The American artist Ansel Adams is one of the world’s best known landscape photographers. He was born in 1902 in San Franciso. He died just south of his place of birth, on the beautiful coast of Monterey, in 1984. He was the most celebrated American photographer of the twentieth century, whose photography spans over 60 […]
Clothes Shoes
May 1, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Holly Morrison, Planet Aid (detail), 2013. Ultrachrome print, 8 x 9 inches, Courtesy Holly Morrison. Clothes Shoes, a re-appropriated urban re-signing found on a Richmond thrift-recycling bin, describes not only the context, but perhaps the demographic of current graduate artists’ work. The found marker resonates with a generations’ zeitgeist—the urgency of creating and presenting their […]
San Francisco Art Institute MFA Applications Spring 2012: Apply Now
September 20, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The San Francisco Art Institute is one of those institutions that any artist always wished he/she could have gone there… at least for a semester. It’s that great of an inspiring place with lots of talented teachers and other artists who live/work there. In case you’re a budding artist, well, here is your opportunity: NOW […]
Art Education is not art education is not art education
May 12, 2011 by Leave a Comment
3 art education opportunities + 3 countries + 3 art focal points + 3 art faculty = 3 totally different learning experiences: 1. MA Curatorial & Critical Studies; Frankfurt, Germany 2. Gwangji Bienanale Int’l Curator Course, China 3. MFA Graduate Programs, Maryland Institute College of Art, US The opportunities to study art are […]
The Banff Centre ~ Call for Visual Artists
November 24, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Thematic Residencies at The Banff Centre, Canada 00 On the Commons; or, Believing-Feeling-Acting Together Banff Research in Culture Program dates: May 9 – May 27, 2011 Application deadline: December 1, 2010 On the Commons is part of Banff Research in Culture (BRiC), a new residency program designed for scholars engaged in advanced […]
Call for Artists Applications: MFA Trans Art Institute, Berlin – New York
April 20, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Transat Institute offers the MFA Creative Practice, an international masters program for working artists with summer residencies in Berlin, winter residencies in New York and one-on-one advisement during two academic years – wherever students work and live. The new MFA Creative Practice is a student-centered postgraduate art program which fosters independent thinking, risk-taking […]
Jean-Michel Basquiat Graffiti Painting Live – video
March 12, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Wanna see SAMO / Jean-Michel Basquiat piecing live downtown NYC? This graffiti video clip which dates back to 1981 shows the graffiti artist in action. This video art clip nicely demonstrates some of the unique nature of graffiti art: * its illegality bringing the need to work ‘under cover’ and enhancing the importance of signature […]
Art School
September 14, 2008 by Leave a Comment
Can you get a decent art education on the web? The answer is a qualified ‘yes’, …. if you do your homework, and if you select a reputable art school. The internet is actually a good way to find out about various art programs around the country, around the world. First you have to select […]
The History of Airbrushing
June 18, 2008 by Leave a Comment
Since World War I, many artists and painters have implemented modern technology into their art form. Airbrushes and the development of their use began its popularity almost literally at the same time in Europe and the United States. These movements were started by both Man Ray (New York City) and Wassily Kandinsky at the Bauhaus […]
Photography Scholarship
June 7, 2008 by 1 Comment
A National Geographic Assignment – For Life ~ WorldNomads.com announces 2008 Travel Photography Scholarship in conjunction with the National Geographic Channel. Making a living out of traveling the world is something many ‘world nomads’ aspire to, and we’re hoping to be able to help a few talented individuals make that their reality through our scholarship […]
