Feb. 16, 2011 - News & Stories, Links

Stories in the news and on the web featuring various arts & photography. Hopefully some of these stories can inspire you or your community on how to do more with art, fulfill a dream or just improve life.

• Black History Salute: David S. Johnson, 'Photographer of the Fillmore ... | San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
• Daniel Radcliffe To Star In Indie Comedy 'The Amateur Photographer' | Indie Wire (blog)
• 'Three Heads Six Arms' Sculpture Leaving Civic Center Plaza | The San Francisco Appeal
• Group raises $50000 for RoboCop statue in Detroit | Washington Pos
• Warhol, Richter, Weiwei shine at London art sales | Los Angeles Times
• St. Louis Art Museum sues to keep mummy mask| Washington Post
• City workers toss $50000 art piece | KRQE
• Library Art Money Not the City's to Save | Voice of San Diego
• Philadelphia art school receives $2 million gift | WFMJ
• Panel Examines Prof's Controversial Art | MyFox Atlanta
• Student artists urged to prepare for state fish art contest | Alvin Sun Advertiser
• National Kids' Art Contest Highlights Importance of Endangered Species | WIFR
• Graphic art and printing sectors begin to emerge from downturn | 123Print.com
• Poetic Presentation Of Visual Art | Island Sun and River Weekly
• Morse Museum's expansion makes it the place for Tiffany | Orlando Sentinel
• Revamped ARCO art fair opens in Madrid | Monsters and Critics.com
• Obama budget proposal would slash 13.3% from cultural grantmakers while ... | Los Angeles Times

• In pictures: 150 years of life amongst London's streets| BBC News
• Exhibit features work of Tuskegee Airman turned artist | Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base
• ArtWalk seeks artists to participate | East Oregonian
• McCullough-Hyde hospital launches 'Healing Art' initiative | Oxford Press
• Press freedom groups praise UK photojournalist injured in Afghanistan | Journalism.co.uk
• Renowned Iraqi sculptor has vision for Baghdad to 'flower again' | Christian Science Monitor
• US art museum files suit in effort to keep 3200-year-old Egyptian mummy mask | The Canadian Press
• Weeks Before the Oscars, New Art From Banksy Showing Up in LA | New York Magazine
• Alzheimer's Association: To Host Mardi Gras Gala at Milwaukee Art Museum | Wisbusiness.com
• Art Selection Committee to Create Art Master Plan | Dallas Art News
• Looking at Music 3.0 Explores the Influence of Music on Contempory Art in NY ... | Art Daily
• Street Artist Turns William And Kate Into Sid And Nancy For Wedding Gift | Huffington Post
• Trading the hammer for the lens: photographer Hal Spencer | Yes! Weekly
• Hoppé's Book of Fair Women was not about beauty | Telegraph.co.uk
• American Art Museum Announces Video Game Exhibition, Asks Public to Help Curate | mediabistro.com
• In medical photography, consistency matters | MedCity News
• The Most Interesting Photographers on Flickr (Vol. 1) | Huffington Post (blog)
• Juan Munoz sculpture sold for 3.6 million euros in London| The Reader
• Army photographer job cuts threat remains | Amateur Photographer
• Police ban photographer's London Eye pics | Amateur Photographer
• Che Guevara artist wants royalties on famous picture after 43 years | Irish Central
• Artist left stunned as work taken yet again | Scotsman |
• Artist Battles To Have Airport Piece Restored | Hartford Courant
• Blast photographer wounds 'severe' | The Press Association
• Petts Wood photographer wins top travel snap competition | Bromley Times
• Disruptions at Sotheby's Contemporary Art Sale | New York Times
• Hungary Asks US Court to Reject Looted Art Lawsuit | ABC News
• Yes, video games are art. Moving on. | Examiner.com
• Temple shows controversial film rejected by National Portrait Gallery | Newsworks.org
• Ciara Pleas To Be Released From Jive | MTV.com
• YC artist makes Islam statement | Appeal-Democrat
• Adrianne Palicki to Play Wonder Woman in NBC Pilot | THR