Latest Arts & Culture press releases from 999Press http://www.999press.com/rss/ en 60 http://www.999press.com/press/release/49131.html?rss=1 Paignton Zoo Environmental Park is launching a unique art exhibition that brings together wildlife conservation and military hardware. http://www.999press.com/press/release/48792.html?rss=1 Harbour House in Kingsbridge is delighted to welcome the renowned wildlife artist, Mick Loates, to the gallery with an exhibition of his paintings. http://www.999press.com/press/release/48542.html?rss=1 A seven foot polar bear - complete with cub - is coming to Living Coasts. This towering Arctic predator, along with two large blue frogs, is part of a summer of environmentally-friendly art at Torquay's coastal zoo. http://www.999press.com/press/release/47971.html?rss=1 Harbour House in Kingsbridge is the venue for an exhibition of paintings by local artist Arthur Glendinning. In a body of work entitled From a Distance up Close ... http://www.999press.com/press/release/47761.html?rss=1 The acclaimed British artist Paul McGowan will be staging Living on the Edge, his first major show in six years, at the Eden Project in Cornwall from August 8. http://www.999press.com/press/release/47091.html?rss=1 A Cornish artist, who raised £12,000 to train RNLI crew volunteers and lifeguards by selling his paintings on line, is launching another fundraising project for the charity. http://www.999press.com/press/release/46991.html?rss=1 Specialist architects have been appointed by Teignbridge District Council to prepare concept and design work for a brand new community theatre and arts centre serving Teignmouth. http://www.999press.com/press/release/45831.html?rss=1 An exceptional oil painting, The Sailboat, by the world's most expensive female artist, Natalia Goncharova (1881-1962) sold for £1.7m at Bonhams Russian Sale in New Bond Street, London, on 9 June. http://www.999press.com/press/release/45441.html?rss=1 Creative Falmouth, a website celebrating Falmouth's extraordinary range of creative enterprise, has added a whole new set of profiles focusing on some of the town's hottest talents, from visual artists and writers to ceramicists and automata makers. http://www.999press.com/press/release/37492.html?rss=1 If you're looking for something unique, spectacular and stimulating to do this summer, then mark the calendar for 16th, 17th and 18th May, as the third edition of the Rocket Festival kicks off once again. http://www.999press.com/press/release/38632.html?rss=1 A very rare 1937 first issue of the first edition of J R R Tolkien's much-loved classic The Hobbit was sold today by international fine art auctioneers Bonhams in London for a staggering £60,000 http://www.999press.com/press/release/48811.html?rss=1 Photo Elevate is a company based in Tiptree Essex, specialising in Low altitude aerial photography often referred to as Elevated Photography or Mast Photography. http://www.999press.com/press/release/48272.html?rss=1 A Kingsbridge based award winning photographer is celebrating another win! http://www.999press.com/press/release/48262.html?rss=1 Harbour House in Kingsbridge is the venue for the annual summer exhibition of photography by Tim Stanger and Mick Allen, celebrating the famous beauty of the whole of the South Devon region. http://www.999press.com/press/release/47301.html?rss=1 Wembury Marine Centre and the Plymouth group of the Marine Conservation Society are running a photo competition this month to help promote the weird and wonderful wildlife found off our coasts. http://www.999press.com/press/release/44561.html?rss=1 Kingsbridge based Photographer, Martyn Norsworthy has gained International recognition at this years PX-3 Prix de la Paris International Photographic competition. http://www.999press.com/press/release/39972.html?rss=1 A UK firm specialising in photo shoot experiences has installed an MPLS network to support its four studios and has likened the benefits to the leap from dial-up to broadband connections. http://www.999press.com/press/release/36592.html?rss=1 M.F.A. candidate Lindsey Glover is the winner of the inaugural Margaret Bourke-White Photography Portfolio Prize. http://www.999press.com/press/release/43221.html?rss=1 The best quills are plucked in springtime from the left wings of live geese. http://www.999press.com/press/release/45371.html?rss=1 The University of Exeter and Porthcurno Telegraph Museum have won a prestigious research grant from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to study Britain's leading role in the history of mass communications.