March 31, 2011 - News & Story 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.

• 6 feet and perfect Pure Surfing Photography | Global Surf News
• A newsmaker you should know: Photography, painting intertwine in artist's work| Pittsburgh Post Gazette
• Gautier gator sculpture to be unveiled | Mississippi Press (blog)
• Christina Taylor Green statue being built | KVOA Tucson News
• Ferndown memorial unveiled to honour local heroes | BBC News
• Stained Glass Artist Kate Grady: Building Images One Piece at a Time | Patch.com
• Artist Jeremy Millar's shock sculpture comes with warning for young art lovers | Glaswegian
• See 'voluminous detail' in Montana artist's enameled glass mosaics | Sioux Falls Argus Leader
• Artist carves Pacman statue out of styrofoam, fiberglass | ABS CBN News
• Karen Wheeler doesn't let muscular dystrophy curtail her artistry | Las Vegas Review - Journal
• Fotopic.net boss tells photographers: It's no technical problem | Amateur Photographer
• Art and photography space opens at school | Bath Chronicle

March 30, 2011 - News & Story 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.

• Artist makes beautiful light with Microsoft's Kinect | CNET
• Thonotosassa artist uses cremated remains in portraits | Tbo.com
• 'Doc Rod,' artist-scholar, dies; 76 | Inquirer.net
• Portraits inside the mind of the artist as a young man | The Age
• Artist with potentially fatal rubber allergy granted incapacity benefit ... | Daily Mail
• IT IS the last chance for Lincoln's art lovers to see a rare portrait of one ... | This is Lincolnshire
• Website Opens Gallery to Artist's Copyright Suit | Courthouse News Service
• Recollections of a wilful artist | The Australian
• Reggae artist speaks to crime through his music | Royal Gazette
• Savannah Robinson: Ellen Signs Second Artist To Musical Label! | Just Jared
• Robert Dunlop Statue Unveiled | Build.ie
• Guardian Camera Club: Over The Moon on recession photography | The Guardian

March 29, 2011 - News & Story 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.

• A Look at Paris's Violent Past, Real and Imagined | New York Times (blog)
• Arrow Rock to celebrate artist Bingham's birth | KAIT
• Chinese artist Ai Weiwei to work from Berlin | The Local.de
• Oxford artist in Motor Neurone Disease project | BBC News
• Summerside creates artist-in-residence program | CBC.ca
• SF East Bay Freedom Bus Project honors student artists | San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
• Muskegon lawn guy bringing hip-hop artist Lil Webbie to Frauenthal | Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com
• Art is here for all of us so galleries and artists should be open, welcoming | Daily Gleaner
• Latino art showcase aimed at boosting pride, awareness | Arizona Republic
• Attendance at LA museums lags behind | Los Angeles Times
• French photographer strips naked in NY | Digital Spy
• Lye childhood memories feature in top photographer's show | Stourbridge News

March 28, 2011 - News & Story 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.

• Chicago Office of Tourism and Culture announce five new Public Art Projects
• The Orem Arts Council has opened applications for artists to participate in this year’s Arts in the Park community art show
• Call for Artists & Crafty Folk: Conspire Theatre fundraiser
• Call for Artists: VIDEO CALL FOR WORKS: SOUND VISION
• ARTSparks Program 2011. Call for Artists. ARTSparks—a partnership between Seattle Parks and Recreation [pdf file]
• 'Lost' Catholic sculpture housed at Glastonbury Abbey | BBC News
• Sit or stand? Rosa Parks isn't in her best-known position in new MTA sculpture | The Flint Journal - MLive.com
• Concave mirrors and Prussian blue voids star as Anish Kapoor has a Flashback ... | Culture24
• Big picture ideas lead the way in the Archibald | Sydney Morning Herald
• Industry Visionaries Announce the Launch of ROBA Interactive | Centre Daily Times
• Aussie kids' pimples airbrushed out of school portraits | My Fox Boston

March 25, 2011 - News & Story 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.

• John D McHugh on covering protests in Bahrain | BBC News (blog)
• Herzog brings 20000-year-old art to life | CNN
• Seeing Art in Paris as the Sun Sets | New York Times (blog)
• Art Emporium to Close After Nearly 30 Years in Business | Patch.com
• Rain barrels can be a form of art | News-Herald.com
• Parisian-born photographer Erica Simone lays bare everyday activities in nude ... | New York Daily News
• When vision and reality collide | Montreal Gazette
• Amy Adams has been offered Rock Of Ages role | Total Film
• Second Annual 12 Rivers Art Festival June 11, 2011 Sautee Nacoochee, Georgia Call For Artists
• Call for artists | The Barryville Artisan Fair
• Call For Artists | The “Art Changing the View” project
• Open Call For Artists - Madison: Open for Art

March 24, 2011 - News & Story 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.

• Photographer sharing her work at hospital exhibit | Lewiston Sun Journal
• Tokyo photographers auction prints for quake relief | CNNGo.com
• A Photographer's China | The Diplomat
• Rachael Short's crushing accident reminds us that the star photographer sees ... | Monterey County Weekly
• Glass map sculpture for Museum of Liverpool | BBC News
• Arts Officer warns about public art theft | Longford Leader
• New York Times productions lead World Press Photo multimedia shortlist | Journalism.co.uk
• Westmoreland Museum of American Art chooses finalists for project | Pittsburgh Post Gazette
• Call to artists: Bicycle art wanted for the upcoming Amgen Tour of California | Sierra Sun
• Art museum whittles through hundreds of artists for 'Made In NY' | Auburn Citizen
• A 3D revolution in architectural photography | ABC Online
• Setting up a studio for room set photography | Powerhouse

Call for artists in Greeley

GREELEY - The Tointon Gallery for the Visual Arts in Greeley is looking for new submissions from artists, arts and education organizations, community cultural organizations, and members of the community for the Fall 2011 and Spring 2012 schedules. 

Read the full story at Northern Colorado Business Report 

CNN announces the Margaret Moth Masters Fellowship

From CNN:

"CNN is paying tribute to longtime CNN photojournalist Margaret Moth – who lost her battle with cancer in March of last year – by renaming one of the CNN Masters Fellowships in her honor."

Read the full story at CNN's Press Room

March 23, 2011 - News & Story 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.

• Recycled Tetra Pak cartons feature in artwork | Packaging Magazine - Australia
• Edmonds photog shares skills with Hutch kids| HeraldNet
• Rediscovering herself through art | Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
• The jazz artist | Independent Online
• Human face of TB: trauma, isolation, stigma et al | Indian Express
• Artist Wraps South City Home | KPLR 11
• ABC: Actress Elizabeth Taylor dies at age 79 | USA Today
• Local artist gets start as art major, realizes passion for tattooing | Indiana Daily Student
• The Face of Metal: Album Cover #Artists | Metal Underground
• The Junos: Critics are swooning over Hannah Georgas' debut album | Ottawa Citizen
• Austin Ratner Wins $100000 2011 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature | mediabistro.com
• Artist's 1000 paper cranes for Japan relief at Denver Art Museum grounded | Denver Post

March 22, 2011 - News & Story 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.

• Broadmoor photographer Robert McIntyre dies at 83 | Denver Post
• Photography is the Capital's new fix | Hindustan Times
• Dialogue by Way of Art in Israel | New York Times
• Supporting and Celebrating Denver's Arts and Culture | Huffington Post (blog)
• From art to intervention | Chicago Tribune
• Celebrating the culture of Japan | WWLP 22News
• ART: CALL FOR ARTISTS - The Revel art program of the Sacramento Gay & Lesbian Center is now booking artists
• Self-Portraits: When Artists Turn Their Gaze Inward | Huffington Post (blog)
• Westchase Artist's Society Brings Creative Community Together | Patch.com
• Hull's toads sculpture trail brings £1m to city || BBC News
• 9/11 Sculpture Coming to TriBeCa's Finn Square This Spring | DNAinfo
• KCAI student sculptures win | KC Community News

March 21, 2011 - News & Story 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.

• South Florida Journalist Missing In Lybia | Broward New Times (blog)
• Jerry Wolford, photographer of the year | Greensboro News & Record (blog)
• Libya frees 4 NY Times journalists |CBS News
• Happy snappers | BBC News
• Contrast winner | Baltimore Sun (blog)
• Calling shutterbugs | The Hindu
• Employment Opp: News Reporter/Photojournalist, Traffic Copy Editor , Receptionist (pt) - Roanoke
• Artist commissioned to create Connellsville sculpture | Connellsville Daily Courier
• Moon Photographer Raises Money for Japan Relief Efforts | Patch.com
• Erith amateur photographer wins competition | Bexley Times
• Lens: Jan Staller's Roadside Attraction | New York Times (blog)
• Canon doesn't need a compact system camera | Amateur Photographer

March 20, 2011 - News & Story 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.

• Minot base photographer to help with Japan relief | Grand Forks Herald
• Photographer starts dog food drive | Swell Pets
• RSF: More harassment of journalists in Arab demos | Bikya Masr
• Art Lovers Don't Need to Go Far to Get a Great View | Patch.com
• Sarnia art gallery gets grant money | Port Huron Times Herald
• Museum keeps pace despite changes and turmoil around world | Great Falls Tribune
• Scheherazade by Doug McLarty, at the Zanesville Museum of Art | Columbus Dispatch
• Oblong Gallery's Presents Photography | British Journal of Photography
• Interview: Photographer Tema Stauffer discusses winning AOL's '25 for 25 ... | Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com
• Unravelling the mystery of an ancient statue | CTV.ca
• Mrs Banksy unmasked: Graffiti artists' wife Joy Millward pictured for the ... | Daily Mail
• Artist no doubting Thomas | Great Falls Tribune

March 19, 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.

• Henderson goes solo for Udell Gallery show | Saint City News
• New Food Network Show Creates Carbonite Han Solo Carved From Ice | Geeks of Doom
• Conceptual artist explores New Culture | Vancouver Sun
• Artist now lets the light shine through | Victoria Times Colonist
• Colson: Art truly is a gift worth noticing | The Coloradoan
• Call for Artists: Smashburger Sizzles Into McAllen March 2011 | Enter to perform at Grand Opening Celebration
• Komodo Sculpture Competition for Ecopark in Ancol | BeritaJakarta.com
• Jack White explains White Stripes split | Sky News Australia
• Robert De Niro Testifies, Emotes In Art Theft Case | Huffington Post
• Incredible Concept Art from Zack Snyder's Sucker Punch | Comic Book Movie
• Art offers chance for religious expression | Fort Dodge Messenger
• Steve Penn | Breaking ground with art and lives | Kansas City Star
• Fan Art: Character Posters For 'The Avengers'. | Comic Book Movie

March 16, 2011 - News & Story 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.

• Think Tank Photo Release Five Small Photography Pouches and Holders | Benzinga
• Nantwich photographic exhibition explores human pursuit of leisure | ic CheshireOnline
• Hip-hop artist Nate Dogg dies at 41 | AHN | All Headline News
• Two Artists Tackle the Lost World of Plants | Santa Barbara Independent
• Picture of Liverpool FC legend Kenny Dalglish by Ellesmere Port artist to raise money... | Ellesmere Port Pioneer
• Not to be missed: Laurie Meyer Studio Artists Show set for March 23 | Daniel Island News
• Cutchogue-New Suffolk: Cinematic Series returns; a call to artists| The Suffolk Times
• 56 drawings connect past and present at The Frick Art Museum| Pittsburgh Post Gazette
• "Landscape" Call for Submissions | SoftCanvas.com’s next exhibition “Landscape”
• Breath sculpture is new centrepiece of Norwich Memorial Gardens | Norwich Evening News

March 12, 2011 - News & Story 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.

• Degas exhibit opens at Tampa Museum of Art | Tampabay.com
• Dis[Locating] Culture: Contemporary Islamic Art In America (PHOTOS) | Huffington Post
• Art investors are in for a good year | Times LIVE
• Technology and craft combine at the Milwaukee Art Museum | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (blog)
• Paris Fashion Week returns to the fine art of fashion | The National
• 35 Conferette panel explores art scene in North Texas area | Denton Record Chronicle
• Ida Kar: Bohemian Photographer, 1908-1974 – review| The Guardian
• Creative Arts Center exhibits newly released works from estate of artist Adolf A. Dehn | Star Community Newspapers
• Dutch photographer keeping Turkey firmly in his lens | Hurriyet Daily News
• Japanese Ceramic Artist Hopes To Arrive In Time For LA Show | LAist

March 10, News & Story 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.

• London Art School Founds Business Accelerator, Seeks £20 Million | Wall Street Journal (blog)
• Dream exhibition for Queensland's Gallery of Modern Art | Limelight Magazine
• Quadriga Art Supports “Green Mail” Program for Nonprofit Fundraising Campaigns | Business Wire (press release)
• Kent State Art Students Strut Their Stuff | Patch.com
• Art exhibits on display at UCR | The Desert Sun
• Sister cities to hold art contest| The Desert Sun
• Churches host art trail | Yellow Advertiser
• Carnegie Museum of Art will showcase the strange eclecticism of Ragnar Kjartansson | Pittsburgh Post Gazette
• 'Next Generation' art exhibit opens in Benicia with 200-plus works by ... | Vallejo Times-Herald
• Let your imagination interpret painter's surrealist art | Sioux Falls Argus Leader

March 06, 2011 - News & Story 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.

• Edinburgh Exhibition For Legendary Rock Photographer | Glasswerk.co.uk
• Parthenon and Nature Conservancy Team for Nature Photography Exhibit | GardenNews.biz (press release)
• Month of Photography spreads across Denver | Denver Post
• Planning for room set photography | Powerhouse
• New media: Artist uses printed matter to create studies of history | Knoxville News Sentinel
• Artist Glenn Ligon: Art That Transcends 'Black' and 'Gay' | The Roo
• Artist seeks missing piece depicting 1971 Frazier/Ali fight | Press & Sun-Bulletin

March 05, 2011 - News & Story 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.

• Artist's prodigious talent inspired many| Victoria Times Colonist
• Artist creates the crowning glories of Mardi Gras | NOLA.com
• In search for answers, artist found more questions | NJ.com
• Artist-in-residence mesmerizes Marshfield students | The Patriot Ledger
• Artist as he sees himself | Hamilton Spectator
• Grand Rapids photographer Mitch Ranger gaining national exposure| MLive.com
• Rodney King and the Rise of the Citizen Photojournalist | Media Active

March 04, 2011 - News & Story 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.

• Leader: Opera North in new project with Yorkshire Sculpture Park| Huddersfield Examiner (blog)
• Artwork for North Africa's revolutions | IT News Africa
• London Street Photography exhibition to feature Metro readers' pictures | Metro
• "UK trailing behind in photography," says Brian Griffin | British Journal of Photography
• Frank poised to win photo award | Independent Online
• Photographer finds unseen 1980s photos of Cardiff | WalesOnline
• Award-Winning Travel Photographer Launches New App for iPhone and iPod touch | American Banking News (press release)

Mar. 03, 2011 - News & Story 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.

• Studio 77 photographers are featured artists of the month | Zanesville Times Recorder
• Socialite Photographer Offers Inside Look at UES High Society | DNAinfo
• Photographer's joy at nomination | Petersfield Today
• FORMAT International Photography Festival: see the world's best street ... | PhotoRadar
• Amateur snags shuttle closing in on ISS | New Scientist (blog)
• An intimate portrait of Alzheimer's: How the disease slowly stole my mother away | Daily Mail
• 'American Idol' Exit Song Revealed | THR

Mar. 02, 2011 - News & Story 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.

• Michou Beat Out Arcade Fire for Verge's Best Artist of the Year Award | Spinner
• Merseyside mist to form 2012 Cultural Olympiad artwork | The Guardian
• Artist's unique work on display through March | Shelby Township Source Newspapers
• Conservative Artist Boxed Out at Pratt | Big Government
• Joker's Ball benefits artist program | East Oregonian
• Artist turns old books into sculptures | The Guardian
• Turkish artist's illusions create minimalism at new exhibition | Hurriyet Daily News

Feb 28 & Mar 1 2011 - News & Story 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.

• iPad changes photography for old hand | Australian Macworld (blog)
• Amuse Bouche | Stoking the Appetite for Paris Fashion Week | New York Times (blog)
• Warner Bros. Will Pay Crew for Canceled 'Two and a Half Men' Episodes | THR
• New Banksy Doc Features People Trying to Steal (and Sell) Street-Artist's Work | Moviefone (blog)
• Artist in N. Carolina creating "Flag of Hope"| Fox News
• Gwyneth Paltrow becomes a Top 40 artist for the first time | Monsters and Critics.com