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Sep 10, 2018

Art-filled Walls Improve Work Environment and Creativity

Bringing art from local artists into Columbia businesses.

Featured on columbiabusinesstimes.com

You know you are in Columbia when you notice artwork for sale on the walls of places you visit when stopping for a morning coffee, meeting a colleague for lunch, or making an afternoon bank run. Our robust, working artist community has likely brightened your wait in line, but art can have an even greater impact in your business environment.

Sep 06, 2018

VIA Transit Employees Share Hidden Talents

Now in their eighth year, the NAP exhibit at VIA Metropolitan Transit Authority in Texas continues to build a stronger community through the sharing of artistic talents.  “Many of the participants feel that this exhibit creates a sense of unity within the company and allows employees to express themselves in ways otherwise unseen by their peers,” states Coordinator Daniel Rodriguez.  The show also aids newcomers to VIA’s workforce by helping them to integrate into the community by taking part.  Employees like Saul Zertuche, from Fleet & Facilities, who had only been employed with VIA for
Sep 04, 2018

9 Art Galleries That Double as Airbnbs

AD circles the globe—from Baltimore to Seattle to Japan—to find the best spaces where you can sleep surrounded by art

Featured on architecturaldigest.com

Aug 28, 2018

Amid a Booming Market, UOVO Plans to Open Its Fourth Art Storage Facility in Bushwick, Brooklyn’s Hipster Art Capital

As business thrums along, the need for art storage is growing exponentially.

Featured on news.artnet.com

The booming art market has grown increasingly global over the last decade and a half, and that tide has been good for the art storage business. Now, UOVO, a nascent art storage company—which opened its flagship facility in Long Island City, Queens, in late 2014—is adding to that trend, announcing that it will open a fourth space in Bushwick, Brooklyn.

Aug 27, 2018

City of Manchester Announces Winners in 13th Annual NAP Employee & Family Art Show

Mayor's Press Room Announcements

Published: 08/27/2018

Mayor Joyce Craig and the City of Manchester are pleased to recognize the winners in the 13th Annual National Arts Program Exhibition, “Art on the Wall at City Hall.”  Mayor Craig and members of the Manchester Arts Commission, including Chairman Ed Doyle were on hand to present awards to all the winners. 

Aug 27, 2018

‘Art Rx’: museum tours linked to easing chronic pain

Participants of study reported feeling less pain and less social disconnection after an hour-long museum tour

Featured on theartnewspaper.com

Viewing works of art can have an analgesic effect on chronic pain and alleviate feelings of isolation for patients who suffer from it, according to a study by researchers at the University of California, Davis published in the journal Pain Medicine.

Aug 24, 2018

The Painter Behind These Artworks Is an AI Program. Do They Still Count as Art?

Featured on time.com

Hanging inside a gold frame on a pristine white wall in Christie’s Central London Gallery is a dark, moody portrait of a man in Puritan-style black clothes—the work, it seems, of some Old Master. But scrawled in the bottom right corner, there’s an unexpected signature: a mathematical equation.

This is Edmond de Belamy by French art collective Obvious—or, more accurately, by an algorithm designed by Obvious.

Aug 23, 2018

Think you can spot a fraud? This $80 million art scam fooled the experts

Featured on cnbc.com

The biggest art fraud in modern U.S. history was shockingly simple. Yet it went on for 15 years, duped some of the world's most sophisticated collectors, brought down a 165-year-old New York gallery, and brought in more than $80 million. It is also a cautionary tale for anyone thinking of dabbling in the art world.

Aug 22, 2018

How art 'shares' could make you a Warhol collector for just $20

Featured on cnn.com

n original Andy Warhol would normally be out of reach for someone like 29-year-old Cheryl Ellzysmith, a studio artist from Philadelphia.

But with just $200 and a new blockchain-based investment platform, she is now on course to own one of the pop icon's famous images of Marilyn Monroe -- or approximately 0.01% of it, at least.

Aug 21, 2018

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport’s 4th Annual National Arts Program® Exhibit

Coordinator Comments by David Vogt, Airport Art Program Manager:

Aug 21, 2018

Airport art leads to unlikely connection

By Jennifer Ogunsola​

Communications Manager

It’s not unusual to walk through a large airport and spot friends, family members and others you may know. Many people travel domestically and internationally on airplanes, so spotting a familiar face is pretty typical. But, imagine walking through the busiest airport in the world and seeing yourself, or one of your close family members, on display.

While that isn’t a normal occurrence, the passenger experience at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) is anything but normal. Just ask the Perry family.

Aug 17, 2018

A Jackson Pollock Painting Gets A Touch-Up — And The Public's Invited To Watch

Featured on npr.org

Jackson Pollock's painting Number 1, 1949, is a swirl of multi-colored, spaghettied paint, dripped, flung and slung across a 5-by-8-foot canvas. It's a textured work — including nails and a bee (we'll get to that later) — and in the nearly 70 years since its creation, it's attracted a fair bit of dust, dirt and grime.

Aug 17, 2018

VCU Health NAP Exhibit is Building Connections Through Art

It has been an incredible thirteen year run with coordinator P. Muzi Branch and the VCU Health community. Since 2005 Philip “Muzi” Branch has been hanging enormous NAP Exhibits in their busy Gateway Building. Muzi commented that, “the employees, volunteers, retirees and their family members look forward to this event every summer and the patients and staff truly enjoy viewing the artwork.
Aug 16, 2018

Are female artists worth collecting? Tate doesn’t seem to think so

The museum preaches diversity, but its annual acquistions suggest that great art is mostly created by men

Featured on theguardian.com

Aug 14, 2018

New Coordinator Steps Up in Manchester, NH

Ed Doyle stepped up this year as Manchester Arts Commission Chair and took on the task of coordinating the 13th Annual City of Manchester National Arts Program® Exhibit entitled “Art on the Wall at City Hall”. He was already familiar with the show as he had volunteered to help hang it in past years.  Ed stated that, “The Manchester Arts Commission has a long tradition of assisting with the City Employee Art Show at City Hall.