Providence NewsLocal news for Providence, NC continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Richness is transparent in glass art- December 21, 2007 "I wanted this (work) to be about the form, the purity" Daniel Clayman has a different idea about glass.Artists such as North Carolina's Harvey Littleton, considered the father of the studio glass movement, and the more glitzy Dale Chihuly have focused on color, transparency and fluidity.Clayman sees glass as solid, opaque and sculptural. These are the qualities he exploits in 'White Light,' an exhibit that recently opened at the Mint Museum of Craft + Design uptown.The show offers a first...http://www.topix.net/city/providence-nc/2007/12/richness-is-transparent-in-glass-art?fromr... Post office project still awaits funds- December 15, 2007 "It's very obvious. ... (But) there are 37,000 post offices across the country. That's why the process is rather lengthy." Just before lunch on a December day, the Ballantyne Station post office was bustling.A line of cars waited to turn into the parking lot, horns honking, and customers hurried inside, arms full of Christmas packages.Add the holiday rush to this already busy post office, and there's bound to be some complaints.'I never come to this post office,' said Lynn Timon, who usually...http://www.topix.net/city/providence-nc/2007/12/post-office-project-still-awaits-funds?fro... |