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Montreal Photojournalist Chronicles the Plight of Indian Climate Refugeesnew
François Pesant has had a busy 2010. The 34-year-old Montreal photojournalist arrived back home on Tuesday, Jan. 12, from five months in India and Sri Lanka. That same day, the 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti, destroying Port-au-Prince. He left five days later.
Montreal Mirror |
Patrick Lejtenyi |
02-12-2010 |
Art
Tales of Battles, Origin Myths and Personal Experience Collidenew
Nathan Lerner, a celebrated photographer, began to show his tenant Henry Darger's illustrated manuscripts in galleries after Darger died. In a matter of a decade, Darger's posthumous popularity exploded. He is known today as one of the most prominent figures in American "outsider" art.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Edie Adelstein |
01-28-2010 |
Art
Old Man River: Hans Hofmann Resurgent at Berkeley Art Museumnew
The abstract expressionist wild men of yore have become our old masters. SFMOMA has its Clyfford Stills, and BAM has its Hans Hofmanns: 47 works the artist donated in the mid-1960s in gratitude for the Bay Area's early recognition of his art.
East Bay Express |
DeWitt Cheng |
01-27-2010 |
Art
In Photo Exhibition, the Poor of 1935 Have Much to Say to the Poor of 2010new
When Colleen McDannell first began curating Picturing Faith: Religious America in Government Photography 1935-1943, an exhibition of photographs from the last economic depression, we were not in the current one.
New Haven Advocate |
Mark Oppenheimer |
01-26-2010 |
Art
In a Coup, Texas Museum Acquires 'The Torment of Saint Anthony'new
The Kimbell Art Museum's relatively recent acquisition of Michelangelo's earliest known painting, The Torment of Saint Anthony," was a real art-world coup. North Texas' only museum devoted to world art effectively beat out the Met.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Anthony Mariani |
01-25-2010 |
Art
A Brand-New Bag: The Women's Design Collectivenew
Women’s Design Collective is a program formed out of St. Joseph Community Health that teaches women basic craft skills. The hope, says Community Services Director Michelle Melendez, who’s responsible for getting the effort off the ground, is that women can use those skills in entrepreneurship to help feed their families.
Weekly Alibi |
Christie Chisholm |
01-19-2010 |
Art
African Women and Children Affected by HIV/AIDS Let the World Innew
The program The House is Small But the Welcome is Big allows women and children affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa to tell their own stories, and to gain empowerment, through the experience of creating art.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Edie Adelstein |
01-19-2010 |
Art
Not Just Another Roadside Attraction, World's Biggest Cowboy Boots Turn 30new
According to TxDOT, every day an estimated 182,000 cars pass by Bob “Daddy-O” Wade’s Giant Justins sculpture in front of North Star Mall. When I explained to the TxDOT public-relations employee why I wanted to know, she gasped, “Oh, I love those boots!”
San Antonio Current |
Sarah Fisch |
01-13-2010 |
Art
Well-Endowed: Very, Very Large Drawings on Display in Philadelphianew
In a word? Satisfying. Seven artists' work is effectively installed in a compact space, and a striking variety of approaches and mediums suggests perennial issues relating to drawing.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Robin Rice |
01-12-2010 |
Art
Parishes and Punks Collide in Local Monk's Debut solo Shownew
Father Luke Sheffer is a man of the West, born in Colorado Springs and he's a man of the East, educated through classroom and travels across Massachusetts, Russia and Greece. He's pulled to the monastery, and also to the "speed and joy and humor" of punk music.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bryce Crawford |
01-07-2010 |
Art
Luis Gutierrez Is Close to Making It in the Art World Despite Struggling with MSnew
There's a lot about Luis Gutierrez that isn't immediately apparent. To look at the irreverent, brightly colored prayer flags, you'd never guess they were created by a man plagued by multiple sclerosis, an incurable disease that could one day make it impossible for him to paint.
Phoenix New Times |
Malia Politzer |
01-05-2010 |
Art
Mural Homage Makes Indoor Rock Wall a Unique Climbing Destinationnew
Reincarnating the spirit of the old Ute 70 Theatre at 21 N. Nevada Avenue, CityRock climbing center adds an extreme viewing perspective to the tactile art gallery experience so often limited to children's museums: rock climbing on giant murals depicting classic sci-fi flick characters.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bree Abel |
01-05-2010 |
Art
Lawrence Hislop Makes Climate Horrors Look Heavenlynew
Lawrence Hislop’s photographs, accompanied by short videos he shot and narrated, chronicle life in three Arctic regions — Shishmaref, Alaska; Uummannaq, Greenland; and Lapland, Norway — and in the Republic of Seychelles in the Indian Ocean.
The Georgia Straight |
Robin Laurence |
12-28-2009 |
Art
The Cost of Repairing the Murals at St. Nicholas Croatian Catholic Churchnew
Painted in the Depression era, the church's murals go well beyond standard religious iconography. Along with traditional Catholic imagery of angels and the Virgin Mary, they include World War I-era soldiers killing Christ, crowned with barbed wire; a worker killed in a mining accident.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
KATE GIAMMARISE |
12-22-2009 |
Art
Crossing Over: When a Calligrapher Meets a Graffiti Artistnew
One afternoon, Lisa Engelbrecht invited Jose Martinez and his crew to her house, on the east side of Long Beach. They spray-painted a fence in her backyard. When two street artists collaborate, she saw, they don’t speak. They just paint, in a kind of dance.
L.A. Weekly |
Gendy Alimurung |
12-18-2009 |
Art
