, Barney and her one of her early lovers, the poet Renée Vivien, expressed a desire to establish a women-only colony on the island of Lesbos, the birthplace of Sappho.
www.glbtq.com /arts/salons.html   (826 words)

  
 Untitled Document
The salon gathering not only satisfies our need for collective effervescence, but also our need to live our individual lives with the certainty that we are visible to others and supported by them.
Conversation salons are perhaps the new venues for a new cultural revolution: the revolution of rebuilding and revitalizing communities and their creative energies.
Although the salons of the 17th century continued to affirm the legitimacy of a monarchy and protected the privilege and status of aristocratic titles, their inclusion of members of the bourgeoisie and writers and philosophers eventually transformed them into centers for emerging radical Enlightenment thought.
www.bdavetian.com /salonhistory.html   (2660 words)

  
 Salon: A Journal of Aesthetics
A salon is a regular gathering of intelligent and creative people, presided over by a hostess of wit and charm.
The whole tone of the publication was set by the cover art for #1, depicting a salon of the best kind, with controversial paintings on the wall and clipart figures of men and women in attitudes of civilized discourse.
On the logistical side, Salon was fortunate to have a crew of supporters who lent space for collating sessions, showed up to stack and staple all those pages, provided transportation and other kinds of help for publication parties, put the finishing touches on covers that included hand work, proofed the pages, and so on.
www.virtualvenice.info /writings/salon.htm   (1064 words)

  
 Faux Painting - Vigini Studios | Finishes
Salon 2002 was dedicated to the memory of Salon member Lars Grano.
Salon days are a time for these artisans, teachers and students to learn, participate, demonstrate and communicate on a casual basis.
Salon visitors were fortunate to have French master Yannick Guegan and Swedish master Benny Karlsson painting a grand wood and marble panel throughout the public event.
www.viginistudios.com /faux_finisher_summer_2002.html   (936 words)

  
 The Salon-Keeper's Companion
Whereas salons are more freewheeling and spontaneous, council is more deliberate and meditative.
Salons work well for groups of individuals who haven't met before.
Salons, council, and study circles are just a few of the countless ways a group of people can interact.
www.utne.com /cgi-bin/udt/im.display.printable?client.id=utne_web_specials&story.id=2977   (2959 words)

  
 The Well put on the market / Salon Media to sell pioneering online meeting place
Salon Media Group, an influential Internet brand, said this week it will sell the Well, which has about 4,000 members and generates about $500,000 a year in revenue.
Salon chief executive Betsy Hambrecht said Tuesday she is looking for a "good buyer...
She said Salon is changing from a fairly static online magazine to a more interactive one, redesigning the site and adding new content.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/08/18/BUG9EE9APS1.DTL   (588 words)

  
 ::. Salon Projects .::
The Salon Project Level III of The Williamson Technique is unique among methods for training actors in period movement.
A Style Salon: is an exercise that takes the student into the world of the play creating a character from the period in which a playwright sets the play.
Because students work with images of real people that were actually connected to one another historically, their meeting, and the Salon itself, could theoretically re-write history.
www.actorsmovementstudio.com /htm/salon.htm   (857 words)

  
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The International Conference of Decorative Painters, also known as The Salon, is an invitation only gathering of dedicated decorative painters from around the world who come together to exhibit their work and discuss old and new techniques, products, and information.
The Salon, which originated in Europe, remains a distinctive gathering of artists who through sharing, collaboration and friendship are able to pass on to one another and to their students some of the most unique traditions and new techniques within the field of decorative arts.
The Salon is now recognized as the most important and significant gathering of decorative painters in the world.
members.aol.com /pcta2002/TheArtP21.htm   (540 words)

  
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The Salon, which started in Europe is an unique gathering of dedicated international decorative painters to exchange ideas and discuss old and new techniques.
This is the second time the Salon comes to the Netherlands.
The Salon will take place at NIMETO UTRECHT, a modern school for painting and decorating in the medieval Dutch town of Utrecht.
www.salonforever.com   (353 words)

  
 Growing Together at the Emerging Edge of Evolution - Evolving Collective Intelligence
It was a remarkable gathering of scientists, social thinkers, activists and artists seeking to better understand how to creatively engage with the evolutionary challenges of our times.
In Open Space, participants gather around a topic about which they are all passionate, and then create breakout sessions about whatever aspects of that topic they personally most love, or about which they feel most urgent.
I have been aware that this gathering would take place and I had a deep visceral sense that I should be there but since it was invitation only, I was not able to be.
www.communicationagents.com /tom_atlee/2005/05/22/growing_together_at_the_emerging_edge_of_evolution.htm   (5506 words)

  
 Faux Effects at Salon 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
, is an invitation-only gathering of dedicated decorative painters from around the world, who come together to exhibit their work and discuss old and new techniques, products, and information.
Jodie's first experience with the SALON was last year, 2002, in San Antonio, Texas where Faux Effects® affiliates, Nicola and Leslie Vigini were the event hosts.
The SALON, on its own, is a spectacular opportunity for the worlds finest artisans to unite and obtain/share ideas in every aspect of the arts.
www.fauxfx.com /SALON2003.html   (494 words)

  
 ArtLex's S-Sb page
Although from the seventeenth century informal exhibitions were held in the Salon d'Apollon, in the Louvre, not until the nineteenth century did the Salon assume its paramount importance.
As the century progressed, the academic and increasingly conservative jury rejected many innovatory artists until in 1863 Napoleon III established a Salon des Refusés in response to the protest against the number of works rejected by the official Salon that year.
The Salon d'Automne displayed the paintings of Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954) and Paul Cézanne (French, 1839-1906) in its early days, gaining acceptance for their work.
www.artlex.com /ArtLex/S.html   (2416 words)

  
 Scott Rosenberg's Links & Comment
Amici come together to urge this court to hold that Internet publishers, including webloggers who are engaged in the reporting and dissemination functions a journalist performs, may invoke the protection of the journalists’ privilege on equal footing with traditional reporters and news organizations....
The applicability of the newsgatherers’ privilege is determined not by the reporter’s formal status as a “professional journalist,” but rather by the reporter’s functional conduct in gathering information with the purpose of disseminating widely to the public.
I'm not enough of a lawyer to try to predict where that argument is headed; it seems of a piece with a variety of assaults taking place today on the rights of journalists to protect their sources.
blogs.salon.com /0000014/2005/04/11.html#a863   (466 words)

  
 Salon
The Institute Salon is a regular gathering featuring guest speakers on a variety of topics.
Salons are currently held in New York City and are followed by dinner with the speaker.
Designed for a more limited audience, Salons are given on topics relating to the theory and practice of classical architecture and urbanism.
www.classicist.org /salon.html   (110 words)

  
 Salon Travel | Raël love
MONTREAL -- It's an unusually balmy Canadian evening, and the lateral light of a late sunset is pinkening the glowing faces of a group of French speakers gathered outside the Salle du Gesù, a venerable pile of cut stone in downtown Montreal.
This is a gathering of the Raëlians, an organization whose members believe that the fact that the human race was created by extraterrestrials shouldn't interfere with our hedonistic enjoyment of sex.
The skinny guy in front of me in the ticket line, who looks like a bit of a "Star Trek" fan, does magic tricks for the ticket seller, pulling coins from her ears.
archive.salon.com /travel/feature/2000/03/08/raelians   (801 words)

  
 meet our staff
education is very important to her and she wanted to be part of a salon that encourages and supports continuing education like robert clark.
As salon coordinator, you will find her scheduling appointments, answering the phone and assisting the salon's guests.
When Ann is away from the salon she is a volunteer EMT and firefighter for the New Douglas Fire Department.
www.robertclarkdesignstudio.com /template/staff.html   (1956 words)

  
 Salon.com Technology | Death to the Minotaur
A trippy monument to all things gooberish, the Wizards gaming hall had been planned by frothing geek executives, financed with an exorbitant bankroll and decked out in a style somewhere between Chuck E. Cheese and the Rainforest Cafe.
And although Garfield intended the scheme to be an interesting exercise in metagame design, its potential as a financial gravy train was also an intriguing factor.
As a legal shelter from the copyright-infringement case, Peter set up a new corporation, Garfield Games, which developed what came to be Magic: The Gathering.
archive.salon.com /tech/feature/2001/03/23/wizards   (793 words)

  
 Salon - CcWiki
The CC Salon is a monthly event focused on building a community of artists and developers around Creative Commons licenses, standards, and technology.
The format for each event is to encourage loose networking amongst participants with 2-3 brief presentations from individuals and groups developing interesting projects that relate to the Creative Commons.
A local informal gathering of individuals around Creative Commons licenses, standards, and technology.
wiki.creativecommons.org /Salon   (228 words)

  
 Salon.com |
Blakey's team began gathering DNA samples from living Africans, and found matches in the DNA of some 300-year-old skeletons.
It dawned on Blakey and his colleagues that DNA technology held the prospect of something even bigger.
Salon, 22 4th Street, 16th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103
pbs.salon.com /health/feature/2000/05/12/roots   (912 words)

  
 Salon Directory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Journalist Mark Hertsgaard traveled the globe gathering opinions about the U.S. He talks about the surprising results.
And while Hertsgaard spent six months traveling throughout Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia gathering impressions of the United States, significant portions of "The Eagle's Shadow" are devoted to explaining recent American history and foreign policy, presumably directed at ill-informed readers, American and foreign.
Some might bristle at Hertsgaard's grave assessment of our ignorance, but his central assertion -- that America needs to listen to the rest of the world instead of dictating policy -- is compelling and heartfelt.
dir.salon.com /story/books/int/2002/11/06/hertsgaard/print.html   (923 words)

  
 FYI - Industry News - American Salon
More than 2,500 salon consultants, distributors, and hairdressers attended the three-day symposium, which was staged at the Caesar's Palace this past July.
The stars of the salon world came out to help American Salon celebrate its 125th anniversary in Vegas during HairWorld 2002.
After attending an opening-night party at the KMS Playboy Mansion, where guests were greeted by "Heff," and "Sammy, Dean, and Frank" of Rat Pack fame, and later entertained by a funky '60s band, beauty pros started off day two with presentations that encompassed up-to-the-minute fashions, inspiration, demonstrations, and new product news.
www.americansalonmag.com /americansalon/article/articleList.jsp?categoryId=1688   (317 words)

  
 AIVF | San Francisco, CA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The San Francisco Salon hosts media mixers to encourge bay area filmmakers to network and share resources.
With the help of AIVF chair, Rahdi Taylor, this salon supports filmmakers of all levels of experience.
Still in a formative time, the San Francisco Salon is a gathering place for the essential organizations that provide valuable resources for regional filmmakers.
www.aivf.org /regional/salons/sanfrancisco.html   (58 words)

  
 Evolutionary Salon-2
I was engaged in the CI Conveners Circle conference calls last year and I see the Evolutionary Salon and lot of other meetings as part of the unfolding process of the CI-field, needed for the evolution of the world and the cosmos.
Barbara is an attorney and a licensed clinical social worker, and before coming to Kalliopeia three years ago, she worked as a mediator with parents in the crisis of separation and divorce who were involved in disputes over their children.
I bring to the dialogue at this Evolutionary Salon a knowing that we must learn to be responsible for ourselves as co-evolutionists, and I am concerned for my daughters, four grandsons, the earth, and all people.
www.thegreatstory.org /ev-salon2.html   (16447 words)

  
 HOME
But the popularity of the virtual salon shows that friends will find a way to gather and discuss their ideas, even in a virtual living room.
Welcome to the virtual salon for a daily and friendly gathering of poetry readings, and acting, as well as the main feature which is stimulating conversations.
Hi All, The Virtual Salon is an ongoing challenge and consummate a work in progress.
home.earthlink.net /~drosakwe   (1586 words)

  
 Modern History Sourcebook: Salon Life
Although the leading figures of the Enlightenment were all men, the social context was the highly-civilized "salon", usually presided over by a women with some independent wealth.
Politics, religion, philosophy, anecdotes, news, nothing was excluded from the conversation, and, thanks to her care, the most trivial little narrative gained, as naturally as possible, the place and notice it deserved.
News of all kinds was gathered there in its first freshness.
www.fordham.edu /halsall/mod/18salons.html   (1391 words)

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