AltWeeklies Wire
Taggers by Night, Muralists by Daynew

Oakland nonprofits want to reduce graffiti by hiring youth to paint murals on sites they've vandalized. Will property owners let them?
East Bay Express |
Sam Levin |
12-17-2013 |
Art
The Chemical Corridornew

In Petrochemical America: Project Room, photographer Richard Misrach and collaborator Kate Orff dive into the toxic swamplands of Louisiana's "Cancer Alley."
East Bay Express |
Sarah Burke |
10-02-2013 |
Art
The Art of Roadkillnew

There's more to picking up dead animals than meets the eye.
Eugene Weekly |
Eliza Murphy |
09-06-2013 |
Art
St.Pete artist Bask decorates for Iron Man 3's The Mandarinnew

How the work of a local artist wound up in the super sequel — and in the collection of Robert Downey, Jr.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Megan Voeller |
05-02-2013 |
Art
Art and Soulnew

The Doyle Collection finds a permanent home at SRJC
North Bay Bohemian |
Gretchen Giles |
04-25-2013 |
Art
Tags: library
Meet Your Makers: People Making Stuff We Lovenew

Anna Bond, Rifle Paper Company.
Orlando Weekly |
Jessica Bryce Young |
04-11-2013 |
Art
Tags: Art
La Vida LaCanew

New Latin American gallery opens in Charlotte.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Anita Overcash |
03-20-2013 |
Art
Setting Art Freenew

Jacksonville artists leave their work for others to discover in everyday public places.
Folio Weekly |
Kara Pound |
03-13-2013 |
Art
Tags: Public Art, Yvonne Lozano
Luminaria 2013 brings ecstatic changesnew

Luminaria, San Antonio's version of the Nuit Blanche (White Night) art event that started began in Paris in the 1982, is happening again this Saturday, March 9 in its sixth annual iteration.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
03-06-2013 |
Art
Handmade Mailnew
Email is great for so many things, but nothing quite compares to the feeling of getting real mail—the kind of letter or card that someone took the time to pen by hand, find a stamp for and drop off at the post office.
Jackson Free Press |
Kathleen M. Mitchell |
03-01-2013 |
Art
Queen of the Deadnew

Rogue taxidermist Beth Beverly, star of AMC's new show Immortalized, gives dead birds and animals a second life as beautiful and bizarre wearable art.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
02-13-2013 |
Art
Giving Heartsnew
The creative spirit is a strong one; it comes from deep within. That's why so often art creates in the viewer an emotional reaction or impact.
Jackson Free Press |
Julie Skipper |
02-08-2013 |
Art
Not So Endless Lovenew
Museum of Broken Relationships displays artifacts from romance gone wrong.
Boulder Weekly |
Elizabeth Miller |
02-07-2013 |
Art
The Electric Museum Acid Testnew

When artists use drugs, publications, shelter and lifestyle as tools for expression just as artists preceding them employed cameras, paint and clay; when artworks don’t fit neatly into a gilded frame or beneath a sparkling glass case, museums must adapt and turn the establishment on its head.
Eugene Weekly |
Alexandra Notman |
02-04-2013 |
Art
Vending Friend Requestnew

Art lovers, meet the Art-o-mat, your new best bud.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Enrique Limón |
01-29-2013 |
Art
Tags: Art-o-mat