May 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.

• Don't watch the birdie! Crocodile attacks hippo… and the photographer was ... | Daily Mail
• 2011 International Garden Photographer of the year - in pictures | The Guardian
• Photographers Focus On Italy's Unhappy Campania | NPR (blog)
• Schiele Cityscape May Fetch Record $50 Million as Looted Art Case Settled | Bloomberg
• Archives to launch database of looted Nazi art | San Jose Mercury News
• Turner Prize shortlist includes art made from lipstick and soil | Metro
• Bye Bye Kitty: The Dark Side of Art in Japan | TIME
• Students, inmates see more than black and white with art installation at ASU ... | Daily Journal
• Fort Worth Art Museums Join in Global Celebration of Art Museum Day on May 18| Dallas Art News
• Bruce Davidson displays the dignity of real lives | Evening Standard
• Record sale for Gauguin sculpture| BBC News
• Baltic braced for Turner Prize as shortlist announced | Journal Live

• Mayfest artist captures Tulsa's sunrise for signature poster || Tulsa World
• Artist as Entrepreneur | Metro Weekly
• Clark Little Awarded "Oceans Photography Award" at Smithsonian Museum Ceremony ... | Surfline.com Surf News
• Samsung ST93 – Killing the art of photography? | LatestGadgets
• Alex Ross: Artist As Mad Scientist | Huffington Post (blog)
• VOTE: Famous artist's studio is saved from demolition | Bognor Today
• The Inner Lives of Wartime Photographers | New York Times (blog)
• Spanish photojournalist still captive in Libya after a month | The Reader
• Damaged Batavia Sculpture to Be Repaired in Colorado | Patch.com
• Statue on display in Downtown Lodi vandalized with gang-related symbol | Lodi News-Sentinel
• 10th Biennale Quenington Sculpture Exhibition| Four Shires
• Urban art flourishes in Dubai's dusty industrial zone | Reuters
• Christie's art auction falls short of estimate | Reuters
• DEBARY HALL ISSUES CALL FOR ARTISTS; DEADLINE IS MAY 13
• Call For Artists! Violence Transformed 2011
• CALL FOR ARTISTS IN ALL GENRES ART/GAGE: Celebrate Philly Creativity [ pdf file ]
• Open Call for Artists and Curators. Deadline: June 12, 2011 Nurture art
• Barangal LA calls-out for Artists for TULAY: Bridge to Help Fight Youth Suicide
• ‎"CALL FOR ARTISTS: 2011 Open Exhibition: small works." 2011-06-01 until 2011-07-31 Photomedia Center