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Cheap Stay, Free Art — Why Hostels Are a Hot Spot for Emerging Artists
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Travelers have long sought to connect with local culture by exploring the art scene in places they visit. That concept is robustly embraced these days not just in museums and galleries, but in a somewhat surprising venue — hostels.
Junk Rethunk recycled art at Philadephia Zoo
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Trash that has been reinvented as conservation-minded art has taken over the paths in the Philadelphia Zoo.
A 35-foot, 9,000 pound tree with butterflies made from motorcycle tires greets visitors while a pair of 300-pound polar bear cubs fashioned from used spark plugs cavort around the Zoo’s sign.
Throughout the park, visitors find a pink crocodile molded from wads of used chewing gum, a rhinoceros fashioned of old silver-plated platters and giant blue gorilla made from recycled car doors.
'Original pixel art': Age-old craft of cross-stitch finds edgy audience
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Call it subversive stitchery. Alternative embroidery. Today's home samplers include everything from Kanye West tweets to tattoo designs.
Jamie Chalmers, a burly, bearded fellow who lives in Bedford, England, calls himself a "manbroiderer." He runs a blog and wrote a book, "Push Stitchery: 30 Artists Explore the Boundaries of Stitched Art" (Push Stitchery/Lark Crafts, 2011).
Under warm sun, people and their dogs PAWS for Art at Wheaton Arts
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Human visitors and their canine friends streamed onto the outdoor grounds of the Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center on Sunday for the center’s annual PAWS for Art event.
New Study Shows Blue Is Art World's Most Popular Color
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Blue has become the go-to color for tech companies—just take a look at the apps on your smartphone. The trend is explained by the color's evocative power in branding, as these fool-proof web-designinfographics explain. But, as a recent study shows, the art world, too, might be afflicted with “Blue fever."
Union County employees and their families invited to exhibit artwork
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Since 2002, employees of the County of Union and family members have participated in a unique program that gives them the opportunity to display their artistic creations. In its ongoing effort to recognize and encourage creative and artistic accomplishment, the Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders, in partnership with The National Arts Program, is pleased to announce the thirteenth annual exhibition of artwork by County of Union workers and their families.
Autism and a gift for art
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For 25 years, Cory Norton has worked with children who have varying mental disabilities, including many with autism. Invariably, when people learn of his work with the autistic, they assume the same thing: “They think these kids are like ‘Rainman,’ ” says Norton. “They think I’m working with a bunch of Kim Peeks.”
Cash-Strapped Museums are Selling Their Art
Faced with budget cuts and debt, museums turn to “deaccessioning”
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Fueled by deep pockets and hungry collectors, the art world is hitting record sales. But behind the scenes, there’s a dirty little secret—some of the art is coming from cash-strapped museums that are selling their art rather than saving it.
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New York Program Offers Teens a Choice: Jail Time or Art?
Young New Yorkers helps youth become valued members in their communities.
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A New York-based program is giving prosecuted teenagers a new lease on life by offering them a paintbrush instead of handcuffs. Through the Young New Yorkers program, 16- and 17-year-olds can avoid spending time behind bars by developing their artistic ability instead.
Art Without Boundaries: Whole-brain therapy for patients
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A local nursing home is seeing great success with a special form of art therapy, and now it's being offered to people with motor or cognitive challenges in our community, free of charge.
Mary Jussel is a certified Mneme (pronounced Nemma) therapist who works with residents at Good Samaritan Society - Boise Village.
They call it Art Without Boundaries.
Where do hotels buy their art?
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Aaron Bachler, an amateur photographer, recently received an email from his mother, who was staying at a hotel at the Grand Canyon. She thought the art hanging on the walls looked like her son's work. "She said, 'Boy, these look a lot like yours,'" Bachler says. "And I thought: Where do these hotels buy, y'know, that kind of artwork?"
The answer begins with the hotel owner — and the "brand" of the particular hotel.
‘Water is not rubbish': Rio art exhibit uses trash to fix pollution problem ahead of Olympics
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HARI SREENIVASAN: When Rio de Janeiro was awarded the 2016 Summer Olympic Games back in 2009, the organizers made a promise: To clean up 80 percent of the trash and sewage in the notoriously polluted Guanabara Bay.
But just last week, with less than a year and a half before the games are set to open, Rio’s mayor Eduardo Paes, said the promised cleanup would not be completed in time.