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Crowd-Sourced Graphic Design Has the Profession on Edgenew
Widely perceived as the wave of the future, Crowdspring has also been characterized as the design Antichrist, a force that will destroy the profession.
Chicago Reader |
Deanna Isaacs |
02-23-2009 |
Art
Chicago's Museum of Holography Could Soon Be Out on the Curbnew
Loren Billings lives out her days amid her memories at Chicago's Museum of Holography. But thanks to three mysterious "friends" and a million-dollar loan approved by Illinois state treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, she could soon be on the curb.
Chicago Reader |
Ling Ma |
02-12-2009 |
Art
Photos from the Frontnew
Combat photographer and Air Force veteran Stacy Pearsall is part of the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art's inside look at the War on Terror.
Charleston City Paper |
John Stoehr |
01-28-2009 |
Art
State of Street Art: Vandalism Or Legit, It's Not Going Awaynew
St. Louis is home to a budding street-art community and a talented group of graffiti-inspired gallery artists. But it's a precarious existence plagued by a broad range of conflicts. Yet the artists persist, hoping their hometown's resistance will eventually give way to understanding and acceptance.
Riverfront Times |
Keegan Hamilton |
01-23-2009 |
Art
The Kresge Foundation Fends Off Artist Starvation and Fuels the Creative Classnew
The Kresge Artist Fellowships -- which will annually award 18 local artists $25,000 -- are one part of an $8.8 million overall commitment to arts and culture in the Detroit area made by the foundation.
Metro Times |
Kelli B. Kavanaugh |
01-06-2009 |
Art
Veterans Against War; For Screenprintingnew
A former Guantanamo Bay guard hosts an anti-war screenprinting party.
The Portland Mercury |
John Motley |
12-19-2008 |
Art
High-Class Heists: Art Crime is on the Risenew
South Florida is a global center in the international art crime circuit -- an enterprise that accounts for more than $6 billion a year, more than the cross-border trade of diamonds, sex, or hot cars.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Tim Elfrink |
12-09-2008 |
Art
Angela Crafton Brings Unusual Cred to Philly's Prison Arts Programnew
Crafton has taught mural painting to Philadelphia prison system inmates for the past five years. But a decade ago, she was incarcerated herself.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Frank Rubino |
12-08-2008 |
Art
Was Roxanna Brown an Art-World Fraud?new
Her questionable death in federal custody means we may never know.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
11-03-2008 |
Art
Prospect.1 Turns New Orleans into The Big Easelnew
Not the least of the unprecedented ideas behind Prospect.1, the international art biennial opening this week all across New Orleans, is that the United States' first such major exhibition is happening in a city brought to the edge of ruin just three years earlier.
Do the WPA's Striking Visuals Still Make a Mark?new
The Works Progress Administration is often viewed through the kaleidoscope of the arts -- specifically the iconic, familiar posters originally commissioned as a visual representation of the WPA's credo. But what's their purpose today, aside from nostalgia?
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
10-28-2008 |
Art
Trevor and Ryan Oakes Have Invented a New Way to Drawnew
The easel the Oakeses invented to impose image on paper has forerunners that go back centuries. Their device is the first, however, that requires neither mirrors nor lenses.
Chicago Reader |
Damien James |
10-27-2008 |
Art
Guerilla Artist Shepard Fairey Takes a Giant Step into the World of Politicsnew
As he waited behind bars during the Democratic National Convention in August, the two worlds that Shepard Fairey now inhabits -- one where he's a street artist, the other as an impassioned supporter of Sen. Barack Obama -- collided in the strangest of ways.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Haire |
10-09-2008 |
Art
How a Germantown Artist Found His Muse in a Stained-glass Menagerienew
Founded in 1980 by a husband and wife in their garage, Beyer Studio has grown over its 28 years to become a nationally renowned source for stained glass design and restoration.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Shaun Brady |
09-23-2008 |
Art
Architect Cameron Sinclair Aims to Marry Design and Developmentnew
On the Open Architecture Network website, created by TED Prize winner Cameron Sinclair, you will find global shelters made out of straw bales, shipping containers, and beer crates.
Charleston City Paper |
Eugenia Payne |
09-17-2008 |
Art
