May 8, 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.

• Around the World with Cruise Ship Photographer Max Manion | Patch.com
• Oklahoma City Museum of Art director finds OKC stereotypes untrue | NewsOK.com
• Fire hits KC Art Institute building | Kansas City Star
• Russell Industrial Center becomes haven for artists | The Detroit News
• Science and art blend in former UT professor's nature photos | Knoxville News Sentinel
• Seve gave us art, wild and untamed| Charlotte Observer
• Smithsonian Announces 'Art of Video Games' Exhibit Winners | Game Rant
• Politics spills into artist's ocean paintings | Boston Herald
• Irish works take artist out of the Ashcan | Charlotte Observer
• World Press Photo winners awarded in Amsterdam | Xinhua
• Female photographer turns passion into profession | Saudi Gazette
• 'Young Saudi Lenses' captures photography boom | Saudi Gazette

• 7 train to QUEENS PRIDE HOUSE call for ARTISTS
• Woogwood: An artist's journey of healing | Bangor Daily News
• 2011 Annual Underwater Photography Contest won by Tobias Friedrich| Metro
• Capturing The Conflict Zone: War Photography Exhibit Debuts | Chicagoist
• German photographer and 'playboy' Gunter Sachs commits suicide| Deutsche Welle
• New Orleans Jazz Fest photographer loves his gig | NOLA.com
• Fearsome beauty - lion is caught on camera in full charge | Telegraph.co.uk
• Part of Swiss art trove to be sold | NEWS.com.au
• Brain scans reveal the power of art | Telegraph.co.uk | http://bit.ly/jVNcwm