Mar 15 Watch 2:55 How a scientific approach to crayons yields this artist’s photorealistic portraits By Jackie Shafer, WOSU With his series of crayon works, Ohio artist Christian Faur is not only creating photorealistic portraits out of art supplies traditionally relegated to children, but he’s also making the crayons from scratch. Jackie Shafer of WOSU in Columbus has this… Continue watching
Mar 14 Watch 5:12 With ‘Mutual Air,’ this California artist leverages the sounds of science By Jeffrey Brown Despite increasingly dire assessments about the outlook for climate change, it can be difficult to remain mindful of our environment’s health on a daily basis. Jeffrey Brown traveled to the Bay Area to meet Rosten Woo, a Los Angeles-based artist… Continue watching
Jan 05 Watch 5:44 Artist M.C. Escher spent a lifetime distorting perspective By Hari Sreenivasan, Laura Fong The late Dutch artist M.C. Escher is perhaps best known for his tessellations that fool the eye, like “Sky and Water I,” where birds in the air trade off negative space with fish underwater. But there are 200 lithographs, woodcuts… Continue watching
Mar 18 Watch 7:14 Fellowship allows formerly incarcerated artists to push for criminal justice reform By Melanie Saltzman Seven formerly incarcerated artists received $20,000 each last year through "Right of Return," a fellowship allowing them to create original artwork exploring ideas around criminal justice reform. The fellows are a diverse group of artists and work in mediums including… Continue watching
Feb 15 Can this booming New Mexico art collective spark economic growth? By Paul Solman The Santa Fe arts collective Meow Wolf is a major job creator in New Mexico, a state that's struggled to recover from the Great Recession. Continue reading
Dec 28 Who fights for public art in the face of gentrification? By Jennifer Hijazi Street and public art is increasingly at risk of destruction as neighborhoods develop and gentrify. But new case law could protect public art in courts. Continue reading
Nov 20 PHOTOS: These gruesome dollhouse death scenes reinvented murder investigations By Alison Thoet 20th century heiress Frances Glessner Lee's parents pushed her toward feminine crafts. She used that to build dollhouse scenes of death that would help future investigators do forensic crime analysis. Continue reading
Nov 08 What a fashion line made from food will teach you about waste By Teresa Carey Jacinda Martinez hopes her clothes send a message about the ephemerality of fashion and how, like vegetables, designs are seasonal and not meant to last. Continue reading
Jun 22 WATCH: When digital art meets light, sound and illusion By Kamaria Roberts It’s billed as “a virtual playground of four dimensions.” Floors react to footsteps like waves, virtual letters blow off a tree, animals made of light react to sounds. We recently visited DC's XYZT: Abstract Landscapes exhibit. Take a look inside… Continue reading
May 16 Artistic skills and independence bloom for these adults with disabilities By Larisa Epatko The growARTS program grew from a volunteer operation to one run by full-time staff. For the adults in the program who couldn't express themselves verbally, art gave them another outlet for expression. Continue reading